Gig Review: A Classic Old-School Thrash Double-Bill - Seeing Sacred Reich and Vio-Lence Live in Concert

I'm bringing gig reviews back. And so, on Tuesday, I found myself at a thrash double-bill. I'm so glad I was there. It was magnificent.

Sacred Reich & Vio-Lence

Valhalla, Wellington

Tuesday, March 14

In the second wave of thrash bands in the mid/late 1980s, Sacred Reich holds a special place amongst fans. Vio-Lence was perhaps more of a Bay Area phenomenon, but given that was the centre of the thrash movement they found their fans, particularly as their first two albums, 1988’s Eternal Nightmare and 1990’s Oppressing the Masses are stone classics.

This double-header was a treat for old-school thrash fans, particularly as it had gone through a round of reschedules due to the spicy flu that’s been troubled the world across the last three years.