Leah Senior came out first, having opened for Gizz over the course of their tour. I did miss a bit of her performance as I finished my shopping, but she and her band played a beautiful set based around her most recent record The Passing Scene. She was quickly followed by black midi, fresh off their tour with Black Country, New Road and Quelle Chris. Unfortunately the time constraints of an outdoor venue in a tony residential neighborhood severely limited their set, cutting off their two new cuts and their extra dips back into Schlagenheim, but it was well worth showing up to mosh to some updated versions of their recent tour staples. Turns out "Chrondromalacia Patella" had lyrics this whole time! "953" was uniquely played as the penultimate cut and was the highlight of this brutal performance from BM.

Gizz went on to play a heavy, fiery hour-and-a-half long set focused on this year's Omnium Gatherum and Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava. Us in the pit crew slammed and rowed to these brash and mind-bending cuts as the screen behind Gizz flashed psychedelic colors and recursive views of us and the band. They went on to perform a medley of "Honey" and "Sleep Drifter" via riffs and teases from "Rattlesnake" and "Billabong Valley" as the frenzy only grew and metastasized. "Gaia" was performed with a lengthy drum solo from Michael Cavanagh before the moshing peaked with my fav of the night "Hell".

The rather lighter climax started with the resplendent "Magenta Mountain", providing the eye of the storm for the night. The home stretch was a mix of "Iron Lung" and "Hypertension", a truly freewheeling and powerful performance at the very edges of the Gizzverse.