Lighting Bolt - GNration, Braga, 31.05.2022.

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 words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota

Braga. GNration's BlackBox completely crammed with clouds of flesh compressed in the heat of anticipation. The two Brians who make up Lighting Bolt take the stage. Gibson, discreet, almost indifferent, dons the four-string sulfuric engine; Chippendale, his face grimacing, giving him the air of something between an extra in Night of the Living Dead and a spokesperson for some urban guerrilla group, fits himself behind the drums (and the microphone). The room's lungs fill to the rhythmic bass/drums cadence with Horsepower (Fantasy Empire, 2015) has an opening, rumbling over Chippendale's electrified, declarative voice, lending an urgent tension to the rarefied air.The chaotic convulsion of bodies is carried away by the sound tsunami of Lightning Bolt's noise-hardcore. The incendiary debt carries on; Air Conditioning (Sonic Citadel, 2019), Dead Cowboy (Hypermagic Mountain, 2005), The Metal East (Fantasy Empire), (…), leading to the ironed encore, Colossus (Earthly Delights, 2009).

One returns home with the eyes of the ears filled.

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texto: Neno Costa; fotos: Telma Mota­

Braga. BlackBox do GNration completamente lotada com nuvens de carne comprimindo-se no calor da expetativa. Os dois Brians que formam os Lighting Bolt sobem ao palco. Gibson, discreto, quase indiferente, veste o motor sulfúrico de quatro cordas; Chippendale, com o rosto entrapado, emprestando-lhe o ar de qualquer coisa entre figurante de Night of the Living Dead e porta-voz de um qualquer grupo de guerrilha urbana, arruma-se atrás da bateria (e do microfone). Os pulmões da sala enchem-se na cadência rítmica baixo/bateria com Horsepower (Fantasy Empire, 2015) a abrir o concerto, ribombando sobre a voz eletrificada de Chippendale, declamativa, emprestando uma tensão urgente ao ar rarefeito. A convulsão caótica dos corpos é levada pelo tsunami sonoro do noise-hardcore dos Lightning Bolt. O débito incendiário sucede-se; Air Conditioning (Sonic Citadel, 2019), Dead Cowboy (Hypermagic Mountain, 2005), The Metal East (Fantasy Empire), (…), desembocando no encore tirado a ferros, Colossus (Earthly Delights, 2009).

Regressa-se a casa com os olhos dos ouvidos cheios.

© Telma Mota