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I've been to Club Hell twice since they closed Club Babyhead maybe ten years ago, and I was pretty excited that they were having shows in the same place again, even if it was under a different name and look. It was hard to see in front of me once I entered the club. There were stage lights and a few pink lights here and there for atmosphere. The stage was directly to the right of the entrance, and the bars had a television screen fire above them, surrounded by altar like candles attached to a brick wall.
Living Hell opened the show, which sort of turned into a soundcheck for the other bands. The drums, which sounded great and were the highlight of their set, were much too loud for the majority of their set. The guitars were nearly impossible to hear, which was a bum out because their lead guitarist seemed to be playing some really cool parts that I didn't get to hear. They were a humble (the singer hated the sound of his own voice) hardcore band, who played mostly mid tempo songs and had decent bridges and breakdowns. Its hard to truly judge Living Hell, as they were a victim of sound, but they did pique my interest.
The first song Shipwreck played had such a great riff that I wouldn't have minded if they played that riff non stop for the whole 20 minutes they were onstage. It was a rock and roll lick mixed into a breakdown, and had a whole ton of energy to it. The rest of Shipwreck's set was decent. They had some average songs and some really good ones. All of their breakdowns were killer, the strong points to each song. They had the crowd into them from the beginning, as their set featured plenty of moshing and sing alongs.
40% of Death by Dishonor were wearing scally caps, adn the other three guys had shaved (or nearly shaved) heads. They wasted no time in getting the pit going, opening with their intro that sent bodies flailing into each other. Their set was super tight as they blazed through a bunch of songs in about a half hour's time. They mentioned that they would be playing with Agnostic Front on November 6, telling the crowd that they should shoot themselves if they didn't know who Agnostic Front was, which I found funny.
Everything about Ringworm's set was great. They were tight as all hell, which made their fast cuffing parts sound extra good, and really fast drums, with a good mixture of the punk and blast beats when not playing breakdowns. Their drummer didn't do anything really fancy, and looked almost bored while playing, but he kept everything together really well.
It was awesome watching them play their hardcore metal crossover songs, knowing that they were arguably one of the pioneers of the stlye. Human Furnace, who looked kind of like Jesus if Jesus were shorter and into hardcore, had such a strong voice and a pwoerful scream when needed. He was the highlight of the whole show. They played a good mixture of songs from all of their albums, which made me pretty damn happy.
I wasn't all that interested in All Out War, but they played a really tight set. The songs were decent, and they had the crowd going nuts (at least as far as Providence is concerned-the singer had to tell the crowd to wake up a few times). I was highly impressed with their drummer, who had really quick hand speed and played some really interesting drum lines.