The Mighty Pentagram

Strumming serpent

I, Melachi ibn Amillar, being of unsound mind and body, did attend the gig of Serpent Venom, the Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and the mighty Pentagram at the Garage, Islington on 7 September 2014.

Serpent Venom played a simple but not uneventful heavy doom of medium tempo. It would perhaps be suitable for the ipod of a zombie going home to its grave-field. If rather a stupid zombie. I would have picked up their album at the back if it had been £15. But it was £20 so I did not. The Admiral are a blues rock three piece who have taken to wearing coloured T-shirts but might otherwise attract those who think Motorhead too cutting-edge. I liked the cover of their album. 

The Mighty Pentagram

The Mighty Pentagram had an almost full house with a singer so young he had not yet his teeth. He addressed us in a confederate patois rarely heard and generally incomprehensible in London, as I understand few inhabitants of those parts hold passports. The music was a southern rock with a few doom elements. It was good to have seen them once but I, Melachi, do not think I would repeat the experience.