(OOC- if there are any huge typos or spelling issues ill sort the later as I have to dash)
As the previous bands stuff is cleared from the stage, Blood of Wecz roadies move in and start to assemble the stage for the death metal giants set.
After the instruments are tuned, plugged in and ready to go, a curtain is pulled from the drum riser that sits 2 metres above stage level, at the back. A section of the crowd let out a roar as the two bass drums bearing the legend
BLOOD OF WECZ are revealed, and a few of them start to chant.
Two roadies on ladders are then seen unpinning a bigger curtain from the back wall of the stage. The black letters of the bands name, set on a background of blood dribbling down glass come into view (the big screen normally used by the band at gigs doesn’t really work outside in the daytime), and the cheers from the crowd get louder, more chanting starts.
BLOOD OF WECZ! BLOOD OF WECZ! BLOOD OF WECZ!After the roadies exit the stage lights go off, and the crowd are ready to go, getting themselves pumped up. For one or two, a little circle pit kicks off in the crowd, and the band haven’t even yet appeared.
As the chanting and cheering gets louder, someone points to the side of the stage, where Scott H can be seen standing nonchalantly at the top of the stage stairs, wearing his glasses, and calmly sipping his beer. As more people see him and start to point at him he lifts his beer bottle in salute and smiles, before disappearing down the stairs.
Moments later, the music on the PA cuts out, and the crowd cheer. Then the instrumental section of Metallica’s
Master Of Puppets starts to play over the PA. The Wecz fans in the crowd of competition winners can now be spotted easily, as they are familiar with this ritual start to the band’s shows. As the crescendo of the section is reached (just before the singing comes back in), the stage lights flash white, causing some people to let out a little involuntary
Whoa, and then all goes silent.
A few seconds before - Back stage - Blood of Wecz stand at the bottom of the stairs, in a small huddle. Ryan Lee addresses the band.
Ryan Lee – Okay guys, we all know that this is a contest, and we’d all love to win! But let’s concentrate on doing what Blood Of Wecz do best. Lets tear this place up and give those people out there what they came to see!The band shout encouragement to each other and Ryan and Scott slap each other in the chest to really get the adrenaline flowing. Maxxi and Mark engage in a little huddle, talking to each other and going through the setlist one last time, and Santi Padora sits on the bottom step of the stairs to the stage, his head bowed in a little prayer.
The last note of the instrumental in
Master of Puppets fades away, and Ryan Lee bursts into life.
Ryan – OKAY!! Right guys let’s fuckin’ go! Come on! He high fives all the members of the band one at a time, and Santi Padora is first to ascend the stairs, followed by Mark Talley, Maxxi Starr, Ryan Lee, and finally, Scott H.
Back on stage – The fans at the front cheer and chant the bands name some more, and then they see Santi stand on the stool of his drum kit. They cheer as Santi stands tall above the stage, drumsticks raised. His trademark grin is etched across his face. He sits down and plays a quick drum solo, finishing with an impressive flourish of double bass and cymbal runs. He waves to the crowd.
Mark Talley and maxxi Starr arrive at the top of the stairs at the same time and walk onto the stage simultaneously. The crowd cheer the two quiet men of the band, and they give waves back, but are there usual un-animated selves.
Ryan Lee is the next man to reach the top of the stairs. As he does he breaks into a run, sprinting to the front of the stage, and standing on the front monitor, screaming at the top of his lungs and throwing the horns to the crowd as he does so. The crowd respond in kind and Ryan picks out a few in the front row who are dedicated Wecz fans he has seen before. He points at them and lets them know that he knows how much they do for the band.
As Ryan steps down from the monitor, a roadie hands him his guitar, a sleek, black, seven string Ibanez S Series, with the name R.LEE emblazoned across the headstock. He pulls the strap over his head and walks back into position, just beside the lead mic.
Ryan shoots a glance towards the stage stairs, where a confused looking roadie stands looking at him and shrugging. Ryan lets out a little chuckle, and shakes his head slowly before walking to lead mic.
Ryan Lee – Hey, you guys all saw Scott standing right over there drinking a beer five minutes ago right? Yeah? Well it would appear he’s decided now to go take a leak. It’s just as well though, dude is far too weak bladdered, would never have lasted a whole half hour up here. Should we hurry his ass up?Cheering and laughingRyan Lee – Alright lets make his ass panic, we’ll start the song, see if he makes it in time!Ryan steps away from the mic again, and points at Santi, who counts four slow beats on his cymbal. He then plays a little cymbal roll as Ryan plays the slow, acoustic intro that all Wecz fans know. Ryan stands with his back to the crowd as he does so, slowly strumming and picking his guitar for just over a minute, before Santi plays a massive drum roll, followed by a huge solo, and finishes with a dainty flourish. The crowd cheer as the whole band stand motionless.
Backstage…seconds before - Scott H runs towards the stairs to the stage, fastening his belt on the go. As he nears the stage he hears Santi start the trademark drum roll and solo. He curses himself and hit’s the stairs taking two at a time…
Onstage - The crowd wait in angst, and erupt into ecstatic screeching as they see the white shirted lead singer of Blood Of Wecz, Scott H, burst onto the stage, gasping for air as he does so. He runs straight to the front of the stage, grabs his mic from the stand and jumps straight into the area between the stage and the crowd.
Scott H - Alright Calton Hill? I said ALRIGHT CALTON HILL??!!!They cheer and shout and chant as Scott H high fives some of the shirtless fans in the front row.
Scott - Alright, then this one is called REPENTAAAAAANNNNCCCCEEEE….Fucking move!As he shouts move, Ryan Lee hit’s a huge screeching pinch, and Mark Talley starts the tremolo melodies that litter the opening track. Santi Padora blast beats for the whole of the first chorus as Mark and Ryan exchange sweeps and runs in the guitar dual that is the first verse.
Scott - (chorus) You think you know me?
I got news for you!
I’ll put you down and out
And kick the shit!
You wont forget me!!
RE-PEN-TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCEEEE!! As he looks up from his mic, Scott looks surprised to see so many people in the crowd of competition winners singing back at him, but he throws the horns at the crowd and starts high fiving again.
The song continues through three verses and choruses of driving riffs and melodies, before Mark and Ryan exchange solos filled with bends and pinches. Santi brings the song to an end after 6 minutes, with a speedy burst of double bass.
Scott - - Thank you so much! For those who haven’t heard of us before, we are Blood Of Wecz, I am Scott, and I made it just in the nick of time!
The crowd cheer as Scott makes for Ryan Lee pretending to punch him
I fucking love you man! But I swear I’ll get you back for that shit! Hahaha!
Alright lets get on with the show! Who here owns a CD called Creator’s Wrath??
A loud cheer
Yeah? Then you’ll know this one…hang on…You all know I like the ladies right? Well I don’t get the chance to meet enough lovely ladies these days. So how about we see some lovely girls surfing their way to the front during this next one? It is called BLACK….
WATER!!!! Screaming and cheering.
Mark Talley hit’s the now trademark sweep combo that he loves to play, evident in his huge beardy smile as he nails it, perfectly, as usual. After he hits it the rest of the band come in. The song is much thrashier and faster than the previous one, and Sanit Padora looks almost in pain as he screams through the searing pace needed for the blast beat which lasts for the full 7 minutes of the song.
As the song progresses, Scott H stands on the front monitor, as countless women come crowd surfing over the top of the front row, they blow Scott kisses, and he reaches down to grab their hands, kissing some of them as they are whisked away by security staff at the barrier.
Mark and Ryan hit a huge dive at the end of the final chorus, to the delight of the crowd, and step out of the way in order that Maxxi Starr can play his crowning piece, a 30 second bass solo that he bangs his afro’d head along to as he tries to get the crowd into it. The song ends with a quick lead piece from both guitarists.
Ryan - Since this is a contest, and we need to thrill y'all, how would you like to hear a cover song??
Cheering and chanting again
Good! Well we wanted to play you this song, by a band we love, who you might not have heard of...the band are called Sylosis, and this song is called TERAAAASSSS!!Santi counts the band into the Sylosis track which is full of chugging riffs and terrifying sweeps, Scott H sings the lyrics with a venom that suggests this is a personal favourite of his.
Scott - (chorus) - Fear in control... The screams are everywhere
Now hear the sound of millions...... RUNNING SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEDDDDD!By the end of the song a lot of people have really got into it, and a pretty fierce pit has opened up, a few guys fall and get trampled, and the band wait to see they are ok, before progressing with the cool lead outro to Teras.
Scott - Did you like that? Yeah well get out there and buy that CD, it's called CONCLUSION OF AN AGE!!! We fucking love Sylosis and we're sure you would as well!
Well we only have time for two more tonight...I know, I'm sorry, this one is a new one. I mean brand fucking new!
Cheering and anticipating chatter
It's so new it doesn't even have a permanent title yet, so send us some on a postcard...hahah! Okay, for now, this one is called PUTRIFICATION IN THE BOOK OF REVELATIONThe opening riff to the new track is full of tremolos and pinches as the band find a new sound for themselves in their new work. About 30 seconds in, a massive blast beat welcomes the death metal that the fans love, and came to see. They break out into a massive circle pit, women and children running for cover, as the screaming of Scott H mixes with the shredding of the guitars.
Scott (chorus) - Putrified!
Liquified lover!
Broken down and beaten inside
Bleeding orrifice! Weeping eyes!
*growls*Revelations from your God!The last part of the song is an acoustic outro, which both guitars play without any backing from bass and drums. Scott H leaves the stage and a spotlight falls on Mark and Ryan ans they stand back to back, playing what sounds almost like a Spanish melody. They play it fast and slow for a full four minutes, before they are backed by violin and cello on the PA for another 3 minutes, the song fades, and the crowd marvel in the poeticness of Blood Of Wecz and the mastery of Mark and Ryan on guitar.
Scott - Ladies and gents lets hear it for Ryan and Mark on guitar!
Santi plays a drum fill as the crowd show their appreciation for the beautiful outro.
Yeah that was fucking beautiful! Buy our new album if you want to hear more shit like that! hahaha
Anyway guys, we only got one more for you tonight...BoooooooScott H – I know, I know. But I think you know my little speech thats coming next... So, I wanna know if you can all play a little Blood Of Wecz game here again tonight. How about this...I want you all to split into two sides. Right up the middle here... That’s cool, beautiful guys, beautiful. Now, every time you hear Mark or Ry hit a pinch in this song I want to see two guys from each side run at each other. You hit that guy opposite as hard as you can! No punching or shit, just good ol' fashion wall-of-deathing! Then when I signal, the rest of you pile into the middle and lets see the biggest wall-of-death Scotland has ever seen...this song is MIASMACheering loudly.Miasma is less than ten seconds old when
Mark Talley hits the first pinch, sending four shirtless, heavy set guys spiralling into the middle of the empty floor, careering into each other at a frightening pace. As
Ryan Lee hits three in a row a group of around ten men break ranks and start circling around thundering into everyone. Following another 12 pinches, some bruised and battered people hobble to the side, whilst a beaming
Scott H throws them the horns.
One huge last huge pinch rings out and
Scott H raises one hand....
Scott H – Wait for it...1!2!3! GOOOOO!!!!The song
Miasma blares out at a blistering pace as Scott H roars and screams at the crowd. He goes to the barrier and allows members of the audience to sing along into his mic, before he stands atop the barrier and conducts them in an acapella rendition of the chorus whilst the band take a momentary break.
4 minutes of sweeping, pinching, and thundering riffs later
TAKE! A deep breath!
Suck it all up inside
PUTRID MANIFESTATION
A sickening stench of death!
MIASMA!
The song stops and the crowd cheer and chant. Bloof of Wecz throw picks and drumsticks into the crowd before they leave the stage.
Scott H – Thanks you guys! This has been amazing! We’ll see you again soon!
Ryan Lee – VOTE WECZ FOR DELTA TAU!!Cheering and chanting again
SETLIST
REPENTANCE
BLACKWATER
TERAS (Sylosis cover)
PUTRIFICATION IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
MIASMA
picsThe crowd wait in the sunshine for BoW
Maxxi plays his bass solo, he loves it!
Scott H - he had just pissed then you know.