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FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY

VENOM PRISON/VULVODYNIA/JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED

THE EXCHANGE, BRISTOL

International heavyweights share the honours

suitably prepare the early birds to this international fair with their weighty breakdowns and singer Bobak Rafiee’s endless appeals for action. But and . will never be accused of such scope, with their sole aim to turn the already-sweaty venue into an inferno of slam-drenched depravity. While comedic levels of gurning and a guitarist trying to look intimidating in a Hawaiian shirt slightly dampen their brutal death metal pummelling, it’s refreshing to see the South Africans having an absolute blast balancing indecency with impressive new tracks.

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