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Live Review: Death Angel with West of Hell, and guests, October 9, 2011, Vancouver, B.C.

October 10th, 2011 Filed under: Reviews - Live by Editor in Chief

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Live Review- Death Angel with West of Hell, The Villain Avian Symphony and Nylithia
Sunday, October 9, 2011
The Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.

Nylithia is fast becoming one of Vancouver’s top metal bands. Formed in 2006, Kyle Scott (vocals), Royce Costa (guitar), Nikko Whitworth (bass) and Dan Yakimow (drums) have made a name for themselves tearing up stages across Vancouver and beyond. Despite hitting the stage early last night, their high energy and tight performance drew people in the moment they started playing. This is quite the feat considering the crowd usually doesn’t get warmed up until a couple bands in. Keep a lookout for Nylithia in the near future as they continue to make a name for themselves as up and comers in the progressive metal scene.

Next up, The Villain Avian Symphony. Purveyors of hardcore, electronica and thrash, the self-proclaimed glitch metal band offers a unique and varied sound. Unfortunately last night’s crowd didn’t seem receptive to its hybridity. Despite the hostility from the audience however, the band didn’t hold back and, besides a few barbed comments from front-man Dennyss McKnight (ex-Black Halos), rocked out, business as usual. It doesn’t seem that this particular unenthusiastic reception will stop the band’s momentum. Be sure to check out the latest EP Blessed Rust Vultures.

Next, the highlight of the night for many, West of Hell. Originally founded in West Auckland, New Zealand as an instrumental act, West of Hell relocated to Vancouver in 2009 and recruited a second lead-guitarist Jordy Knute (ex-Theocide) and vocalist Chris ”The Heathen” Valagao (Zimmer’s Hole, Mechanism). With the completed line-up, West of Hell has been quite active in the local metal scene, making many appearances. As main support last night, they sounded tighter then ever, with an intense performance that included The Heathen taking a grinder to a modified mic stand. West of Hell most definitely stole the show and prepared the crowd for Bay Area thrash legends Death Angel.

Though last night’s show was simply an off-night stop on its North American tour with Anthrax and Testament, Death Angel certainly did not hold back on us. Still promoting their most recent release, 2010’s Relentless Retribution, the thrash metal act which has been active for nearly two decades blew the roof off the place with its powerful, balls to the wall style. Vocalist Mark Osegueda nearly decapitated the front row, headspinning with his insanely long dreadlocks while guitarists Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar stirred things up with their seamless technical ability and entertaining live performance. Be sure to check out Death Angel’s latest music video for the track “River of Rapture” and catch the band as main support for the co-headlining Testament/Anthrax tour this fall.

By Alxs Ness

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