Northlane, Stray From Path, Structures, Statues @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (09/06/2013)
Since their formation in 2009 Northlane are proving to be the most hardworking and fastly growing bands on the Australian music scene.
The 59th Sound has followed this growth with a number of gig reviews and interviews and every time we talk to them or watch them play, there is an extra sense of maturity. They are probably one of the most talked about Australian metalcore bands at the moment (the first probably being the Amity Affliction who are about to head over to America to play the Vans Warped tour).
Their Sunday show at the Corner Hotel was exceptional. I only managed to catch the last song by the openers for the night, Statues, but what I saw was pretty interesting. The vocalist Jayme van Keulen screamed their last song while climbing one of the big poles that hold up the corner hotel (which also, are very dangerous for circle pits). It was a really cool addition to the show and fans really react to bands that aren’t afraid to come into the crowd to play their music.
Stray from the Path were up next and played a combination of hardcore/punk. The instrumentals were really heavy and I couldn’t hear any real classic structure to it. Formed in 2001, there was a number of passionate fans thrashing out at the front of the mosh. I also thought I heard a bit of Rage Against the Machine in their riffs.
Canadian hardcore outfit structures didn’t gear up the crowd as much as Stay from the Path, despite having a bigger crowd to play to leading into Northlane’s set. Despite this, they put on a pretty great show. I really liked how they had three band members that could take the role of screaming at different points.
I reviewed Northlane at a Plastic earlier this year, which was a very chaotic show. Without the barrier, people in the mosh jumped on stage whenever they liked and many tried to steal the microphone off vocalist, Adrian Fitipaldes.
It was a pretty good show to watch, the chaos definitely added to the atmosphere. However, Northlane are much better with the barrier. All the band members have awesome stage presence and Adrian was definitely much more comfortable being able to do his own thing on stage without worrying that a drunken hardcore kid was going to jump up with him.
After opening with Genesis and Scarab they played a number of their best songs of their latest record Singularity. They have become one of their best live bands to watch and the addition of clean vocals has added a whole new dimension to their live show.
After finishing the normal set with Dream Awake they came back to play Dispossession for the encore. During the encore, guitarist Josh Smith jumped into the crowd and continued to play his guitar whilst crowd surfing. When he came back over the barrier, he was dropped, but even still played his guitar. It was really badass.
Northlane finished the night off with an awesome set. They just announced a tour across Europe and the U.S and I am excited to watch these guys grow internationally.
Ryan Hyde
The 59th Sound has followed this growth with a number of gig reviews and interviews and every time we talk to them or watch them play, there is an extra sense of maturity. They are probably one of the most talked about Australian metalcore bands at the moment (the first probably being the Amity Affliction who are about to head over to America to play the Vans Warped tour).
Their Sunday show at the Corner Hotel was exceptional. I only managed to catch the last song by the openers for the night, Statues, but what I saw was pretty interesting. The vocalist Jayme van Keulen screamed their last song while climbing one of the big poles that hold up the corner hotel (which also, are very dangerous for circle pits). It was a really cool addition to the show and fans really react to bands that aren’t afraid to come into the crowd to play their music.
Stray from the Path were up next and played a combination of hardcore/punk. The instrumentals were really heavy and I couldn’t hear any real classic structure to it. Formed in 2001, there was a number of passionate fans thrashing out at the front of the mosh. I also thought I heard a bit of Rage Against the Machine in their riffs.
Canadian hardcore outfit structures didn’t gear up the crowd as much as Stay from the Path, despite having a bigger crowd to play to leading into Northlane’s set. Despite this, they put on a pretty great show. I really liked how they had three band members that could take the role of screaming at different points.
I reviewed Northlane at a Plastic earlier this year, which was a very chaotic show. Without the barrier, people in the mosh jumped on stage whenever they liked and many tried to steal the microphone off vocalist, Adrian Fitipaldes.
It was a pretty good show to watch, the chaos definitely added to the atmosphere. However, Northlane are much better with the barrier. All the band members have awesome stage presence and Adrian was definitely much more comfortable being able to do his own thing on stage without worrying that a drunken hardcore kid was going to jump up with him.
After opening with Genesis and Scarab they played a number of their best songs of their latest record Singularity. They have become one of their best live bands to watch and the addition of clean vocals has added a whole new dimension to their live show.
After finishing the normal set with Dream Awake they came back to play Dispossession for the encore. During the encore, guitarist Josh Smith jumped into the crowd and continued to play his guitar whilst crowd surfing. When he came back over the barrier, he was dropped, but even still played his guitar. It was really badass.
Northlane finished the night off with an awesome set. They just announced a tour across Europe and the U.S and I am excited to watch these guys grow internationally.
Ryan Hyde