INSIGHT Magazine September 2014 | Page 28

Music INSIGHT by Benjamin Nunnally IT STARTS WITH CRUNK. All six members of brand new metal band VEDA dance on stage at the Crimson Tiger July 26, while a tune fitting for a hip-hop club thumps through the venue’s big speakers. This is the band’s first show, so the audience isn’t sure what to expect of the group sandwiched between Birmingham rock outfit Koralyst and headliners Chaotic Theory — for all anyone knows, they