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A Textbook Tragedy By Jon Peters

On September 18th A Textbook Tragedy appeared at the capital winter club, With A Sight For Sewn Eyes and other local guests. Starting off the night with there first live performance was Beth Cooper. I am a member of Beth Cooper so I will spare you any shameless self-promotion. If you want to find out anything more about the set you will have to ask someone who was there.

Up next was local favorites Celeta. There set that night was my favorite to date. The highlight of the night for me was there cover of Born Of Osiris’s “Bow Down”. Unfortunately during there set there guitarist Brock Lewis broke a string. The only thing I would have like for them to do that they did not would be for them to play there song “just another” that they have not played in a long time.

Following Celetas ambitious set was verses. Verses where making there comeback after a year of inactivity. They reappeared with two new members, Fredericton metal scene veterans. Guitarist Andy McDonell and vocalist Seth Boyd with these new additions on top of having Kyle Clark on drums I knew it had to be good. I found that with new vocalist Seth Boyd they lost a large amount of there melodic side; but gained a gravelly heaviness that I really liked

Next to take the floor was A Sight For Sewn Eyes. ASFSE, are my favorite metal act coming from the east coast there amusing chaotic style along with there refined professionalism makes them (in my opinion) a shoe in to be eaten up by some lucky record label. The crowed loved them, and they had everyone more then ready for a textbook tragedy.

Last but certainly not least it was time for A Textbook Tragedy to make there appearance. They opened with “white lightening” and from the first note the crowed was out of control. It looked like a battleground in the capital winter club. Before the break down in “West Coast Answer” they called for a wall of death. By the time it was done there where probably more people on the ground then there where standing. Fortunately they played my favorite song “Godspeed centipede “ and they closed with “Dude Im on Alesse “. By the time they where done. I was at a loss of words, mainly because I had lost my voice.