Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelertak Date: May 13, 2014 Venue: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC Last Tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far in DC so it was only appropriate that DC's 9:30 Club host a sold out evening for the most scorching metal tour of the year so far - Mastodon with Gojira and Kvelertak supporting. Mastodon (Brent Hinds and Troy Sanders) Norway's top purveyors of beer soaked black n' roll, Kvelertak, hit the stage first. This band's sophomore album Meir made my top ten list last year and I was lucky to catch them crush an awesome set at the tiny Rock & Roll Hotel too. It's a tough proposition for a boisterous six-piece, whose amped-up party rock works best after guzzling a few brews, to capture a crowd that's still trickling in off the sidewalk - but Kvelertak had everyone in a stranglehold in short order. Kvelertak (Marvin Nygaard, Erlend Hjelvik, and Kjetil Gjermundrod) Lead screamer Erlend Hjelvik emerged with a s...
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