Review of Biomechanical's gig @ The Underworld 30th October 2004 :Spin:
BIOMECHANICAL
London Underworld
In heavy metal, the live concertis both a training and a proving ground. Generally speaking, if a band can't impress,they'll be quickly forgotten.
Now U.K. rising stars Biomechanical have, of course,played live before
-at last year's Bloodstock,to great acclaim, for example.
But as their first solo gig in London following a recent signing to Earache records(who will release the band's second full-length in April)tonight is a big
night for Biomechanical-and they use that to their advantage.
Pulling out the hook-laden 'Do You Know Me?' early,the fluid five-piece synthesise the support of tonight's sizeable crowd despite a typically mushy Underworld sound.
The fact that their own material isn't allowed to shine as brightly as it does
on record doesn't matter. The qualities that confirm Biomechanical as the UK's
great, pure metal hope are exemplified perfectly by their note-and-falsetto-
screech-perfect cover of 'Painkiller'alone. Were these lads on the road with
Judas Priest, they would be making converts the way Halford and Co
themselves did as support to AC/DC, all of 25 years ago.
A momentous occasion,
marred only by technical difficulties
PAUL SCHWARZ
Issue 126 December 2004
BIOMECHANICAL
London Underworld
In heavy metal, the live concertis both a training and a proving ground. Generally speaking, if a band can't impress,they'll be quickly forgotten.
Now U.K. rising stars Biomechanical have, of course,played live before
-at last year's Bloodstock,to great acclaim, for example.
But as their first solo gig in London following a recent signing to Earache records(who will release the band's second full-length in April)tonight is a big
night for Biomechanical-and they use that to their advantage.
Pulling out the hook-laden 'Do You Know Me?' early,the fluid five-piece synthesise the support of tonight's sizeable crowd despite a typically mushy Underworld sound.
The fact that their own material isn't allowed to shine as brightly as it does
on record doesn't matter. The qualities that confirm Biomechanical as the UK's
great, pure metal hope are exemplified perfectly by their note-and-falsetto-
screech-perfect cover of 'Painkiller'alone. Were these lads on the road with
Judas Priest, they would be making converts the way Halford and Co
themselves did as support to AC/DC, all of 25 years ago.
A momentous occasion,
marred only by technical difficulties
PAUL SCHWARZ
Issue 126 December 2004
