Klone, Trepalium and Gojira at Mo’ Club Southampton 15/11/12

The Mo’ Club is a small music venue in Southampton, which also serves as a roller-disco venue. With powerful lighting and good sound quality it’s a great place to see bands and enjoy live music.

Klone burst onto stage, full of energy and passion.  Formed in 1999 in France, they were a great start to an evening of live French metal music. Opening with ‘The Eye of Needle (Part 2)’ Klone were impressive from the start of their set due to their unique sound. Yann Linger has incredibly powerful vocals and also performed some entertaining dance moves on stage.  ‘All Seeing Eye’ seemed to be a crowd favourite, and it had a very powerful bass line. Klone’s new album, ‘The Dreamer’s Hideaway’ is out now.

Next on stage was Trepalium, another French metal band who formed in 2000. More in the death metal genre, they impressed the crowd with heavy riffs and breakdowns. Singer Cédric Punda has strikingly deep vocals and the crowd seemed to thoroughly enjoy their set. Ending their set with a song called ‘Usual Crap’, they proved they were a strong live band and all notable musicians. If you’re a fan of death metal, I’d definitely recommend them.

After two impressive support bands, the eagerly anticipated Gojira arrived on stage. After impressing both critics and fans with their fifth album ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’ in June, it was fairly obvious that their set tonight was going to be incredible. Opening with their latest single ‘Explosia’, the crowd instantly descended into a sea of headbanging and moshpits. Joe Duplantier is one of the best metal vocalists around today and he’s even better live than on record. It was guitarist Christain Andreu’s birthday so the crowd all sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him, which was a great moment of the night. Gojira had a strong setlist of both old and new songs, and when they started playing ‘The Heaviest Matter of the Universe’ it was obvious it was a crowd-pleaser. Mario Duplantier played an impressive drum solo which wowed the audience. Ending their incredible set with ‘The Gift of Guilt’, Southampton definitely got an amazing night of French metal here at the Mo’ Club.

Check out Klone here:  http://www.facebook.com/KLONEBAND
Check out Trepalium here: http://www.facebook.com/TREPALIUMBAND
Check out Gojira here: http://www.facebook.com/GojiraMusic