Gig Review: Shinedown + Heaven's Basement @ Camden Electric Ballroom

Heaven's Basement kicked things off in impressive style with a selection of hard rock tracks that felt right at home amongst the Shinedown fans. Despite the somewhat ecclectic look of the band? (everything from indie to punk got a look in) there sound was as straight balls-to-the-walls hard rock as you can get, and i picked up a signed ep and i would whoever's reading this checkes them out, as they put on a solid performance of unknown material, and it's always good to support unsigned bands that are a cut above the usual nme crap. 7/10

Shinedown rocked onto the stage, opening with "Cry for Help" and fortunatly facing none of the technical difficultys that plagued there performance the last time i saw them. There was also the notable absence of second guitarist Nick Perri, who i disovered, has left the band, leaving them as a 4-piece. Shinedown continued with a short but punchy setlist. There set lasted about an hour, not including an extended jam session in the middle. There was a great crowd reactions decent amount of jumping/moshing, most notable during final song "Devour".

Overall Shinedown put on a solid performance, on what is there 1st headlining uk tour, and i can see there popularity increasing almost as fast as Brent Smith's waistline. 8/10

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