Bournemouth’s rockers where spoilt for choice on Friday as, amongst others, Kiss tribute act Hotter than Hell & Dead Lettuce played at Champions, Motorhead, The Damned & Girlschool were at the B.I.C. and Panic Cell & Maniacal Edge were trashing the Sound Circus… I opted for the latter.
With everything going on elsewhere I was surprised to see such a good turnout tonight, loads of familiar faces and an absolute plethora of photographers, all jostling for the best position. Good to see one of Dorset’s best young photographers, Tim Churchill, snapping away then slamming headlong into the pit!
The mighty riffs from tonight’s support act, Bournemouth’s own Maniacal Edge, blast from the speakers and after a few minor sound issues, they settle down and deliver another tight performance of their first-rate melodic death metal. I dig this band.
Panic Cell take the stage and have to raise their game to compete with the support, this they (just about) do and immediately show why they have been added to the bill of this years Hammerfest, playing alongside the likes of Iced Earth and Devildriver.
Panic Cell are sponsored by drink giant Jagermeister and the German cough medicine flows freely as singer Luke Bell wades into the crowd, furnishing them with hefty swigs from the bands complementary supply. Panic Cell’s heavy groove-laden metal riffs pound out of the PA; encouraging the swirling drunken mosh pit to ever-greater extremes… this is what a Metal gig is all about!
Stand out tracks of the evening for me were: Maniacal Edge – Blind Leading The Blind and Panic Cell – Save Me.
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