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other bands she is the dominate guitar player (in Warface the only guitarist) and she can play.  She was a pleasure to watch, technical, crisp, but I wish the sound at the theater was more balanced because I wanted to hear her more clearly.  As for Elizabeth Elliot, for being of the “gentle gender” she has a phenomenal grasp on dry lung and other vocals.  Live she doesn’t miss a beat or note during her complex guitar work, and she is playing some serious riffs seriously well while screaming her damn brains out.  It may have taken me nearly a decade of searching, but I think I finally found some girls to be proud of.  Michael Caffell was an amazing drummer as well, the execution on the drums was professional and well above par, especially while he occasionally grunted out some back up vocals.  Juan Ramirez on bass was very solid and a great reinforcement to the guitars.  The  Dreaming  Dead  are  complex,  refined,  no-nonsense  death  metal.
February  12, 2010
Report, Photos & Drawing by: Lynora
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Blender Theater at Gramercy
127 East 23rd Street
NYC, New York 10010 USA

Monday - January 18, 2010

BANDS:
The Dreaming Dead
Krisiun
Immolation
Nile
Like the serpent dog beast Scylla and whirlpool Charybdis, the sea monsters of the Odyssey, if Krisiun didn’t devour you whole then Immolation surely would.  Immolation is a metal head’s wet dream, or at least definitely mine.  Live they had the energy and speed of a locomotive, so it’d be wise to get on or get out of the way.  The music was explosive, but so was their movement.  The singer Ross Dolan, with hair seeming to end at his knees, moved like poetry to me when he would headbang, and Robert Vigna, the guitarist with no hair, was so aggressive and into his work, you fed right off him and felt his intensity in your whole body.  The drums vibrated up your leg and through your clothes.  Immolation wasn’t just heard at Gramercy it was felt, in every way.  Immolation, from Yonkers, made me want to go into a nervous frenzy at nearly every second of their set.  Varying between quick berating riffs and some slow grinding, they read as energetic as an explosion.  Some notable songs were “Passion Kill”, “Den of Thieves” off of their EP Hope and Horror, and “The Purge” off the new album out in March Majesty and Decay.  Their set also contained “Burial Ground” off their first album Dawn of Possession and my new favorite song, “Swarm of Terror”, off of 2005’s Harnessing Ruin.  What can I say, throw me a good riff with a pinch harmonic (or a sexy bend, for future reference) and I’m yours.  According to Ross Dolan, it’s been ten years since the last time Immolation and Nile toured together. I hope it’s not another ten after this because they pair together so well.  Their closing song was off of their last album, 2007’s Shadows in the Light, and I was sad to see them go.  I could have watched these guys play for hours. Keep your fingers crossed for a tour supporting their upcoming album.
Krisiun took to the stage next; their fans were dedicated and the room erupted once they went on stage.  The power trio cranked out solid brutal death metal.  Their set was too short, but the guitars were amazing.  The singer was appreciative and vocal about his love of the fans.  I know most are, but I really believed him.  These twenty-year veterans have made a career with their brutal metal and, I’m sure, this gracious attitude.  Hailing from Brazil, Krisiun plays technically sound riff-heavy metal that’s impossible not to enjoy live.  They have a surprisingly full sound for being a power trio.  Double kick heavy, raw aggression, all with an amazing voice over it.  Krisiun had me by the second song.
It was next on my treacherous journey that we plunged into the underworld.  I am happy to report that while the championship title for most brutal moshpits was in contest between what I’ve seen in New York and my visit to Edmonton, Alberta, Nile has reclaimed my title for New York!  I should have figured the most brutal metal would surely produce the most brutal pits.  Nile is such intelligent music that I was under the assumption the pits would be milder, with fans standing around as if they were in an art gallery, stroking their beards saying “Mmm yes! The slave stick indeed.”  Was I ever wrong.
Immolation
Krisiun
NILE: Those Whom The Gods Detest - US Tour 2010
Like Odysseus, I did not know what awaited me when I set out on my journey to the Nile show, January 18, at The Blender, (AKA The Gramercy Theater).  The Gramercy Theater again proves to be a shelter for extreme metal as they once again deliver one of the heaviest and nastiest metal shows I’ve seen. 

The Dreaming Dead lured me in and started the night innocently enough.  By innocent I mean hot nasty sirens playing hot nasty riffs.  The ladies looked like the Icarly girls’ older sisters, but with Flying V’s! Instead of not talking about the elephant in the room, I will be forward. I think it’s tricky to be a woman in a metal band because you have the age-old question constantly thrown in your face: Was it good, or was it just good for a girl? Firstly, I will address Laura Christie (Warface, Meldrum), the hired guitarist for   this   tour.   In   Christie’s
© 2010 Lynora Conti
The Dreaming Dead
With moments reminiscent of Death and Cryptopsy in their music, The Dreaming Dead flexed its muscles on its debut record Within One in 2009.  This night they played some tracks off of that album, like “Perpetual Pretext.”  Hearing the songs both ways, they proved they aren’t just good quality on a record, they are even better executing it live.  If you can get to the show on this tour early do yourself a favor and go.  Hell, you might be as impressed as I was.
Immolation
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