Well, it has been some time since we were last attending some gig at club Prostor in our hometown. On Friday it was time for the new gig season opening, so it was about time to see some interesting bands coming to our town.

While on tour, this interesting package stopped in our hometown and I was eager to see what kind of experience will Lvmen be, since it is more than a decade since I last saw them live.

Upon arriving to the club, I immediately saw that this time the attendance will be really great and I was happy to realize this. Almost according to the schedule, EMPHASIS from our hometown took the stage and began delivering their dark set of post metal with tortured vocals, empowered with some awesome samples in the background.

I saw them playing the same place couple of months ago, and if I am not mistaken they played the same list as back then, minus maybe a song or two.  For this gig they had a slight lineup change, because the drummer from Bednja played with them this time and the guy fit in just fine in their music. They are still promoting their Black Mother Earth album and they also had some nice merch for those who wanted to buy an lp or cd and maybe t-shirt. Their rolling set full of atmosphere lasted for about 45-50 minutes and then they finished to make space for the first guest band from Czech Republic.

I must admit that I have never heard of TOMAŠ PALUCHA prior to this gig, so I was interested to see and hear what is this band like and what they play. The music this band plays is some kind of atmospheric postrock indie with casual expedition to harder riffs and without vocals. They had a movie projected on the canvas behind them and it suited their music fine.

After couple of songs their music was just not really my cup of tea so I went out in front of the club to chat a bit with my friends and share a laugh or two.

Time passed and after about 50 minutes they finished their set and after a little stage makeover time has come for the headliner of this evening, LVMEN start to play. I first saw this band in our hometown like 20 or so years ago and couple of times after that. In the meantime, the guys tragically lost two members who passed away, broke up, reformed and last year they  released the new album.

Ominous intro backed up with wicked movie collage on the canvas above stage marked the beginning of their set. How to describe the music? It is some mixture of Neurosis styled hardcore, post metal, sludge core and it just can´t be described because over the years the guys developed their unique style with screamed vocals, rolling dark riffs, two drummers, samples, loops and the projections that make one dark and adorable whole. Almost without pause Lvmen played five or six songs in their set and after 50 minutes this wonderful dark audio visual experience finished. I was a bit tired and my ears were humming but I went home happy after yet another great gig I saw and heard.