There's a good chance most of the people in the Dogtooth Stage tent are hearing Decessus for the first time. This is, after all, the Chilean death metal band's first ever show in the UK. But they aren't an entirely unknown entity. Their frontwoman, Ignacia Fernández, went viral when she participated in the Miss World Chile competition, performing her snarls in front of a panel of judges (and cameras). Amazingly, she won the title and will now represent the country at this year's Miss World competition.
Which is all to say, Ignacia knows her way around a stage. Decessus isn't just a vanity project; the amalgamation of melodeath lead guitars, old school DM brutality and even progressive twists a la Jinjer sounds utterly epic in the Dogtooth, and even if the stage isn't packed out - though it's by no means empty either - there's a sense that we're seeing something special in the short but oh so satisfying set.
