Please relive Ludicra live at Roadburn 2011, courtesy of VPRO 3voor12. The audio stream has been mixed by Marcel van der Vondervoort at Torture Garden Studio.
“Thankfully, I DID remember to go and see Ludicra in the tiny Bat Cave, and boy was I thankful for it! They were BLISTERING. Pummelling the small room with their truly progressive take on crusty Black Metal, their set was a masterclass in how to do something right, do something WELL, and do something INDIVIDUAL. They really are their own band. Drawing audible influence from the classier Black metal acts, oddballs such as Ved Buens Ende, genius guitarist John Cobbett’s old alumni Slough Feg and a heapin’ helpin’ of prime era Voivod – a musical debt admitted to me by drummer and all-around sweetheart Aesop and bassist and thoroughly good egg Ross whilst we were standing in the pit at the previous nights Voivod show – Ludicra are visceral, edgy, dynamic, off-the-wall and flat-out RIPPING.
Smashing through a set heavily weighted in favour of their latest EPIC, ‘The Tenant’, the band displayed their monster chops for the whole room to see – Aesop’s kit-scouring percussion, Ross’s tasteful and rock-solid bass, and Christy Cather’s KILLER axe-attack and throat-shredding vocals all impressed the hell out of me, but axe-maniac John Cobbett and demonically-possessed frontwoman Laurie Sue Shanaman REALLY blew me away.
Cobbett shredded the living HELL out of his Les Paul, not two feet away from me, giving me the shivers, and Shanaman writhed, contorted, howled, shrieked and croaked like Pazuzu himself was negotiating his way out of her throat.
I was utterly transfixed by the whole set and pretty much rooted to the spot during the entire time they played. Hell, Cobbett and Cather even threw in some EPIC duelling guitar harmonies to further sweeten the deal. I am seriously, hopelessly, in love with Ludicra and URGE anyone who has the chance to see them live to grasp that opportunity with both hands.
A SERIOUS HIGHLIGHT” – Paul Robertson / The Sleeping Shaman.
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Now just correct Christy’s last name from Gather to Cather and you have a perfect article.