Obliteration

FUBAR, St. Louis Missouri

16 Mar 2014
 

Finally I get to see Obliteration live!  It has been one of my top priorities for a concert and since I have beeen friends with Sindre for a long time it really struck me I hadn't already seen them.  But that all changed this night.  

After a whopping 5 opening acts (most notably Psalm Zero and Pyrrhon), Obliteration finally hit the stage around 11:30 PM.  And Sindre immediately made his presence felt!

What followed was possibly one of the most intense death metal sets I have witnessed.  Kristian's drum work absolutely destroyed the place while Arild and Sindre alternated between Autopsy-ish sludge, Darkthrone-esque atmosphere, and Repulsion-like blasts.  The set list included many oldies and some new ones as well, such as Transient Passage, and Ascendence among the newer ones and Nekropsalms and The Worm That Gnaws In The Night among the tracks from the first album.  Of course, for me the pinnacle of the set was when Sindre gave the morbid ghouls of Dr. Shrinker and myself a shout out right before rolling into Spawn Of A Dying Kind.  The Energy of the set never faltered and maintained it's aggression and morbid atmosphere up until the final unholy note.  

I would like to thank the entire host of old and new friends at the gig which included Sindre, Arild and Kristian of Obliteration, Christoffer of Condor, Tooth of Natur and the death metal legends Rich and Matt of Dr. Shrinker.  You guys all rule and made this a night to remember!