Vrona give Brighton a dose of prog rock madness!

The Prince Albert was host to a fun night of prog rock/metal on Monday 19th September which was loud, visceral, and full of riffs and melody. The rain outside the venue didn't manage to dampen the spirit of all who came to see the bands shred and groove for all they were worth.

The opening band, Emersis, blasted through a metal frenzy with a two guitar attack and vocal call to arms. The crowd could not help but to headbang and chant along with all the band/crowd interaction between songs.

Their set blended great vocal range, guitar solos, dissonant riffs, and drum beats to knock any Monday blues away. Drummer Pat Bond played hard enough to break the drum skin on his snare during the second to last song but still managed to play hard in their set closer.

And then Vrona took to the stage to unleash melodic guitar lines over grooving bass lines and thumping drum beats. The mixture of trippy lead guitar phrasing over crushing riffs filled their venue with a sense of a magical, musical tour of the universe.

Bassist, Mateusz Wiatr, laid down the low end with technical prowess and great enthusiasm. Guitarists, Jack Baker and Connor Baxter, played off of each other with riffs and melodic lines to create a wall of sonic textures. Drummer, Daniel Ravenall, played with power and technique which gave the set a solid foundation which was full of life. Their final song, the Storm, was a brilliant journey of peaks and troughs with dynamics in volume and tempo. Think of Pink Floyd combined with Meshuggah. Vrona are destined to compose further technical, melodic, and inspiring prog for the UK scene and in time, further afield.