Well this was a total weird experience, I was looking forward to this gig and it wasn't a total disaster but it came close!! I had been waiting for this gig with bated breath only to find out a couple of days before that due to some totally understandable circumstances that Achren had to pull out, they are going to reschedule so all is not lost, the other two bands decided to play on so it looked like it was not going to be a total wash-out. All the posters etc. I had seen said 8 or 8.30 start so with that in mind I got the train up and happily a return ticket coming back at 11.30, with work in the morning this was to be a bonus. Arriving at the venue I saw people milling about outside, seeing someone I knew this wasn't too bad!! Donnie (Syndicate) then proceeded to tell me that the doors wouldn't be open until 9 and first band on at 10.30!! Unfucking real! talk about not organising a piss up in a brewery! This was not the worst news as the first band on were going to be Threshold Sicks from Perth and this was fine enough for me, I had been wanting to catch this band since a while so all was not lost,Zombie Militia were going to be on too late for me to catch my train but having caught them recently I was not overly disappointed as I will no doubt catch them again. Anyway for about an hour and a half we stood outside the venue and shot the shit as it were, stories abounded and many laughs were had with new Inverness gigs reviewer Mark Dubanowski dropping by to add to the crack and also the Threshold boys all dropped by on the way for food etc. so a damn fine time was had. Before we knew it it was 9.45 and time to make a move into Madhatters for a watered down cider in a plastic glass! lovely stuff, i don't think!!
At about 10.20 Threshold Sicks hit the stage and at last we got what we came for ,some good music was to ensue. I don't know where they fit in exactly probably Death Metal although they can be thrashy too but one thing is they are fucking brutal!! A really tremendous set from the lads, I really enjoyed it 40-45 minutes of pure hard as fuck metal, made you want more that's for sure. The whole band have great presence and put on a great performance Phil on vocals is a cracker of a front man,very menacing looking on stage and really top notch, Paul and Greg on guitar and bass absolutely shred and Ivan on drums knocks fuck out of them! Great band well worth seeing, not a bad song in the whole set with "Regicide" being my personal fave. As I said well worth seeing and I will hopefully catch them soon.
So with the time at 11.10 like some sort of grizzled old Cinderella character I bade my farewells to the guys and fucked of for my train, as I said a weird night but a cracker for all that, the crack outside was top notch and the Thresholds were brilliant so all in all it was a recipe for disaster pulled back by some good mates and some cracking music.
