Review: In Defence at Eclipse Records

The flyer declared this a zombie show. I was skeptical, until I pulled up and saw the crowd of punk rock corpses loitering in front of Eclipse Records. With great care, I made my way through them, safely avoiding infection.

The noise coming from the back room caused the deadies to follow close behind as I entered. Born For The Gallows took the stage. They worked the corpses into a serious frenzy with their charged punkcore. Luckily, no fresh blood was drawn. The zombies seemed content to feed on the band’s energy, and vice versa.

In Defence came next. They wore hocky masks, Jason Vorhees style. I guess Jason counts as a zombie… sort of. They plowed through “Call More Dudes.” Jokingly, they announced that their second song would be their last. Unfortunately, the joke turned out to be true.

As the band buzzed through its high impact hardcore, the doors flew open and an elite group of zombie hunters spilled into the room. Arrows flew from crossbows, finding homes in zombie skulls. Swords separated undead heads from bodies. Baseball bats splattered rotten brains across the dark walls.

I hid in the corner as the bodies piled up. The zombie hunters didn’t discriminate between dead and alive. The members of In Defence were brutally killed and recklessly tossed onto the pile of corpses. One arm remained on stage, clutching the neck of a guitar. As the feedback from that guitar filled the air, I snuck out the door.

In Defence played Eclipse Records in St. Paul, MN, on 05/28/09.