Orpheum @ Dirty South (BandQuest)

Gig number two for Oprheum tonight. This time in the BandQuest competition. The aim was to impress the promoter with a view to getting more gigs rather than treating it as an aggressive competition although we weren't going to complain if we progressed further in the competition.

ORPHEUM
We played a good set tonight. The nerves from the previous week were gone and we delivered well. We were well received by the audience and received some really positive feedback from fans afterwards.

See all the ORPHEUM photos here: 310312OrpheumDirtySouthBandQuest

Jade very kindly took on film duties and got footage of Porcelain Doll:



OTHROS
These guys delivered some hard hitting technical thrash metal. It was fun to watch a line of guys windmill headbanging together on stage, I've not seen that for a while. They seemed to go down pretty well with the crowd too.

See all the OTHROS pics here: 310312OthrosDirtySouthBandQuest




SON OF TORMENT
The final band in the competition element of the BandQuest line up was another heavy band although less thrashy than Othros were and with a different vocal delivery. A good set that was well received by the audience but then that was to be expected as they were local boys.

See all the SONS OF TORMENT pics here: 310312SonsOfTormentDirtySouthBandQuest


TRAINING ICARUS
This band were pretty awesome! They had a really polished sound with some quality symphonic metal a la Nightwish etc. Most enjoyable and a great wind after the competitions bands were done.

See all the TRAINING ICARUS pics here: 310312TrainingIcarusDirtySouthBandQest


THE FURIOUS HORDE
Proceedings were brought to a loud climax with an assault from The Furious Horde. They play symphonic black metal which reminded me a little of Cradle Of Filth in places (which is no bad thing in my book). The crowd lapped it up and they were a great way to round off the evening!

See all THE FURIOUS HORDE pics here: 310312TheFuriousHordeDirtySouthBandQuest


So with all the fun and games over and done with it was time to announce the winners. Congratulations to Sons Of Torment for making it through to the next round. It was all quite close and it was a pleasant surprise to find that Orpheum had been voted second. We managed to sell some EPs which was wonderful for us. We also impressed the promoter, Unified Sounds, who is having us back to play more gigs with them so it was a good night all round.