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As I mentioned in
the first Realm of Tomcat, Neurosis are one of my all time favourite
bands. Thus I was really looking forward to seeing them play a normal
club show just a 10 minute walk from my apartment. My expectations
were high but realistic, events like their 30th
anniversary shows are an once in a lifetime experience. “Tonight”,
I thought “I will see a normal Neurosis show, whatever that even
means for such a band.”
First up however was
the experimental D-beat band Deaf Kids
from Brazil. I checked out
their debut before the gig and did not really dig it, they did not
manage to change my views. The base sound of the band seems to be the
noisy D-beat band Disclose, the band mixes it up by taking the weird
elements of the first G.I.S.M. album and repetitive playing in a
techno or kraut rock like way. While this could be very cool in
theory in practice the execution just was not interesting enough.
Neurosis kicked off
their set with the title track of Given to the Rising. I realized
once again how much more compelling Given to the Rising is compared
with their more recent albums. They ended up playing 3 tracks from
their latest album, Fires Within Fires, but completely skipped the
career low point Honor Found in Decay. As I expected the Fires Within
Fires material came over better live, however the album is still
nothing but a watered down version of Given to the Rising. The rest
of the set was more compelling. The setlist was varied and they
played material from every major release from 96 onwards. The best
they saved for last as they finished their night with Through Silver
in Blood. Although like I expected the band came over like it was
just another day for them because you know that is what it really becomes for a long lasting band. It was not
like they were just dialling it in, the band was still doing what
they should do and more. It just lacked that little bit extra to take
it beyond being a “mere” good show.
Setlist
Setlist
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