Time for Change, Convicted and Harm's Way were welcomed to Salt Lake City by 24 hours of straight snowfall. Thanks to everyone who braved the icy roads and an extra special thanks goes out to Josh for putting on the show.
XReflectX opened the show with the first performance of their epic song, 1:11 A.M., ever. If you haven't picked up the band's debut full-length, The Hourglass End, from Skinned Elbow Records yet, it's worth the money just to hear this song. Idanho also debuted some intense, axe-wielding, riff-smoking, crowd-slamdancing action, nearly upstaging his band's excellent performance.
The Windy City's Convicted and Harm's Way played next, sharing equipment and all but one member. Convicted impressed many with their intense brand of Napalm Death gloom, Integrity crunch and Cro-Mags structure. Harm's Way answered with a slightly rawer brand of Napalm Death gloom and Integrity crunch complimented by frenetic structures ala Infest. Rumors of ski-masked, crowd-moshing merauders turned out to be just rumors but both bands won over a lot of fans in Salt Lake. Special thanks go out to Chad Long for the color commentary.
Salt Lake's Collapse gets tighter and tighter with each show and tonight's performance followed suit. The band took a break from recording their forthcoming seven inch with Kevin Corkrey--who's also recorded Cherem and City to City--to play the show and gave a sneak preview of great things to come with the songs "My Last," "Rebuild" and "Collapse." (You can now hear these tunes at the band's MySpace Page.)
Southern California's Time for Change headlined the evening, carrying the torches of So Cal hardcore forebears Inside Out, Outspoken and Strife--fast sing-alongs, catchy two-steps and open-E breakdowns. While the band'll need a couple more SLC shows to sink their sing-alongs in, a cover of One King Down's "More Hate Than Fear" set the entire room off (Check it out below).
A couple snowball fights and some free coffee later, the evening came to an end. Thanks again to everyone who came out and Josh for making this show happen.
1 comment:
god i wish i could've had a ride to this fucking show!
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