Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
Ascension said:
Are you serious? Okay, okay, PK69 was not my personal cup of tea, but their performance was stellar. But come on, dude! Orphaned Land OWNED the Prog Power crowd. I was seriously floored by how well Kobi (OL vocalist) worked the crowd, and got everyone into the songs. Even people who were expecting them to suck were into it down there in the pit. They were fantastic, and one of the biggest surprises last year.
I came in a fan of that band, but I came out as a new person, it was a spiritual experience dude. Orphaned Land were simply terrific, no ifs ands or buts. I think you should reconsider your "lackluster performance" assessment, because I doubt many agree with you.
The thing is, as I admitted Pink Cream 69 was just not my style, but their performance was professional and solid. I can see that Orphaned Land probably just wasn't your cup of tea either, but to call their performance lackluster is just a mistake on your part. Their performance was tops (they hit the notes, they were energetic, their frontman worked the audience, they had us headbanging, singing along, chanting, clapping, you name it).
I would have thought your statements to be more valid if you had said "Ya know, I just wasn't feeling it for Orphaned Land or PK69, they're not my kinds of bands." But to say their performances were lackluster, that's just dead wrong.
--- And on a side note, harsh vocals are not indicative of death metal or black metal or anything like that. Look at a band like Children of Bodom or Skyfire. Those bands are straight up power metal, just no clean vocals. They are in no way death metal. Therefore, I say to call Mercenary death metal is just a travesty to the style of music they play. The same can be said for other bands that merge death/harsh vox with metal (think Opeth, Into Eternity, Kalmah, Orphaned Land, etc. etc. etc.).
