Can Killing Joke, the sixty-some-things from post-punk Notting Hill, actually still cut it in 2022? That’s the question running through my head. It takes mere seconds of hearing Geordie Walker’s classic opening riff to “Love Like Blood” to realise that this band is special, unique and holds a place in the very hearts of this adoring crowd gathered in the Goth Capital of Yorkshire (outside of Whitby). There is a lot of leather and bald heads around and a lot of “How Much?” going on when the expected Friday night session at the Academy bar is cut short by the £6+ price tag on a pint. The now deaf throng at the front started an early sweatfest, through “Love Like Blood,” an immense “Wardance,” and then “The Fall of Because,” this set the tone for a thrilling run through their huge back catalo...