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just a brief comment to let you all know how the gig in milan went.
madder mortem got on stage at 8pm, perfectly on time, and played for more or less 50 minutes.
i state in advance i didn't know the band before, so it was something new for me, and usually i'm not too easily impressed at first listening; their performance was quite good in my opinion (someone was complaining about some problems with the sound, but i don't think it was so evident, or i'm getting deaf). the singer has a really good voice, and an ok level of energy on stage, probably to compensate the bass player's, lol.
at 9 o'clock it was opeth time, and lots of people from the back rows came forward to fill every possible room left.
the atmosphere was getting really hot. to describe how i felt when the red curtains opened, the word "excited" is surely not enough.
the setlist was the same as every other date (can't recall if in the exact order, though), plus a double encore: when they came back on stage - after a couple of minutes of "opeth! opeth!" prayers - they announced they would have played a song they seldom had performed before. and that song was harvest. that was really amazing, i don't know how mikael can sing like that at the end of a gig. after that, the "usual" demon of the fall drew the ending line. jesus, two hours!!
i would have liked to hear them play master's apprentices - and probably i'm not the only one - and i didn't like the lights that much (after having seen the pictures taken in paris, the ones in milan were probably quite shitty in comparison), but i can't really complain at all, the show was fantastic.
after the show, the guys came out ready to meet the fans, to talk with them and to sign everything they gave them to sign (i've seen lots of people giving them their entire discography plus tickets and posters to sign
and i thought that my ticket + just one booklet was too much).
they've been really nice; ok the audience was really warm last night, but i don't think after a long tour and after a 2 hours long gig i'd have the strenght to do that, if i were in their shoes.
opethpainter took some pictures, and i guess he'll let you know when (if) he uploads them
madder mortem got on stage at 8pm, perfectly on time, and played for more or less 50 minutes.
i state in advance i didn't know the band before, so it was something new for me, and usually i'm not too easily impressed at first listening; their performance was quite good in my opinion (someone was complaining about some problems with the sound, but i don't think it was so evident, or i'm getting deaf). the singer has a really good voice, and an ok level of energy on stage, probably to compensate the bass player's, lol.
at 9 o'clock it was opeth time, and lots of people from the back rows came forward to fill every possible room left.
the atmosphere was getting really hot. to describe how i felt when the red curtains opened, the word "excited" is surely not enough.
the setlist was the same as every other date (can't recall if in the exact order, though), plus a double encore: when they came back on stage - after a couple of minutes of "opeth! opeth!" prayers - they announced they would have played a song they seldom had performed before. and that song was harvest. that was really amazing, i don't know how mikael can sing like that at the end of a gig. after that, the "usual" demon of the fall drew the ending line. jesus, two hours!!
i would have liked to hear them play master's apprentices - and probably i'm not the only one - and i didn't like the lights that much (after having seen the pictures taken in paris, the ones in milan were probably quite shitty in comparison), but i can't really complain at all, the show was fantastic.
after the show, the guys came out ready to meet the fans, to talk with them and to sign everything they gave them to sign (i've seen lots of people giving them their entire discography plus tickets and posters to sign
and i thought that my ticket + just one booklet was too much). they've been really nice; ok the audience was really warm last night, but i don't think after a long tour and after a 2 hours long gig i'd have the strenght to do that, if i were in their shoes.
opethpainter took some pictures, and i guess he'll let you know when (if) he uploads them
