Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane
Saturday May 26, 2018
After over 6 months of not attending a concert, the time had come to break this silly hiatus. What better way to break the drought than to go see one of your very fave bands, SEETHER. The band hit Australia for three shows for their ‘Poison The Parish’ world tour, and Brisbane was the last of the shows, before heading over the big blue to New Zealand to also play three shows.
Warming up the eager crowd before the South African post grunge rockers hit the stage were Gold Coast hard rock outfit, These Four Walls. The band are no strangers to sharing the stage with big name international bands, with previous support slots including Nickelback, Disturbed and Trivium. The band performed a tight rocking set, with the stand out being vocalist / guitarist, Steve Gibb giving a 110% energetic performance.
The crowd was suitably amped for SEETHER’s performance, and the band kicked their set off with ‘Stoke The Fire’ off their latest album Poison The Parish. The setlist consisted of a mixed selection of hits from their back catalogue including ‘Gasoline’, ‘Rise Above This’, ‘Country Song’, ‘Fine Again’ and ‘Broken’. They fittingly closed the set with two of their heaviest hit singles, ‘Fake It’ and ‘Remedy’.
Now whilst the setlist was full of gems, I must say as a massive Seether fan who has seen them three times previously, I was very disappointed with a few things. Firstly, the sound was not up to their usual par of quality. Secondly, the band’s onstage presence was lack lustre, almost like they were just going through the motions. Lastly, each time they have played Australia before, they always throw in a cover song at each concert. Last tour they played Silverchair’s ‘Israel Son’, and absolutely owned the song.
Maybe I’m being a little picky, but when it’s one of your most loved bands, and you’ve seen them mutilple times before, and you’ve always left the gig blown away, expectations are going to be high.
Reviewer and Photographer : Davey Rintala
SEETHER
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THESE FOUR WALLS
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