The Defiled, who opened the main stage, were already three quarters of the way through their set, so I barged my way to the front and took some panic stricken shots. They actually turned out quite well, I’ve uploaded a small selection of them onto the Snap-Your-Neck Flickr account:
I didn’t really have chance to properly evaluate The Defiled’s set, but from what I can remember, they seemed quite easy on the ear not requiring much musical concentration, and some might even suggest they emitted a certain pop metal aroma. There had been an awful lot of work put into their image and stage performance which made for great pictures, but I can’t really recall any of their songs, or even if they were good or bad. I think the excitement of finally being able to unleash my camera distracted me from my primary objective of critically evaluating for the purposes of review.
The bands stage presence and performance were both very colourful, ensuring lasting memories which will sustain in the minds of the audience. One incident that strongly sticks out in my mind, was when keyboardist The AVD, destroyed his instrument via a series of back body drops and harsh chair shot style smashes to the stage floor. He then proceeded to rip off the keys of his instrument hurling them into the audience like a possessed mad man. After he’d finished with the now useless piece of shit plastic, he discarded it into the very grateful crowd of hungry punters who fought over it like a pack of wolves fighting for food.
7/10
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