Please do create one, April, cos I personally have no experience with being either abducted or hardly any experience with being backstage hanging around with big bands (other than at PPEU
). Also, Marx and Hegel? phew...I'm more of a Bourdieu/Elias kinda guy when it comes to the social sciences, but that's qualitative sociology for ya
Anyways, to get back on topic, here's the few bands I still wanted to give my opinion on:
Pathosray: honestly can't say too much about them. Heard their first album before they performed at PPEU, and have spinned their second album a few times. Other than the track "Aurora" nothing really stuck with me. They're a good band, good live performance and solid on cd, but apart from that it wasn't too special for me.
Silent Force: can't say I've heard more than a few songs, so can't really say anything about the band either.
Amon Amarth: quality viking metal, definitely a band I'd like to see live sometime. It'll prolly happen at some festival, rather than me going to one of their gigs, cos I don't like them that much that I'd put down 30 euros just to see a headliner show by them. I do believe they're at the forefront of the Viking Metal genre though.
And as for a few of the other bands that have been mentioned that I know about:
Einherjer: definitely in line with the Viking Metal bit. I only know a few songs by them, and "Howl raven's come" is my favorite among those songs. Would like to see them live sometime, just to test out the drinking horn I bought recently
Ensiferum: saw them live at Fortarock in the Netherlands, and I've been a fan for a while. Victory Songs is my favorite album, just for the sheer melodicness of the whole. Me and my band actually covered Little Dreamer (and did a decent job, if I say so myself
). Very solid live band as well. I was definitely singing along to the songs I knew, and Iron is and will always be a solid song to close off a set
Korpiklaani: solid Folk metal band, but that's about it, imo. According to my friend they very much disappointed live, in the sense that they didn't really bring much more than their music to the stage. They didn't manage to convey the feeling of the music to the audience and were just doing their own thing on stage. The playing was meticulous, but that was about it.
Nevermore: solid band, will see them live on friday and sunday
Will say more after that
Dimmu Borgir: Maelstrom Mephisto is my favorite live song of theirs, ever. Kings of the Carnival Creation? sure. Mourning Palace? Whatever. Maelstrom Mephisto is where it's at! The rendition of Maelstrom Mephisto on Alive in Torment is imo the best ever