Obsidian, Cypher and Is This A Test? sound amazing with no let up in the pace from the band who just keep pushing every last ounce of sweat out of all of us.įinishing with a raucous Clockwork, Northlane have just finished their heaviest set list in years. The most pit is chaotic for 4D and Carbonized while diverting to bring in oldie Quantum Flux which doesn’t seem to out of place with the new sound. A constant theme of ‘Why can I only see Bridge, I can hear music, wait there’s the band, look at those lights, hang on here’s the breakdown’ overloading the senses throughout the magnificent set. Often it seems vocalist Marcus Bridge is the only performer on stage as this immersive interactive performance heightens each of your senses to keep track of what is going on. Northlane are artists, always pushing their own boundaries and the textures within the music and show they put on. The set list is heavily weighted on the last two albums opening with a brain shattering combo of Clarity, Plenty and Echo Chamber. The light show that accompanies each song is just a impressive as the music, illuminating the band in shade and light. However it’s Northlane’s show and they themselves utilises every aspect of the stage to take you on a mesmerising show. If Morrissey was a in goth band it would be a pale imitation of Sleep Token. It’s the sound of waiting in limbo after death not knowing which path is next. Their whole performance, which starts slow amid an atmospheric ambience of calm, gradually builds throughout their set until finishing with the pressure released in the form of mosh pits, rapturous applause and singing.ĭressed in robes, smeared in black paint and masked, singer Vessel glides across the stage like a ghoul on puppet strings, each jagged movement, hand gesture and head movement enhancing the story telling of the music. While on the subject on magic happening, Sleep Token are quite literally an experience. Only having time to drop four tracks including singles Chasing Safety and Insubordinate, the band’s musical canvas is littered with shades of light, soft, delicate arrangements with borders of brooding heaviness where the magic erupts in whirl of swinging guitars and pounding drums. who themselves have not stopped over the last twelve months and scored a slot on this tour nationally. Northlane have brought quite the line up too starting with Adelaide’s own Alt. No ‘ballad’, no slow number, all music that courses through the body creating a cycle of energy between band and crowd. A fifteen track arsenal of Northlane’s most recent works, all rocket powered fusion of energy and angst, there is literally no let up. After the huge success that was Alien, Northlane shift shape again into Obsidian and the tour itself morphs too. There are few Australian bands that push the boundaries while remaining at the top like Northlane.Įach album represents a shift in sound and feeling with each subsequent tour giving life to those tracks.
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