Friday 2nd June 06 - Outspoken Silence Jack Knife and Screaming Sorrow at The Ringside (3/4) By Michelle Dee Photographs By Mo

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Tonight's headliners are Outspoken Silence, they are neither outspoken nor silent and neither are their fans. As soon as OS start the crowd rush to the front feverishly. The screamo vocals, intense guitar and pogoing on and off stage are just what this crowd of young music fans want to see and hear. I remember thinking school disco was never like this neither was half term break; how things have changed. Although a licensed establishment, a tight watch on any minors purchasing alcohol was up held through out the gig. Speaking to one of OS before hand he explained, that many Emo fans follow a straight edged lifestyle, which can mean that drinking and other activities are frowned upon.

However this is not the case with all Emo fans; this is quickly qualified for me as I spy to older fans drinking N.B.A.

The headliners launch into the next number; for some reason no-one was introducing them so I missed most of the titles. I listened to Jack's pounding from the back as front man Joe leapt into the crowd and immediately was lost from view in the hitherto unseen mosh pit. Then another leaves the stage I watch the mic being handed round as the crowd lend their voices to the roar. At the end of the first number the atmosphere has completely changed.

There's a riot about to happen in this confined place and I look on with relish at the prospect.. Someone gets hoisted on to someone else's shoulders and is sent like a pendulum back and forth across the front of the stage as the jagged guitar songs play on.

I look to Nick Cobley atop one of the amps towering above the crowd, I find myself really enjoying the unashamed exuberance being played out on and off stage. Some nifty mic swinging introduces the next number, which is a new one - I caught that bit. It features a jazz based drum intro that morphs into a more recognisable metal sound. Yearning drawn out sections give way to a guttural tone, cementing both the melodic overtones and harder edges. Moshers are thrown left and right as eruptions occur in the crowd. Then another new one is dedicated to the kids who have travelled all the way from Driffield for tonight's gig.

That's dedication for you. Jack answers the call off Are You Ready with a ballsy drum roll, as guitar heads point to the sky.

The band plays on with Broken Promises a track taken from their recent demo. This is the one the crowd go nuts to. It comes across with a stream of death metal snarl but really fast. Legs and arms flail about, as two guys near the front attempt to conjoin themselves into a single writhing beast. Final fight gets the last few reluctant fans off the seats and into the crowd of mayhem.

Outspoken Silence can certainly win this crowd over, hands in the air, the mercury rises a few more degrees and yet more pogoing erupting all around me. I watch with a wry smile as the monitor nearly goes over.

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