Rot and roll snarls with sinister intent as Carcass brings their North American Putrefaction Tour to Elevation in Grand Rapids.
On a balmy September night, Elevation in Grand Rapids became an asylum of distortion and rage. Metalheads from across Michigan crowded into the venue, beers in hand, denim and leather bristling with patches, radiating with anticipation for a bill that promised to punish and please. The lineup was a masterful study in brutality with Hedonist, Necrot, Brujeria, and finally, the masters of deathly dissection, Carcass.
The evening opened with Hedonist, who had traveled all the way from Victoria, BC, to unleash a ferocious set steeped in the spirit of Dismember and Entombed. Their brand of old-school death metal reeked of bone grinding guitars, relentlessly driven drums, throat-punching bass, and guttural vocals that summoned the dead from Scandinavian graveyards. This was pure unfiltered death metal delivered with menacing conviction. A reminder of how the roots of the genre still hold massive power. The crowd responded in kind, fists raised, heads whipping in unison, Michigan embracing the Canadians as if they were locals…