The one without machine, of course! 
Yesterday I returned from a looong trip from Budapest (where I saw this great band) to my hometown of Split!
The journey started with annoyingly long train travel which lasted for some 18h, two of my buddies came along with me. After the arrival to Budapest we visited a local pizza restaurant and then went to the E-Klub where the concert was supposed to happen. All that time we felt really uncomfortable, since there wasn't a single promotion poster in the whole Budapest. When we arrived at the venue, we waited in line until 7 pm when the doors opened.
The support band was Dead Soul Tribe, a piece of psychedelic nu trash. I really don't understand why everyone calls them "progressive metal", since they shown no connection with either term... Need I mention they were all in dreadlocks, baggy pants hanging to half of their asses and full of tattoos and piercings...
Around 10pm Rage started their show and met my high expectations. They simply ruled in every possible way, the songs are ingenious, the playing was superb (I really can't remember any band I saw which executed their material as flawlessly and seemingly effortlessly) and the band displayed a great amount of enjoyment. 2 solo spots took place during the show. The first was by the drummer Mike Terrana, an American who moved to Germany from LA cause he could play metal there
. Aside from being a great drummer, Mike is quite a character, very funny and displayed all his qualities during the solo, which wasn't an usual "look guys, I can do all this:...". In that manner, he began playing a swing rhythm at one time and singing Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon" Needless to say, all the sticks he threw in the audience were broken 
Another solo spot was by Victor Smolski, the guitar player. This White Russian guy is an amazing technical AND melodical player, played all his (often very advanced and tough) chops with much ease... This guy is soooo unrecognized!
The only thing that I wish for is they would play more of their older material, like Invisible Horizons, Light Into The Darkness or Vertigo, since they based most of the set on the last two studio albums. This is not a remark really, just a wish. I enjoyed 101% all of the songs they played, but I simply feel this would suit better this particular 20th anniversary tour.
Sorry for the long post, people, but I'm so thrilled by this band right now and I just had to share it! Cheers!
Yesterday I returned from a looong trip from Budapest (where I saw this great band) to my hometown of Split!
The journey started with annoyingly long train travel which lasted for some 18h, two of my buddies came along with me. After the arrival to Budapest we visited a local pizza restaurant and then went to the E-Klub where the concert was supposed to happen. All that time we felt really uncomfortable, since there wasn't a single promotion poster in the whole Budapest. When we arrived at the venue, we waited in line until 7 pm when the doors opened.
The support band was Dead Soul Tribe, a piece of psychedelic nu trash. I really don't understand why everyone calls them "progressive metal", since they shown no connection with either term... Need I mention they were all in dreadlocks, baggy pants hanging to half of their asses and full of tattoos and piercings...
Around 10pm Rage started their show and met my high expectations. They simply ruled in every possible way, the songs are ingenious, the playing was superb (I really can't remember any band I saw which executed their material as flawlessly and seemingly effortlessly) and the band displayed a great amount of enjoyment. 2 solo spots took place during the show. The first was by the drummer Mike Terrana, an American who moved to Germany from LA cause he could play metal there
. Aside from being a great drummer, Mike is quite a character, very funny and displayed all his qualities during the solo, which wasn't an usual "look guys, I can do all this:...". In that manner, he began playing a swing rhythm at one time and singing Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon" Needless to say, all the sticks he threw in the audience were broken Another solo spot was by Victor Smolski, the guitar player. This White Russian guy is an amazing technical AND melodical player, played all his (often very advanced and tough) chops with much ease... This guy is soooo unrecognized!
The only thing that I wish for is they would play more of their older material, like Invisible Horizons, Light Into The Darkness or Vertigo, since they based most of the set on the last two studio albums. This is not a remark really, just a wish. I enjoyed 101% all of the songs they played, but I simply feel this would suit better this particular 20th anniversary tour.
Sorry for the long post, people, but I'm so thrilled by this band right now and I just had to share it! Cheers!
