First UK headline tour for Urne, a London trio of fine Heavy Metal musicians who burst onto the scene with their incredibly well received debut album Serpent & Spirit in 2021. A record which perfectly blended a thoroughly old-school Thrash Metal vibe with riffs that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on an 80s Metallica or Megadeth release, with modern production and a mix of Tech-Death, Sludge and Metal-Core.
Since it’s release Urne’s reputation grew fast with an abundance of festival appearances and notable support slots, before a certain Joe Duplantier of Gojira made contact and suggested they head over to his recording studio in New York to record their second album A Feast On Sorrow, which was released to critical acclaim on Candlelight Records earlier in 2023.
This south coast gig was the eighth on a ten show run which saw up and coming local band Tribe of Ghosts hit a hometown Brighton stage early, to welcome and warm up the arriving crowd with their relatively unique mix of Industrialised Post-Metal. They’ve been making some waves with their recent single ‘False Gods’ and set the tone nicely for Mountain Caller to follow.
Mountain Caller are an intriguing act who visit many different styles throughout their set, meandering with long Doomy Post-Metal instrumental sections while also providing Progressive Psych-Metal with soaring clean vocals from singer/bassist El Reeve. Mountain Caller have a new album landing on Church Road Records in 2024 and on this performance it will be one well worth checking out.
Urne themselves rounded off an eclectic evening of Metal in some style, dipping into their repertoire of fine riffs from both of the albums relievers with a ferocious intensity and with some mighty fine in-between song banter from vocalist/bassist Joe Nally. All ably abetted with some slick percussion from drummer James Cook and some mind bending shredding from guitarist Angus Neyra. This is a band who are clearly enjoying the crust of the wave they are currently riding, and with their Gojira ties, tight musicianship and a clearly an ear for quality songwriting, the future is looking exciting. KZ
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