SWISSBRUTALDEATHFUCKINMETAL

On Monday evening I went out for a ride, as always, and decided to go to The Pilgrim pub by the Art College in Liverpool. My cousin had sent me an invite for a gig night of four 'brutal death metal' bands in the function suite upstairs. 

I had been into hardcore, industrial and new wave punk bands like the dead kennedys, Ministry and dread punks Bad Brains in my younger days, so I had a rough idea of what to expect. However, I was suprised at how friendly, funny and LOUD the night was.

As I entered the bar downstairs, to get myself a drink, the noise of bass drum rolls and larynx shredding, screach-singing from upstairs was competing with the jukebox selection of The Power of Love  by Jennifer Rush. Jennifer was losing by furlongs.

I climbed the spiral stair, paid my flim entry, got my 'disco licky' and took my place at the back in a dark corner.

The line up consisted of: Carnal Decay, Pighead and Cancerous Womb.

There was no stage and the band were in the audience. I got down the front with the slammers and stompers to get a closer look and take some pictures. It was impressive how physical and aggressive the performance was. When the first band left covered in cuts and bruises there was a pool of sweat, beer and broken glass.  

The music made a lot more sense seeing it performed live. The bands had their own idiosyncrasies. One band took it's inspiration from hip hop beats and lyrics with the vocals sounded like scratching in parts.

The crowd were a mix of Swiss, German, Russian and English. I clocked a phone screensaver of Stalin over a shoulder. In general there were lots of black tees, tats and beards. During smoke breaks outside everyone was sharing amusing stories, such as assaulting friends with dildos and getting erectile disfunction from estonian moonshine. This was all rudely interrupted by a suity bloke taking all his clothes off  to wave his genitals and his mangina to the patrons, only to slide into unconsciousness on the street furniture outside. All in all a top night and experience... Much better than my local pub quizz.