Be At The Show

Backslide

Grantski Records. Augusta, GA. 5•13•2024

After Beshiba got the room warm, it was time for our hometown heroes to ramp up the tension in the air. This was our fourth time getting to archive Backslide, with the last time we saw them being with Terror at NBT last year. That show had proven to be my favorite time seeing them due to the always ruthless vigor of their set, combined with the magnitude and energy of the circumstances. Somehow they managed to top this show when they played at the store as a last minute addition recently. The aggression, violence, and community of that night blew every other time seeing them out of the water. This is precisely the way their set on the thirteenth would go. As always Backslide supplied us with chunky heavy metalcore grooves topped with discordant gnarly guitars. You don't need me to describe how heavy and high energy Backslide is, they always manage to catapult whatever bill they are on into the next tier of belligerence as soon as they take the stage. During this set they would debut a new track for us, presumably from their forthcoming EP. This track would prove to be one of the heaviest and most hard hitting of the night. Everyone in tune with heavy music in the southeast needs to have eyes on this band when their new EP drops, it is sure to be headbusting and ferocious. This set was exactly what I had hoped it would be. I kicked someone I never met in the gut, Nate kicked me in the face as he dove off the stage, and I was nearly piled onto the floor by the force of Cole catapulting himself into the sides of the crowd. Pay attention to Backslide. Augusta heavy music wouldn't be as bright without them.

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