Vio-lence Closes Hammersonic's First Day With High-Speed Wild Distortion

Vio-lence vocalist Sean Total (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The pride of the San Francisco United States metal trash dedengkot, Vio-lence closed the first day of the Hammersonic Festival 2023 full of high-speed wild distortions and an energetic drum from the Hammer stage, Carnaval Beach Ancol Jakarta, Saturday.

The bands from California that appeared in their tour formation were Sean Total (vocals), Christian Olde Wolbers (bass), Ira Black (guitar), Miles Dimitri Baker (guitar), and Adrian Aguilar (drums) who took the stage at around 23.25 WIB and performed for about an hour.

As the opening song, guitarist Ira Black immediately pulled the guitar and produced a full distortion feedback from the song Eternal Nightmare taken from the album of the same name released in 1988.

Even though it was an old band formed in 1985, Sean Total's vocalist's fierce performance on stage seemed to give metalheads no chance at all to stop headbang for a moment. Appearing without talking much, Sean showed off his excellent skills with a series of fast dictions while throwing meaningful lyrics through his provocative style.

After Eternal Nightmare, Vio-lence then beat Killer's series which is one of the songs from the same album. The fighting of the speeding fingers of guitarist Ira Black and left-handed Miles Dimitri Baker on a fingerboard that almost flawlessly spurs metalheads' adrenaline for the congregational headbang.

Just before the third song, vocalist Sean Total greeted the rock music lovers at the Hammersonic Festival 2023.

"Jakarta, Indonesia! We came from West Coast, California to kick your buttocks! Who wants to join me tonight?" Sean shouted before starting the song Calling in The Coroner, quoted from Antara.

The unit, which is very attached to the Bay Area metal trash scene in the '80s, only slipped a little gap between songs, aka sold out their best songs. Total Vio-lence played ten songs most of which were taken from Eternal Nightmare's debut album.

Several other songs that also burned the Vio-lence stage at Hammersonic were Officer Nice, Kill on Command, Bodies on Bodies, and Phobophobia. Vio-lence also performed Flesh From Bone and Upon Their Cross, which was taken from their latest mini album entitled Let the World Burn, released on March 4, 2022.

Vio-lence closed the wild and fierce nights with plenary sessions through the song World in a World which is one of the tracks of their second album titled Oppressing the Masses which was released on July 13, 1990.

The second day of the Hammersonic Festival on March 19 will certainly suck up more metal fans because of the presence of the main performer, namely the heavy metal champion from Iowa United States, the typical Slipknot with their masked costumes. In addition, there will also be Trivium, Story of The Year, Bat total, Comeback Kid, Amon Amarth, Watain, and Black Flag. While domestic performers include DeadSquad, Jeruji, Straight Out, and For Revenge.