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Crypta Casts Shades Of Sorrow Over London

Across the Summer, Europe was in the grip of a heatwave that saw shops selling out of electric fans, wild fires, government alerts and British boomers insisting that the 1976 heatwave was worse, as if they expected praise for living through it. These conditions can make it difficult to want to do anything, but when you know Brazilian death metal juggernaut Crypta is coming to London, you'll brave the heat and inevitable sun burn to make that show. As it turns out, I wasn't the only one with this attitude, as the show, taking place Downstairs at The Dome, the smaller section of the Tufnell Park Dome, was sold out, with rabid fans eager to see the band perform their final headline show of their "Shades Of Sorrow" tour.

As always, fans had more than one band to enjoy tonight and first up was Milton Keynes thrashers Must Kill. They've been working hard in the underground since 2018, but it was only in September of last year that they released their debut album, "Condemned To Torture." There were a few people in attendance wearing their merch and rightly so, as the quartet have crafted a fine take on the thrash metal style. Must Kill are very technically proficient which always helps, especially when it comes to thrash, and they avoid the trap of the 2000s thrash revival, where far too many bands were nothing more than carbon copies of their 80s heroes. In fact, I was so impressed while watching them that I thought, "These guys could be the first stars of British thrash since Evile," and I hope they can achieve that kind of success. They won't change the way you think about the genre or anything like that, but they offer something a bit fresher than you might expect, which is always welcome. More...

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