VADER

DEFILED

UNDERWORLD, CAMDEN

It’ll take more than a global pandemic to deter the masses from filling out ply, but the frenzied clatter goes to show sometimes you just need a hammer to nail properly. kick into overdrive from the off, barely keeping things on the rails in a way that is utterly thrilling to behold; the live stream will do little to communicate the teeth-rattling incessance of James Stewart’s drumming, or the sweat that flies during and . Vader grip the room like a vice, new tune indicating staunch underground pride, doubling down on their frenetic tendencies to shun the mainstream’s ill-fitting spotlight. That doesn’t stop some arena-sized grandeur creeping in during their closing covers of and mind, a seismic show of force befitting their decade-spanning, world-traversing career. What a band, what a legacy.