EMPEROR X - LIVE IN A TUNNEL UNDER GLENDALE AVE. IN LOS ANGELES

Like I told a friend, don't ask me where this guy came up with the name for his act (sounds like the name of some epic metal band...), but this stuff rules!!!! Catch him in Newport, Kentucky (just over the bridge from Cincinnati, Ohio) tomorrow (Oct 11th) at the Southgate House with Margaret Darling (of the Seedy Seeds) and Billy Wallace. Buy tickets here, at Shake-It Records (today's the last day to do so), or at the Southgate House itself.  Here's the rest of the details for the show: 8 pm doors / 9pm show, $5 ADV / $8 DOS, Ages 18+ (sorry, kids!!!). And then he's playing for free at Mayday (in the  neighborhood of Northside in Cincinnati, OH) on Nov. 17th for FREE (21+ again...).  I know that's not listed on the site yet, but the booker informed me of it today...

Review of first Realicide show in Cincy in 2 years

As for the venue that this occured at, the Bunk Spot is basically the new Void; very diverse crowd there and 100-200 people showed up. There was even an amazing vegetarian/vegan feast (which i'm still recovering from... oof). As for Realicide's set, they blew everyone away. So intense. Booming beats, crackling, fuzzed out, vicious noise, and vocals that were yelled, screamed, and shouted, with a cross between "happy hardcore", harsh noise, some hip-hop (I think...), gabber, and possibly some industrial. It was the best set I've seen them do and I've seen them live more than any other band I've ever watched before. Robert was handling the electronics and backup vocals, with Jim Swill doing lead vox. They sounded like they did back in 2003-2005/6-ish, which made me happy, as that's when I saw them multiple times a month and never got sick of it. Swill went on a rant about myspace and what it's been doing to the prevailing culture (ironically, they have a myspace page, but they're thinking about taking it down). They also played my favorite song of theirs, their cover of The Mob's "Wish". It was a great time and Rob and Swill were in good spirits and really happy about how well the turnout and venue were. And I'm glad that I was able to make it and support a close friend who I hadn't seen in years.

Punk ain't comfort.

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