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Lullabye Arkestra's "Thanks for dealing with your hangovers and getting here at 5 o'clock" was a nice warm-up for the Bernie's crowd but nothing topped the announcement from the ensuing act. Upon confirming Lightning Swords of Death's (preposterous) moniker, stoic vocalist Autarch bellowed, "We are from the cunt of a rabid jackal called Los Angeles." True to their apparently lurid origins, Swords pushed out pulverizing, vindictive black metal with enough volume to threaten the most experienced ears. Instruments raged without mercy, but the real draw was The Autarch Show. Clad in beard and black jacket, the demonic doomsayer dominated the stage, roaring and raising his arms. He fearsomely arched back for especially relentless portions, exposing his belly in the process -- probably the least metal thing he's capable of.

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