The Fierce & The Dead – The Dome, London – 10/10/26 with support from Teiger
The Fierce & The Dead bring their genre-bending progressive rock to London's The Dome for their album launch of ‘Regional Theatre’, delivering a night of intricate musicianship.
Having spent the past sixteen years carving out their own corner of the progressive rock scene, The Fierce & The Dead have built their reputation on combining everything from psychedelic rock and post-rock, to alternative metal and tonight’s show demonstrates their strength of blending everything together to curate something uniquely their own.
Photos by Charlotte Bates: @turbulent_music
Teiger
Blending progressive rock, alternative metal and dreamy psychedelia, the London trio create a sound that's equally delicate and ominous. Supporting The Fierce & The Dead at The Dome, they bring a captivatingly different energy to the evening.
Frontwoman Talie Rose Eigeland's haunting, ethereal vocals drift effortlessly above intricate guitar work, while Phillip Eldridge-Smith's basslines provide a darker undercurrent. Jon Steele delivers complex shifting rhythms on drums that pull everything together, creating a heavily textured sound that fills the room beyond what you'd expect from just three musicians. Rather than relying on volume, Teiger thrive on building atmosphere. Their compositions twist between hypnotic, dreamlike passages and heavier hits of distorted instrumentation, building tension before a perfectly timed release. Rose Eigeland’s ability to hold such high pitches for extended periods silences the crowd, proving she has mastered hypnotising an audience with her voice alone rather than relying on stage presence. Subtle changes in tempo and dynamics keep the music evolving throughout the set, their restrained delivery making the heavier moments more impactful.
Teiger’s introspective approach with haunting melodies and intricate musicianship makes them a compelling reminder that sometimes the quietest moments in music leave the biggest impressions.
The Fierce & The Dead
With their fifth studio album, Regional Theatre, seeing the band venture further into heavier, more melodic territory, tonight's hometown show at The Dome is an opportunity to bring their latest material to life alongside some familiar favourites. And while their music might be complex, the atmosphere throughout the evening is anything but serious.
Opening with ‘Lounge Side’ and into ‘Shake the Jar’, the band waste no time demonstrating what makes their sound so distinctive; thick, distorted guitars flow into intricacy and precision. Guitarists Matt Stevens and Steve Cleaton weave through the arrangements, Kevin Feazey's bass adds weight to the heavier sections, and Stuart Marshall's drumming navigates the band's unconventional time signatures with ease. The heavier passages have a rawness that contrasts with the atmospheric sections; balance and this constant contrast are what make The Fierce & The Dead such an interesting band to experience live. Despite the technical complexity, everything flows with an ease that only comes from musicians who know exactly how to work together.
As the set moves through ‘Wonderful’, ‘Flint’ and ‘The 1234’, the more atmospheric side of their sound comes into focus with layers of guitars building and retreating, creating moments of tension before erupting into something more aggressive. Although the show centres on the new album, fans clearly appreciate hearing older tracks as they sing along and cheer.
Between the tracks, the band's personalities shine through; joking back and forth with the audience to fill the gaps. Whether it's about staying at a fan from Scotland’s house so they can play up there, or the guitar tuning between sections (the C section now sounds like surgery), it’s clear these guys are incredibly humble and truly love what they do.
‘Hyperconsciousness’ and ‘Shake Hands & Exit’ continue to show the band's capacity to blend intricate instrumentation with memorable songwriting. The combination of distortion, layered melodies, and restless rhythms reminds us that progressive rock doesn't have to be self-indulgent to be technically impressive.
What makes The Fierce & The Dead refreshing is that, despite the complexity of their music, they don’t seem to take themselves too seriously, a quality that can sometimes be missing from the progressive scene, where technical skill frequently takes precedence over personality. Tonight proves that The Fierce & The Dead are more than a collection of technically gifted musicians; they're a band with a real connection to their audience, an unmistakable musical identity, and an obvious love for what they do, which made the night feel more like a gathering of friends than a conventional gig.
Setlist:
Loungeside
Shake the Jar
Thrash
Somehow
Wonderful
Flint
The 1234
Dream Sequence
Hey Nightmare
Magnet in Your Face
Andy Fox
Golden Thread
Hypernormalisation
Shake Hands and Exit
Nostalgia Now
Truck
