King 810, The Gloom In The Corner, Dregg @ Jive, Adelaide 4/3/2026
David Gunn falls to knees, arms outstretched, looking to the skies above. A crucified martyr in the centre of Hell. King 810, the soundtrack to this suffering.
It’s the debut headline tour of Australia for Flint’s finest, and tonight in Adelaide is the opening shot. What is there to expect for a band that has controversy as a travelling partner yet doesn’t speak on stage?
A supporting cast of equally ferocious bands builds the night, and we start with Dregg who come in hard. Mixing the heavy riffs with rap, they sound glorious in this venue. Pits are open and no prisoners are taken as vocalist Christopher Mackertich patrols the stage like a bedevilled evangelist. Big choruses, crowd chanting and bone shuddering sonic dynamics get this night started well amongst of sea of flailing limbs
The Gloom In The Corner have just released a contender for album of the year in Royal Discordance and spent large parts of the last twelve months in Europe and the States. Tonight, it’s all on show as the band land on a stage that’s already far too small for them.
They sound massive. The room erupting, the band furious and the riffs chunky. Vocalist Mikey Arthur commandeers the stage, flanked by Nick Davies and guitarist Jesse Abdurazak who are perpetual windmills in barbarity. Dropping five songs from the new album including Nope (Hollow Point Elysium) and Painkiller Soliloquy, The Gloom In The Corner’s metal opera is vibrant, energetic and earth shaking.
Cloaked as a sinister horror villain, David Gunn of King 810, arrives on stage what can only be described as performance art ensues. The band are dangerous, heavy and foreboding, Gunn a juxtaposition of lacking expression yet at the same time pouring out his emotion through art.
Fat Around The Heart is vigorous, the crowd passionate with zeal as Gunn lurches across the stage, while Murder Murder Murder sees the first knee drop of someone who has given too much just to be beaten.
Gunn’s vocals range from disturbingly haunting to savage roars, the band mixing in different genres of styles but staying close to overpowering metal. Brains On The Asphalt a wild and threatening performance.
Ther are some great grooves that do get the place rocking musically, Noonday Demon and Kill Em All in particular with the humongous drums pounding which flow into BOO!, almost an infectious pop number considering the tonight’s buffet of choice.
Finishing with Alpha & Omega, a driving slow lumbering serial killer of a song, the band depart with a simple ‘thank you’ and they are gone. The band created the music, Gunn weaved the artistry, and the crowd brought the electricity. This was more than a show, it was a moment in time that transcended music.
Live Review By Iain McCallum