Sponsored By
Rolo Tomassi, Corporation
Rolo Tomassi look awkward when they come onstage. Given their average age of 18, it's perhaps unsurprising that they have the appearance of a group of kids lost on their way to a school talent contest.
Suddenly, they explode into a melee of flailing limbs, guttural screaming and blasting beats.
Dancing around the stage in a way that most teenagers would only dare attempt in their bedrooms, Rolo Tomassi display the reckless abandon that only the young can get away with.
Going from balls-to-the-wall grindcore into what sounds like the theme music from Tetris, only to stop as suddenly as they started as if they've got bored, their music is similarly tempestuous.
Over the course of 30 minutes Rolo Tomassi manage play more different styles of music then most bands do in their entire careers, going from chugging, sassy hardcore into prog-inspired keyboard breaks, doom metal riffs into 8-bit Gameboy pop then back into some overly technical grindcore, all topped off by Eva's esoteric vocals.
Her death metal growl recalls that of Tom Araya from Slayer or JP from The Locust. Only far more angry.
Closing with an epic rendition of Curby, which sees an arpeggiated keyboard line morph into a driving metal outro, Rolo Tomassi leave the stage as quickly as they arrived, having proved they're the best live band in Sheffield.
David Pott-Negrine
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Sheffield
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 24 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 10 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: East
