Even with all hands on deck and ready for action, the Théâtre Beanfield was barely able to contain the awesome firepower of Vantablack Warship when it docked there last week. Bad boat jokes aside, Vantablack Warship really did almost blow the roof off of the historic building on a night when four Montreal based bands filled the musical bill. This was my first time seeing Vantablack Warship, and to say that they left an impression would be an understatement. The bio on their website reads that "Vantablack Warship mixes thrash metal, hardcore and punk. Their music is
rhythmic, contagious, aggressive, violent, caustic… All with a serious dose of groove!" I certainly found that to be the case. They also have a very good lighting director as the lights were among the best I have ever experienced for a non-headliner. Your image is
very important in photography, and their singer Yannick 'Pil' Pilon has such an expressive face and it was lit in all kinds of different styles. It makes for much more interesting photographs than the many baseball caps that I had been seeing of late. Vantablack Warship certainly did their part to get the fans all good and rowdy. Within seconds of hitting the stage, the call was made for a circle pit and their fans didn't let them down. If anything, seeing their fans march around and bounce off of each other seemed to inspire them as the band continued to play harder, louder and faster. No reprieve was asked for and non was given. Vantablack Warship have recorded a couple of albums and an EP, the most recent of which, 'Last of the Hardmouthed Poets', was released in April of last year. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of their performance.
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