Soulfly Bring The Heavy
Playing Glasgow for the second time in about 10 days, I’m pleased that that this time Incite play to a nearly full crowd. Due to some issues with the door times when supporting Cancer Bats the previous week, apparently the band ended up playing to about a dozen people.
The last time I saw Richie Cavalera was probably about ten years ago providing the Fred Durst vocals on Soulfly’s 'Bleed' so it’s cool to see him fronting his own band now.
Incite prove to be a solid outfit. Heavy, simple and fans of a breakdown or two, they’re not reinventing the wheel here but they go over pretty well with the crowd. If I have one major grumble it’s the generic requests to “show me your horns” or “bang your fucking heads.” It’s all been said a thousands times before and can get a bit annoying sometimes. Other than that though, Incite were not bad at all.
It’s five days after the gig and I’m still honestly struggling to describe King Parrot other than just copy and pasting “This is mental” over and over again. But they are though. The Aussie’s annihilate the place for 45 minutes with their mix of thrash, grind and hardcore.
Call it whatever you want, it’s intense. All the while front man Matthew Young screams and barks like an escaped mental patient. For much of the crowd this is the band of the night and according to Young: “I like you cunts.” We’ll take that.
Soulfly playing King Tut’s was an opportunity not to be missed and I’m glad to say that Max Cavalera et al did not disappoint. They deliver a strong set list covering their entire career to date, along with a few Sepultura covers of course crammed into a brief 65 minute show.
"Blood Fire War Hate" works well live, while drummer Zyon Cavalera dominates the kit for "Refuse/Resist" in a way reminiscent of his uncle. "Prophecy", "Seek n Strike", "Arise/Dead Embryonic Cells", and "Frontline": take your pick for highlights, while "Eye for an Eye" brings things to a close. After nearly twenty years, ten albums and multiple lineup changes, Soulfly still put on one a hell of a live show.
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what makes Soulfly so identifiable and loveable is that they don't need to re-invent themselves. I regret I have not seen them live yet but judging from this review, I missed a belter.
