Openers featured a diverse group of other Brooklyn based bands such as: Cavex, a recently formed band who's performance and noisy sound was very in the same vein as Sonic Youth. Bassist Nat Baldwin played a quiet, solo, minimal, but very entertaining set next, noting that his bass was "broken" and was using a friends for the night, to whom he was thankful for. Rounding out the openers was current buzzband Talk Normal. Gaining a solid following with landing supporting slots with bands such as Sonic Youth.The all girl duo played their loud, wailing guitar and relentless drum sound to a active audience.
Liturgy took the stage around midnight, and most of the people who went for Talk Normal had filed out or went to bar in the back. Once the first note of Liturgy's brutal pounding black metal Monster Island turned into a all out free for all of tons of headbanging, people literally hanging off ceilings, moshing that got to intense nearly half of the band got taken out along with the mic stand. Still no one seemed to find the intense environment, and just plain embraced the power of extreme metal. The band lead by guitarist, singer, and only constant member Hunter Hunt-Hendrix said very few words on stage other than "thank you" and "new album will be out in the spring", letting the music speak for itself. Mainly playing songs from their 2009 LP "Renihilation."
The show in the end did offer what Williamsburg is best known for diverse music that still appreciated by most of the people in the room.
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