The Exchange, Bristol – October 15th 2022
Rxptrs
Home-town heroes RXPTRS made an appearance supporting Defects on their headline tour at a busy Exchange in Bristol on Saturday night, and boy did they know how to put on a show.
Coming out with fan favourite songs from their debut album “Living Without Death’s Permission”, lead singer Simon Roach pulled some spiderman-eske poses while simultaneously blowing the roof off the venue in perfect collaboration with the rest of the band.
Its always a joy to see these lads play shows, they never disappoint and always seem to get better and better with every show. Their hometown advantage was evident as many of the crowd who came out to see the show were singing along to all the songs, aswell as starting mosh pits and crowd surfing which just shows how good these guys are at putting on a show and melting faces.
Defects
Well we can confirm there was nothing defective in the modern metal-heads as they tore up the inky black main room at Exchange on Saturday.
Rather they look like a well oiled machine ready to grasp the nettle of leading from the front of a new gen of metal gear solid bands.
Fresh from their Bloodstock appearance in August, Defects (Tony Maue – Vocals, Luke Genders – Guitar, James Threadwell – Guitar, Harry Jennings – Drums & David Silver – Bass) stopped by the Exchange in Bristol as part of their 2022 headline tour.
They took to the stage with a huge welcoming from the crowd, and then then went on to lay down some of the filthiest riffs I’ve heard in a long time, featuring songs from their new EP “Dream Awake”. They do live up to their statement of “Breathing life into an over-saturated metal scene”, by putting on a show that I think pretty much everyone was head banging along to by the end. Mosh pits, swinging limbs and energy-galore would be a good way to sum up this show.
A great headline set from a band with serious potential, so watch out for big things to come from them in the future.
Matt Sheppard Photography
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