The Sword at Cox Arena - Review Metallica Tour

From Sam....
Gawd!! I hope the walls don’t cave in on us THIS SUNDAY, Strangers!!
Sunday, May 13 will be the loudest Stay Strange yet!! Frank Melendez and Riververb! Also on the bill is the equally loud Actuary from Los Angeles. Plus a rare performance by artist Gerritt Wittmer.
SUNDAY, MAY 13-
RIVERVERB/ACTUARY/GERRITT WITTMER
THE KAVA GALLERY - 2804 KETTNER BLVD - 7PM - $5.00 - ALL AGES SHOW!
Riververb is always in a constant change, and I hear that the latest incarnation is the best so far! Judge for yourself! it’s some heavy stuff! Face morphing grinder sludge. Last time Riververb played, no slayed, the smoke turned black from monolithic chunks of acid-noise.
Actuary shake the shit loose! Los Angeles breeds some sick stuff and this by no means drops the ball. Not only are this tunes in your face, it’s in your skull too! Mean ass nitro venom. Gory!!
Gerritt Wittmer is an artist in the darkest sense possible. I’m not sure what he’ll be doing at this month’s Stay Strange, but if it’s anything like his performance at LUFF, it’s going to be scary!!!

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Look deep into The Sword, see yourself, blind your eyes, empty your mind. Remember. Remember the time when music was a valuable instrument of change. That was last night, lingering into today, at The Sword, blessed, broken, uncommon and soulful. Reality blurred perfectly into the shadowy world behind Steppenwolf's door. When's the last time the music shook you loose, shook you into a rebirth, halved, split and baptized? Naturally and unpretentiously, The Sword melted most of Gods of the Earth. Too bad fucking Metallica hogged the volume for their set and kept The Sword's sound at a level that screamed, no corrupted, for more.
Through the distraction of stage in the round, the songs thrust forward, through the mist and stirred a Sabbath air. Great downplayed vocals, superb soulful double guitars, Allman old school, emotion balanced on a Ministry's backdrop of relentlessness dominated the complete thirty minute set.
With a sacred confidence did The Sword outshine the other bands on the bill. Destiny determines this feeling, simplicity and sophistry dominated the evening. Most of the crowd missed the best of the night. Oh yeah, Metallica and Lamb of God played too.