Terrorstrike
A fairly new grind band and pretty damn decent. Excellent energy from vocalist and guitarist. Another of the seemingly increasing non-bass playing bands. These guys are often seen right up the front of nearly every frind/extreme gig in Melbourne, which is always good to see. Tonight's show was probably the best I'd seen them.Pregnancy
Another relatively new band, they've played a few shows but right from day one they sound pretty tight, very thick low-end goregrind. Yet another awesome band that involves Christoph on drums, the dual vocals are both very pitch-shifted, Darcy's almoust sounding incredibly distorted, almost mechanical and Az's being more gutteral.Internal Rot
The energy of Internal Rot is great, particularly from their vocalist Max. It seemed kind of weird to see them on The Tote main stage - seemed too big, but they pulled it off. Flat out grind done really well. Love the extra "FFUUUUUUUCCCCKKKK"s from Christoph (understandable as this was 2 bands in a row he is playing for)White Walls
I love mixed bills, don't get me wrong. But White Walls was a really strange addition to the lineup, their main relation to grind is the band members attending many grind gigs! Actually a pretty cool band and quite tight, just felt weird after 3 amazing grind bands.Agents of Abhorrence
IT has been far too long since I last saw Agents of Abhorrence. Like Internal Rot it was quite strange to see them on a stage this size, though they didn't seem too bothered. New album was great, though it had a far more polished sound compared to earlier releases, and almost a more modern sound, so I didn't enjoy it quite as much. Same with the live show, the new vocalist definitely has a good set of lungs, though he wasn't particualrly animated. This obviously isn't everything, and the rest of the band make up for it with their energy. I was wrapped to see their old vocalist take stage for the last part of their set though, reminded me how much I wished I'd seen them more when they were playing regularly.Check all the bands out here:
https://www.facebook.com/TerrorStrikeGrind http://terrorstrike.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pregnancygoregrind http://pregnancy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/internalrotters http://internalrotters.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/whitexwallsx http://whitexwallsx.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agents-of-Abhorrence/118171554904000 https://soundcloud.com/agents-of-abhorrence
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