Local punk ‘n’ rollers The Sindromes once again proved their worth as an excellent band full of energy and humour, despite this not being the greatest of their performances; they still very much get the point across as to why they should be a band to take notice of. They are a band who are playing the kind of music that they themselves exactly want to play, and keep it interesting and enjoyable throughout.

Then, something completely different. The whole mood of the night shifted dramatically as Kent’s Bossk took the stage, masked by a sea of incense, smoke and atmospheric sounds, which they use to excellent potential considering their, small square of about 75 people surroundings. They, once again prove why they are a band destined for big things in the world of post-metal, with their inspired, original, yet very acceptable music, and a tight as girl’s trousers performance where you can’t help but feel the energy and awe surround you. Highlight of their set hands down goes to the final dramatic section of ‘II’ where the whole, until then fairly blissful, world they have created around them with their music comes crashing down in an epic showdown of sounds and emotions.

Focus continues to stay on Kent music scene too as hardcore quintet November Coming Fire take stage in the first night of their UK tour supporting Doomriders. This as well being their first UK show since the release of debut album ‘Dungeness’ and it really showed here as only a certain amount of the audience knew the songs and were happily enjoying the set anyway. For the rest of the audience, they were left unsure as to what to make of NCF, since their music is one that requires more concentration than just a first listen, it’s easy to sympathise that not everyone in the audience would be overly impressed. The lack of reaction really affected the atmosphere of NCF’s set which is a real shame because it doesn’t fit well with their music to have basically indifference radiating off the audience. Still, NCF blast through their set with the kind of fantastic confidence that got them noticed in the first place, and it seems the argument for them here is that “every band has to start somewhere” as the unsure, crowd exhibited boldly.

Luckily though, once Doomriders got playing the whole cramped room began to move as if they had no choice or control over it as Doomriders effortlessly rip through their upbeat, stoner rock meets hardcore hybrid, and the whole crowd soon had massive grins exerting off them as Doomriders’ grooves literally shook the room. Annoyingly, they were made to cut their set short due to a curfew, but when asking what the audience would like to hear, Nate offered a compromise as to “as long as you do a circle pit.” The crowd obliged without hesitation, and soon chaos let rip as Doomriders came to end of their set with a bizarre mix of dancing, running around and colliding into other bodies took place and ended the night very well. The only bad part was that it took this long to get a reaction from the crowd, but this can be easily overlooked since the music, all night, was impressive and enjoyable; a rare feat for any music event.