Warbringer

Warbringer
09/09/09
Review By ~ Aniruddh (Andrew) Bansal

Warbringer kicked off their set at 7 with the opening song Total War off of their War Without End album. John Kevill brought out his usual aggressive stage presence right from the word go. The other members in the band were also able to keep up with the front man on this song. It is a really good thrash song and a fitting opener! The lightning fast riffs and drums and the slower interlude and ending makes it for a good live song.

Thee next song was Severed Reality from the latest album Waking Into Nightmares. This is one song that almost always gets the mosh pit going. Its one of the best songs from the album and I feel it should always be in their set whether they play as an opening band or a headliner. The solo at the end was quite awesome. Warbringer is one band that sounds even better live than on the record.

John thanked the people for coming out and supporting the bands and then they continued with another song off of the new album, song named Living In A Whirlwind. They were able to keep the momentum going with this one as well.

It was back to the first album for the next song At The Crack Of Doom. It was one of the darker songs in their set, with a slow intro as well. Having said that, it hits hard once the intro is over and the riffs start! A mosher's heaven for sure! It showed in the crowd at the Key Club too. The moshing was continuous on this particular song.

They played couple more songs off the new album Prey For Death and Jackal. These songs had some really good hooks and riffs to go with the fiery vocals and the head banging on stage.

They closed out the set with the usual Combat Shock. The band were sounding tight and having a really high amount of energy and intensity. Unfortunately there wasn't much of a crowd for them, as they started really early and were only the 2nd band in the line-up ahead of Berzerker, Krisiun, Goatwhore and Obituary. But I'm sure they'll do some headline gigs in the months coming up, because they are a band who know how to rip apart the whole place when they play a show, and every good thrash metal tour should have them in the line-up. I would like to give them kudos for choosing really good bands to tour with, first Kreator and now Obituary. This band is one of the hopes for the thrash metal revival. Warbringer rules!

Full setlist in order:

1. Total War
2. Severed Reality
3. Living In A Whirlwind
4. At The Crack Of Doom
5. Prey For Death
6. Jackal
7. Combat Shock