Words – Clare
Photos – Mitch
Saturday was a bullshitly hard day for me, I was cold, tired, sore and definitely not in the mood to go out. But as soon as I nestled myself into the dank band room of The Last Chance bar in Melbourne’s city, adorned with peeling wallpaper, sticky carpet, and a bunch of crazy crap on the walls, I felt oddly at home.
The Balls eased us into an evening of rock and groove-infused metal like an old man into a nice warm bath. The trio played tracks like Heavy and Fire with a fan from the crowd exclaiming with gusto ‘Ow my balls!’ before they launched into their new track Colliding Machines.
The audience gave Nephalem applause as they stepped up on stage, ‘I assume you’re clapping because my dick looks so good in these jeans!’ Jested Nephalem’s frontman. The cheeky banter continued all throughout the tracks Shit and Death, Mud Button, James Hird, and Dickspit.
Next up was NOTHING which turned out to be really something. They called out to the patrons that had dispersed between sets, ‘ATTENTION FRONT BAR, surely old gentleman playing loud music. Report to the front of stage!’, the crowd excitedly gathered for what was to be very satisfying progressive metal which included the tracks Dirge and Subterfuge.
The high jinks continued in the ‘Who The Fuck is Black Rheno Tour’ with the boys from Sydney, Black Rheno (and yes, I know who the fuck they are). This was an energetic set with antics for days which included the tracks Battle Ready released in 2021 and a carefree cover of Liam Lynch’s United States of Whatever. The night left me beaming and thoroughly entertained. We will all have to wait in anticipation for the new album Black Rheno are set to release later this year.
Black Rheno’s ‘Who The Fuck Is Black Rheno?’ tour continues, stopping next in Queensland, do yourself a favour and go check out these bloody legends! tickets available at – Blackrheno.com
Sat 18/5 Melbourne @ The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar – Nothingmetalmelb+ Nephalem + The Balls
Fri 24/5 Gold Coast @ Mo’s Desert Clubhouse – The Black Swamp + Two Faced + TILL YA DEAD + Consequence
Sat 25/5 Brisbane @ Tomcat – F.U.C. + PistonFist + Snake Mountain + Odius
Sunday 26/5 Nambour @ Bad Habit Records and Collectables – Gudgeon +Skirmisher + Flesh Torrent
EVERYDAY METAL – SUPPORT LOCAL HEAVY METAL
