Just attended my sixth Anathema show yesterday night. Their first gig in Paris for two years and their first at the Elysée Montmartre ever ( They had always played smaller venues such as the Locomotive or the Club Dunois ) .
The first surprise of the night was danny's new haircut , his dreadlocks are gone , they must have fallen during the night ... ( I hope I'm not revealing a secret hehe ) .
The quality of the sound was incredibly good compared to the other bands I had seen there a few days before ( Machine Head , Fear Factory , Devin Townsend ) , you could hear everything distincly , especially vinny's acoustic guitar and voice which was perfect during the whole show ( or maybe not on One Last Goodbye but nevermind ... ) . Danny was really inspired in his guitar solos even if he plays less on feedback than before ;-( and I was amazed at his backing vocal parts ... heartbreaking ... He even made the lead vocals along with his brother on Comfortably Numb .Nothing particular to mention about John and the bass guitar player ( who is still stuck in the corner of the stage ).
The crowd was really responsive to the emotion of the show , they clapped cheerfully and even sang along on Fragile Dreams.
To conclude with , a special mention to Danny for his attempts to speak French to the audience ( nous aussi on t'aime ;-) )
Now I'm gonna give the set list so if you want to keep the surprise for the forthcoming shows , stop reading !!
Intro ( Eternity part II remix ) / Pressure / Deep / Pitiless / Forgotten Hopes / Destiny is Dead / Empty / Looking Outside Inside / Leave No Trace / Angelica / Nocturnal Emission ( yeah , you're not dreaming ... ) / Make It Right / AFDTE / Temporary Peace / A Dying Wish ( with Shroud of Frost spoken part during the break ) / Inner Silence
First Encore : One Last Goodbye / Fragile Dreams ( slow version , harrowing ) / Judgement / Jam / 2000 & Gone
Last Encore : Comfortably Numb
The first surprise of the night was danny's new haircut , his dreadlocks are gone , they must have fallen during the night ... ( I hope I'm not revealing a secret hehe ) .
The quality of the sound was incredibly good compared to the other bands I had seen there a few days before ( Machine Head , Fear Factory , Devin Townsend ) , you could hear everything distincly , especially vinny's acoustic guitar and voice which was perfect during the whole show ( or maybe not on One Last Goodbye but nevermind ... ) . Danny was really inspired in his guitar solos even if he plays less on feedback than before ;-( and I was amazed at his backing vocal parts ... heartbreaking ... He even made the lead vocals along with his brother on Comfortably Numb .Nothing particular to mention about John and the bass guitar player ( who is still stuck in the corner of the stage ).
The crowd was really responsive to the emotion of the show , they clapped cheerfully and even sang along on Fragile Dreams.
To conclude with , a special mention to Danny for his attempts to speak French to the audience ( nous aussi on t'aime ;-) )
Now I'm gonna give the set list so if you want to keep the surprise for the forthcoming shows , stop reading !!
Intro ( Eternity part II remix ) / Pressure / Deep / Pitiless / Forgotten Hopes / Destiny is Dead / Empty / Looking Outside Inside / Leave No Trace / Angelica / Nocturnal Emission ( yeah , you're not dreaming ... ) / Make It Right / AFDTE / Temporary Peace / A Dying Wish ( with Shroud of Frost spoken part during the break ) / Inner Silence
First Encore : One Last Goodbye / Fragile Dreams ( slow version , harrowing ) / Judgement / Jam / 2000 & Gone
Last Encore : Comfortably Numb
