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InME, The Royal, Derby
October 16th, 2009 by Claire
InME + Symphony Cult + Zeroscape
Tonight’s bill is opened by canadian 4 piece Reggae/Metal ZEROSCAPE. Surprisingly at first, it doesn’t take a song for the already numerous crowd to tighten around the stage and allow themselves to be convinced.
ZEROSCAPE might seem to step on Skindred’s toes in the UK, but on the other continent it would no doubt be the other way around. They manage to alternate between metal and reggae with an impressive ability and have got their very own style. They later will successfully sell their E.P within the crowd who couldn’t help being a bit surprised at the half naked girl wearing a blinging pendant on the cover.
Second band tonight are the very young but successful Symphony Cult. Though, unfortunately they don’t seem to really fit. The band’s supposed epic entrance is barely noticed and their female singer seems to think that she has to use her body to get some attention. The impression of dealing with amateurs quickly vanishes though as they start playing. The music is of high quality and the vocals are nice and sure even if slightly drowned out by the guitars. She is sure making efforts to link with the crowd who by the end of the set seem a lot more receptive.
It’s finally InME’s turn to come on stage. The band are going old school tonight playing as a 3 piece as a car crash injured the second guitarist and caused this show to be rescheduled. The tracks from the new album “Herald Moth” certainly lack with that reduced line-up but the band still manage to put on a powerful show. The room is small, but there will be no less than two walls of death happening during the set. We were wondering if the floor was going to resist the amount of people jumping around.
Overall, the 15 tracks set list including 4 encores feels slightly endless… as most of the songs sound very similar, but for dedicated InME fans the band more than delivered.
Claire Violin
