July 11, 2009 – The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky… should get a shorter name. Good hardcore style, pretty catchy despite me not being too into hardcore these days. Abysmal Dawn surprised me. Knowing next to nothing about them, they showed a refreshing blackened death style at a level unseen in awhile. Daath are really fun to listen to when drinking, but begging for a pit when no one is there is annoying, and the breakdowns sorta lost me. Regardless, when they are in the zone, you can tell that they are a step above the average. Fun fact: all bands from California like weed. No, Abigail Williams isn’t that little girl. With quite a few guest appearances, they blew away any expectations. There have been some comparisons to Cradle of Filth (indeed, same keyboardist), but to their credit Abigail manage to differentiate themselves with a much heavier and hard hitting sound while still maintaining a certain creepiness. If you’ve been waiting to see Goatwhore again since they last opened for Cannibal Corpse, then you were one of the people going crazy right about now. They were ready for us. Bursting onto the stage, Goatwhore hit you like a brick to the face. In a good way. It was a never ending stream of glorious punishment that had you begging for more. Intensely blackened death. Singer Sammy seized his audience and spun them into a furry, never letting go.
-David Warren
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