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CRYPTOPSY/INGESTED/ UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION THe LOfT, NOTTINGHAM

Up against a sedate crowd and thin stage sound, UnFathoMaBlE RUination win us over with blistering tech-death that’s as dazzlingly intricate as it is irresistibly headbangable. The sound is even worse for ingEstED, with bass drops threatening to overpower guitars, but their knuckledragging slams instigate a wall of death during Skinned And Fucked. Though visibly perturbed by an unusually bright stage light, Flo Mounier remains one of death metal’s most dynamic, dextrous and expressive drummers. His furious battery is the driving force behind CRyPtoPsy, maintaining an exhausting level of energy throughout. Cuts from new EP The Book Of Suffering – Tome II get a decent response, but it’s None So Vile classics that really get the crowd moving. Flanked by zombies in glass coffins, aBoRtED are down to a four-piece tonight, but sound massive nonetheless. Sven de Caluwe switches from alarmingly affable stage banter to full-on berserker mode on a dime. “I shat myself four times today,” he reveals with a grin, before launching into Hecatomb with the force of an enraged bull. After a deluge of bangers from Retrogore and newbie TerrorVision, a colossal encore of The Holocaust Incarnate ends the night on a high, even inspiring a solitary stagediver.