First of all I'd like to applaud Industrial Coast for managing to bring out a crowd for a mixed bill show in Middlesbrough on a Wednesday night. Promoting for underground events can be tough and this show brought a little bit of what I'd like to see in the world to my home town.
Unfortunately I missed Diall due to fatherhood duties, but can confirm that that band rip. The rest of the night in the lead up to World Peace was filled with what I would describe as noise acts. One of these acts resonated with me the most 'Seb Hewison'. Their set would be what I would relate to as an emotional and potentially drug fueled crash out , with Seb literally tying themselves in knots with the microphone wire and getting in and amongst the crowd. Even though the audible words weren't specifically present I really think this set told a story of , pain , confusion and potentially loss.
As World Peace came to stage the crowd was incredibly quiet, like they were about to witness something spectacular and the anticipation was correct. The venue (Auxilliary space, Mbro) was a perfect backdrop for their strobe lighting and all black outfits and created an eery yet powerful vibe. Usually when a band lines up with 2 bass players and no guitarist you would expect them to sound massive and World Peace did not disappoint.
I would describe their sound as apocalypse worthy powerviolence with a sort of metallic doom edge. Vocalist was nothing but visceral and overall as a band the best word I could use to describe them was explosive. There was no conventional mosh at this show but it did not take away from the event. Although maybe hard to dance to, each one of World Peace's tracks provided a sense of unnerving surprise that kept you guessing in the best sense possible.
Massive bass tones, incredible drummer, powerful singer. Everything you would ask from a band of this style. Overall I was super impressed with all 9 minutes of the set, while I would have liked to watch them for longer, all of that time was filled with something special.
They didnt talk or fuck around, got on with the task at hand and really made that journey from the US worth it in 9 minutes. Something that a lot of bands fail to do at all, never mind in such a short space of time. Wicked band.
Overall real fun show and a change of scenery for us! Big ups all involved in putting it together.
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