Great night...
me and my friend got there at about 6:20, thinking that doors opened at 7 (seriously, thats what the palladium website said). So we ended up waiting maybe an hour and 15 minutes in the cold.. but that was fine. We got in there, got a spot close to the front, and waited. And waited some more. but then..... MOOONSPELL! they went right into in and above men, which was fantastic. Now, i wasn't really that into Moonspell before last night, but i had a few of their albums dloaded. They were great. Good songs, good stage performance, and occasionally funny dances. They were good enough that i baught The Antidote and one of the "I Am One of Them" shirts (did anyone notice that fernando's shirt said "I am one of You"?)
Anyway, the setlist was (taken from pictures of the list on returntothepit.com)
Intro
In and above men
lowering skies
alma mater
vampiria
Southern deathstylel
Everything invaded
Opium/Wolf
mephisto
fullmoon
Next up, Devildriver. Now, i had low expectations of this band from prior listening (though limited) to their music and other people speaking of how they suck. but, guess what? they met that expectation perfectly. they were horrible.
it was obvious that many people in the venue did not want them to be there, as while the band was actually walking on stage to start their first song, what seemed like almost the entire audience was chanting "OPETH!", it was hilarious. However, they deserve it. While Dez is certainly not in a nu-metal band anymore, he is now in a metalcore/death/black metal band with the simplicity of mallcore. simple song structures, with choruses made up of one line repeated or "And die now! i wish you were dead!" over and over again. Horrid. To make matters worse, Dez had this "i went through a lot of shit, so i'm the best man" additude to him... with the whole bragging about working since he was 12 to support himself or his family.
Setlist for those who might care:
Nothings Wrong
I could care less
cry for me sky
Die (and die now)
The mountain
What does it take
meet the wreched
Anyway, on to the real reason for going to the concert... OPETH. They came on of course with the uber-heavy Master's Apprentice, which rocked. In between songs, Mikael and the band joked soo much. They kept on starting to play paranoid by black sabbath, first saying that it was a song from still life, then a small piece of a song from the upcoming album. Mikael also declared that the guitarist of devildriver was his bitch. Hilarious bunch of people. on a side note, Mikael looks cool when he headbangs, and Mendez looks funny. They played absolutely flawlessly. It was the fourth time i have seen them, and no less entertaining than the first time. The highlight of the night for me was The Moor, which was probably the cause for my incredibly aching neck.Other highlights include deliverance and in my time of need. During the latter, the entire audience sang along, and Mikael even stopped singing during the first two lines of the chorus, to let the crowd sing.
Opeth's Setlist from what i can remember, maybe not in order:
Master's Apprentice
Drapery Falls
Windowpane
in my time of need
the moor
April Ethereal
Deliverance
Blackwater Park
Encore:
Demon of the Fall
What a terrific night. I wish i could thank Opeth and Moonspell, and give Dez Fafara the finger followed by a quick kick to the groin.
me and my friend got there at about 6:20, thinking that doors opened at 7 (seriously, thats what the palladium website said). So we ended up waiting maybe an hour and 15 minutes in the cold.. but that was fine. We got in there, got a spot close to the front, and waited. And waited some more. but then..... MOOONSPELL! they went right into in and above men, which was fantastic. Now, i wasn't really that into Moonspell before last night, but i had a few of their albums dloaded. They were great. Good songs, good stage performance, and occasionally funny dances. They were good enough that i baught The Antidote and one of the "I Am One of Them" shirts (did anyone notice that fernando's shirt said "I am one of You"?)
Anyway, the setlist was (taken from pictures of the list on returntothepit.com)
Intro
In and above men
lowering skies
alma mater
vampiria
Southern deathstylel
Everything invaded
Opium/Wolf
mephisto
fullmoon
Next up, Devildriver. Now, i had low expectations of this band from prior listening (though limited) to their music and other people speaking of how they suck. but, guess what? they met that expectation perfectly. they were horrible.
it was obvious that many people in the venue did not want them to be there, as while the band was actually walking on stage to start their first song, what seemed like almost the entire audience was chanting "OPETH!", it was hilarious. However, they deserve it. While Dez is certainly not in a nu-metal band anymore, he is now in a metalcore/death/black metal band with the simplicity of mallcore. simple song structures, with choruses made up of one line repeated or "And die now! i wish you were dead!" over and over again. Horrid. To make matters worse, Dez had this "i went through a lot of shit, so i'm the best man" additude to him... with the whole bragging about working since he was 12 to support himself or his family.
Setlist for those who might care:
Nothings Wrong
I could care less
cry for me sky
Die (and die now)
The mountain
What does it take
meet the wreched
Anyway, on to the real reason for going to the concert... OPETH. They came on of course with the uber-heavy Master's Apprentice, which rocked. In between songs, Mikael and the band joked soo much. They kept on starting to play paranoid by black sabbath, first saying that it was a song from still life, then a small piece of a song from the upcoming album. Mikael also declared that the guitarist of devildriver was his bitch. Hilarious bunch of people. on a side note, Mikael looks cool when he headbangs, and Mendez looks funny. They played absolutely flawlessly. It was the fourth time i have seen them, and no less entertaining than the first time. The highlight of the night for me was The Moor, which was probably the cause for my incredibly aching neck.Other highlights include deliverance and in my time of need. During the latter, the entire audience sang along, and Mikael even stopped singing during the first two lines of the chorus, to let the crowd sing.
Opeth's Setlist from what i can remember, maybe not in order:
Master's Apprentice
Drapery Falls
Windowpane
in my time of need
the moor
April Ethereal
Deliverance
Blackwater Park
Encore:
Demon of the Fall
What a terrific night. I wish i could thank Opeth and Moonspell, and give Dez Fafara the finger followed by a quick kick to the groin.
