Antagonist AD/Mouthful of Air @ San Pablo City Show Review

Omerta customized shirt c/o Dyey Northern Territory (thanks bro!)

Wheat bread with vegie ham, lettuce, tomato and cucumber c/o Dha and Tweety

Brewed coffee from San Pablo. Good times...

Power breakfast @ Bodhi, Banawe, Vegie "Liver" steak. I was looking for these mushroom cubes for the longest time since I tasted it at Quan Yin Chay Vegie Resto @ Binondo. Finally. Awesome shit...

The view outside the venue. Sampaloc lake. Is that Mt. Makiling?

The show started much, much later than we expected. The info sent to us was that the show would start at around 1 or 2 pm. We arrived at the venue around 4 pm, and to our surprise, we were among the first ones there. Turns out most bands, with the exception of a handful (and that's just one hand) of bands did not arrive on time, so did the crowd.

After endless chit-chat, walking around and eating that dreaded chili sauce above the venue, the show finally started. I'm not sure if STAID kicked off the show (not sure if a band played before them) and were awesome despite the occasional equipment failure. MIHARA followed suit and were really good. Try playing a cover of 'Burning Fight' next time guys. When will the record come out?

San Pablo locals WALK ME HOME played next followed (if I'm right) by AUNT AUDREY. I've been looking forward to seeing them pla again with the new line-up. They played some of their old (i.e. classic) material from the demo they released way back plus a couple of songs. Definitely looking forward to seeing them play more often.

A 'new' band called BONDED BY FURY was up next. Info: This is a new band composed of members from ISVARAH, WEST and DIVIDED WE FALL. Fck yeah. These guys play mid-paced, straightforward hardcore with the occasional mosh part. Shades of OLC comes to mind.

MOUTHFUL OF AIR was up next and they played minus their bassist. They play "modern" hardcore ala Comeback Kid. Awesome set last night. They were jumping all over the place and the kids loved it. Would love to see them again tonight.

SAUNA played and were their usual destructive selves. Can't wait to hear more of their new materials. KILL RATIO went up next. D-beat madness all over. "Zero Tolerance" is arguably their best song to date and they played it last night with such ferocity.

ANTAGONIST A.D. played next and they totally destroyed it last night. Kids went nuts. 15 foot speaker stage diving, circle pits, karate kicks flooded the venue. Awesome metalcore in the vein of H8000 bands, Arkangel and shit.

The crowd was a little thin last night compared to the Lakefest. Don't know why. Conspicuously absent were the San Pablo locals. Again, don't know why. Typecast was missing? Good gig though there were little problems. Can't wait to play tonight with these guys. Should be awesome. Ten02, 3:00 PM. See ya there...