Review of Meggido

at The Red Lion Stevanage on Saturday 07/08/04

 I had been meaning to check out Meggido for quite some time but due to their somewhat hectic schedule and gigs been held far and wide this happened to be my first opportunity and how glad I was for making the trip and going to see them.

 This was one hot summer evening and I must admit that the thought of sitting inside a hot and steamy pub was quite daunting but how glad I was for making the effort.

 Meggido are a hard and heavy “in-your-face” rock/metal band who pleasantly surprise their audience with a good array of their own music (quite unique amongst most rock/metal outfits these days) along with the odd cover from the likes of Deep Purple and Motorhead.

Their set is a full on aggressive, powerfest assault of rock/metal genius with not a single break to be had, or hint of musical compromise.

 The wealth of talent on offer was obvious with some amazing “machine gun” style drumming from Mike Ellis, some awesome guitar playing by Shaun Duanne playing what I can only describe as one mother of an evil guitar set, Mark Tomkings playing some superb bass and complimenting this metal quartet on vocals the excellent and most charismatic and mesmerizing Coll Matreaves.

 This was most certainly a gig to shake the cobwebs from your head and though incredibly hot the band gave it their all giving their appreciative audience a most pleasurable assault on their senses.

 So if you like your metal hot, loud and powerful you could most certainly do a whole lot worst than checking out this top band. Just don’t forget to bring your ear plugs. Your going to need them! These guys (and thoroughly nice guys they are too) have the power to take you to the max of your musical endurance and then some!

 Thanks for a great gig guys….. 

Gaby