seen Negură Bunget, Svartsot, Fen, The Stone and The Way of Purity last sunday, on their Spirit of the Land tour, in Baroeg, Rotterdam, NL...
First off, never been at that venue before and was surprised how tiny it was!
And even so, the crowd was small and there was much space which shocked me even more, as i had expected many more people would show up...
The Way of Purity was horrendous, The Stone were ok (cool stage outfits!
)
I expected Svartsot to play the third, but then i heard the familiar BM riffs during the soundcheck and was like 'omg this is FEN!!'
They looked nothing like what i'd expected, very young (at least to me) and normal :-D
They played great, although the sound in the beginning was not all too good, but it got better later. I believe they only played 4 songs!! :'( waaaay too short a set, even if one of the songs was a new previously unreleased one, like 10-12 min long... here's one of the 2 songs i filmed:
and some pictures:
Svartsot played next, and were a pleasant surprise for me. I went for Fen and Negura, didn't care much about Svartsot - last time i saw them (in 2008 i believe) they didn't impress me at all. So i didn't expect much this time either, maybe that's why i quite liked them! Or maybe because of the new lineup... I'm not familiar with their music other than from that live show, so i think i should check them out!
Besides, they seemed misplaced in this tour, especially squeezed between 2 atmospheric BM bands :S Judging from the shouts on the event page, i was one of the very few ones who actually enjoyed their performance :-(
Here's a vid i filmed:
and some pics:
Negura played the last, and they were absolutely mind-blowing!!
The hell of a difference with the last time i saw them (aug. 2009) when they played for the second time ever with their new lineup... It's amazing how this band has improved and matured since that time!!
While they played very good last time too, they looked very nervous and n00b then, but now they looked very professional and self confident! They played a lot of new tracks, and while on the album it doesn't sound all too impressive at times because of the awful production, the live versions were splendid! I certainly recommend everybody who likes pagan BM to go and see those guys live, they are playing lots of gigs in may!
Already can't wait for october 21 when they come back to NL to play together with Enslaved themselves!!
for more Negura and Fen vids, see
PAGANRoots video channel
more photos from the Spirit of the Land tour
HERE
