Gozu

Absolutely badass! Love this band! Such nice guys, equally as talented!

GOZU stole the show ... Killer show.

Gozu trekked across the country from Massachusetts to play 5 songs at the Launchpad in ABQ, and on a Monday no less! And they did it for all 15 of us that showed up to support them. But this didn't slow them down even a little. They took the stage by storm, with the drummer raining down upon us all like the God of Thunder, dropping beats that hit us like hailstones with the weight of kettle bells. He hammered away directly behind the bass player, who stood front and center, hailing from the farthest corner of the map. He is the bearded berserker of Maine and does not suffer fools who idly consider the heavy strings of carnage. He plucked them with vengeance, just as he did the chords that cracked skulls, from bar to bar. To one side, the lead vocals and second guitar came out swinging with both fists, forging an iron-clad, double-edged sword of rhythm and melody that could take your head off like a well-swung battle axe. A constant head-bobbing lead guitar on the other side, in the style of Malcolm Young of AC/DC fame, was giving no quarter, ripping lick after shredding lick, laying waste to all feeble conceptions of progressive doom metal anyone may have previously held. Gozu is not for the faint of heart and redefines the genre of heavy metal to the point that it may require a new term to adequately describe it. Original, stout, and seriously compelling. I can't get enough of their insightful interpretations of this sound and I am deeply grateful that they chose to venture far and wide to share their music with me, here in the high desert.

Incredible!!

Awesome!!

Gozu was amazing! Wish they were able to play more than 4 songs.

the bands were all good, but the sound at the middle east upstairs was brutally awful, the sound guy was wearing earplugs!I could not even make this up!I bought a set of earplugs at the bar just so I could stand in the room but it sounded, well , like I was wearing earplugs :(take them out and it was like the speakers were screaming for help, burnt vocals and ear bleeding ( at unnecessary volume) I'm all for the loudest rock and metal but this sounded like horse shit.grabbed a GOZU cd from the singer ( he was real cool) can't wait to hear it on my own system .Gozu and the other bands all brought it, but fuck that sound guy with the earplugs WTF!