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 | |  Hell/Beholder - Live Review From The Rescue Rooms In Nottingham, UK | |
Hell/Beholder
The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Before I start writing this I have to make an apology. I wasn't down as Press for this event. I paid my way like everyone else because I'm a big fan of both bands. Usually that means letting my thinning hair down, having a pint (or three) and meeting up with mates just to enjoy myself. All of that did happen, however, this was such a damn fine gig that I thought, "sod it, I'm still going to do a write up", hence the photos are not brilliant because we didn't have all the proper gear with us. So excuse picture quality (taken on my phone!), but you are still getting a review so don't moan too much!
As usual, The Rescue Rooms were boiling, especially as it was a hot evening, so it was a trip to the bar first before checking out the stage. What was immediately noticeable was Hell had brought so much equipment that Beholder would be pushed right to the front, drums included. This proved to be the case, but as they squeezed onto the space available there were no frowns, just huge smiles all around. A good crowd had already congregated to watch this Coventry & Leicester based five piece and this performance proved why they have such a good following!
If you've never heard Beholder then it's time to remedy that mistake. They are a thunderous Heavy Metal beast managing to take Traditional British Metal, mix it with a more Modern sound and top if off with some Thrash creating something that could stop a squadron of Scorpion Tanks in their tracks. Vocalist Simon Hall is a mountain of a man, with a voice to match, but the size of the grin on his face during this gig told you how much this support slot meant to him and chatting with him briefly afterwards was an absolute pleasure! He also jumped down from the stage on a couple of occasions to join various people in the crowd.  
It's not just Dave though, the rest of the band Kev Bower (Guitars, Keyboard), Tony Speakman (Bass), Tim Bowler (Drums) and Andy Sneap are utterly captivating, you just cannot take your eyes off any of them, and the music, well the music is magnificent! When Hell were first around, as an underground band in the early 80's, they were so far ahead of their time that people didn't understand them, but now people really get what they are about and it's about bloody time. All that went wrong tonight was the heat messing about with a couple of the in-between song sound samples, but hey, what are warm up gigs for, if not to iron out the niggles! One thing you would have noticed, if you were at this gig, was the amount of other bands and musicians who had come to watch Hell and that is testament to how many have been influenced by them over the years. More pics of HELL https://www.facebook.com/HELLofficial/
http://www.hell-metal-band.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BeholderUK
http://beholderuk.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RescueRooms Review written exclusively for Brutiful Entertainment by Rick Tilley
www.facebook.com/richard.tilley.351
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