Monday, September 21, 2009

a weekend of shows (part 2)...


htb release party!

Sunday morning. My head was still buzzing from the show the previous night but I need to prepare early as HTB will be having the release party for 'What We Have' @ Ten02 in the afternoon. I prepared the Rush IxDx demos to be given away at this show. Brunch, coffee and a lot of demos scattered on the table. Good.

This is one of the rare shows where I came to the show late as I had some personal shit to take care of. When I arrived, BOUND BY FURY was playing and these guys are getting tighter every time. I hope to see some recorded materials soon. BYSTORM was up next and we delivered a good set. Kids karate kicked their way to the front and even Danj tasted rubber on his face. Hehe. The crowd at that time was hard.

DIVIDED WE FALL from Laguna played next. Fast hardcore with some mid-90's flava thrown in. They ended their set with a Have Heart cover so you know you're in for a good deal when watching these guys. RICHARD COLLIER went up and started their set with a Bee Gees cover "I started a joke...". Awesome. They played a short set and ended with a new song. Nice.

PLAY was next and despite some equipment failure, these f'n thrash gods from Bulacan never fail to deliver. Non-stop circle pits which made the show look like a 5k marathon. They played new songs from their upcoming full-length.

HALF THE BATTLE played last to end this release party and they delivered one of the best sets I've seen them play. They played materials off their new CD and although it was the first time the crowd heard it, they went nuts. They ended their set with a cover from Rancor 'Positive Thinking". Aperfect ending which literally ended the positive tone of the night...


Currently listening to: Cold World 'Dedicated...', Reaching Forward 'For the Cause'

Bad stuff: UST losing to Ateneo yesterday...fck...

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