Finally! Bands are touring again. Death Metal icons, Deicide, are scourging the US with the help of Kataklysm, Internal Bleeding and Begat the Nephilim. On Friday, the 13th of August they played a sold-out show at The Nile in Mesa, AZ. What can I say about The Nile that hasn’t been said about Satan’s butthole? It was oppressively hot inside. The high in Phoenix that day was 105°F (40°C), which is unseasonably cool for August. When you have 1,000 people packed into a club like a can of sardines the relative humidity is, shall I say, ungodly. You’d think having an HVAC system that would accommodate a crowd this size . . . in Arizona . . . in August . . . would be a priority. Begat the Nephilim is an incredible tour de force hailing from New Hampshire. They exploded right out of the gate with...
