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Reviewer: KoldVoid
"In their gazillionth incarnation, UAE's longest running heavy rock act (and only really important HC exponents) Nervecell had a lot of doubts to prove. With only the rhythm section of eternal stalwarts James and Hatem remaining, it was anyone's guess how new vocalist Hadji would gel with the band, and even more so whether ex-Sandwash man Rami would be able enough to match the by-now legendary Barney's guitar prowess. Luckily for Nervecell they had some well loved classics up their sleeve to guarantee success, and if anything, the two new members were not going to fail their duties. Coming off as a fully leather clad behemoth of energy that so badly missed a moshpit that he tried to make one on-stage, new vocalist Hadji showed the way to all comatose vocalists how to do things. With a demeanour of anger that maybe only Glenn Danzig would not shy away from in the known universe, going as far as to violently threaten one of the less well mannered members of the crowd. The music too came much more closer to the death/thrash way of doing things as axeman Rami, now seeming much more comfortable within the fold of Nervecell than he was in his previous band, matched the grimness of his other two front of stage comrades and showed he was a killer technical guitarist to boot. If the perennial crowdpleasers "Demolition" and "Vastlands Of Abomination" didn't suit everyone's taste then a crushing rendition of Testament's "Low" managed to provide us with the now necessary "take-a-10-meter-run-and-try-to-move-mr.mountain-Trey" moshpit spectacle. Whether this was their ultimate incarnation, or if the rumours of the band dropping the Nervecell name and following a more death/doom direction prove true, are both left to deep speculation. What was obvious is they had a triumphant fiery baptism, and if this is the last we see of them, a worthy farewell from a band that has rocked, shocked, and inspired for some years now."