Decrepit Birth @ Club Vegas
by Bryer Wharton [bryer@slugmag.com]
Online Exclusive / Posted March 11, 2009 More Exclusives
Decrepit Birth
Club Vegas
03.08.09
With Cave of Roses, Devour the Sky, and Incendiant
Well Sunday March 8th was my 28th birthday, so after a weekend of feeling like an old fart it was a nice change of pace to go see a fairly low-key (crowd-wise) death metal show the evening of my birthday. Looking back, things may change with age but in the end there is always that kid portion of yourself lingering inside. Yeah, I wasn’t out moshing for every band like I did back when I was 18, or even going mad in a headbanging rage. No, the night of this gig I was admittedly getting slightly sloshed but watching the concert from a good vantage and just absorbing each set. Let’s face it, the further back you are in a small venue the better the sound can be. Some may call it lazy or something like that, but my body doesn’t bend or move like it used to.
Three local bands opened up the gig for the Santa Cruz, CA based Decrepit Birth, who were in route to start off their tour with Suffocation and decided to treat SLC with a headlining gig, which I hope paid off for the guys. I spoke with the bands vocalist Nill Robinson as I purchased a couple t-shirts and he told a story of how they spent a bunch of money to get their van up and running only to have it break down on them. Judging by the people wearing their merch by the end of the evening, I’m pretty sure it was a lucrative evening for the band in terms of merch sales.
First up was Incendiant. I’ll admit some bias towards the band and their brand of brutal death metal, since their 2007 self-titled album was in my top five albums of said year. In any right they delivered the death metal goods as I expected. They seemed to play a short set even as an opening band, but then again, it was a Sunday night show. But they also played a tight set showcasing their talent as a four-piece of two guitarists, bassist, drummer. The depth that should come from being a four-piece came through with layers of guitar riffing giving a nice diversity, complexity and thickness to their sound.
Up next was Devour the Sky, the only local act playing that night I hadn’t seen before. The band definitely has some experience behind them with a member in Separation of Self and members previously in a slew of bands, notably Beyond This Flesh, Clear, Total Chaos, and Flesh Peddler - all respectively different styled bands. The band plays the sort of Americanized version of the older Gothenburg style of melodic death metal. Personally, the style may not be my utmost favorite, but I always give props when they’re due. The guys put out a lot of energy just in their movements as they played and have a fair balance of speed, melody and hardcore type breakdowns. Hell, I’ve come across plenty of bands playing the same style that Devour the Sky play and a good chunk of them play it much worse and they’re singed to fairly major metal labels.
Finishing out the locals was Cave of Roses, a band that I’ve been especially connected to lately. I wrote the guys up in SLUG’s localized not too long ago and got a fair amount of shit for not going to their localized gig. I finally saw them not that long ago playing the only local opening slot for the Decide/Vital Remains show on Feb. 17. Comparing the two shows this night was a much better one for the band and they even offered up a seemingly different set of songs including a lengthy but interesting more melodic tune. The guys must have had some nerves or something in association to opening up to a much larger group of people at the Decide show in comparison to the humble attendance for this gig. The songs came off tighter and the band looked more comfortable performing and their musical prowess shined through more on this evening than my previous experience.
Club Vegas
03.08.09
With Cave of Roses, Devour the Sky, and Incendiant
Well Sunday March 8th was my 28th birthday, so after a weekend of feeling like an old fart it was a nice change of pace to go see a fairly low-key (crowd-wise) death metal show the evening of my birthday. Looking back, things may change with age but in the end there is always that kid portion of yourself lingering inside. Yeah, I wasn’t out moshing for every band like I did back when I was 18, or even going mad in a headbanging rage. No, the night of this gig I was admittedly getting slightly sloshed but watching the concert from a good vantage and just absorbing each set. Let’s face it, the further back you are in a small venue the better the sound can be. Some may call it lazy or something like that, but my body doesn’t bend or move like it used to.
Three local bands opened up the gig for the Santa Cruz, CA based Decrepit Birth, who were in route to start off their tour with Suffocation and decided to treat SLC with a headlining gig, which I hope paid off for the guys. I spoke with the bands vocalist Nill Robinson as I purchased a couple t-shirts and he told a story of how they spent a bunch of money to get their van up and running only to have it break down on them. Judging by the people wearing their merch by the end of the evening, I’m pretty sure it was a lucrative evening for the band in terms of merch sales.
First up was Incendiant. I’ll admit some bias towards the band and their brand of brutal death metal, since their 2007 self-titled album was in my top five albums of said year. In any right they delivered the death metal goods as I expected. They seemed to play a short set even as an opening band, but then again, it was a Sunday night show. But they also played a tight set showcasing their talent as a four-piece of two guitarists, bassist, drummer. The depth that should come from being a four-piece came through with layers of guitar riffing giving a nice diversity, complexity and thickness to their sound.
Up next was Devour the Sky, the only local act playing that night I hadn’t seen before. The band definitely has some experience behind them with a member in Separation of Self and members previously in a slew of bands, notably Beyond This Flesh, Clear, Total Chaos, and Flesh Peddler - all respectively different styled bands. The band plays the sort of Americanized version of the older Gothenburg style of melodic death metal. Personally, the style may not be my utmost favorite, but I always give props when they’re due. The guys put out a lot of energy just in their movements as they played and have a fair balance of speed, melody and hardcore type breakdowns. Hell, I’ve come across plenty of bands playing the same style that Devour the Sky play and a good chunk of them play it much worse and they’re singed to fairly major metal labels.
Finishing out the locals was Cave of Roses, a band that I’ve been especially connected to lately. I wrote the guys up in SLUG’s localized not too long ago and got a fair amount of shit for not going to their localized gig. I finally saw them not that long ago playing the only local opening slot for the Decide/Vital Remains show on Feb. 17. Comparing the two shows this night was a much better one for the band and they even offered up a seemingly different set of songs including a lengthy but interesting more melodic tune. The guys must have had some nerves or something in association to opening up to a much larger group of people at the Decide show in comparison to the humble attendance for this gig. The songs came off tighter and the band looked more comfortable performing and their musical prowess shined through more on this evening than my previous experience.
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