2008年 May 4日 Sunday, 0:02

Fri 2 May – Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Keep of Kalessin

It was a pretty badass show. UndeadKing has the setlist: http://www.last.fm/user/Undead-King/journal/2008/05/3/716150/

so I'll talk about the show. Keep of Kalessin had a pretty good show, the pits and crowdsurfing got started by their second song, Crown of the Kings. I went crowdsurfing during that one, and lost my pope hat. Their set was rather short, but enjoyable nonetheless.

A lot of people were there specifically to see Behemoth, which is understandable. They opened with Slaves Shall Serve, and everyone went insane. A pit opened up right next to me, so I had to run away. These guys are just too damn big for me to mosh with. Granted, I was quite a target with my pope costume. For most of their set, I was crushed in the crowd, unable to breathe. This is, however, the best possible way to experience heavy metal. It's disconcerting to hear people singing along with Nergal, though.

Dimmu Borgir's set was good, but really damn long. There was a 30-minute break between the two bands, but that was okay because we all had to recover from Behemoth. When Dimmu started, they had these two priests walk onto the stage waving incense-burners, and they opened with Spellbound by the Devil. I felt like I should've been onstage with them, but whatever. Their set was really ridiculously long, almost 1 1/2 hours.

All in all, it was a great show. I got my hat back, by the way.