Got to the venue and talked with random people for a while. Went in... claimed my front spot (twice actually...) waited for what seemed like forever, then Leaves Eyes finally came on.
Liv is annoying.
Electronic Drum Kits with several triggers are gay.
Piano and synth tracks not being actually played, but instead just a lousy recording, when they are a large part of your songs are also gay.
Liv is gay.
Thats all I have to say.
Then another seemingly long wait. Then finally the lights turned off and the...
War of the Wrath
...Began. I had been waiting for this for nearly 5 years. Was so gitty. They then blasted...
Into the Storm
... My first reaction: "Why the fuck can't I hear the guitars?!" They were very low behind the drums.
Couldn't hear the guitars for the next few songs, and everyone was screaming about turning them up, and they progressively got a little bit louder till I could finally hear the lead being played. The rest of the setlist (I think its in the right order, Isabel has the setlist I snatched so she can correct me later) :
Born in a Mourning Hall
Nightfall
Script for my Requiem
Fly
Bright Eyes
Valhalla (After the song was so great as we chanted "Valhalla, Deliverance, Why've you forgotten me! for about 5 minutes until the band, in laughter, cut us off so they could finish the set. Most awesome concert experience ever.)
Time Stands Still (AAAAT THE IRON HILL!!!)
A Past and Future Secret
Another Stranger Me
Ashes to Ashes (ZOMG! This song I was not expecting at all. I didn't even dream of it. I believe they said it was the first time played in America, too.)
...And Then There Was Silence
People actually left after ATTWS I noticed. Idiots. The encore after the long "Guardian" chant:
Imaginations From the Other Side
Bards Song (Almost everyone in the venue was singing along, but this douche next to me in the front didn't know the lyrics and he was trying but very loudly instead of just mouthing them or some inconspicious, I gave him the dirtiest looks.)
Mirror-Mirror
Awesome fucking set. I wanna see it again soon, and not have to wait another 4 years.