Featuring a stacked line-up of artists, the aptly named “Aggressive Progressive Tour” rolled through Bristol’s Fleece on Thursday 6th March, with headliners Rivers of Nihil bringing with them a range of artists from tech-death Beyond Creation through to prog metal OGs Cynic. Opening the show are Daath; a band who spent a period of quiet – with last year’s The Deceivers releasing 14 years after their prior album – yet who are now back with a bang. The room fills during their set with those in attendance appreciating the mix of faster technical sections with simpler caveman riffs designed to make you bang your head so severely at the risk of detaching it from your body. It’s an extremely tight performance in a set wrapped up before 7 PM; a high bar set for the bands following this evening. I...