Thursday, May 3rd
6:30PM - ALL AGES - FREE
@ UMass Lowell VPAC, 3rd Floor
Fox Tower
Lowell, MA
www.uml.edu
GAZA (Black Market Activities, from SLC Utah)
The_Network (they will destroy everything in sight, I've seen it happen more than once)
Porphyria (New England's answer to Decapitated)
The Taste of Silver (New England's answer to Phillip Glass in a grind band)
From Salt Lake City, Gaza play a dark, glooming and frantic breed of hardcore and metal mixed with grind. Combining the sludgy, droney elements of Crowbar or Soilent Green with the absolute blasting force of Pig Destroyer, adjectives like abrasive and devastating, do not even begin to touch the full extremes of this group. What little will be left after The_Network's set will be cleared away by these men.
Recalling memories of bands like Coalesce and Deadguy, the frantic, desperate music of The_Network is something that can only truly be experienced live. I've been playing shows with these guys for four years now, and they've destroyed every damn thing in their path whenever they play. Countless microphones and guitar cables have fallen mercilessly at their feet. The frustration and contempt for all things worldly that is felt within their guts becomes reality for fifteen minutes, with guitars swirling, drumsticks flailing, and microphones sailing through the air. You must see this band to believe they actually do what people say they do. Plus they're fast as hell.
Formed in late 2003, Porphyria is a 5-piece death metal band based out of three states (ME, NH, MA). Their 5 track EP, recorded with Ken Susi in April of 2005, is cutting-edge death metal, filled with some of the heaviest parts New England has ever heard. They have played 100+ shows all over New England and to as far as Ohio within the last two years with some national and international acts such as: Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Vehemence, Despised Icon, Beneath the Massacre, Akercocke, Vital Remains, Cattle Decapitation, Malignancy, Internal Sufferring, Immolation, Dehumanized, Mortician, Incantation, Goratory, Wasteform and many more. This band is consistently tight and razor accurate. Expect them to be picked up by a major label soon.
Hailing from the small historical town of Arlington, Massachusetts, The Taste of Silver has been making surprisingly large waves in the underground music scene. Combining the likes of Phillip Glass and John Cage with music like Assuck, Saetia, and Dinosaur Jr, their blend of melody and technicality is a breath of fresh air in a world of one-hitter wonders and pattern songs growing progressively stagnant. They have played over 300 shows in over 35 states, and have just released their second album on Hold True Records. This band is sure to win you over with their passion and integrity live.
you know for a fact that you do not win, due to the fact that STD havent been good in ages. stop convincing yourself that their weezer wannabe-ness is even remotely good.
anyway, you should really be at this show instead.
hell fucking yea. This is 2 mins from my house, I'm totally going to this. BTW where the heck would a show go down at fox hall? I used to have a class or two there even though I think it is a residence hall.
hell fucking yea. This is 2 mins from my house, I'm totally going to this. BTW where the heck would a show go down at fox hall? I used to have a class or two there even though I think it is a residence hall.
it is a residence hall... my friend who goes there says most of the kids hates the shows there cause they are trying to sleep or don't like the non umass kids going there... cause it is an event for them i guess.
post by Doomkid at Apr 24,2007 12:55am edited Apr 24,2007 1:49am
mOe said:
people who dont understand In Reverie need to grow up
understanding does not equal enjoyment. regardless I hope you enjoy the show, and for those not lucky enough to have tickets: this show will more than make up for it.
people who dont understand In Reverie need to grow up
understanding does not equal enjoyment. regardless I hope you enjoy the show, and for those not lucky enough to have tickets: this show will more than make up for it.
my best friend brought me and my lady the tickets so I cant just be like "d00d, that shit aint brutal no thanx!"
I'm very excited for this show. It's been way too long since I've seen Porphyria and I'm psyched for the other bands as well. Last time I saw Porphyria was at Franklin Pierce College with The Final Battle and a bunch of other bands that I can't remember.
post by Doomkid at May 3,2007 1:01am edited May 3,2007 1:28am
I won a $50 gift certificate for a crappy tattoo parlor that I never used at that show. And I also had a shitty attempt at a beard.
The FOX TOWER is pretty much THE tallest thing in Lowell, so you should be able to find it easily. Every one in Lowell knows where it is, too. It's like 20 or 24 floors or something. It needs a special blinking light so planes don't fly into it.
When you get to the building, go straight ahead through the doors to the freight-looking elevator. Take that to the third floor. You can also take the stairs behind the doors to your right and left.
totally free show, so enjoy
oh also! If you are still confused as to where to go, just ask the security guard or the person at the help desk by the soda machines for the VPAC.
I've never really been on the campus.
I'm going to see about visiting the stressfactor before the show
ATTENTION ANYONE DRIVING TO THIS SHOW
listen to 91.5FM from 6pm to 9pm.
I also think we should have that show playing as music if there is music between bands.
I've never really been on the campus.
I'm going to see about visiting the stressfactor before the show
ATTENTION ANYONE DRIVING TO THIS SHOW
listen to 91.5FM from 6pm to 9pm.
I also think we should have that show playing as music if there is music between bands.
We got played on Stress Factor 2 weeks ago...pretty awesome.
I'm excited to see WJUL's studio. I've been listening to that station since 1990-ish.
I've only been to 2 other radio stations before. harvard's and notre dame (manchester nh. now RIP).
ok, I said a prayer to the god of no tickets and went inside. it's like a community theatre room. I'm hoping for puppet shows in between the bands' set.
network, the: scott was in the hspital taking care of his little lady so 2 dudes from gaza did most of the vocals. Granted, they aren't scott and weren't able to stand up to pete's screaming like scott can, but they did a good job. Between the 2 of them, they knew most of the vocal rhythms. The last 2 songs had a bunch of people step up on the mic. Including steveotb and immortal13.
gaza: my 3rd time seeing them in 5 days? Still awesome. They had the best sound of all the bands (besides the kick drum mic that was cut out for 1/2 a song). After the stage/sound from zack last night, the sound here wasn't on par. But that's ok. It's still gaza.
Porphyria: the sound was messed up for them. On blue's side, I only heard tom. On tom's side I only heard blue. Once they turned it up it was better (especially the bass) but there was a little bit too much low end in that system. BMR was there rocking out for them and all that stuff.
the_taste_of_silver: they played with almost no crowd interaction what so ever. I guess people in lowell just rock that way. TTOS still played as good as they always do. Somehow, even though they write 800 songs and 800 messages, I always know most of the songs that they play.
i had a really good time at the show tonight. kinda sucks that there weren't more people but what can you do. gaza fucking rocked my ass. ttos never lets me down. all the bands were wicked nice.
Was nice to see the bros from Porphyria and TTOS again. Blue looks like a bearded lady now and is playing through an old Fender head that has more gain than anything they have on the market these days. Sounds like it has potential.
TTOS were great as usual, even though there was not crowd participation they gave it their all and Nicholas proceeded to ruin is guitar a little.
Porphyria was a bit sloppier than I;ve seen them before, but even in that case they're tighter than most bands on the local circuit.
Gaza sounded huge. It seems like every other band had a bit of a hard time filling out the room (though TTOS sounded bigger than usual because of the WOBO). Gaza must tune down to -Zflat or something, every note snapped back from some higher note to a lower note due to string wobbliness. I'm usually not down with that because it's a little gimmicky, but they've created a really dark vibe and great stage presence around that vibe. At times these guys would fit right in on a doom and grind fest (and I'm not being an ignorant fuck about grind, I know the difference), other times they sound like a tech-ier coalesce tuned down to death. It's a good thing.
The_Network was ridiculous. Guest vocals and loudness. I wish they had set up on the floor.
hahahah,
A HUGE thanks goes out to everyone that stepped it up and helped out with vocal duties while Scott had to take care of some urgent matters. This was a very unique show for us...GAZA filling in and then open mic for the last few songs....a sincere thanks to everyone that grabbed the mic and sang there hearts out...
This was such a good show...Porphyria, TTOS and us have been playing shows together for a long time now and all have become good friends over the years...it was good to all play the same show and just hang out with bud's, add GAZA and you've got a reaction much like the pic of blue above...
damn kinda looks like a low turnout from the pictures
sure it was great though.
post by jim_is_to_lazy_to_login at May 4,2007 7:18pm
the_network is blowing up seriously
these dudes rule
post by jebus_crispex at May 4,2007 9:08pm edited May 4,2007 9:08pm
Great fuckin show, too bad I had to bail after Gaza. Thanks for puttin my long ass hair on RTTP lol. I couldn't just stand there during Frailities of Humanity and not thrash, it felt unnatural.
post by Foghorn at May 5,2007 11:48am
I only made it down to see the end of TTOS set and the beginning of Porphyria. I wish I could have stayed for the rest of the show. But, I did promo the hell out of the show on the Stress Factor and played some tracks from each band. I hope to see the bands I missed sometime soon.
