BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON
two Swedish melodeath pioneers feels like a dream tour, especially with reports circulating that headliners In Flames are reaching for their older material that many fans see as their best. provide the first support with their Metallica-meets-Gojira racket. An anaemic, sometimes murky mix hampers their sound, but not enough to obscure their musical quality. fare even worse, the drums overpowering their violin-led modern metalcore with the vocals rendered almost inaudible. Frustratingly, it doesn’t get better, andare fresh off celebrating their landmark album also gets a look-in, though their latest two albums only get a single track each. No matter, though, as the atmosphere is electric and the front rows mosh incessantly. Tomas Lindberg commands the crowd with ease whether tearing through
