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| Royal Thunder, Copyright Pete Troshak |
Trocadero
Philadelphia, PA
12/16/12
Royal Thunder played a half hour set opening for Monster Magnet and showed why they should be the main event and not a supporting act. They opened strong with “Parsonz Curse, ” a lumbering descent into darkness that would’ve sounded at home on the first Black Sabbath LP. From there they alternated some of their shorter thrashier numbers with the longer dark songs, one of the highlights being the throbbing “Whispering World,” with throbbing bass and wailing vocals provided by powerful vocalist Mlny Parsonz. Parsonz is worth the price of admission alone – a rumbling bass player and an intense vocalist able to switch from hard to soft in a moment with a unique beautiful but rough voice. The band closed with the powerful, shifting “Blue,” a seven minute emotional and musical rollercoaster ride and then left the stage quietly, having made their statement.
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