Cancer Bats- 'Hail Destroyer'
These last 2 weeks have been absolutely fantastic for me. After a 7 month gig drought I went to see The Foo Fighters at Milton Keynes (review here!) with Biffy Clyro (who absolutely killed it) and Death Cab For Cutie. Then a few days later I was moshing my face off to Gallows in Folkestone (review of that too!) in a tiny room with lots of sweaty people. And finally I headed to Sonisphere on Sunday for a day of metal and hardcore greatness. Highlights include the double circle pits at Parkway Drive and the sea of crowd surfers, the bottle and smokebomb fight before Mastodon, and Bill Bailey doing a fantastic Rammstein-influenced cover of Scarborough Fair with full backing band.
All of this, superb. But not quite as good as Cancer Bats. Trapped on the Bohemia Stage, the tent full to bursting with even more people waiting to get in, Liam Cormiers gang play the set of their lives to the screaming masses. I managed to get right to the front for their encore, 'Hail Destroyer', as Liam launched himself in to the crowd. Everyone went crazy, the frontman lying on his front, mic in hand, leading into the first chorus. I literally cannot think of what I could say to do the show justice. One of my favourite moments from any gig I've been to. A great band at the top of their game playing a great song to a bunch of crazed fans. Awesome.
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