{"id":3097,"date":"2014-03-21T10:40:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T17:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2014-03-21T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T17:52:04","slug":"mutoid-man-lightsystem-black-mare-mossbreaker-play-at-the-echo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2014\/03\/21\/mutoid-man-lightsystem-black-mare-mossbreaker-play-at-the-echo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutoid Man, Lightsystem, Black Mare & Mossbreaker Play At the Echo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review by Darshun<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

March 19th 2014, The Echo, Los Angeles CA: <\/strong>Hailing from Brooklyn NY, hard rock band Mutoid Man played at the Echo last Wednesday March 19th on their West Coast tour with local support from Lightsystem, Black Mare and Mossbreaker, and our man Darshun was in attendance to review the show for us.<\/p>\n

Mossbreaker<\/strong> is a Los Angeles based quartet hugely influenced by the band Failure.\u00a0 It was a loud set and I gathered that the sound man didn\u2019t really dial the levels right according to one of the members of the band. Gabe\u2019s Failure-esque guitar leads and vocals never disappoint. This would be my first time seeing Kevin Lessley rocking out on bass. Matthew Davis also held down the rhythm guitars while Jarred hit the skins like there was no tomorrow. Kellii Scott of Failure commented to me and Gabe after their set\u00a0that Jarred is very much influenced by Dave Grohl. Mossbreaker tore through a couple of new tunes that sounded great. I am also proud to say that I\u2019ve seen this band more than five times and you can easily say that I\u2019m a fan. Note: they only have two songs released on 7\u201d and digital. If you like modern space rock, you\u2019ll definitely dig Mossbreaker.<\/p>\n

Visit Mossbreaker on the web:<\/strong>
\nMossbreaker.BandCamp.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/Mossbreaker<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/MossbreakerBand<\/a><\/strong>
\ninstagram.com\/Mossbreaker<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Up next was another Los Angeles-based band Black Mare<\/strong>, featuring two members (Sera Timms: guitar\/vox and Brian Tulao: guitar) of now defunct Black Math Horseman, a member of Ides of Gemini (J. Bennett: bass) and a member of Marriages (Andrew Clinco: drums). Sera is the mastermind of Black Mare, basically her solo project.\u00a0 This was my third opportunity to see the full band incarnation.\u00a0 The music is very haunting and Sera\u2019s vocals are uniquely her own in these songs.\u00a0 On occasion she\u2019ll just sing without playing guitar and letting Brian cover for her on guitar. One thing I learned from that night was that Brian was a former member of Mother Tongue back in the day.\u00a0 The lighting and sparse smoke machine gave a nice ambiance to the Black Mare set.\u00a0 J. Bennett\u2019s bass playing intertwined with Andrew\u2019s perfectly chosen drum hits.\u00a0 Sera\u2019s vocals seemed effortless and beautifully serene with the dark tones.\u00a0 Black Mare\u2019s album, \u201cField Of The Host,\u201d is available on vinyl and digital and this set featured four songs from that album including two new songs.\u00a0 This was the longest set I\u2019ve seen of Black Mare and never was a dull moment spared.<\/p>\n

Visit Black Mare on the web:<\/strong>
\nTheBlackMare.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/pages\/Black-Mare\/166439840132254<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/TheBlackMare<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Set List:
\n<\/strong>01. Tearer
\n02. Saturn’s Grave
\n03. Elk Sedge
\n04. Isa
\n05. Iseult
\n06. Fighting Birds<\/p>\n

I know one thing for sure that Los Angeles is saturated with mediocre rock bands in its scene, but Lightsystem<\/strong> is definitely not one of them. With the departure of their keyboardist late last year, the band has found themselves as a power trio once more. The music was solid that night minus the soundman not knowing how to dial in Axe F\/X with a direct in to the PA.\u00a0 The clean parts of Danny Byrne\u2019s guitars were audible, but at the beginning of the set the distorted guitars were not. Probably midway through the set the distorted guitars were finally dialed in, albeit okay. Jason Greenly struck at his bass with a resounding urgency while John Kyle hit his drums with deadly precision. The band also have dialed in their own lighting and have come a long way and accented their songs just right. Their album \u201cLost Language\u201d was released last year and is one of my favorite albums. Lightsystem\u2019s set comprised of songs from this release and the highlights were \u201cBury The Tongue\u201d and \u201cSubtracted.\u201d A great set of songs prior to the night\u2019s main event.<\/p>\n

Visit Lightsystem on the web:<\/strong>
\nLightsystem.us<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/Lightsystem<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/LightsystemBand<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set List:
\n<\/strong>01. Mirrors\/Reflections
\n02. Bury The Tongue
\n03. Subtracted
\n04. Plurals<\/p>\n

I buckled up for the wild ride of a set of Mutoid Man<\/strong>, fronted and masterminded by Cave In\u2019s Stephen Brodsky and Converge\u2019s Ben Koller. Late last year, their album \u201cHelium Head\u201d was released and is a blistering seven song album. Last night they played all the songs from that album including a couple of Cave In songs for good measure. Their merch girl Sara Beth guested on the Dio-era Black Sabbath song \u201cFalling Off The Edge Of The World\u201d. This rendition was awesome and her vocals soared. I was so sad missing the last half of the set last night due to my transportation issues, but the first half was so memorable. I had also missed their in-store set at Vacation Vinyl on March 9th<\/sup> and couldn\u2019t go to their set in Santa Ana at the Observatory. What a bummer missing that many times the greatness that is Mutoid Man. At least I bought the second-to-last tour copy of Helium Head on vinyl. Stephen, please continue this band and bring back Cave In to the West Coast.<\/p>\n

Visit Mutoid Man on the web:<\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/MutoidMan<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/MutoidMan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set List:
\n<\/strong>01. Scavengers
\n02. Scrape The Walls
\n03. Friday the 13\/8
\n04. Effigy
\n05. Retina Sees Rewind
\n06. Falling Off The Edge Of The World (Black Sabbath cover)
\n07. Sacriledge
\n08. Little Dick
\n09. Lost In The Hive
\n10. The Manimals
\n11. Big Riff
\n12. Gnarcissist<\/p>\n

Visit the Echo on the web:<\/strong>
\nAtTheEcho.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/EchoLA<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/TheEchoLA<\/a><\/strong>
\ninstagram.com\/TheEchoLA\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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