Riverside

So I was introduced to the wonders of Polish prog-rock/metal the other day through a friend at work. The band we went to see were Riverside who were playing at the rather good (and suitably alternative) venue Scala. Apparently they have been together for 10 years now and more people should know about them!

They seemed to have a Tool-like vibe going on at times and the songs were certainly not short, but I would say they are more musical than Tool. Also they managed to bring along some electronic sounds and classic rock guitar to keep us entertained. This kind of stuff is not always easy to pull off in a live venue but Scala was suitably small and the songs energetic enough to do it.

Short post to get me back into the swing, though now I've run out of gigs. Maybe the Crunchy Boost will be put into its box soon...