Thursday 20 July 2017

Opium Lord at the Black Heart

A Wandering Opium Lord. 
I and a few dozen other people attended this gig at the Black Heart on 8 July, 2017. The first band This Ends Here had quite interesting changes of pace and theme but I thought seemed very much as though they were reading sheet music and needed more practice to get into the flow. The second band Grey Widow were very fuzzy and heavy in a simple and slow way with mildly innovative squeaky vocals. I am not sure if they played more than one very long track. The third band Opium Lord came up with some fine riffs that occasionally progressed into something a little bizarre, and at other times maintained the line. Their vocalist was of the shouty school, and wandered in a curiously masterful way in front of the platform.