LIVE (PHOTOS): FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS – UNDERWORLD, CAMDEN 08.05.15

Theatrical metal rockers, Fearless Vampire Killers have gathered a fiercely loyal following in the five years since their debut EP, In Grandominia. The last time Gigslutz saw them they were in support of Black Veil Brides, but on Friday night they slaughtered the stage at Camden’s Underworld as fully fledged headliners.

The one-two punch of joint lead singers Keir Kemp and Laurence Beveridge is as unusual as it is super awesome, each brandishing a vocal style that is a perfect blend of rock and roll and the West End. Drew Woolnough on bass and keys is a blur of motion, energy and sweat; never missing a note. While guitarist Cyrus Barrone may have been hidden in the shadows but his presence is felt and heard as a driving force of this band’s solidified sound. Drummer Luke Illingworth is rocky and jazzy and knows when to pause just as much as he knows when to go full throttle.

Spiritual inheritors of the void left by My Chemical Romance in musicianship, vision and art, this is not a band that should be undermined; if rock and metal were more welcomed by the mainstream, Fearless Vampire Killers would surely be contenders for “the biggest band in the world” – headlining Download and opening The Brit Awards.

The 500 capacity Underworld may be small but that did not hinder the energy or passion from neither band or crowd – the room was hot, smokey and dripping.

Check out these 13 photos from our photographer of choice, Robert Gershinson.

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Words and images:

Robert Gershinson

@RobbyPhotoVideo

www.robertgershinson.com