Cave In at Chelsea, supported by Amer

After a creative rest, comebacks and unfortunately also a stroke of fate, the band Cave In, which was founded in 1995, came to Chelsea in Vienna. The guys from Massachusetts, who have also been touring with the Foo Fighters, als well as Muse before, had their brand new album "Final Transmission" with them in their luggage, played a really fantastic concert. With their rough sound and distinctive instrumental passages, they imparted the feeling, that they were trying to get all their frustration and anger off their chests. Their musical style is very difficult to describe, but for me it ranges in the genre of Hardcore à la Snapcase, with loads of different effects. For all lovers of hard music, Cave In is a band that you should absolutely check out and also must have seen live at least ones in your lifetime!

As their support, Amer, a 5-person Viennese band, playing Post-Metal, was part of the concert night. Their performance was highly energetic, characterized by grim, sluggish melodies, but also hard, fat guitar riffs, and most importantly accentuated by a "low light" light show, which gave their gig the little extra. One of the parts I liked best about their show were the lyrics, which were sang in ""German language"" and critical of society, even though it was hard to understand them.