After launching the set with the furious staccato melodies of "That Golden Rule" from their most recent album, Only Revolutions, Neil disappears down into the folds of the front row.
These later bands were, and remain, easily parodied, offering a combination of flamboyant melodies, furious percussion, and teen-age screams.
One of the most hotly-tipped new hard rock/punk acts to come out of Wales in recent years, The Blackout are a heavy but poppy sixpiece who combine furious drumming, soaring melodies and a dual vocal assault.
With its furious rhythm section anchoring a shrieky melody, it could easily soundtrack a dinosaur-slaying scene in a James Cameron film.
The result is an intriguing instrumental set that mixes minimalism and melody with bursts of furious energy and experimentation, with echoes of anything from ambient styles to free jazz.
As the singer and guitarist in Quicksand, Walter Schriefels found melodies to ride the furious drive of hardcore.
Swans uses repetition, force, and rejection of any easy pleasure, though it leaves room for plangent sounds and vocal melodies amid a sprawling, furious catharsis arranged by consent.
There are further examples of Singh's exhilarating percussion work on the elegant title track, built around an almost Celtic melody, and there's a furious work-out on the finale, Joy.
They were cacophonous and spit-furious sets whose serpentine melodies refused to take the path of least resistance.
Adorned with these sentimental tunes, the bleakness of the fairy tale is easy to overlook, just as the furious congas are in danger of being lost under pop-song melodies.
The thoughtful lament Estou Triste was followed by the furious, rap-influenced Funk Melódico and O Império Da Lei, which switched between an easy-going melody and angry, pounding drumming.
