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There should have been more people at this show, but Champion and a bunch of other hardcore bands were playing down the street. Hardcore is quite popular in Rhode Island, which is why this show looked empty. Their loss.
I counted about 40 people during Disappearer's one song set, which is pretty respectable considering the fact that there was concert competition (and more people arrived throughout the night). Disappearer, like I already state, played on song, but it was quite epic at about 25 minutes long. They were able to keep my attention throughout,w hich is saying something since I have little to no attention span and they were an instrumental band.
The song was very slow, but it was full of energy. The three band members were incredible musicians who were able to keep things simple, which still rocking hard and adding some technical parts. These songs sound like they'd be a lot of fun to play.
The Nightmare Continues played on the floor in front of the stage. This looked cool,b ut didn't make for good sound, as the only thing going through the PA was the vocals, causing everything else to bleed into each other. That aside, they played a decent set of technical grindcore. I've seen them a few times in the past couple years, and this was their best set. The singer mentioned an upcoming show, and said it would be their last. I don't think I've ever seen them play a show without mentioning playing a last show.
Zombi play a splendid set full of mood setting music. They sound like the soundtrack to a happy slasher horror film, where all the vitcims die brutally, but they have a good time going down. Zombi used bass, keyboards (lots of them), synths and a radly set up drum kit (including roto toms) to work their magic, and it sounded great. I was very impressed with this talented duo.
I knew that Red Sparrowes would be an interesting watch when I first walked in and saw a projector in the middle of the floor. This made for one of hte coolest backdrops I've seen: black and white, what looked to like Super 8 (very old) video of random visuals that were tainted by the stupid pole in the middle of the Living Room stage. The pole left a shadowy line in the middle of the screen, but I was able to adapt to it after awhile. The visual images added a lot of substance to the music.
The music was slow and intense instrumental rock that was really tight (though one part towards the end seemed a little sloppy, but who cares?). The music stood on its own with no vocals, and there are only a few bands that can pull this style off well (three of which played tonight).
I always enjoy watching Breather Resist play live. They go nuts and its so fun to watch, especially the drummer. I guess other people didn't agree with me, because a lot of them left after Red Sparrowes, making the crowd smaller than when the night started. Breather Resist didn't care and put a shitload of energy into their set. Vocalist Steve Sindoni was going nuts, running all over the stage, getting in people's face, and rubbing a guy's beard.
I couldn't see the drummer that well because they turned off the Living Room lights and used their own light set, which consisted of eight headlight styled lights. This looked really cool and added to their already great stage presence.
Breather Resist didn't play for much more than a half hour, but they were really good, even though the vocals were muddy. This whole show was amazing, one of the best I've seen all year.
Written by: RF