Beastwars - 8th February 2020 - Crowbar Sydney

Feb 8

Bands: Astrodeath | Potion | Sumeru | Beastwars

It was my first time seeing Astrodeath live, and after hearing them I was blown away. For only a two piece band, their sound and presence would have you double taking the stage in front of you. Considering everyone in the room was well watered (by beer and rain alike), Astrodeath had everyone warmed up and ready for the night ahead of them.

Potion kept the fire going with one of the heaviest sets on Friday night. From the opening moment that frontman Lee Jowono thundered a scream to the crowd, a wall of sound slammed the room like a sledgehammer testing Crowbars foundations. Along with Jowono, drummer Chris Downey and Stella Leung on the low end, the trio bludgeon you with thirty minutes of some of the best doom this country has to offer.

Now if this room wasn’t hot enough already, Sumeru take the stage and instantly turn Crowbar into a furnace and don’t let up for the next half an hour. With a set list filled with neck breakers like ‘Embrace the Cold’ and ‘Rivers of Lethe’, the energy in the room is electric and the crowd responds to what Sumeru are dishing out.

Quick change overs are always great and also don’t give people a chance to catch their breath for tonight’s headliner, New Zealand’s own Beastwars. As Matt Hyde walks on stage and belts out “you boys ready?! yep, yep, yep, let’s do it”, the band kicks straight into action and like all the other bands tonight, Beastwars absolutely crushed.

By this point in the night the crowd was fired up. Beastwars dish out a set list consisting of tracks ‘Lake of Fire’, ‘Call out the Dead’ and ending with ‘Damn the Sky’. Getting to see Beastwars twice within the last 6 months has been unreal, and fingers crossed it’s not too long before they’re back again!