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The You Are Part of This Tour rolls into London tonight with 6 bands hand picked from headliners Deez Nutz . Coveting the opening slot on the package tour is Portuguese hardcore mob Reality Slap . The relatively young looking band bring big hardcore slabs of riffs and slap it together with a frantic energy to kick us off in a confident manner . Quebec City representatives Get The Shot are up next and waste no time in getting in peoples faces with their blistering brand of hardcore with man mountain Jean-Philippe Lagacé leading the charge with a ferociously terrifying individual performance .
Legends of the genre First Blood take the reins and get some of the first pits of the night and a half decent circle pit is executed . It ’ s a solid set from the veterans with new tunes from their brand new album Rules slotting into the setlist fairly easily to never let the barrage on our ears end . There are some guitar technical difficulties that plague the set and enthusiasm a little . Coming all the way from Sydney , Australia are newcomers Hellions who walk on the same path as hardcore but travel down different avenues . Some people in the crowd call them a pop punk band others state they shouldn ’ t be on a bill like this . However the guys tackle the challenge with aplomb and confidence even if many in the crowd aren ’ t overly bothered by the likes of ‘ Quality of Life ’ and ‘ Lotus Eater ’.

Support : Reality Slap , Get The Shot , First Blood , Hellions , Comeback Kid O2 Academy Islington 25th February 2017

Deez Nutz

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