#10
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Disfear
Triac
Parasytic
Rock & Roll Hotel
The first metal show I saw at R&R Hotel was the time I was here for one of my favorite Swedish acts, Witchcraft. And now the second metal show I've seen at R&R Hotel is Swedish rock band Disfear, fronted by Tomas Lindberg of At The Gates fame. I had no idea what Disfear's music was going to sound like (I like to be surprised) but I would probably say it's "straight-ahead rock-and-roll" (as Franco used to say about his punk projects). I just read that Pitchfork gave them an 8.3, which explains why they were invited to play in DC (since DC's smaller clubs only tend to pick music-snob caliber indie rock).
Of course I really enjoyed Triac for their Baltimoran neck-tattooed grindcore. Yay! I will definitely make an effort to see them again. The problem with grindcore is that none of the bands ever play long enough because their songs are too short. Although I guess I could see where it would be pretty exhausting to play that fast and scream that much for too long.
I came in when Parasytic was still on - I guess that partially explains the large number of crust punks in the crowd. There were several bike messenger-looking guys and even a kid with a His Hero Is Gone hoodie. Seriously crusty.
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