Live Review: Hatebreed w/ Cannibal Corpse and guests, Dec. 2, 2009, Vancouver, BC
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Live Review – Hatebreed w/ Cannibal Corpse, Unearth, Born of Osiris and Hate Eternal
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
A black shroud of doom descended upon Vancouver when brutal death metal band Hate Eternal kicked off the Decimation of the Nation 2 show at the Commodore this Wednesday. It was difficult not to notice how nonsensical it was that a well established and respected act like Hate Eternal, who have been going strong for 12 years would be opening for the trendy and relatively new (2 years) Born of Osiris. It’s unfortunate too considering that this meant they were only able to play 3 songs. Regardless of the short set time however, it was immediately obvious that this 3-piece packs a heavy punch and achieves a more massive sound than many 6-piece bands.
While Born of Osiris seem to fit the description of the kind of fly-by-night metalcore band that has been springing up overnight the last few years (and disappearing just as quick), credit should be given where credit is due. With a sound that has strong death metal and metalcore elements, they were a sensible choice as segue into Unearth. Besides their sound, their extremely energetic set brought the undead momentarily back to life in anticipation of the non-stop action of the latter’s set.
Though looking slightly road-worn, Unearth were able to pull it together and perform their signature energetic live-show to full effect. Always one to set the crowd ablaze, the Massachusetts based metalcore band got everyone onto the floor. Tracks like “Sanctity of Brothers”, “My Will Be Done” and “Black Hearts Now Reign” –in which guitarists Ken and Buz threw their cabs onto the stage and shredded on top of them- got a strong crowd response. Keeping the energy flowing until the very end, vocalist Trevor Phipps provoked the crowd into giving it everything they had; reminding us that while only 30 seconds remained, this was our chance at 30 seconds of energy and pure aggression.
Cannibal Corpse started their set with “Evisceration Plague.” With its slow, driving riffs, this is the perfect song to get the crowd warmed up and prepared for the insanity to follow with favorites such as “I Cum Blood”, “Make Them Suffer” and “Hammer Smashed Face.” Like Unearth, Corpse seemed slightly worn-out; evidenced mainly in less head spins than usual by Corpsegrinder. None the less, they put on a great show and Corpsegrinder, despite a slightly less than average (for him) amount of head banging, still kicked the asses of everyone trying to match him. In this vein he put out one of the best quotes I’ve heard in quite some time “short hair is not a fucking excuse.” There’s the challenge, good luck trying to meet it.
Final act of the night, Hatebreed, paid many respects to Cannibal Corpse throughout their set, even dedicating one of the last songs of the night, “Perseverance” to them. The humility did not end there as frontman Jamey Jasta recounted a story of a tour they did in Japan, where they lost their guitars and only one band out of 40 at a particular show stepped up to the plate to lend them their gear. This band was Slayer. They followed the story with the cover “Ghosts of War” which is featured on their highly successful cover album For the Lions. They also played a number of songs from their latest album (self-titled) which was released worldwide back in October. With a solid mix of newer and older material, the crowd was united on the floor with a steady dose of heavy and empowering tracks.
By Alxs Ness
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