Having gotten invited to catch a show out in Inglewood at The Forum, was a fun time tonight. Catching several bands Cro-Mags, Abbath, Down, and Danzig, the show wasn’t sold out but quite filled up. He venue’s 200 section had been closed off, with the 100 section being quite filled out.
Arriving a little after 6PM, when the first band Cro-Mags were opening up, their hardcore punk antics had the crowd entertained. They had this old school hardcore flare element to their style of music, getting the crowd hyped up with music that kept all there energized. They are surely an act that made their performance fun to watch and bob your head too.
CRO-MAGS:
Next up would be black metal act Abbath, featuring the former frontman /guitarist of the other black metal act Immortal. His performance had a majority of the songs played be a lot of Immortal covers, which was pleasing. His and his band mates performance seemed to have had some minor difficulties with the instruments being louder than the vocals. But once that was patted out, the rest of the performance went well, and the band did a solid job of it. The material was heavy yet melodic at times, with harsh black metal vocal chords that sent chills down your spine. Surely quite the show let alone the performance, seeing a legend as Abbath himself, Immortal was a given yet pleasant surprise.
ABBATH:
Following would be Down fronted by the one and only Phil Anselmo, best known as the main frontman for Pantera, among many other projects. This band hadn’t played shows in quite sometime, even Phil was surprised. But this band brought on a more mellow tone, still heavy but not as intense. Think southern style but not country. More sludge, groove, stoner metal, with an old country vibe. Many there had no idea Phil was fronting this band, so it brought a lot of wonder to his performance. The whole band had the energy give or take, with the instrumentation being excellent, and vocal range being strong yet powerful.
DOWN:
Last up would be Danzig, the main man behind punk act The Misfits. Glen Danzig had announced this brief headlining tour, even saying how he wasn’t sure if another would happen again. So seeing Danzig again, the last time being way back in 2008 as he was doing what was known as the “Blackest of the Black Tour”, that had a quite the bill at the time. His performance back then was quite good, and tonight’s was even better. A lot of the songs sung included no cover songs of The Misfits or his other projects, just strictly Danzig content, a majority being off his first three releases. The crowd was quite pleased with the song arrangement, the most popular being the track called “Mother”. The stage’s set-up had Danzig’s skull and horns logo for the stage dressing with projection usage as well for the backdrop. With the use of lighting effects, it made the whole stage light up in various colors! The whole crowd would sing along, bang their heads and just have a good old time!
DANZIG:
Overall though, tonight’s performance was a good time, with plenty of fun to spare. Bands worthy of a watch, with an audience to boot, to keep the fun full and focused. Everyone was there to have a good time and one was spent as such indeed.
SETLIST:
1. Skincarver
2. Brand New God
3. Twist of Cain
4. Evil Thing
5. Hammer of the Gods
6. How the Gods Kill
7. Her Black Wings
8. Killer Wolf
9. Black Hell
10. Tired of Being Alive
11. The Hunter (Albert King Cover)
12. Am I Demon
13. Not of This World
14. Mother
ENCORE:
15. She Rides
16. Dirty Black Summer
17. Do You Wear the Mark
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