I Killed The Prom Queen
Plus: Romeo Must Die,
Bury Tomorrow
The Underworld, London
10.07.2012
Words: Jenny Chu
Support act Romeo Must Die create mountains of macho roars
and spine chilling guitar wobbles which define such a tight set. A constant
throbbing of beats that shake Camden Town, the Essex bound band show they are
not scared to cause riots in the pit or vandalise ear drums. It’s impossible to
not want to throw yourself into such a brilliant metal sound that thrashes
every living thing in the room. Their set list is like a time bomb ticking away
until the last song is brutally fed out, finally destructing and destroying the
room with maximum carnage. A fondling of superior screams compliment the
outrageously heavy rhythms Romeo Must Die bring.
To heat things up, Bury Tomorrow take on the stage with an
intense foreground of pounding and heart racing drum beats that are a strong
platform for the shockingly good vocals that include hench and powerful screams
that make the clean vocals the icing on the cake. Tonight they make the rest of
the bands in their genre sound like crying babies. It’s got to be settled that
the rockers from South England are actually pretty damn good at wiping the
stage with powerful force whilst shredding like manic professionals. It’s as if
these guys could do this with their eyes firmly shut. They manage to carry off
melodic verses and riffs with exciting and pure mighty choruses with
intelligent and unique hooks and not forgetting great amplitude of
unpredictable and memorable breakdowns at full force and even though they’re heavy
there’s no resisting singing along. Bury Tomorrow have half the experience the
headliners do but they sure as hell are just as capable of summing up what
metal and rock really is. Their teeth grinding, crushing yet catchy songs make
for a fitting performance.
Ten thousand miles away from home Australians I Killed The
Prom Queen are legends in their own right, the fast paced vocals that are bound
with ignoramus force fields, the friction between the brutal chundering of
guitars that is exhibited throughout the set. Opening with ‘You’re Shirt Would
Look Better with a Columbian Neck-tie’ off 2006’s Music For The Recently
Deceased contributes thunders of hardcore arrangements. It’s the build-up in
the songs that create a recognisable identity for the Australian crew. They
don’t give too much away or force feed what they preach but in ‘Headfirst from
a Hangman’s Noose’ and ‘Sleepless Nights and City Lights’ they impressively and
intelligently deposit moments of greatness and moments of sheer metalcore at
its absolute finest. It begs to question why the kings of metalcore failed to
sell out tonight’s show, where the hell were the people of London tonight. ‘Say
Goodbye’ is the perfect result for an invincible anthem. The gang vocals fitted
hand in hand with the intimate crowd. If metal was once sex, drugs and rock ‘n’
roll then it’s now also the fulfilment of sounding as heavy as possible and
tonight’s show has gone way past the fabrication of typical screams and beats
that weigh down the genre, I Killed The Prom Queen have a back catalogue of
metal beauties that sound just as extremely well put together live.
Daring to introduce a new song that is due to be on their
early 2013 album release, hasn’t stepped too far away from their past material
but it does boast a successful talent that has been experimented, tasted and
tried, and the end result? It’s a brilliant belter. The beasts behind this all
are without a doubt masters at metal and hardcore. Ending with ‘Sharks In Your
Mouth’ prevail the venue and when the band leave they leave a stage that has
more people on it than off it.
