By Jason Williams
February 19th 2016, The Garage, Ventura CA: One of the most fascinating aspects of music for me, through all genres, and metal in this case especially, is that sometimes a person feels honored enough to hear a band in their early time period, because of where that band progresses in subsequent years. And not only that, but that particular band can also happen to be extremely special, and “positively different” than the others. I would personally cite bands like Deathspell Omega, Augury, Psycroptic, Gorguts, Spawn of Possession, Lykathea Aflame, Iniquity and Anata, as I was happily fortunate to hear them before the general metal public was able to, several years beforehand. With Ne Obliviscaris, the band would be in the same category, an incredibly talented and unique band, that I felt the world isn’t quite fully ready for. Enchanting violin work, supreme guitar musicianship, a sensational dual vocal attack, elegant melodies combined with a superior sense of classical music, Ne Obliviscaris presents a delicate and extreme pallet of eceletic metal. Fresh off of their incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign, and on their first North American tour opening for Cradle of Filth, Ne Obliviscaris played one of their headline off day shows at The Garage in Ventura, CA, and after all these years I was finally able to witness their live performance. Continue reading “Ne Obliviscaris Conquer & Destroy Ventura”
