Band: Kill Devil Hill
Venue: The Vat Red Deer
Presented by: Of Thorn & Vine Productions
Cost: $35.00 at the door
Let's take a look at Kill Devil Hill for a minute. We have Rex brown on bass (Member of Pantera and Down) Vinny Appice on drums (Black Sabbath, Dio and heaven and Hell) Mark Zavon on guitars and Dewey Bragg bringing the vocals. This is a musicians supergroup. Awesome name and more importantly they bring the noise people want to hear.
Now, I would love to tell you about the opening bands, which from the photos and people I talked to kicked ass, but seeing as i nor my friend who I was out drinking with had planned on seeing a live band until we found ourselves outside the Vat at 11:30, we never saw the opening acts. (Say sorry.) So, after enjoying some PBR beer (I mean, why not. If they sell it, sure! Nice little retro feel to the night.) So after sitting around and waiting, looking at some amazing beautiful women Kill Devil Hill takes the stage and damn! The crowd of 100? ish people erupt into a Kill Devil Hill chant. The energy being put out by this small club was amazing.
Anyways, picking back up on my story, the band comes out, the crowd goes nuts and Kill Devil Hill starts busting out some hard hitting, thick and heavy music that immediately gets my head moving. the crowd starts moving with the music and from then on for almost an hour and a half we are all treated to a beautiful musical set of heavy metal. Just enough of a old Pantera style mixed with a contemporary sound that the genre is missing I've gotta say, this show was epic and I highly suggest catching Kill Devil Hill as soon as you can in these smaller venues.
The person that stood out to me was Dewey Braggs. his vocals were tight, the lyrics were awesome and more importantly he knew how to play to the crowd. It might have been a smaller place, no more then 300 at max capacity, but he had the energy, and passion as if he was playing to 15,000 strong. The crowd interaction by all members of the band was awesome to see. Even right at the end of the night Vinny gets the mic and tells the crowd they're all staying at the Ramada Room 666 and everyone's invited to trash the place. Of course the metalheads go nuts over this, but to me, it was this interaction with the crowd makes me remember why I love smaller shows. Right up close to these amazing musicians everyone sweating and having one hell of a good time.
On a separate note, I must give a kudos to Of Thorn & Vine Promotions and the staff at the vat. They were without a doubt some of the best people I've ever seen. The bouncers let people have a great time but never let it get too out of control. If someone up in the pit was causing trouble, or putting people at risk, they were in there at a snap of a finger and had the situation under control immediately. It was phenomenal to watch. The staff interacted with the clientele made everyone feel welcome. Without a doubt an awesome place that I will be going back to again and again.
Final Verdict:
Must see show at a must go venue. If you're into metal and love live shows this is the place to go.
All I got left to say, Of Thorn & Vine Productions, next time you got a killer show, throw me a press pass so I can get some killer interviews with the bands!
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