Giovedì 29 Ott 2009, 14:21

Wed 28 Oct – Amon Amarth, Entombed

First off - it's a shame about Evile having to pull out - much more of a shame for the band of course having lost a friend / band member.

Now on to the good stuff - Entombed were epic, frankly. They've been one of the few constants in my music collection since before there were even CDs (yeah, I'm getting on a bit) and they're still one of the best Death bands ever - Death with a hint of groove :) Good to hear the "oldies and goldies" live again, Stranger Aeons, Wolverine Blues and Demon for instance. Demon is just a track that you have to hear live - and have a bit of a yell along with!

Entombed - still delivering the goods - still heavy as hell - and well worth seeing live.

… and onto the headliners Amon Amarth. They were good, don't get me wrong but they were a little let down by the sound quality. The melodic part of the "Melodic Viking Metal" was somewhat drowned out in the overall heaviness of it which left them sounding a little flat and disappointingly a bit samey. I was expecting a little more, I dunno, theatrics maybe from them - I saw Cradle of Filth at the Wulfrun some years back and, say what you like about the band, they put on a great show.

I may be being a little unfair to Amon Amarth here though; they were heavy, fast and really had a good pit going (reminded me of seeing Sepultura in the mid-90s) if you're an Amon Amarth fan, I doubt you'll have been disappointed but for me - not having really listened to a huge amount of their stuff before (yeah, I went for Entombed) - they were good, but could have been better.

… mind by halfway through their set the Newkey Broon was really kicking in and things were getting a bit hazy O_o