Onslaught, Artillery and more at O2 Academy 3 (2014)

O2 Academy 3 (Birmingham, England)

Onslaught, Artillery, Demonic Resurrection
  Birmingham 02 Academy 3 is the setting of the last date of ONSLAUGHT's UK […]
By Emily Coulter
July 21, 2014

 

Birmingham 02 Academy 3 is the setting of the last date of ONSLAUGHT's UK tour with ARTILLERY and DEMONIC RESSURECTION being alongside them. The bands are tired but still thrash on throughout the night regardless when they see dedicated and new fans attending the concert. When the smallest room of the venue started to fill up throughout the night it seemed as if every Metalhead from the Midlands had attended with people sporting battle jackets and various band merch.
 

 

First up is India's DEMONIC RESSURECTION who led the way for the rest of the night after a slow start playing songs new and old throughout their 30 minute set which by the end had the front row slowly banging their heads. All their tracks were easy to listen to but easily the heaviest band of the night, fans who had never seen the Indian Metallers' were easily impressed. Vocalist Sahil ''The Demonstealer'' Makhija constantly motivated the audience throughout the set to move closer to the stage and after a while they did, much to the enjoyment of Ashwin Shriyan who's birthday it was that night. DEMONIC RESSURECTION are a band to blow minds with their hypnotic death metal which gets everyone interesting in what they are screaming.
 

 

Next up is ARTILLERY with their flashing lights and high pitched vocals but surely get the crowd warmed up and headbanging. Vocalist Michael Bastholm Dahl has a voice which is simply unique and it's amazing how he manages to keep it all together which how energetic he is around the band when they play on stage, brothers Michael Stutzer and Morten Stutzer thrashed out on guitar and bass to songs such as ''Terror Squad'', ''Chill My Bones'', ''Khomaniac'' and many more whilst the busy crowd sang the words back to them. Despite the Stutzer brothers being by far the oldest members of the band they showed that they weren't ready to retire any time soon and had plenty of energy still to keep up with the much younger band who were rocking along with them.

Setlist:
1. Chill My Bones (Burn My Flesh)
2. God Feather
3. Legions
4. When Death Comes
5. By Inheritance
6. The Challenge
7. 10,000 Devils
8. Khomaniac
9. Terror Squad
10. The Almighty
 

 

After a 10:15 minute wait headlining band ONSLAUGHT finally appeared on stage to a very antsy crowd who couldn't wait to hear the death/thrash mix of the band. Drummer Mic Hourihan entered the stage getting the fans all geared up for when the rest of the band enter and open up with ''The Sound Of Violence'' followed by songs such as ''Chaos Is King'', ''66 Fucking 6'', ''Rest In Pieces'' and much more which spanned the entirety of their career. Vocalist Sy Keeler was mostly stood still throughout the night but his vocals were on top form and matched the ferocity of the guitar playing by Nige Rockett who whipped out riffs throughout the evening. By the end of the night the crowd was fuelled of thrashtastic energy which proved that ONSLAUGHT still has what it takes to be the frontiers of Metal.

Setlist:
1. The Sound of Violence
2. Killing Peace
3. Chaos Is King
4. Let There Be Death
5. Children of the Sand
6. Rest in Pieces
7. Destroyer of Worlds
8. 66'Fucking'6
9. In Search of Sanity
10. Fight With the Beast
11. Metal Forces
12. Onslaught (Power from Hell)
13. Thermonuclear Devastation
 

 

Overall the night was great even if the venue wasn't entirely packed but to say it was the middle of July on a weekday it was a great turnout for even better music.
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