Pallbearer and Royal Thunder played Knitting Factory with Inter Arma and Kings Destroy (pics/video)
words and photos by Fred Pessaro // BBG
Brett of Pallbearer at Knitting Factory, 9/11/2012
The Pallbearer/Royal Thunder steamroller came into town on Tuesday (9/11), hitting Knitting Factory as part of their set of BrooklynVegan-sponsored dates together. Joining the pair were Richmond favorites, sludgy-black metal crew Inter Arma and NYC’s Kings Destroy, the former of which used the NYC date as a tour kick-off. Pictures and video of all bands from Knitting Factory are below.
As before, Pallbearer’s set focused on their lone LP Sorrow & Extinction, and included a final jam to close out the evening. Royal Thunder was similarly, and some ways more, impressive in their showing, with frontwoman Mel alternating between belting out blues vocals and ripping a primal scream. The CVI songs, which I love in the first place, sound much more regal and powerful live.
The remainder of the bill was similarly great. Inter Arma, as usual, played a taut set of entirely new material that will appear on their forthcoming Relapse debut. Look for that. And Kings Destroy, who have just returned from a tour in the EU, set the standard for the evening by playing their ozzy-influenced doom jams to open things up.
All pictures and video is below.
Kings Destroy
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Inter Arma
Inter Arma – Brooklyn, Knitting Factory 11 Sep 2012 from (((unartig))) on Vimeo.
Royal Thunder
Royal Thunder – Brooklyn, Knitting Factory 11 Sep 2012 from (((unartig))) on Vimeo.
Pallbearer
Pallbearer – Brooklyn, Knitting Factory 11 Sep 2012 from (((unartig))) on Vimeo.