Fury UK and Blaze Bayley – Hellfire Fest – Birmingham NEC. Saturday 7th November 2009.
November 8, 2009
Simply astounding performances tonight from Fury UK and Blaze Bayley. The only downside was that it wasn’t long enough! Both bands played like a metal lover’s dream. Chris Appleton’s furious, lightning speed guitar work and raw vocal energy were absolutely fabulous. The way Chris plays and sings to the crowd just has to be admired. Martin’s brilliantly passionate drumming and Luke’s intense and rhythmic, fun-packed bass line delivery made this a brief but impressive metal feast from Fury UK.
Blaze Bayley was astonishing, as always. His love of metal is conveyed so powerfully. The strength in his voice and his style of commanding an audience are truly awe-inspiring. Blaze’s way of singing to everyone in the room marks him out as the showman that he is. You can’t help being affected by the messages behind Blaze’s songs and the powerful way he expresses them. His band’s instrumentals completed the wonderful explosive metallic sound that is the Blaze Bayley Band and with Fury UK’s Luke Appleton playing Bass for Blaze tonight, it was even better! I left both sets tonight feeling like my ear drums had closed up!
The tribute paid to Evile’s recently deceased Bassist Mike Alexander helped to make this evening an even more special show, which anyone would have been proud to have attended.
More details about the Bands at www.furyuk.com and www.blazebayley.net
Jenny Tate
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This review was actually by myself, Jenny Tate, not by Paul Hadley. Just wanted to draw your attention to this. Paul did put it up here on the blog for me, but I actually wrote it. Thanks to Paul for putting up on the blog, but could we please amend this? Thanks.