Cash On Delivery
Southern based Devil Sold His Soul were born from the ashes of the influential Mahumodo and continue in similar vein with a progressive hardcore sound. Their debut full length album received pretty rave reviews and with the second album waiting in the wings they can seemingly do no wrong at present.
They are typically energetic, both guitarists and singer Ed Gibbs throwing lots of classic hardcore poses (you know the ones!). Gibb’s vocals alternate between harsh growls and melodic, more tuneful sections and the dynamics are good. They often move into mellower more ambient moments and it breaks the set up nicely in front of what turns out to be the biggest crowd of the day on this stage.
When they really go for it they make a huge sound and on this evidence can certainly hold their own against the heavyweights of the genre. The only concern is that whilst the songs are solid there aren’t that many really stand out moments. It’s hard to fault the performance though and the crowd are carried along with them as they wind it up into a massive wall of sound at the finish.