I seriously think it says something about heavy metal gigs when there is one thing you notice which is conspicuous by it's absence - and that is security! Apart from one guy nonchalantly leaning against the DJ booth, and another languidly lazing at the top of the steps leading to the merch area, this evening'sOnslaught by Marc Leach Photography I seriously think it says something about heavy metal gigs when there is one thing you notice which is conspicuous by it's absence – and that is security! Apart from one guy nonchalantly leaning against the DJ booth, and another languidly lazing at the top of the steps leading to the merch area, this evening's full thrash metal assault is marked by the venue's trust in the Belfast metal family's ability to look after each other in that only two staff are deployed inside the room (compared to the dozens employed to keep the lesser number of drugged-up ravers who attended one of its regular 'club' nights two evenings previously!). Mind you, it was probably a good call on the part of the Limelight management as, apart from one lone female, stage diving and crowd surfing at this otherwise intense and furious feast of the finest feckin' frashing was also notable by its truancy. The onerous task of opening proceedings fell to fast rising young starlets Donum Dei. Regular PM readers will know we're big fans of this wee band, and tonight they more than justified our faith in them, delivering a set which , [...]
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