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2009-03-31
DE – Herford - X |
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great bands that made themselves scarce for a long time. And I
wouldn’t have missed them for anything. Both bands have
a new record out: SCREAM SILENCE released their seventh
album Apathology in November and even made it to
the pole position on Nocturnal Hall (album of the month); ZEROMANCER
just released Sinners International and gained 8
out of 10 points. :: pics :: But before
all else we had to struggle through the rush hour, rushing, making
up for lost time. Well, didn’t hit us really hard, it was
the first real spring day with lotsa sun we absolutely enjoyed
;) Finally arrived I hooked up with good-humored guys for a very
relaxed interview and got me a signed ltd. Edition of Aphelia
for a beloved little man called Curtis ;)
On time Norwegian
trio :: ESSENCE
OF MIND :: kicked off, with an intro that was a)
unbelievably loud and noisy and b) as if the band wanted to kill
its entire equipment. It was the computer which caused this noise
and of course totally crashed. Just hope the guys have a replacement
engine. Musically EOM went down well delivering aggressive
and heavy Industrial-touched Electro with two songs from the brand
new EP entitled Watch Out (to be released early
April) and songs from the last year’s debut Insurrection.
I really liked their stuff. What stroke a little later was the
fact that the cats spoke a good German. Seems like I have to quickly
learn some Norwegian before I enter this country next week ;)
After a short
break :: SCREAM
SILENCE :: followed, opening their show with songs
from the last record Aphelia. Finally I can enjoy
these songs live. As if they were only made to rock stages. Perfect!
The new record Apathology was represented by only
two tracks, plus a few classics. This show was really way too
short! (setlist even offered more tracks… damn!) And the
lights sucked too… That downright screams for a repetition,
as a headliner show of course. However, SCREAM SILENCE
visibly enjoyed being on the road again, had a lot of fun on stage
and were joking around, while singer Hardy tried to bring up the
audience on the same level. Difficult task. Maybe a venue in the
Ruhr area would have brought more fans with more enthusiasm to
the show? Maybe fans just have to realize that these Berlin gents
are back on stage? I don’t know. It was a great show anyway,
probably not the best, but after 3 years I absolutely enjoyed
SCREAM SILENCE and their songs :)
With ::
ZEROMANCER
:: about to enter the stage, people came closer and
their expectations raised. Seemed like the fans woke up ;) And
these approx. 150 attendees even started to rock out a little
bit when Alex and his boys took the stage by storm, unleashing
9 of the 10 new songs from Sinners International
upon Herford. Live these songs turned out to be way heavier, more
punching and driving as on CD. And… the Seigmen-influence
was more distinctive, especially at the guitar work. Wanna get
more of this! Surprisingly ZEROMANCER just played one song
from their last record Zzyxz (don’t think
that this one is a bad record), but five from the 2001 album Eurotrash.
However, they played Cupola, which is kind of an uber-song
from Eurotrash, causing gooseflesh galore. All in
all a great show, full of energy and a well-toned front-man making
the girls mouth’ watering ;)
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