So last night was the big Dimmu/Hypocrisy show. We make it to the show and get there exactly at 8pm. I was mistaken in thinking that the show started at 9pm. But since we got there at 8pm i figured we wouldn't miss anything. I have NEVER been to a show that started right on time. So we go to get our tickets and we can hear Hypocrisy playing! It takes us about 20 minutes from line to line to get inside and all we get to hear of Hypocrisy is 1 and a half songs. Sucks! That is one of Beniko's all time favourite bands.
From there we headed up to the balcony because Children of Bodom and Nevermore are just about THE worst bands i've heard in my entire life. We stayed up on the balcony through both of thier sets and headed down for Dimmu.
So Dimmu comes on, and I am one of those dickheads who is "pushing for no reason" but I DO have a reason, which is to get to the front. They are playing fucking amazingly but i can't see shit because i am only 5 feet 2 inches and stuck 3 rows back behind some huge guy in a sticky brown leather jacket! arg. So push right and by the time they play "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse" (which I happen to be obsessed with at the moment) I had made my way to the front row. It was so amazing to hear it live. The only thing that could have been better would to have been to see them actually play with the symphony they recorded with. The rest of the set was awsome, except for the elbow in my side and the crowd surfer who landed on my head. Shagrath actually has his name tattood across his belly which i found amusing, but not as amusing as the SPADEX pants they were wearing under thier spike shin/knee guards. Oh yes, and Shagraths metal/spiked penis plate! Luckily, Galder (the hot guitarist, who is also in the brilliant Old Man's Child) was NOT wearing spandex, but rather army type black pants and so still looked manly and hot. He was all about the eye contact with the crazy fans. I hadn't read the Dimmu bio before and so was unaware that Vortex (the bass player) is actually the one who sings the clean vocals which are just so amazingly beautiful. Even live. I'm wondering what kind of voice training he has had...or if he is like Jewel, who was once a yodler?
When they ended they started throwing thier stuff out and Galder gave his pic to this kid up front who he made lots of eye contact with, thus causing him to rock ever harder. Our friend Joe was on security and on stage and he picked up a pic and everyone went nuts, so i held out my hand and since he knows me he gave it to me. I was happy until i went out side and looked at it to find that it was a Nevermore pic. GRR!
Some thank yous:
~To my dad who got me these tickets for Christmas *smooch*
~To Insipid Productions for always putting on the sickest shows.
~To Eric and his entire security crew, for keeping us safe and somehow sensing shit before it even happens. Also for being some of the biggest supporters of All Shall Perish.
~To Beniko for always downloading the best music before it even hits stores.
From there we headed up to the balcony because Children of Bodom and Nevermore are just about THE worst bands i've heard in my entire life. We stayed up on the balcony through both of thier sets and headed down for Dimmu.
So Dimmu comes on, and I am one of those dickheads who is "pushing for no reason" but I DO have a reason, which is to get to the front. They are playing fucking amazingly but i can't see shit because i am only 5 feet 2 inches and stuck 3 rows back behind some huge guy in a sticky brown leather jacket! arg. So push right and by the time they play "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse" (which I happen to be obsessed with at the moment) I had made my way to the front row. It was so amazing to hear it live. The only thing that could have been better would to have been to see them actually play with the symphony they recorded with. The rest of the set was awsome, except for the elbow in my side and the crowd surfer who landed on my head. Shagrath actually has his name tattood across his belly which i found amusing, but not as amusing as the SPADEX pants they were wearing under thier spike shin/knee guards. Oh yes, and Shagraths metal/spiked penis plate! Luckily, Galder (the hot guitarist, who is also in the brilliant Old Man's Child) was NOT wearing spandex, but rather army type black pants and so still looked manly and hot. He was all about the eye contact with the crazy fans. I hadn't read the Dimmu bio before and so was unaware that Vortex (the bass player) is actually the one who sings the clean vocals which are just so amazingly beautiful. Even live. I'm wondering what kind of voice training he has had...or if he is like Jewel, who was once a yodler?
When they ended they started throwing thier stuff out and Galder gave his pic to this kid up front who he made lots of eye contact with, thus causing him to rock ever harder. Our friend Joe was on security and on stage and he picked up a pic and everyone went nuts, so i held out my hand and since he knows me he gave it to me. I was happy until i went out side and looked at it to find that it was a Nevermore pic. GRR!
Some thank yous:
~To my dad who got me these tickets for Christmas *smooch*
~To Insipid Productions for always putting on the sickest shows.
~To Eric and his entire security crew, for keeping us safe and somehow sensing shit before it even happens. Also for being some of the biggest supporters of All Shall Perish.
~To Beniko for always downloading the best music before it even hits stores.
bloodycrackdown6:
...i've never heard of any of those bands. was it death metal or something? 
mariesanluis:
no, it was black metal.