Opening with an explosive begin, the thumping drums really feel like a blow to the chest. This iconic Camden venue is the right setting for this seminal put up punk band with swirling smoke billowing from the stage filling the economic area.

An avid viewers made up of primarily hard-core followers with a sort of cult following all wearing black leathers and classic band T-shirts watched in deep anticipation.

Before the beginning of the set a billowing black sheet fell from the stage, creating a really dramatic entrance. Sisters of Mercy’s remaining authentic member and singer Andrew Eldritch prowled the stage and launched into the hit tune I Will Call You.

His distinctive deep baritone voice with its melancholic tone continues to be filled with power and energy. Crunching guitar sounds from Ben Christo get the viewers shifting, along with his dramatic posturing.

They make full use of the venue’s gentle present with each tune that includes a distinct color with the band dramatically showcased within the moody gentle and smoke results.

An uncommon use of their drum machine named ‘Doktor Avalanche’ ensured a ferocious sound, and virtually industrial beats resonated by means of the room.

There was little time for small discuss and niceties because the band launched by means of their large again catalogue of hits.

It was disappointing to not hear from the band on stage, by no means usually reticent, reminiscent of after they notably rejected the Goth music scene “I’m constantly confronted by representatives of popular culture who are far more goth than we, yet I have only to wear black socks to be stigmatised as the demon overlord.” said Andrew in an interview in 2001.

The encore started with the dramatic Lucretia My Reflection, written for their original bassist Patricia Morrison with the crowd chanting along “ I hear the roar of a big machine”. Temple of Love lifted the tempo, this was the bands largest hit reaching quantity 3 within the charts in 1992 and nonetheless getting the gang going over 30 years later, testomony to the band’s longevity as they show tonight.