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The Dillinger Escape Plan
At Forum, London, South East England
I’ve probably read or said something in the past about how Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato can literally spit fire on stage. Yeah, I’ve probably done that. Now, though, he is. Like, really.
Armed with a flaming, um, baton I guess, and a bottle of what’s probably rocket fuel, the already rough-voiced vocalist approaches front of the stage, purses his lips and blows. WHOOMPH! Fire! Yeah! Oh shit, he’s doing it again. WHOOOSH! Yeah! Only, isn’t that hair burning? And you thought there was nothing literal about the song title '43% Burnt'.
Obviously such pyrotechnics signal the show’s end. Appropriately, they’re the fieriest things about a set that never really fills the expanse of The Forum – going from The Garage in the summer to here only months later is tough work to say the least. Not that they’ve not got the songs for such a venue – many highlights from this year’s Miss Machine album are now received as fondly by the hardcore down the front (and in the immensely violent pit that’s broken out to my right) as those from Calculating Infinity. It’s just that there’s just not enough of the hardcore, yet. Tonight’s a double-headliner affair y’see, with tiresome post-hardcore oiks Poison The Well receiving the sing-along treatment from a select few stood immediately in front of me a set earlier. Surviving their monotonous drone is comparable to being stuck in a lift with any I’m A Celebrity… contestant – utter torture. 'When Good Dogs Do Bad Things' sees off the stray fashion-core types who’ve remained centre stage for DEP, the ever-growing pit forcing them to the extremities of the venue.
Still, whatever size the stage and however poor the sound, Dillinger know how to rip it up live like no one else. Ben Weinmann is the most animated guitarist you’re ever likely to see, and yet somehow manages to keep his shit together; I suspect his fingers may be glued to that instrument of his. Puciato, meanwhile, constantly stalks the stage, pacing from one side to the other, as if he’s sizing up his prey – us. When the time comes for the kill, he leaves nothing to chance: burn the remains, cover the tracks, make a clean getaway.
But do come back soon, won’t you?
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how were ephel duath?? i'm gutted i couldn't make the show in the end.
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They made me piss my pants. -
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...in a good way? or a bad way?
don't tell me they were funny. please don't tell me that. that would break my heart.
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Not funny HAHA, but I always find that jazzy hardcore stuff funny.
Like, the faces of the Poison the Well kids... they didn't know what the fuck was up. -
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Oh well.... Next time I suppose. I would have really liked to see some of the new material live, haven't seen them since last December with Cult of Luna (and that was bloody great). AND they opened with When Good Dogs Do Bad Things, just to spit fire in my face completely! -
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Ephel played really well but the sound was attrocious (as it was for Dillinger for the most part.. the forum sucks ). I saw them in Bristol earlier in the tour and they absolutely blew me away. They've got to be the best collection of musos in extreme metal (or whatever the fuck they are..) right now, but they really suffered at the forum. All you could hear was the bass & snare drum, and the rest was a big noisy mess. A real shame, because they really can do it as they proved before. -
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Yeah...something was up last night. Dunno if it was the sound or atmosphere or what...Dillinger still blew my fucking face off as always. Open up with 'Panasonic Youth' and just tear my head off, whydontcha? It wasn't the same though. At Leeds festival loads of their fans were there and it was insane, whereas down the front for this no one seemed to know anything post-'Calculating Infinity'.
Although I thought Poison The Well were good (I have to admit I was singing along)...nothing against Dillinger, though.
Anyway, I can't complain, I went for free. And it was quality.
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quite pissed off - wa going to see them in Pompey, but got tied up (not literally you kinky fools) and had to cancel - I nearly destroyed our monitors when i first played Panasonic Youth on our metal show -
Never sure what to think about Poison The Well - quite liked "You Come Before You", but never really 'got' any of the earlier stuff.
agreed on the Ephel Duath front - i was just in stitches when our resident Black Metal/slightly entertaining but down-right odd DJ played me the album - isn't their drummer something like 70? -
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I loved all the bands when i saw them in Oxford, PTW were amazing i thought. All the PTW kids 'got' DEP cause they're not gay. Ephel Duath were the best thing ever.
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