I had not seen a concert at KB18 in some years. I just don’t
really like the place or the vibe and the sound had always been pretty bad. I
arrived at the same time as my friend Tom and we soon met up with Morten (the
mountain!), Jens and his girlfriend and some of the folks from Måneskjold as
well… Toner Low folks, who have been my friends for years, were hanging out on
the steps smoking.. We all chatted for
a while and then Nether was soon to start so I went in and paid my 60kr and got
a beer (29kr for a can of Tuborg). The place is massive amounts of graffiti and
looks terrible but they have greatly improved the sound system and it is loud
as well..
The singer
in Nether is a Portuguese guy named
Tiago, who was singing in another band that I saw and reviewed last week called
Dreich. He has such in insane and intense voice. So powerful.. Nether were more
or less a DOOM band but they had a lot of diverse tracks, which was great. IT
was not all just the same and the bass player was great and did not play only
on the E string. Hardly any guitar solos but lots of interesting riffs.. A cool
band to follow. They have only recorded a 4 track demo but have enough for a
record now, it seems. They just have to get down to record it.. I guess they
played about 30mins.
Set List: Bang-Bang-Bang, Sign of the Wolf, Cruel, Recluso, Addiction is Misery, Seething Evil, ??
Next up was a Swedish band from a few hours north of
Stockholm called Phant. I don’t
think they had ever played in CPH before, as no one I asked had ever heard of
them. They did not have any music for sale but they have a couple of digital EPs and live recordings (including a Toner Low cover!). They were a four piece where all
the sound effects guy, guitarist (did most of the angry screaming), and bass
player all did some vocals.. All in a quite shouted style.. The music was very
intense, riffing doomy stuff with the guy in the middle with a table of effects
pedals, a mixer and a Korg Monotron Delay, as his main weapon of attack. He
really tortured that thing. I have one and love it but I have never been
tempted to make the evil sounds that he produced from it.. Very intense band. Phew.. More heavy stoner doom stuff..
Set List: 1. Odyssey, 2. Nativitas/Hakaisha, 3. Cúrsa Imbhualadh, 4. Lo, 5. End o
At last, Toner Low
hit the stage with some cool marijuana projections on the back of the stage and
Jack the drummer, set with his sunglasses and Jack, the guitarist with his ear
protection and they were ready. The sound was just massive and loud and great..
The sound man, who also mixed in their spaced out far out sounds, did a
tremendous job as it was amazing.. The band played more or less the same set as
last time I saw them but this was just so massive it blew everyone away. The
band is quite limited in what they are doing, with the guitar riffs nearly the
same with some slight variations, on most of the tracks, especially the newer
stuff but it is effective and just takes you there.. This has to be one of the
most powerful stoner doom bands. They even played an encore, which is pretty unusual.
Pity there was only about 30 people watching the band. I had a really fun night.. Such nice people
to hang out and talk with as well.
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