Within The Ruins, The Contortionist, I
Declare War, Reflections, Don’t Worry I’m A Doctor, and From Concept To
Chronicle – Part 1 of 2
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Station 4, St. Paul, MN
Due to the length,
I’m dividing my review of this six-band bill into two parts. The first part
here will feature the first three bands of the night.
Click on the picture to see more photos of From Concept To Chronicle (14).
A massive snowstorm
across the upper Midwest left City In
The Sea stranded in South Dakota, so locals From Concept To Chronicle and Don’t
Worry I’m A Doctor were brought in. From Concept To Chronicle was up first with
a crushing three-guitar attack whose brutality was impressive. These guys play
a very technical style of fast metalcore with a singer belting out high-pitched
screams. They made the most of their short 20 minute set, and did a great job
of warming up the early arrivers.
Click on the picture to see more photos of Don't Worry I'm A Doctor (13).
Don’t Worry I’m A
Doctor also made a good impression with their 20 minute set. Similar to From
Concept To Chronicle, their music borders more on death metal rather than
metalcore, and their vocalist uses mainly a deep scream and spent most of this
time howling into a light box on stage. It took a couple songs for me to warm
up to them, but the band quickly hit their stride and also delivered a short,
crushing set. Both opening bands are ones to watch out for.
Click on either picture of Reflections to see more photos of the band (21).
The Twin Cities’
own Reflections have amazingly built
up a growing national fanbase on the strength of their great self-released
debut album, The Fantasy Effect, last
year. Their inclusion on this tour is proof that key industry people are taking
notice of their groove-based, technical metalcore. A large contingent of fans
turned out early to catch Reflections on this hometown stop for the band, and
they looked comfortable on stage as they proved they’re the real deal. The
Pantera-like assault of “Lost…” and “…And Found” opened their show as the crowd
chanted along. “Good Push” went over well, and this was followed by a new song,
“Derlirium”, another heavy one with plenty of guitar pyrotechnics. The
ambitious “Rotations” was one of the set highlights before closing out with a
shortened version of “Ceilings”. Reflections has confirmed a
yet-to-be-announced summer tour, so get out to support them when they roll
through your town.
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