Home Live Reviews Competition Featured Bands Vault Write a Review Buy Merchandise Contact Us Return to Previous Page | Goto Interviews Archive Vault Man Must Die A rather poor turn out for two big names surrounding the darkest parts of Metal and when accompanied by an up and coming band it is with absolute pleasure to announce that Sworn Amongst, The Rotted and headliners, Man Must Die didn’t let it affect their performance in the slightest. Picture Man Must Die The good thing about Sworn Amongst is that each member is completely individual to the rest of the band and the same can be said for the musicianship, ranging from Thrash and Power Metal to Funk grooves and dark, ripping vocals, Sworn Amongst have it covered. Despite severe technical issues that plagued the set, Guitarist Johnny, continued to play through and it was clear to see his fingers charging his instrument like electricity. For a rather young looking band, they played big, with strong confidence that they executed through songs such as Darkness and Severance with punchy drums, fiddly guitar solos which glided smoothly over the top in between marching vocals. A real entertaining show with plenty of interaction with the rather sparse crowd. Up next, The Rotted who continued the entertainment with a metal Conga line after declaring Walls of Death “mean nothing anymore” after they have been adopted by the likes of Fall Out Boy. An intense set from these guys with songs old and new including Angel Of Meth, and The Howling which tells the story about waking up in Hyde Park. Currently promoting their new EP, Anarchogram, available now, The Rotted soared through a cover of Motorhead’s Iron Fist, putting their own strong twist on it and also treated the audience to a new track which appeared far darker than material on Get Dead Or Die Tryin’. Finishing the set with well known number Nothin But A Nosebleed with as much fight as they had started with, The Rotted know how to put a show full of spurring energy, addictive melodic grooves and not a dirty breakdown in sight. Man Must Die had no intention of continuing the comedy as they towered over the thinly spread crowd, front man Joe McGlynn, refusing to crack a smile during the set, and why should he? This is Death Metal after all. The tone turns serious as these extremely angry Scotsmen demand circle pits and accept no quiet participation from the loyal foursome at the front who remained there throughout the entire evening. Songs such as Silent Observer and It Comes In Threes was deployed with humongous power and total destruction was bellowed into the faces of the humble crowd. Man Must Die’s sound and presence literally not only fills the stage but the whole room almost to the point it is intimidating. They leave the crowd in stunned awe as they ferociously tear through anti-fur track, Kill It, Skin It, Wear It before abruptly ending the evening and exiting left. Despite no mention of a new album throughout the evening, Man Must Die totally destroyed and conquered as only an angry band from Glasgow can. Review By Georgi Bomb