So, last night was a little awesome.

I went to see Combichrist perform at The Robin 2, in Wolverhampton. Supporting acts were Deviant UK (hmm…), Uberbyte (suprisingly good…) and Aesthetic Perfection (also, suprisingly good).

I arrived as Deviant UK were half-way through their set. After one or two of their songs, I decided to find out where the bar was – which turned out to be situated conveniently next to the Merchandise stand. In a rather awesome stroke of luck, I ended up standing next to a Mr Joe Letz – drummer for Combichrist, past live drummer for Wednesday 13, Amen, and Burn Halo. I, rather nervously/haphazardly, asked for a photo. Regardéz:

On reflection, I should have really tried talking to him and asked if we could re-take the photo as it didn’t turn out well. But, I was acting in true taken-aback-with-awe fashion, and did neither of these.

Combichrist were pant-wettingly awesome. No amount of badly-recorded videos and equally-as-bad snapped photos can reflect this – but, nevertheless…

Photo set @ Flickr
Video playlist @ YouTube

They started off with their usual Live intro – Cornbugs’ “Dust and Bones” / answerphone message found as the hidden track on “Today We Are All Demons” / Charlie The Unicorn ‘Candy Cave’ song (which, in itself, is bizarre…) – which ends abruptly with Andy screaming into the the first track of the night – “All Pain Is Gone”. The night itself was a blur, a fantasticly immense blur, and was further perpetuated by an encore – “This Shit Will Fuck You Up’”, and “What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?”.

Stage trashed. Venue sound engineer looking worried. Merchandise bought. Night to remember.

Verdict: uncontrollable amounts of WIN.