Deathnir - Gig Review: Deathnir @ RockFest 2017, Totara Street, Mt Maunganui - 28/10/2017
RockFest 2017 was held at Totara Street in Tauranga on 28 October 2017
in support of the local Cancer Society, with all profits being donated.
RockFest 2017 Feature
You know it is going to be a big night when the rock crowd legend, a.k.a. the dancing man, a.k.a. the Nambasa guy, a.k.a. Bazza, or simply Barry, is in attendance. So for this review I’m going to go ahead and add a 0-10 “Barry Dancing factor” score to each act, to help you visualise whether Barry was completely motionless (0), up to slow dancing with some fancy footwork (4), all the way up to Barry’s full “windmill” dance (10).
Third band of the night was Deathnir who looked like a very young bunch of boys, dressing like heavy rock gods. Long hair past their shoulders, clad all in black, with large skull-crushing boots, and some very pointy guitars, they had the look down. Turns out they had the music perfected too, with some great heavy hitting riffs. With an early Metallica vibe to them, they pulled off some great mini shredding riffs, and solos, providing a very mature well-rounded sound. Arguably after a while the riffs did feel a little repetitive, but the energy from the band was impressive. The drums had a much more prominent and dominant sound compared to the earlier acts and worked at feverish speeds, and you could tell the guys were all well practised; not looking at their guitars at all while they played, the bassist singing along even though he had no mic, and creating such a heavy rhythm, that they all ended up with some synchronised headbanging. A solid sound that the audience loved, and the first band to actually properly try to involve the crowd, Deathnir definitely have a future in music. BARRY DANCING FACTOR: 6. Highly energetic in his dancing, but very variable from track to track.
Review and photo provided by Alex Moulton
About Deathnir
Wild left the band in early 2014 and Matt Mooney was recruited as his replacement. Benher left shortly afterwards. Since then the band has performed across their nation and were awarded the 'passionate performance award' in the National Battle of the Bands Championship in 2014.
During 2015 Deathnir recorded and released their debut LP titled Die By The Axe, during which Mooney departed. The drums on the album were tracked by session musician Tom Meslager. Shortly after the release of DBTA the band was joined by Luke Elliot on drums and Brad Ion on lead guitar. Carter briefly held a position as a TV presenter for a music show called Zee Rock and the group started getting their music videos aired on television. Deathnir toured the DBTA album during the infamous 2016 September Onslaught Tour and released their second LP Second Sin on May 25th 2018.
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