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Conan
Genre : Music - General
New Cross Live presents
CONAN
Conan?s doom is singular. Carved of granite. Yes, of course there?ve been changes since guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis founded the group in 2006, but the intention at the time toward superlative heavy ? tonal extremity wrought with impressionist lyrics stripping ideas to the core where sometimes the whole line is just one word; they?ve always called it ?Caveman Battle Doom? ? remains at the root of everything they?ve done since. And across five studio records in the decade from 2012-2022, Conan have set the standard by which much of ?heavy? anything is judged. And in comparison, most is found wanting.
But for every time you?ve heard about Conan?s music being like galloping steeds or frost-covered sharp-peaked mountains, etc., imagery of largesse and violence, the truth is Conan are an exercise in frequency. It?s the low resonance that shakes your chest, the depth of the bass ? now handled by David Ryley (ex-Fudge Tunnel) ? the push of air from Johnny King?s kick drum, or the way the dark-fuzz distortion of Davis? guitar is offset by shouting vocals cutting through that sometimes punishing onslaught, rarely to offer comfort so much as add viciousness to the crash, plod and pillage.
In 2024, Conan sign to Heavy Psych Sounds as a recognized name and one of the foremost acts of their generation, wildly influential in their home country of the UK and well beyond; headliners in practice and theory alike. Their fifth LP, 2022?s ?Evidence of Immortality,? brought a dark ambience to coincide with its outright attack. With experiments in darkwave and synth adding breadth to the stated root purpose of aural force, it?s never been harder to guess where the next few years might take their sound, but whatever?s coming, Conan will make it kill. The better part of two decades later, their reliability remains unshakable. Which you want when your band is so heavy that the floor and your ribcage both start to vibrate. ? JJ Koczan / June 2024
https://www.hailconan.com/
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Sunday 23rd November 2025
The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich
Doors 7pm
Tickets ?17 ADV STBF
The Waterfront is a live music venue and nightclub situated in King Street, on the bank of the River Wensum, close to Norwich City Centre, the Riverside complex and the train station.
The venue has been the regions Number One alternative venue since 1993, run by the Union of UEA Students and is the sister venue to the UEA LCR! It has hosted bands including Pulp, Radiohead, Nirvana, The Verve, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Paul Weller, Moby, Ellie Goulding, Foals, The Undertones and The Darkness plus many more.
As well as live music, The Waterfront also plays host to weekly club nights. Friday night sees Propaganda take centre stage - the UK's biggest indie night playing to over 30,000 music fans every week across the UK and Ireland. Every Saturday the Waterfront hosts Norwich’s No 1 Alternative Club Night – MELTDOWN - playing the best of Indie, Rock Pop & Alternative Dance.
The Waterfront is an old brewery warehouse which was converted to a live music venue back in 1990, and has consolidated itself as the most important venue of its size in the East.
139-141 King Street,
Norwich,
Norfolk,
England,
NR1 1QH.
01603 632717
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