Heavy Metal Night

I know this is a little late, as it happened Friday night, but nonetheless, here is a recap of Friday night's festivites, hereby dubbed Heavy Metal Night.  Most of this piece will be related to the show, so if you want to ask me what happened outside of the show, sorry about your damn luck.  You should have been there.

The show itself happened at the Riot Room, which is a small venue in Kansas City that holds about 250 people.  Of the bands that were listed on the flyer, only three showed up: Seventh Calling, Widow, and Ravisher.  The attendance was rather sparse, which if you've followed the metal scene in Kansas City for a while, isn't much to write home about, as it seems to be a regular occurrence.  For those that were at the show, it was less of an actual show and more of a backyard party where everyone knows one another.  Before the show, the Widow band members decided to get something to eat along with a few other people, including me.  At one point, there were ten people, but once the table was decided upon, two got squeezed out and a short time later, two more people exited, leaving three of the Widow members, me, and a couple of the locals.

As for the show itself, the opening act Ravisher from Topeka put on a fairly decent set, but could use some stage presence.  That will sort itself out, as it appears that the band is relatively inexperienced when it comes to live shows.  Widow was next, and those who were there were treated to a great show.  Playing songs from all three of their albums, as well as a song from the forthcoming album, the band also had a little fun with the audience.  Seventh Calling ended the evening with their brand of power metal.  Like Widow, Seventh Calling is no stranger to Kansas City, and their music went over well with the people that were there.

Note: if you're looking for some videos of the event, look in the youtube channel pucksandrocks.