Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats hit the Area15 Portal on a Friday night ready and brought a wall of sound, with support from Italian doom metalers Messa. The area15 big room with surround video was the perfect choice for this sound and visual experience. Messa was insanely impressive with a blend of doom and smoky jazz, and vocalist Sara Bianchin's powerful vocal range; etherial at times and then crescendoing and commanding the entire room, along with the incredible guitar work
Hardcore punk hit Area15 like a meteor this month witha co-headlining tour with Drug Church and White Reaper, and support from Spy and Death Lens blowing up the small WALL venue inside the entertainment compound, turning the room into a rotating mass of bands, flailing body parts and perpetual chaos. The show was set for the larger Portal Room, but was moved to The Wall , a decision that halfway through the show hindsight showed it may have been a bit optimistic in the G
