...okay, maybe not 
... but let's start from the beginning:
Sometimes miracles just happen and that's why I was heading over to Helsinki with Cis to visit nothing less than Helldone. Since I've never been to Finland before, that was also my chance to see at least a bit of that country.
We spent the first two days (friday & saturday) with some sightseeing in Helsinki and at the Tavastia where we saw some great performances by Diablo [of which I never heard before], Cathedral [who surprised me a lot!], Amorphis <3 and Anathema [who played fuckin' two hours and turned everything into a big party]... then the big day came to which we've been really looking forward all the time before.
We got to the club half an hour before the doors were supposed to open and still had to wait quite a long time in a queue that was almost as long as the street. Inside everyone was already pushing and pulling to get in front of the stage when the doors to the hall open. We used that time to surprise the Katz with our appearance, said hello and lateron fought our way through the masses.
No first row for us this time... and I got squeezed between a bunch of drunken finnish guys and the only two other Katatonia fans that I met that evening [as I could tell from the applause, there must have been some more] ... yeah, the show was amazing, 1 hour best music with best sound and best light... and the worst crowd I ever met. The atmosphere reminded me a lot of a funeral with most people frozen and silent. It was just too obvious that not even half of the people were here to see Katatonia. My mood really dropped down as I had some fights with the drunken guys around me and was getting something between upset and sad by the crowd. :/
After the show I met up with Cis again and we headed outside of the hall for a drink [or two... or three...] and it didn't take long until the Katatonias also appeared... so we had the very great pleasure & honour to kick into 2007 with them!
It was a really nice time and much fun and I haven't gotten so terribly drunk in ages ... which is why I just remember half of the night clearly ... But I can definitely say, that I can't imagine any better start into this new year than with such a great band, such great music and such great people. ;D
So I'd like to use this place for a very big THANK YOU to Katatonia & everyone who was there for that awesome, awesome night and special thanks to Cis for the whole trip =)
Hope you other guys had a great new year too (;
... but let's start from the beginning:Sometimes miracles just happen and that's why I was heading over to Helsinki with Cis to visit nothing less than Helldone. Since I've never been to Finland before, that was also my chance to see at least a bit of that country.
We spent the first two days (friday & saturday) with some sightseeing in Helsinki and at the Tavastia where we saw some great performances by Diablo [of which I never heard before], Cathedral [who surprised me a lot!], Amorphis <3 and Anathema [who played fuckin' two hours and turned everything into a big party]... then the big day came to which we've been really looking forward all the time before.
We got to the club half an hour before the doors were supposed to open and still had to wait quite a long time in a queue that was almost as long as the street. Inside everyone was already pushing and pulling to get in front of the stage when the doors to the hall open. We used that time to surprise the Katz with our appearance, said hello and lateron fought our way through the masses.
No first row for us this time... and I got squeezed between a bunch of drunken finnish guys and the only two other Katatonia fans that I met that evening [as I could tell from the applause, there must have been some more]
... yeah, the show was amazing, 1 hour best music with best sound and best light... and the worst crowd I ever met. The atmosphere reminded me a lot of a funeral with most people frozen and silent. It was just too obvious that not even half of the people were here to see Katatonia. My mood really dropped down as I had some fights with the drunken guys around me and was getting something between upset and sad by the crowd. :/After the show I met up with Cis again and we headed outside of the hall for a drink [or two... or three...] and it didn't take long until the Katatonias also appeared... so we had the very great pleasure & honour to kick into 2007 with them!
It was a really nice time and much fun and I haven't gotten so terribly drunk in ages ... which is why I just remember half of the night clearly
... But I can definitely say, that I can't imagine any better start into this new year than with such a great band, such great music and such great people. ;DSo I'd like to use this place for a very big THANK YOU to Katatonia & everyone who was there for that awesome, awesome night and special thanks to Cis for the whole trip =)
Hope you other guys had a great new year too (;
The weirdest moment of the gig was when Jonas announced My Twin and suddenly, everyone in the venue woke up and squeaked as if Katatonia were some chartbreaking boygroup. :zombie: Ok, in Finland they obviously are, but still it was so strange... The setlist was something like that, not really in order:
