| "They take the stage
and a couple of songs in they sound like a fairly workmanlike Machine
Head. Then maybe three songs in they loosen up and FUCK do they sound
good. Remember the first time you heard Fear Factory? Remember the first
time you heard Godflesh? Remember the first time you saw a band and braced
yourself because you thought the noise would send you reeling? That's
what OutCryFire do, it's a full on assault to the eardrums, a battering
ram to the skull. These guys are too young to be this good, too small
to be this good, there's no way they should be able to play with such
ferocity, but they do. Halfway through and I'm beginning to think the
Snickers judges might have had something here, and if OCF are still unsigned
in six months there's no damn justice in the world. The crowd has been
somewhat sedate throughout (I say 'sedate', I mean 'startled'), but are
happily roused to a pit for the last number. About bloody time Britain
had something this good again." |
