Went to see Amorphis yesterday and it was great - their best gig that I've seen! Their new (well, not so new anymore) vocalist Tonto (who happens to be my old work-buddy) has really brought new life to the band. Too bad the audience was quite small, but at least everyone seemed to enjoy the gig immensely. Amorphis played plenty of stuff from their latest album and a couple of old classics like the Castaway, Drowned Maid and My Kantele.
There were three other bands that night: Machine Men, Poisonblack and Turmion Kätilöt. Iron Maid... I mean Machine Men played the same very maidenesque stuff they played right before DT at Tuska 2004 if someone remembers. This time they didn't end their set with Powerslave, though.
Poisonblack was good, but not great. The kind of "Sentenced was better" -atmosphere seemed to spread in the audience after a couple of songs. Still, the fangirls in the frontrow seemed to enjoy seeing Ville Laihiala and kept screaming his name. My friend had some fun calling him "Jussi 69" and screaming "69 Eyes is the best!" between the songs, which drew some confused looks from the fangirls.
Turmion Kätilöt was boring. I dislike their music, but I was kind of expecting a good show, as people kept telling me they always have awesome performances. My friend summed it up best: their stage-antics belong to the nineties.
Overall, an otherwise decent night was made great by Amorphis. It's funny, considering that the band was quite dead in my book just a few years ago.
-Villain