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Chelsea Grin @ Willem Twee

CONCERT REVIEW: Chelsea Grin & Carnifex Take Co-Headliner Tour To Den Bosch For Sold-Out Show

Not too long before Christmas, the likes of Chelsea Grin and Carnifex made us travel to a venue that we had not visited before, in a city where we had not witnessed a concert in our lives. The multi-purpose venue, Willem Twee, which during the day serves as flex workplaces in-between the visual art portrayals, but at night, the venue hosts live music of all ranges, including the heavier tastes. Willem Twee has 2 rooms in the venue, and tonight’s event was held in the big room with a capacity of 550, which had sold-out months in advance. With this particular co-headliner bill & 3 incredible supporting bands Bodysnatcher, Varials & The Convalescence, that came as no surprise.

For us personally, the year ended with this show, a sold-out, sweaty deathcore gig, which has been a while! For us, the evening started with Carnifex who have plenty of reasons to be out on tour. In addition to their new 2021 album GRAVESIDE CONFESSIONS, they have recently released a 2022 edition of their song Lie To My Face, which generally is their set-closer.

Having seen Carnifex a few times throughout the years, the band is as consistent as they come. Every few years, they will release a new album within their niche genre, with 1-2 songs standing out and doing better than the rest to gradually replace the live setlist over the years without losing ‘quality’, with of course the classics Lie To My Face and Hell Choose Me forever having a cemented place on the live stage. 

The band plays very well, to an ecstatic audience. With the deathcore demographic, you will never reach as many fans as with other, more melodic genres, but the fans that you do reach are loyal, outgoing and will show up. As a result, 550 fans are screaming their lungs out and moshing as if their lives depend on it. The shout ‘what the fuck’ during Lie To My Face as well as ‘Hell Chose Me’ from the song with the same name will honestly never get old, it’s one of those things that make liveshows the spectacle that they are. Check out some shots from the Carnifex set right below. 

Last but not least, Chelsea Grin were back in the country to support the release of their brand new album Suffer In Hell, which is doing incredibly well with the fans. Having ‘suffered’ a few line-up changes in recent years, Chelsea Grin are here to stay, and this album proves just that. Still making incredible music and putting on a great liveshow, with props to Tom Barber for being able to sing the older Alex Koehler era songs. On this tour, while playing a bunch of songs from the new album, the band also committed to playing their debut self-titled EP, which includes the ever so popular Crewcabanger and Lifeless. Of course the likes of Recreant, My Damnation and my personal favourite Playing With Fire could not be absent tonight.

Just like Thy Art Is Murder‘s CJ McMahon, vocalist Tom Barber does not take himself all too seriously and was often humorously dancing along to the heavy instruments, which added some hilarity to an otherwise serious and tight performance from one of the frontrunner deathcore bands in the scene. I’ve been a Chelsea Grin fan throughout the years, and while they are undeniably a different band now than they were before, their popularity continues to soar and their new music continues to do well and as it turns out, their liveshows also carries on being one of the strongest in their respective field.

Check out some shots of their performance in the gallery below and make sure to catch Chelsea Grin and/or Carnifex on the road next year!

what's happening with Waterparks
Waterparks 2022

Waterparks Announce Huge Tour With Support From Hunny

Waterparks have had a great year with no signs of slowing down, with some singles doing extremely well, including the collaborative track with blackbear FUCK ABOUT IT and the earlier FUNERAL GREY.

Next year, the band will be releasing their new album Intellectual Property and as it turns out, they will be hitting the road in a major way, too. Throughout April, May & June, Waterparks will be playing shows on The Property Tour. Support for these shows will be Hunny.

Tickets for these shows have gone on sale today, and you’ll be able to grab them right here.

Check out all the tour dates below and let us know if you are going to any of the shows.

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I Prevail @ Rock Am Ring 2019

I Prevail Release Live Video For ‘Bad Things’

I Prevail have released a live video for their song Bad Things, off of the band’s popular album TRUE POWER, which came out earlier this year.

The live video comes at a great time, as the band is going on an extensive tour through Europe next year, on which we will be present at two shows: the ones in Amsterdam and Tilburg.

READ MORE: The Ghost Inside have announced new shows for the upcoming year!

To prepare the Eu fans of what we can expect next year, the band have released a live video from their True Power tour in the United States of America, which occured earlier this year.

Check out what all the fuss is about and make sure to catch I Prevail on the road next year. These are shows you don’t want to miss out on.

what's happening with The Ghost Inside
The Ghost Inside 2022

The Ghost Inside Announce UK Shows For 2023

The Ghost Inside have announced a string of shows to take place in the UK in March and April of 2023. In the summer of 2023, The Ghost Inside have also been revealed to be on the line-up of several festivals, including Jera On Air.

The UK fans will be getting a prequel of things to come during their headliner shows in March and April, for which tickets will go on sale this coming monday, the 19th of December.

READ MORE: Ice Nine Kills have announced a new graphic novel

Check out the tour dates on the poster below and let us know if you are going to any of the shows!

The Ghost Inside UK tour 2023
The Ghost Inside UK tour 2023
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Against The Current @ 013

PHOTO REVIEW: Against The Current Play Biggest Dutch Headline Show To-Date

After playing a signicantly smaller show merely 6 months ago in Amsterdam, Against The Current came back to The Netherlands to play their biggest Dutch headliner show to-date. While the band was initially placed to play in the ‘Next’ room of Poppodium 013, it sold-out so quickly, that the organisors decided to promote the show to their mainstage. As a result, more than 1000 fans came out for Against The Current on this very cold evening.

Armed with enthusiasm over their new-found independence with the first independent release being blindfolded, and of course a whole arsenal of songs old and new, Against The Current played a set, spanning their discography from 2015 EP Gravity all the way to the aforementioned brand new release blindfolded, which has raked in more than 600k streams on Spotify alone since its release on the 2nd of December.

Having seen Against The Current more than 10 times already, the band’s performance didn’t hold too many surprises, but it is a delight to see this band grow in their live music craft each time we catch them on the road. Vocalist Chrissy Costanza‘s energy and ability to jump around without losing quality in her voice never ceases to amaze. This band is having fun on the road, which became particularly apparent when they jokingly invited their merch manager to come on stage, to which he happily obliged, crowdsurfing from the back to dance around on stage for a bit.

Against The Current are just getting started and we cannot wait for their next chapter. We were there last night to witness the latest evolution of the Against The Current live experience and you can get a glimpse of what the show looked like via the gallery below.

what's happening with Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills 2022

Ice Nine Kills Announce Sequel To ‘Inked In Blood’ Graphic Novel

Ice Nine Kills are releasing a sequel to their graphic novel Inked In Blood in partnership with Z2 Comics.

The graphic novel will carry the name Inked In Blood II: Once Upon A Crime and pre-orders can be done right here. The graphic novel was created by Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas and co-written by Ryan J. Downey & artists Nino Cammarata and Giorgia Sposito.

Check out the announcement right below and let us know if you are thinking of grabbing a copy!