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OVERKILL, PRONG, A DARKER DAY Live In Ottawa By Andrew Depedro, Ottawa Corespondent Wednesday, November 12, 2014 @ 5:20 PM
But first, a few words from their support acts starting with local metallers A DARKER DAY, whose name should be familiar with those of you within the Joe Thrasher camp especially if you've read several of the KNAC.COM reviews I've done for the band in the past. Original bassist Gumby joined their ranks back in their earlier incarnation and brought lots of hardcore and thrash influences to their sound and Christ knows how I'd almost forgotten that for a band so easily influenced by the likes of PANTERA they've shared stages with the likes of ANNIHILATOR (I missed that show), EXCITER (their Rock Against MS fundraiser show) and even FASTER PUSSYCAT (http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=9388). They still feature Jadon Bailey (drums/vocals) and guitarists Mark Garrod and Jeff Gobling in their lineup; Jeff has now added a new feature to their live shows in which he does an impeccable solo rendition of the Star Wars theme after each concert, making him just as well-known as Gumby within the band. Live, ADD still have that aggressive yet melodic swagger to them in songs such as "Mind Of Madness", "Stalemate", "Black Spirit" and other dark tracks within their catalogue. When they're not onstage hitting up every if not any live venue in town ADD are often in the studio busy birthing out EP's faster than Octomom. Hopefully the full-length album they've been wanting to put out for some time will eventually come to fruition. Right now, I hope that this equally overdue review will get everyone's attention.
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Headliners OVERKILL may have been well overdue in having played Ottawa during the course of their 35-year career but for me this was my second time having seen them. The first time had been back at the first Heavy MTL festival in 2008 when their soundcheck exceeded the normal stage time limit by about a good hour and a half, the culprit being a faulty set of snare drum triggers which needed constant testing before the show could start. They eventually took the stage and put on a killer show that day but it was at the expense of the other bands that followed them once the schedule was suddenly changed. Swedish power metallers HAMMERFALL were the most affected that day, having cut short a European festival tour just to fly out to Montreal for their only North American appearance that year to play for less than 30 minutes afterwards.
Shit happens, I suppose. But luckily this never deterred the Wrecking Crew from playing up north. And sometimes it takes playing the small club circuit to push a long-standing band to rediscover itself after so many years. That's perhaps why they seized the opportunity to do this tour and hit up new markets they've never ventured into before.
Opening with the fist-pumping chants of "Armorist" from their recent (and 18th) album White Devil Armory the current OVERKILL lineup of Bobby Blitz, bassist D.D. Verni, guitarists Dave Linsk and Derek Tailer and drummer Ron Lipnicki took the rabid crowd on an 80-minute no-holds-barred thrash maelstrom which went to 1985 and back again. In union the crowd stood until the pummeling rhythm section and dual guitar attack on classics like "Wrecking Crew" and "Rotten To The Core", as well as newer tracks such as "Pig" and "Bitter Pill" prompted them to run into each other. Like Tommy Victor before him, Blitz was surprised at how loyal the Ottawa crowd were to them despite this having been their first show ever here. And like Tommy Victor before him, Blitz was glad to have been proven wrong about the crowd turnout and atmosphere. This in turn just stoked OVERKILL's fire even further and the momentum in their
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