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Live Report: VADER + Guests Aborted, Bonded By Blood On January 27th, At Circolo Colony, Italy

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 19, 2013
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Live Report by Christian Tallone – Photos: Giacomo Cerutti

“Back To The Black 2013″ European Tour, 1st leg:
VADER + Guests Aborted, Bonded By Blood
January 27th, At Circolo Colony, Italy

BONDED BY BLOOD

At 20:00 BONDED BY BLOOD got on to the stage (for me and Tarja this was the first band we heard tonight, as we were interviewing Peter from Vader beforehand). The atmosphere is very intimate due to the venue size (maybe for 200 people in all, but which still needs  to be filled)… but also for the fact that we have been here since the afternoon, so we know all the venue crew at Circolo Colony, musicians, engineers and technical staff of the venue, so it almost has the impression of being at a private party. The stage is small, just enough to allow components to move between the instruments, essential settings, only the blue lights and the banner with the logo of the next band (Aborted).

BONDED BY BLOOD sound good, nothing amazing. In my opinion, they have a sound much more suited to trash than to death and what could be a little out of tune with the rest of the evening. Anyhow the band is very accurate, and the little time they have available they give the maximum of themselves, pounding all the time without getting lost in useless and boring talk, the fact that the public appreciates with the great acclaiming continuously even after the greetings. At 20:30 the band announce the last 2 tracks .. all in all a very good band, only sore point is the singers voice, in my opinion, is anonymous and without any individuality, a shame because the rest of the band runs great! At 20:38 they leave the stage amid demands for encores, which unfortunately aren’t possible because of time limits …. well done, guys!

BONDED BY BLOOD-setlistI Can’t Hear You
Another Disease
Immortal Life
Crawling in the Shadows
The Aftermath
Restless Mind
Left Behind

Bonded By Blood @Colony 27th January

Bonded By Blood @Colony 27th January

Bonded By Blood @Colony 27th January

Bonded By Blood @Colony 27th January

ABORTED

At 21:00 they start with a very bleak intro; smoke invades the stage and a cold light welcome ABORTED on stage… they only nodded “hi” before the violent attack, the genre as you may well guess from the name and the shirts I see around is pure death, style of Cannibal Corpse… with some of the most modern deathcore sound! Honestly it’s not my favorite genre, but the chaos is total, it seems like the bolts are in a washing machine and a pig is to be slaughtered… but one thing I must admit is that they are undoubtedly very good, despite the genre being so extreme whatever they do, they do it good. And fortunately time to time they slow down, making less flat all the unleashing headbanging! At the fifth song the singer incites the circle pit and the request is answered right away!But not yet happy with the mayhem that they are unleashing, at 21.30 with the announcement of the last songs, the singer invites the participants for stage diving … and before he has time to finish saying it, the stage is already filled with people who jumps onto the poor unfortunate ones below the stage, and the band seems to have taken possession of the bodies of all present ! At 21:40 ABORTED leaves the stage .. very professional … and the thing I really liked about them is that the band play with their hearts, having fun, which is quite rare to see! I hope to have the opportunity to see these guys again!

ABORTED -setlist

Omega Mortis
Global Flatline
Coronary Reconstruction
From a Tepid Whiff
Expurgation Euphoria
Fecal Forgery
Vermicular, Obscene, Obese
The Origin of Disease
Sanguine Verses (…of Extirpation)
The Saw and the Carnage Done

Aborted @Colony 27th January

Aborted @Colony 27th January

Aborted @Colony 27th January

Aborted @Colony 27th January

Aborted @Colony 27th January

Aborted @Colony 27th January

VADER

At 22:10  the intro of the highly anticipated VADER begins .. and the venue is now full! All these headbangers are here for them! Low lights and the spooky intro create great atmosphere. The drummer is the first to take the stage and greets the audience, then the other three enter in a row … Peter in the middle, he opens his arms and cries ITALIAAAAA!

VADER attack perfectly, as a disc shot at full volume, and they give right away the best of themselves, showing what they are made of and astounding all the pubic. Without doubt, Peter is the only true frontman today, he is extremely charismatic and is able to muster an incredible anger when he sings and a hypnotic calm when he talks between the songs. Each song starts with  enthusiasm as if it was the first of the set list. The sounds are great, they are precise, the massacre is continuous, the audience responds moshing and stage diving during the whole show. The only flaw is that his voice seems a bit low, but perhaps it is only because i’m on the side of the stage. Like a bolt from the blue VADER announce the last songs, and only now we realize that it’s past 11pm, but it seems that they started only 10 minutes ago!

At 23:15 Vader say goodbye and leave the stage hastily, the lights are low… but it looks more like a classic “fake final”, at least that’s what i hope. The speakers rumble with second intro but the audience don’t fall for it, and continue to call “Vader, Vader, Vader…”! Then, as hoped, VADER came back, attacking with a powerful cover of Slayer, Raining Blood! The audience go crazy and the delirium is total! How better to finish this wonderful evening! Vader greets Italy throwing picks and warm greetings to all! Great show, Vader! Hope to see you again, soon, but with a longer set list, 70 minutes + 10 min of encores aren’t enough! \m/

Check out HERE the interview with Peter, made at Circolo Colony by Tarja Virmakari

VADER -setlist
Intro
Sothis
The Wrath
Fractal Light
Heading for Internal Darkness
The Innermost Ambience
Intermission
Carnal
True Names
Beast Raping
Return to the Morbid Reich
Foetus God
Intermission
The Red Passage
Distant Dream
Come and See My Sacrifice
Black to the Blind
Dark Age
Vision and the Voice
Para Bellum
This Is the War

Encore:
Raining Blood (Slayer cover)
Imperial March (John Williams song)

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Vader @Colony on January 27th

Live Report: TRIVIUM, AS I LAY DYING, CALIBAN, UPON A BURNING BODY, 12 November 2012 At Live Club – Milan (Italy)

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 30, 2012
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Article: Christian Tallone – Photos: Michele Aldeghi

UPON A BURNING BODY:

At 19:30, UPON A BURNING BODY was on stage playing the intro, the band greeted and attacked immediately with full power! The stage setting was very simple, the classic logo on the banner and just the essential lights.The guys were dressed more like for the rehearsal than for a gig, only the singer looked strangely elegant with his suit.The venue was yet to be filled, it was still early, but the sounds were great, and the band played with precision and power! The crowd showed their appreciation with many mosh and circle pits during almost every song! The only flaw is that the songs were monotonous – we seemed to hear the same song all over again. But as it was only a half  hour show, I had no time to get bored, at 20:00 the band left the stage waving “bye-bye.” UPON A BURNING BODY did a great job to open the evening and preparing our ears for what was about to come…

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CALIBAN:

At 20:15 the intro of CALIBAN began.. gloomy as ever, this time the scene was striking in its simplicity .. the most beautiful of this evening .. blue lights made the atmosphere very cold and icy. In particular, in the background there was a banner with dark eyes crying (the cover of the album “I Am Nemesis”) with “CLBN” written and illuminated under the platform of the battery! The band played solid and wild (for me it was the first time I saw the guitarist without a hat .. initially I nearly doubted whether it is him or not), Caliban dedicated the third song to the recently deceased Mitch Lucker, the singer of SUICIDE SILENCE, and immediately was honored the first “wall of death” of the evening! The sound seemed to be less powerful than  the previous ,but Caliban played perfectly in my opinion.The audience went crazy singing every chorus. Unfortunately at 20:51, Caliban had to say goodbye to the audience and leave the stage. The band really deserved to play for longer – promoted with flying colors!

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AS I LAY DYING:

At 21:22 started the intro of a band which was the best performance of the evening: AS I LAY DYING. They also had a simple stage setting ..the same lights and a banner with the logo and a moth.Observing the t-shirts that were around me, I could say that AS I LAY DYING were THE main band that the audience was attending for.They rewarded our expectations by offering a performance which was certainly not only memorable, but that left a mark! Unfortunately they had only 40 minutes on stage, but each minute was maximized and played flawlessly, as powerful as a cannon and as fast as a train, involving the audience screaming and yelling and moshing during every single song. All without wasting time on talking, then at 22:09, a hasty escape to leave the stage to the headliner.

Setlist:
Condemned
94 Hours
Anodyne Sea
Paralyzed
Cauterize
Through Struggle
Nothing Left
Confined
A Greater Foundation
Within Destruction
The Sound of Truth

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TRIVIUM:

The atmosphere was burning, the two huge TRIVIUM logos were on both sides of the drumkit and behind there was a banner with a mushroom cloud. At 22:30 started the intro with a dark stage to hide the entry of the band.This was the fourth time I had seen TRIVIUM live. After the intro, people were shouting and the band launched into IN WAVES! But unfortunately, it could be immediately perceived that  something wasn’t working as it should. The sounds were confused, and the band was not in great shape, Matt was subtoned and the rest of the band was lacking in precision and cleanliness, perhaps the fault of the earphones? (I’ve always said that the monitors are the best friends of the musicians). But the band continued to falter. However the audience was cheering with enthusiasm and warmth, probably due to the fact that many young fans were fascinated by the context, without being able to give an objective assessment. I’m sorry to say, even though I really like Trivium, they were playing bad that night! Between the songs, the band overdid things with long and boring speeches, and then they performed the songs in a hasty way as if they were eager to leave the stage. When Trivium dusted off some wonderful songs from “ASCENDACY” I hoped to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel… but this hope vanished when Trivium attacked with DYING IN YOUR ARMS, which is one of the most beautiful songs they have written so far, but honestly it seemed to be played by a cover band of average skills. So, after this punch in the stomach, and the 4 hours drive back home ahead of us, we decided to leave the Live Club shortly before the end of the show. After seeing hundreds of concerts in last 13 years, to leave before the end of a show had never happened to me.

Reflections: This exhibition of Trivium could have been judged very positively if they were an emerging band .. but from a band like them, and as I know what they can do, I expected a lot more! The evening began in a great way, with the bands that did well on their part, but when it was the turn of those who supposed to be the icing on the cake … hmmm, let’s hope this was only a single case and caused by some tech issues. I’m hoping that next time I will see Trivium as we all know, professional and full of pure blasting energy!

Setlist:
Capsizing the Sea
In Waves
Like Light to the Flies
Rain
Into the Mouth of Hell We March
Down From the Sky
Entrance of the Conflagration
Black
The Deceived
Watch the World Burn
A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
Ember to Inferno
(Corey on lead vocals)
Built to Fall
Dying in Your Arms
Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis
Throes of Perdition
Leaving This World Behind

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Fan Live Report: Metalfest Italy 2012 – Hypocrisy

Posted by metalshockfinland on June 10, 2012
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by Elsa Piazzini
(translated by Sylvi Taürie)

Metalfest 5 june 2012 at Alcatraz, Milan (Italy)


This is Elsa Piazzini‘s fan live report of the first stage of the Metalfest:

I was arrived to the Alcatraz very early, shortly after 4 and a half am, and I started my long waiting. Before 8 am we were more or less in four or five and the security has delimited the entrance with very advance, to understand better how to channel the people during the course of the morning and to permit the passage to the employees with the equipment. I waited until one pm when I could finally go inside with the long line of people that had arisen during the morning. Result: Front row, quite rightly with a good dose of curiosity!

To summarize quickly:

First band: Skull Fist
Explosive performance! With a sparkling, powerful and contagious Rock. A little bomb!

Second band: Fueled By Fire
American thrash metal band that has continued to warm up the audience, giving the start the first mosh pit and wall of death.

Third band: Tryptikon
The most “dark” band of the evening, able to let fans get into the atmosphere of the songs. The lyrics with special attention to black melodies.

Fourth band: Alestorm
Right ones to turn the audience with their piratical and revelers songs, always of course in metal style, creating choruses and pure fun.

Fifth band: Legion Of The Damned
Powerful riffs and scratchy voice, a heavy live at the right point the end of which the singer also gave to me and to another guy as a gift the t-shirt of the band.

After more than 5 hours of music, it was time for me more important: HYPOCRISY performance that I had waited for almost 14 hours! A short but intense set list full of famous songs such as Fire in the Sky, The Eraser, Valley Of The Damned and of course Roswell 47 that has closed a very powerful show and felt, both by band’s members and the public. A suffered front row with so much headbanging and bruises because of the moshpit, but I guess it’s needless to say that every time it’s worth it.. it’s just passion, a healthy madness..

After this little struggle, I quietly left the space for the elated fans of Blind Guardian and Anthrax (the headliners) that, by veterans, have had the opportunity to attract attention and to blow up the adrenaline of all the fans in there. While I was near the exit with some other metalheads, I met again the singer of Hypocrisy, after seeing him perform last March with the Pain in Västerås (Sweden) and a month and a half ago with both of his bands in Karmøygeddon Festival in Haugesund (Norway).

An Italian Metalfest really to remember.
Elsa

METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of Udine Concert

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 25, 2012
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Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA‘s pre-show tuning-room jam and “Nothing Else Matters” performance at the May 14 show of the band’s European tour at Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy can be viewed below.


METALLICA performed its top-selling 1991 LP, “Metallica”, a.k.a. “the black album,” in its entirety at the Udine concert. As they have done on all the shows on their current European tour, the band played the LP backwards, starting with closing number “The Struggle Within” and ending with “Enter Sandman”.

The band’s setlist was as follows:

01. Hit The Lights
02. Master Of Puppets
03. Fuel
04. For Whom The Bell Tolls
05. Hell And Back
06. The Struggle Within
07. My Friend Of Misery
08. The God That Failed
09. Of Wolf And Man
10. Nothing Else Matters
11. Through The Never
12. Don’t Tread On Me
13. Wherever I May Roam
14. The Unforgiven
15. Holier Than Thou
16. Sad But True
17. Enter Sandman
——————
18. Battery
19. One
20. Seek And Destroy

Photos are available on the Musica Metal web site. Source: Blabbermouth.net

 

Live Report: VOLBEAT, Alcatraz – Milan (Italy) 2 nov 2011

Posted by metalshockfinland on November 5, 2011
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The first ever headlining concert in Italy, and Milan welcomes VOLBEAT with a Sold Out. Certainly the afternoon’s appearance of June 2 last year in Rho (the date will be remembered for the return of System of a Down in Italy) was not enough for the Italian audience that seems to have definitely noticed that, according to many, VOLBEAT is one of the best metal bands of the 2000.

The concert begins with an opening band, “Clutch”.  Very american Southern Blues Rock, certainly nothing new but discrete, and then again, Rock at the dinner-time (8 pm) does not hurt. But the great anticipation fills the concert-hall, and before 9 pm VOLBEAT goes up on stage…

Immediately The Human Instrument let us to intend that the bill will be great the next two hours, Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood put right away the dots over the i’s. Michael Poulsen is in great shape, the powerful battery follows him perfectly, first of all HE is the band: his unmistakable voice that seems to be stolen from Johnny Cash at his best, his firm hand on his SixStrings mindful of the lessons of Slayer and Metallica, the taste of the melody as Mike Ness, the choirs such as Misfit, and the Rockabilly tuft of Setzer of the golden years.

He holds the whole band, distorts and brushes the rhythmics, he does it all, helped simply by the second guitar (but Thomas’ countermelody, shouted in danish, in “The Garde’s Tale” is indispensable of a real fan of this band). The sound is incredible metallish, perhaps not helped by choosing to mount the stage on the long side of the venue, but however the sound is very full and accurate. The Frontmen switch places often proving their energy and the audience explodes on the notes of Sad Man’s Tongue, the hell begins under the stage which will continue (always a bit too controlled, perhaps) for the remaining hours: the hands that move over the acustic sounds of The Garden’s Tale is indeed a show within a show. Nice interlude that contains all the hints of listening to Michael and to the band, Slayer, then Metallica and Lemmy, perfectly imitated, the hint of “I Want To Break Free” from Queen brings forth a total chorus.

The strength of VOLBEAT confirms that the band is reliable and steady, they do simple things but they do them very well, mixing several myths to make the sound almost unique in the world, and Poulsen’s voice does the rest. Many persons, like me, were waiting at the gate of the Live venue, the singer who does not disappoint and who does not lose anything on the originality of his appreciable uvula that we hear on their albums. And we got what we waited for…

There is still space for a determined second half, for A Warrior’s Call, and for Angelfuck (MISFITS cover) but the wait is now for Thanks. The thanks to the fans, the song of the fans, and, as usual, some lucky one goes up on stage, somebody shows up a “tricolore” (italian flag), and the heart of the band become one voice and one note, the bassist leaves to a lucky one from the audience to yell on his microphone to show the beautiful relationship between these Danish guyes and the world that listens to them. A cover of Dusty Springfield (I Only Want to Be With You) and Pool of Booze close these two very intense hours.

Volbeat has released only 4 albums, the repertoire is broad but not huge, and 2 hours may seem a lot for a band born only in 2001, but it’s not the case of Volbeat! Volbeat is a perfect band, for a perfect evening. The metal fans who do not know yet Volbeat, are invited to listen…

…take this as a tip from a Friend of the “Collettivo Pulitzer”

Photos by Paolo Bianco

OCTOBER TIDE to tour Italy

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 14, 2011
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Dreamtide Music has issued the following update:

The Swedish doom heroes OCTOBER TIDE will play two shows in Italy in early September. Together with the previously announced festival in Lithuania these are all the confirmed OCTOBER TIDE shows:

15.07 2011 LITH – Anyksciai – Devilstone Festival
(w/ Benediction, In Mourning, Ondskapt, Forgotten Tomb, Obtest etc)

03.09 2011 ITA – Rome – Init Club
Supports: tba

04.09 2011 ITA – Milano – Nihil Extreme Festival
(w/ Shining, Forgotten Tomb, Sinister, Farsot ect)

Formed in 1995 by then KATATONIA guitarist Fredrik Norrman and KATATONIA/BLOODBATH vocalist Jonas Renkse OCTOBER TIDE quickly made a mark with two albums recorded and released during the years 1997 and 1999.

Their latest album “A Thin Shell” was released in September 2010 through Candlelight Records.

Recorded at Black Lounge studios with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY) and featuring artwork by Travis Smith (OPETH, TESTAMENT etc) “A Thin Shell” delivers what fans have anxiously awaited from this treasured band. Seven doom-laden and emotive songs that are every bit as heavy as they are catchy fill the impressive recording that officially closes the band’s self-imposed, decade-long hiatus.

OCTOBER TIDE line-up :

Fredrik Norrman – guitars (ex-KATATONIA)
Tobias Netzell – vocals (IN MOURNING)
Robin Bergh – drums (AMARAN)
Emil Alstermark – guitars (MANDYLON)
Pierre Stam - bass (IN MOURNING)

October Tide @ the net : www.octobertide.net
October Tide @ MySpace : www.myspace.com/octobertideband
October Tide @ Facebook : www.facebook.com/pages/October-Tide/6123636025

 

Live report: Tarja Turunen – December 21, 2010 @Magazzini Generali – Milan – Italy 

Posted by lafallenangel on January 10, 2011
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The first day of winter has welcomed Tarja Turunen and her fans to Milan, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 with cloudy weather, with rain and sleet, at times very cold. The scenery around Magazzini Generali, was very bleak, but it was warmed up by a group of metalheads, already queued from early in the afternoon waiting for one of the most interesting concerts of the year. The heterogeneity of the public was really amazing, there were underage girls accompanied by their parents, boys 20 to 30 years old, to entire families with children of few years only. Beautiful atmosphere to live and breathe that shows how beautiful music can unite beyond prejudice. For a delay in opening of the gates, instead of at 7pm, we are entering after 8pm, coincided with increasing intensity of rain that has made all the more unjustified additional delay hard to bear.

Immediately inside of the concert place, we notice it’s well below expectations, although we were warned that Magazzini Generali are far from exceptional in terms of space and acoustics as well as management. A railway stock is long and narrow, with pillars supporting a balcony within the sides of the runway were already small public was annoying, and when the entire hall was filled, the visibility was very reduced for those who were nearby the stage.

Going to the bathroom, I saw the singer of Kells, Virginie Goncalves, who, as any girl of public, was preparing herself for the show doing her makeup and choosing her clothes, accompanied by her assistant. This scene left me a bit puzzled, you know, I have no sympathy for Kells, even though it is a foreign band with two albums and a third one to be released soon, but at least should deserve more respect, than to make the lead singer to change clothes in public toilet, surrounded by thousands of strangers. In addition I noticed that inside the concert hall there is only one stand with Tarja’s merchandising, among other things sold at prices well above normal, surely requested by Magazzini Generali, a far higher price to give the authorization to sell and that is why at the end of the concert the singer of Kells, I saw, in the pouring rain, to sell their merchandise as a fishmonger at the market. A very sad picture.

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Interview: Madball, The Worldwide HC Icon With Honors

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 30, 2010
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What started at the age of 7 when Freddy Cricien was thrown onto stage by his half brother and legendary hardcore singer Roger Miret of the mighty AGNOSTIC FRONT should turn into one of the most important hardcore bands of all time. The members of MADBALL are icons in the underground and that underground now spills forth into the streets. Since forming in 1988, MADBALL has been responsible for some of the most important releases in the genre, from the seminal “Ball of Destruction” EP (1989) to the landmark albums “Set It Off” (1994), “Demonstrating My Style” (1996), “Look My Way” (1998), “Hold it Down” (2000), and their latest efforts “Legacy” (2005) and “Infiltrate The System” (2007). However, after numerous label shifts MADBALL finally joined forces with Nuclear Blast looking into a bright future with another kick ass record on the way – “Empire”.

Today, October 16, 2010, I find myself in Roncade (Treviso-Italy), in the backstage room of New Age Club, where tonight Madball will share the stage with another great NY HC icon, Sick Of It All. The door opens and I see Freddy (Cricien, the lead singer of Madball) smiling and relaxed, dressed in a t-shirt of DMS-Family, with trousers, and beach-slippers. His quiet and natural look, even shy a little bit, makes me think he’s like “the boy next door” … We say “hello” and we sit on the couch to chat …

Hi Freddy, Welcome to Italy! How do you feel about being here with us?

Hi Tarja, thank-you! We feel good to be here. We always come to Italy very gladly, you know, we like a lot the Italian culture, food and wine. We’ve been here many times, over the years, in many different cities.

Freddy, tell me something … being a HC symbol band in the world, does it fill you with pride?

Well yes it does! To be like a HC symbol makes us feel good and honored, it’s actually very flattering, you know. If “Sick of It All” are the godfathers, we feel to be like ambassadors. It’s cool you know, when the things happen naturally. I feel really proud to represent my band and what we are doing.

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