A late starting metal show at Inferno, March 29 meant I had to forgo a couple of other shows, but I did want to see Claresholm/ High River fem
ale metal duo Perception of Pain featuring guitarist/ vocals Tanessa Von Meisel and drummer Colleen Spence who were sharing a bill with local metal band Penitentz.
When they took the stage around 10:40 p.m. they supplied a lot of big, snarling classic riffs and thunderous drumming for a small but mighty head-banging audience.
Von Meisel howled, shouted and snarled original lyrics and even sang a little. She told a few stories about the songs including a really good one about the pets lost in last year’s floods in High River.
While they billed themselves as a metal duo, they had more in common with punk music owing to the lack of guitar solos. They sounded like a mix of a faster Pack A.D. and Kittie. They played a tight set though they lost most of their audience to a smoke break while she stopped to change a broken string after which she returned to finish the set.
I missed Penitentz unfortunately.
