AMON AMARTH

ARCH ENEMY/HYPOCRISY

BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON

Beloved Viking metallers bring a Swedish horde to our shores

away, Slayer are about to play their final show. But while many will lament the sizable hole in the metal’s intro tape cutting out after 30 seconds paints shades more Spinal Tap than their near-30-year career deserves. It doesn’t matter a damn bit once the band actually get going, though, the likes of and setting the scene nicely for tonight’s Swedish triple-threat. Clearly thriving on the energies of a crowd that receive them rapturously, are on fine form, delivering the anthemic potential of songs like and with aplomb. At the heart of it all is frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz, the metallic master of ceremonies stomping, stalking and bounding her way around the stage to fill every inch of available space.