Review by Sian Eardley
A night at The Full Moon where the other bands pulled out, but where the mighty Abyss stepped up to the mark, it was clearly no daunting challenge for the young foursome. Seen merely a month ago, the guys hadn’t let anything slip, if anything, they were more meteoric. To look at you may not expect the fantastic goods that they have to offer for just-finished-high school-lads, but they are undeniably awesome and take you back to the feel-good classic rock anthem feelings such as Kiss’s ‘Crazy Nights’, which resonates throughout their whole cause. If only those with a couple of decades on them around here could learn to pull this off too, yet this is what truly sets them apart.
Notably, it was the drummer’s (Taz) last performance; going onto further adventures with a side project band, but for 16, and utterly amazing, he’ll have a promising future, so who can blame him…?
True, a lot of high school pals were there to cheer them on, and I remember those awkward adolescent years of rallying the support flag for those you fancy in bands, (mine was for local act ‘Deathscent’), but I could tell these girls weren’t just to be here to be seen at all, Abyss are bloody brilliant and the crowds were out to marvel.
Metallica inspired intros to the structurally beautiful ‘Breakout’ could only make Hetfield weep to know he could educate and motivate these guys to produce such quality and synergy. They had – had a bit of a jig around with their set since their last performance. Covers: ‘Crazy Train’, ‘Rock you like a Hurricane’, and ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ were rocking and got an adoring response from the crowd. Newbie titled ‘The Secret Song’ was a kickass Dropkick Murphy’s esque ‘Michael Finnigan’ and his chinnigan ways were a stroke of genius.
Though the drummer may be gone, one is due to step into Taz’s shoes and their future still remains bright and epic.
