Ok., got some time to write a bit more of the review.
I must say that it was just a great metal weekend with the two MetalMania festivals we went to see with SuiTommy. Could have been better if it was Testament headlining, but due to some misunderstanding of the Polish promoter and Maximus Ent. it didn’t happen. So the Polish Legions t-shirts that are waiting for the band till they put their feet on Polish ground are still safe in my closet for the next occassion.
We set off on friday 4.00 am got to Zlin around 13.00, found a hotel, ate dinner, had some very good and cheap beers, watched some very nice Czech girls, and finally went to the venue.[/COLOR]
Two gigs I was waiting to see there – Soilwork&Nevermore. Both bands got 1.15 and they used it well.
It was my first time seing Soilwork. Their performance was pretty good, the new guy – Daniel from Dimension Zero – was doing a good job however his lead playing was not as fluent as it should be, he was explaining later on that he had some technical difficulties. Speed is a good singer I must say, managing all the “screaming” parts quite well and clean parts also. As you might have expect solos very pretty cool!
after the gig we also did an interwiev with Ola and had some photosession - here is one of the results ..
Follow the Hollow was the last one in the set (wish Chcuk could be there to sing “his” part) and then we were just waiting for Nevermore.
They simply crashed. Warrel is in great form, and the soundman gave as much of his vocals as he should. Exactly.
When it comes to Jeff – I simply don’t believe I could witness a better performance from him than it was in Zlin. One just cannot make it better, he was going crazy with his solos.
However the best solo moment came from Steve. When he was trying to play his solo part in Bittersweat something went wrong with the pedal so he couldn’t sound as he wished – maaan you could see how angry our Stefek was – so, in the Final product he went absolutely mad with his lead part, he was literally raping his guitar, and the guitar seemed almost fail to deliver those fast&furious notes he was squeezing out of it! UNFORGETABLE.
For the moment those two are the best guitar duo on this planet. Jeff solos &Steve’s improvisations make Nevermore shows something special.
Not to mention the rhytm section that keeps those guys together - Van&Jim – do exactly what they should – no showing off but if you listen carefully you can hear what they are doing. On the other hand I would like Van to go more crazy from time to time, being such a good drummer that he is I would like more exposure to his abilities in NM songs, just a little more of crazy passes here and there would make my day.
After the gig …let’s just say we had a possibility to have a chat with the band, so here I wanted to thank all of the Neverguys for sparing their time to the Polish Enemies. It was cool to talk to you and find out that you are all nice and friendly! We also hope you liked the T-shirts!
So next day – after not much of sleeping, we headed to Poland.....
45 minutes was the Nevermore’s time there – and they used it well again. The sound was not as good as in Zlin (not so selective) but still they went through the audience as a bulldozer. Forgot to say that on both nights we got pretty furious setlist – just Heart Collector for catching some breath and the rest…. Let just say this in Poland after murdering the crowd with the title track from “Enemies of reality” Warrel said “So do you want us to play something faster” ???? Like EoR wasn’t fast enough …and we got “Born”!!! Of corz the nice accent was the band wearing Polish Enemies shirts on stage and later on for signing session!
We also had bands like Moonspell, Anathema, Therion, Unleashed, UDO, and more but only local Acid Drinkers came close to Nevermore for me.
And that would be it…
Wanted also to thank my buddy STCycoMasterSuiTee for the trip, (“I am not going to Katowice” three beers in the train and he fortunately forgot about this) and the other members of Polish Enemies Squad, again Nevermore for being so friendly and most important – for their music.
And most important THANK YOU Mr Steve!!!!
It was so good to see you again – thanks for spending so much time with us despite the jet lag!!! Already missing you and hope to see you in September!!! You rule!!!
I must say that it was just a great metal weekend with the two MetalMania festivals we went to see with SuiTommy. Could have been better if it was Testament headlining, but due to some misunderstanding of the Polish promoter and Maximus Ent. it didn’t happen. So the Polish Legions t-shirts that are waiting for the band till they put their feet on Polish ground are still safe in my closet for the next occassion.
We set off on friday 4.00 am got to Zlin around 13.00, found a hotel, ate dinner, had some very good and cheap beers, watched some very nice Czech girls, and finally went to the venue.[/COLOR]
Two gigs I was waiting to see there – Soilwork&Nevermore. Both bands got 1.15 and they used it well.
It was my first time seing Soilwork. Their performance was pretty good, the new guy – Daniel from Dimension Zero – was doing a good job however his lead playing was not as fluent as it should be, he was explaining later on that he had some technical difficulties. Speed is a good singer I must say, managing all the “screaming” parts quite well and clean parts also. As you might have expect solos very pretty cool!
after the gig we also did an interwiev with Ola and had some photosession - here is one of the results ..
Follow the Hollow was the last one in the set (wish Chcuk could be there to sing “his” part) and then we were just waiting for Nevermore.
They simply crashed. Warrel is in great form, and the soundman gave as much of his vocals as he should. Exactly.
When it comes to Jeff – I simply don’t believe I could witness a better performance from him than it was in Zlin. One just cannot make it better, he was going crazy with his solos.
However the best solo moment came from Steve. When he was trying to play his solo part in Bittersweat something went wrong with the pedal so he couldn’t sound as he wished – maaan you could see how angry our Stefek was – so, in the Final product he went absolutely mad with his lead part, he was literally raping his guitar, and the guitar seemed almost fail to deliver those fast&furious notes he was squeezing out of it! UNFORGETABLE.
For the moment those two are the best guitar duo on this planet. Jeff solos &Steve’s improvisations make Nevermore shows something special.
Not to mention the rhytm section that keeps those guys together - Van&Jim – do exactly what they should – no showing off but if you listen carefully you can hear what they are doing. On the other hand I would like Van to go more crazy from time to time, being such a good drummer that he is I would like more exposure to his abilities in NM songs, just a little more of crazy passes here and there would make my day.
After the gig …let’s just say we had a possibility to have a chat with the band, so here I wanted to thank all of the Neverguys for sparing their time to the Polish Enemies. It was cool to talk to you and find out that you are all nice and friendly! We also hope you liked the T-shirts!
So next day – after not much of sleeping, we headed to Poland.....
45 minutes was the Nevermore’s time there – and they used it well again. The sound was not as good as in Zlin (not so selective) but still they went through the audience as a bulldozer. Forgot to say that on both nights we got pretty furious setlist – just Heart Collector for catching some breath and the rest…. Let just say this in Poland after murdering the crowd with the title track from “Enemies of reality” Warrel said “So do you want us to play something faster” ???? Like EoR wasn’t fast enough …and we got “Born”!!! Of corz the nice accent was the band wearing Polish Enemies shirts on stage and later on for signing session!
We also had bands like Moonspell, Anathema, Therion, Unleashed, UDO, and more but only local Acid Drinkers came close to Nevermore for me.
And that would be it…
Wanted also to thank my buddy STCycoMasterSuiTee for the trip, (“I am not going to Katowice” three beers in the train and he fortunately forgot about this) and the other members of Polish Enemies Squad, again Nevermore for being so friendly and most important – for their music.
And most important THANK YOU Mr Steve!!!!
It was so good to see you again – thanks for spending so much time with us despite the jet lag!!! Already missing you and hope to see you in September!!! You rule!!!
! love ya guys! great pics, darek!
