Tonight's gig was either sold out or close to it, and it's hardly surprising with a band like Hellyeah playing. Of course you wouldnt have known it was a sell out if you'd turned up to watch the opening band, Gravil. Gravil have been on the whole tour with Hellyeah and Protafield, and they certainly seemTonight's gig was either sold out or close to it, and it's hardly surprising with a band like Hellyeah playing. Of course you wouldnt have known it was a sell out if you'd turned up to watch the opening band, Gravil. Gravil have been on the whole tour with Hellyeah and Protafield, and they certainly seem like a good fit to Hellyeah. A nice heavy twin-guitar sound and screaming/growling style vocals combine to give some damn good heavy metal. Sadly though only around 20 or 30 people bothered to come and watch them, with the bar and outside smoking area being busier than the venue itself. Still it's the punters loss as they missed a good opening band. Next up were Protafield who got a much bigger crowd, although the venue was still nowhere near busy – however that might have had more to do with the sound of the band. Protafield were definitely an unusual choice to support Hellyeah as there's a really strong electronic element to the music – they mix dance beats with electric guitar and metal style vocals. To me they seemed like a poor choice for the tour and really didn't impress me at all, [...]
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