Enforcer 06/10/2016 Manchester O2 Club Academy Set List:
Enforcer are a Heavy Metal band from Sweden who play in a fast style that is akin to 80’s Speed Metal with a good dose of New Wave of British Heavy Metal thrown in for good measure and are currently touring in support of their latest album, From Beyond released in 2015 on Nuclear Blast Records. Currently touring Europe with Destruction, Nervosa and Flotsam and Jetsam, Enforcer was the second band to play after openers Nervosa. The turnaround for Enforcer should have been relatively quick, however, there seemed to be a lot of messing around with sound checking with Enforcer showing signs that was not happy with the sound and in particular the monitors. After hearing the same guitar riff over and over again during the line check, it was time for Enforcer to take to the stage. Enforcer blast onto the stage with the opening 3 tracks from their latest album, From Beyond with such an energy that was tiring just to watch. Enforcer never stopped moving with vocalist and guitarist Olof Wikstrand throwing shapes that rivalled watching Tribulation. The main problem encountered by Enforcer tonight was fact that Wikstrand’s guitar seemed to keep cutting out and it always seemed to be at important times with a gap in the sound for a few seconds before it kicked in. However, this didn’t deter Enforcer with this slight problem improving quite significantly after leaving the stage, allowing other guitarist Joseph Tholl to entertain us with his skills. Enforcer may have been an odd choice to the bill tonight, but they are fantastic at what they do and they managed to pull in a crowd that may often overlook the style of Metal that Enforcer play. Sound problems aside, Enforcer was excellent, easily keeping up to the bar set very high by Nervosa before them. Adam
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