Brendan Crabb, Journalist

"I think heavy metal’s always been that consistent thing."

This show won’t detract from such progress; the crowd-pleasers simply had the misfortune of following a sterling display, and therefore felt just a tad anti-climactic.

A polarising act, Faceless channels detractors’ nay-saying, indicating that even the most needless shit-talking can inspire something constructive.

Even in stripped-back festival format and not performing in darkness, horror king Rob Zombie is a pure entertainer, and the dedicated following adored him for it.

No frills and zero pretension but energy to spare was the Americans’ allure, and an hour-and-a-half of pure, unadulterated rock fury was a fitting kick-off to Soundwave week.

"It’s primarily penned with satisfying their dedicated following in mind, and on that front succeeds."

"I don’t think the song is ever not going to be relevant in any social strata."

"There’s all the Prom Queen traits in there, but then we’ve added these little bits of icing in the cake that just make it a bit cooler and current."

It was a fitting finale to an hour-and-a-half of blasphemous, unadulterated entertainment.

They’re Primus, and they don’t suck.