Live Reviews
Dprp
By: Andy Read
About: Headway Festival - P60, Amstelveen 05-04-2003
Few bands can have taken the musical journey from Punk to ProgMetal but that's the trip that this young, Dutch band has taken. Together since their early teens, they released a couple of Punk albums as Peanuts before very few young bands playing ProgMetal and bounding onstage like the latest Nu-breed popstars, I must admit it was a joy to watch this young band deliver a short, four-song set with an amazing sense of energy, confidence and conviction. Singer Robbie van Stiphout in particular was a breath of fresh air in his youthful delivery - although the rest of the band do need to try a bit harder to keep up with him. Opening track Day IV was my favourite, with its crunching Evergrey riffs and clipped melody. The band is currently in a studio recording their debut album. Most definitely ones to watch.
[ « back ]