In FlamesThu 3 Dec – Taste of Chaos 2009
I'm going to keep this fairly brief because I'm a busy boy!
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster were great. I really enjoyed their balls-out stoner-infused rock, despite not owning their album I found the groove somewhat infectuous and I'm actually going to dig out their album and give them some time and attention. Nice live performance, nice presence, generally a good opening act.
I'm not a big Every Time I Die fan, but they did play a great set. It's not that they're not a good band, because they are, I just don't quite "get" their music. However they incite the crowd into a minor frenzy and blast through some fairly brutal hits from their catalogue.
I'm a HUGE In Flames fan and while I'll continually bleet about how they should play their older material more (Lunar Strain, Jester Race, Whoracle, Colony, Clayman) and that I was a little disappointed with the lack of old tracks played, they're an amazing band. Their live performance is just so tight, you can tell they've been playing together for years. Anders' vocals are so wonderfully expressive and the twin-axe-attack that made me fall in love with them is every bit as effective live as on record. Fortunately, their newer material is better live than on the album too, but maybe I was just too excited to see one of my favourite bands in the world for the first time (shame on me, right?). Loved it and I'll crawl through fire to see them again.
Killswitch Engage are titans of the metalcore scene. I can't even begin to explain how loud the Apollo was while they were playing, with a few thousand fans singing every chorus, throwing their fists in the air and waving the horns at the band. Adam D was in superb form, prancing around the stage in a pink tutu and delivering mild comedic moments as we have come to expect. A great range of tracks, old and new. However it was on "My Last Serenade" where the full volume and scale of the event can be realised; I've not heard singing that loud since Sonisphere (Corey Taylor's solo set).
A truly great night and my first visit to the Hammersmith Apollo - which is now my favourite venue in the world for so many reasons. Truly amazing.
I'm going to keep this fairly brief because I'm a busy boy!
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster were great. I really enjoyed their balls-out stoner-infused rock, despite not owning their album I found the groove somewhat infectuous and I'm actually going to dig out their album and give them some time and attention. Nice live performance, nice presence, generally a good opening act.
I'm not a big Every Time I Die fan, but they did play a great set. It's not that they're not a good band, because they are, I just don't quite "get" their music. However they incite the crowd into a minor frenzy and blast through some fairly brutal hits from their catalogue.
I'm a HUGE In Flames fan and while I'll continually bleet about how they should play their older material more (Lunar Strain, Jester Race, Whoracle, Colony, Clayman) and that I was a little disappointed with the lack of old tracks played, they're an amazing band. Their live performance is just so tight, you can tell they've been playing together for years. Anders' vocals are so wonderfully expressive and the twin-axe-attack that made me fall in love with them is every bit as effective live as on record. Fortunately, their newer material is better live than on the album too, but maybe I was just too excited to see one of my favourite bands in the world for the first time (shame on me, right?). Loved it and I'll crawl through fire to see them again.
Killswitch Engage are titans of the metalcore scene. I can't even begin to explain how loud the Apollo was while they were playing, with a few thousand fans singing every chorus, throwing their fists in the air and waving the horns at the band. Adam D was in superb form, prancing around the stage in a pink tutu and delivering mild comedic moments as we have come to expect. A great range of tracks, old and new. However it was on "My Last Serenade" where the full volume and scale of the event can be realised; I've not heard singing that loud since Sonisphere (Corey Taylor's solo set).
A truly great night and my first visit to the Hammersmith Apollo - which is now my favourite venue in the world for so many reasons. Truly amazing.
