Sylosis – FaceBar 23/02/10

Sylosis

http://www.myspace.com/sylosis

Sylosis is a British melodic death metal band from Reading, Berkshire formed in 2000. They have used various genres in their music over the years with their first 2 EP’s and debut album. They base themselves on 1980’s thrash metal crossed with modern styles of music like metalcore.

Supported by

Mia Hope

http://www.myspace.com/MiaHope

Mia Hope are 5-peice metalcore band hailing from Berkshire, England. Their influences spread from 90’s hardcore to modern day death metal. Their second ep released in 2005 was recorded with Justin Hill and Dan Weller from Sikth and their new ep ‘The Collapse Of Etymology’.

Terakai

http://www.myspace.com/terakai

Terakai are a 5 piece metalcore act formed in early 2009 by Joe Knipe, Matt Dodd, Tom Grepne, Chris Dodd and Adam Lewin. They have recently recorded ‘The Last Stand’ EP, currently awaiting release.

Honour Is Dead

http://www.myspace.com/honourisdeaduk

Honour is Dead were formed January 2009, pioneers of Epic Melodic Supercore, Honour Is Dead are making their way up in the world of music, with gig’s with All Shall Perish, For The Fallen Dreams, Devil Sold His Soul and Terror.

Price:

£8.00 on the door,

£6.50 in advance.

Tucked out of the way of the main town centre, The FaceBar is a small venue built as a nightclub. Unfortunately, when hosting a metal gig, a large disco ball centre stage doesn’t fit. The Stage was rather small and through the nigh you could see the bands could barely fit. With the lead singer of Honour Is Dead spending most of his time pacing in front of the stage while the band filled the stage. The overall sound of the evening wasn’t bad, the speakers seemed to be struggling by the end, and the overall balance was slight off. But for a venue that’s designed as a club, I think they did well. The staff members were friendly, which added a warm inviting atmosphere to the venue as you arrived.

The support bands did an excellent job of warming up the crowds for the main act, with Terakai playing some of their latest tracks from the New EP. After a small amount of movement in the crowd for the support act, the headliners came on. Sylosis livened up the crowd with track from their latest album ‘Conclusion Of An Age’. Opening with the popular ‘After Lifeless Years’, the crowds began to liven up and after an excellent hour-long set, they finished with Teras.

The main advantage of seeing a band at a local venue like The FaceBar, is being able to get close to the band, bigger venues impose more restrictions to keep the crowed away from the stage, but at The FaceBar, you had the chance to chat with the bands after their sets, and meet each of the members of the headliner band, Sylosis.

Overall the evening was an excellent night of Metal Music and Moshing

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Tags: band, Berkshire, Chris Dodd, Dan Weller, England, Honour, Honour Is, Joe Knipe, Justin Hill, Matt Dodd, Mia Hope, Tom Grepne