It seems there’s to be no rest for the crazy kids of Manchester’s hardcore scene as we once again file into the settling haze of Rebellion in anticipation of what promises to be one very intense night of action. With just enough time to stretch out the last of the previous night’s aches, courtesy of local hardcore stars Going Off we are ready to start all over again as the first of our four acts take to the stage.
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VOLA playing at Rebellion Manchester Credit: Rich Price
Opening up tonight were Nevada three-piece Four Stroke Baron, a band who are difficult to classify. Heavy slabs of groove-laden prog smash funkily across a packed audience. The set is marred only by the fact that in a couple of songs the singer notably loses his voice and the band without missing a beat goes on to deliver their first instrumental set from the dark smoke-laden stage of Rebellion and its notoriously bad lighting. Handling an awkward situation very well indeed they still delivered a solid and enjoyable set that had the audience’s heads bobbing along in time.