The Dead Lay Waiting, Ashestoangels, Sleep Inertia and Don't Stop,
Go!
Sound Control Manchester
February 25th, 2014
Tonight is my first ever trip to Sound Control in Manchester. It is a very small venue situated next to
Oxford Road Station. With a maximum
capacity of 400, looking at the venue you know that any gig here is going to be
an intimate one.
When we arrived at the venue we were
greeted by the guys from Ashestoangels who were casually chatting to the fans
who were waiting to get in.
Tonight the venue is nowhere near capacity
as the crowd watching is pushing 50 at most, but that didn't deter any of the
bands on the bill tonight.
First band up tonight were Don't Stop Go!,
a foursome from Manchester. Don't Stop
Go have a great sound with plenty of guitar and strong riffs. It was obvious that they were enjoying what
they were doing and engaged the audience throughout their performance.
Next up were Sleep Inertia, a band that
would normally perform as a five piece however, tonight they were performing
with just four of them as lead singer Jamie fractured his foot at the weekend
and has been forced to rest, so instead they decided that rather than
disappoint their fans they would play an instrumental set. I have to admit that as strange as it sounded as they stood on stage stating that it would be an instrumental set, it
actually worked!
From the way they played I got the
impression that the lyrics would normally be the loud and gnarly type but
hearing just the melody was strangely soothing, and I really enjoyed their
performance.
Next was the band that I had bought the
ticket for. I first became aware of
Ashestoangels when they toured with Fearless Vampire Killers last year but
unfortunately the show I went to was one of the few they didn't play support
for.
Ashestoangels are a goth rock band,
consisting of Adam Crilly on vocals, Adam Falkor on guitar, Jim Baber on drums
and Nico Venere on bass. 
These guys sound fantastic and have a great
stage presence, even though not all of their performance is actually on the
stage!
Front man Adam Crilly is like a
kid who has overdosed on Haribo and seems to have never ending energy. Whether he is bouncing on stage, moshing in
the pit or stage diving from the door frame (yes he actually did that), he never
stops!
Ashestoangels played a brilliant set and I can't
wait until I get to see them again.
Tonight's headliner are The Dead Lay
Waiting, a five piece metal band from Swindon.
They played a full on metal set and kept the energy level up high.
Blasting out song after song they had the
small mosh pit raging, with vocalist Luke and guitarist Steve right in the
middle of it. 
Tonight's show may be one of the smallest
ones I have been to in number, but in energy it was as big as any of the sold
out shows I have seen.
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