Black Light Burns is creative work of on and off Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland. He was described it as his main project and free of the need to be commercial or fit someone else’s vision he has had the freedom to be far more experimental. We’re still talking industrial rock, but it definitely has a flavour of its’ own.
I like the Underworld as a venue. It’s small and dingy with that “everything painted black” look. I wasn’t sure the stage was going to be big enough, but somehow they managed to fit a drum kit in the back.
The main support was Jayce Lewis who I’ve seen before supporting Combichrist. I don’t know whether it was the smaller stage, the new material or just having played more, but I thought they were a much better band. Their industrial rock sound was cohesive. Jayce playing additional percussion didn’t feel crowbarred in and they even made a show piece of it. They have an album out later in the year.
Black Light Burns made an unpretentious entrance and played a solid set from start to finish. The fact they were on tour barely registered. It felt almost as if we were in a small bar in their home town and they were bantering with the regulars. There was a strong sense of camaraderie and we were part of it. Jayce Lewis and his band felt it too and thanked the band for their involvement with the tour.
The time passed too quickly with Black Light Burns playing to curfew. Not even pausing for the ritual of an encore.
Mike Ramnarine 