"You don't stand in the front row and not clap your hands in the air," Cancer Bats frontman Liam Cormier said to a couple of fans at Highline Ballroom Feb. 4. He wanted to discipline the mostly underage crowd at the Manhattan, N.Y. venue. After watching the metal/punk band's entire set, I can say that they righteously earned their tour guarantee and merch money for the night...
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Atakke played a park in August. And they opened for Amebix in February. Yet, the Brooklyn band, which formed in 2006, still remains under the radar of underground extremers you need to watch.
"We're Atakke, and we're from here. Yeah, we live in the club," vocalist Chloe Puke said, after the band was several songs deep into their set...