Life of Agony, Despyre, and Half Ton of Humanity

Photos and recap by Anthony Jacobsen 

A friend of mine from Half Ton of Humanity told me about a new venue/brewery in PA and a show they were playing with Life of Agony.  I was so stoked to be able to make it! Broken Goblet Brewing, found not too far outside of Philly was set back in an industrial park in Bensalem. I walked inside through the back into a massive brewing operation,  the brewery was much larger than expected.  The other half of the building had quite a large stage set up front with lots of open room and even a balcony bar. The whole atmosphere and design had a heavy metal feel.  I cannot wait to see more from this place, and would be excited to have any excuse to go back.

 Half Ton Of Humanity sounds like an awesome hard rock band, but more on the thrashy side. They describe themselves as..."Equal parts old school thrash (when people had a sense of humor) and hard rock (melody and song structure)" Certainly a solid performance with deep and heavy shredding riffs, and great sound all around. I love this band and I would definitely recommend them to check out.

 Up next was Despyre from NY. They kicked it into high gear and  played some tasty metal chords, crushing their way through the set. Solid performance with a great following that came down from the upper reaches of NJ and into NY.

The Broken Goblet surged to life with a outpouring of love and respect from the crowd, in which Life of Agony graciously returned. Mina even brought a fan onstage during their performance.  They have been around along time and the devout following was out in force. The sound was strong and powerful as always, playing old and new songs that everyone sang along to the entire time.   It was awesome to see them live and great to feel all the positive vibes from this performance and venue.