Electric Callboy bust out the moves
FRANK RALPH
ELECTRIC CALLBOY COULD have easily become metal’s biggest novelty. Their irresistible, EDM-splattered take on metalcore, and wig-tastic videos, have established them as one of the silliest bands around. But none of it would mean anything if the band didn’t have the technical proficiency and, more importantly, the tunes to justify their skyrocketing popularity.
MONUMENTS’ progressive metalcore contains plenty of melody too but, unlike the headliners, it reveals itself coyly, unfurling between techy glitches and huge hammering grooves. It’s a meaty, riveting sound, but this crowd are hankering for a payoff that’s more instant. They get it with High Wycombe’s AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS, whose anthemic post-hardcore contains shades of Architects, Bring Me The Horizon and Crossfaith’s rave-y tendencies. It’s an apt appetiser for tonight’s main event, but the party really kicks off as soon as ELECTRIC CALLBOY appear and tear into a rampant Tekkno Train in the first of many neon confetti hailstorms. From then on it’s bedlam. Agroup of fans perform the dance routine for metalised trance banger Everytime We Touch, with a fervour that would put boyband *NSYNC to shame. Aconstant churn of bodies fly over the barriers during Parasite and