King of The North - Saturday September 3, The Retreat

The already drunk and rowdy Retreat crowd were quick to get involved, swarming the stage as KOTN began with a brief intro before kicking off their epic 13-track set. Tracks ranged from old-school blues to modern hard-rock, with standout tracks including Ruby, It’s Been Too Long and New Woman. Their song Rainmaker received a massive response, with a gutsy bass that would impress Tom Morello and Zeppelin-inspired chants like “The sky will cry!”

The vocals were sometimes hard to hear over the thundering drum and guitar solos, especially during a couple of the later tracks, but it didn’t seem to bother the small mosh-pit that had formed front-of-stage.

The duo finished with Into Your Eyes, which began with a massive drum set from Leo but ended a little slow in comparison to the rest of the set.

Fortunately, the crowd wouldn’t let it end there and began a contagious encore chant. As only their tenth live show the boys seemed a little unprepared for the enthusiastic response, with Higgs declaring “Alright, we’ll do another one you fuckers… but we’ll have to make one up or do a cover.”

Opting for the latter, KOTN launched into a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song, complete with an impressive guitar opening and pumped up instrumental outro. These guys are definitely worth checking out.