presented
by MEH SUFF!
HELLSAW
Atritas
- Bloody Blasphemy
at
MERKKER in Baden - 17.05.2010
Live
reportage by
dalia di giacomo_ (photos
and review)
WHY
DON'T YOU LOOK LIKE THE DEVIL?
"Why
don't you look like the devil?" asked me a young man at the end of
the concert at Merkker in Baden. He was quite different from the rest of
the crowd, and was impressed about the fact that we were dressed
all in black. " Why ? - i answered amused- how should the
devil look like, in your opinion?". But the conversation that
followed was quite interesting. He told me he is s kind of an
alternative rock , and even a metal fan, although he dislikes
conformity. "Why don't you use your brains, instead to be all
the same and to dress the same..." "it is the way we feel - i
answered no longer amused as before- it is the way we like to
express ourselves and a way we recognize each other....it is simply so,
but not because we are sheep...on the contrary..." At the end we
agreed on one point : that Kurt Cobain was pure genius.....We walked
together till the very near railway station :maybe he took then a train,
i don't know, i took my car and quickly i was at home. Ah Baden and
Merkker. Finally! While driving home in all relax i was thinking again
about this beautiful underground event in this beautiful thermal
location in a so intimate venue that looks like a decadent lounge
with grill and merchandise possibility. Welcome to all metal
concerts in Baden! And this time it's Black Metal. A classic underground
concert enthralled by the presence of the Austrian Hellsaw. And
it's Black Metal that still has a the determination to be identified as
such. Merkker becomes tonight a small nice temple of this misanthropic
extreme subgenre. It was an evening to enjoy because Bloody Blasphemy
and Atritas, one of the best if not the best underground Swiss BM band,
opened well for Hellsaw. The he classic schemes of the genre, among
which corpse paints, were well incorporated . The bands were
iconoclastic but also elegant, in particular Atritas and Hellsaw.
Merkker is also the location where drummers play behind a plexiglas
wall. Good for Atritas because their drummer , at the very beginning of
the show, due to technical problems, got very disappointed and
angry and launched around sticks and i don't know what else, and the
band had to stop for a bit just in order to go on magnifically. I swear
that this comprehensible nervous discharge of Atritas drummer B.W.
was the most interesting thing i saw on a stage since long: this is just
live. But before adding more details about Atritas show, let's begin
with Bloody Blasphemy from Solothurn. Bloody Blasphemy did a decent
show, the music is classic, old-school BM . very essential with a
good drumming , raw guitars, nihilistic hatred vocals.
More action, more stage acting would have been better, but the
songs were ok and vocals too. Among the tracks, Eternal Fields,
From the Blood Of The Christ, God Dethroned, Des Feindes Tod. The
band tried to let the atmosphere plunge into insane darkness and in the
second part of the concert the warm up took shape.
Atritas
from Basel were great! The new cd Celestial Decay is out, and it is a cd
that cannot be missed by listeners of underground BM. The live line up
presents Gear as exquisite vocalist and frontman , now with the name
Aeon K. ; the two guitarists are simply fantastic:: Swart and
Baal, absolutely unmistakable and fortunately a stable part of this
group. Live bassist is Antichris and (relatively) new drummer B.W. , who
is a passionate fan of the band. I hope that Gier/Aeon K. remains
the vocalist of the band although he would perform as bassist. Honestly
i couldn't imagine another one for this band even because he is a cool
BM singer with a style of his own, also concerning the stage acting, he
is a trade mark of the band since ever as well as the two handsome
guitarists. The "hymn" of the band , Where Witches burnt, was
of course in the setlist with devil Worship, His Presence, Mongrel ,
Endless, Wasteland . Atritas music is quality, it can be
harmonious, melodic and scary.
Hellsaw
from Austria and from Napalm Records have put on the stage self
-confidence and all that experience that comes from having hit important
stages. Bassist Desderoth with his pale paint and his absent mood looks
a bit supernatural, all others just look badass. The music takes
influences from Heavy Metal too and some hooklines are memorables. The
show presented many anticlerical moments, above all during the song
Psychopastor. In the setlist there were also A suicide journey, Cold
Aeon, Silent Landscape (which i appreciated much). The end of the gig
was abrupt, i expected more enthusiasm from Hellsaw for playing in CH,
but , after all, it was a good involving performance.
And
now, dear readers, please allow me to send many personal infernal
greetings to B.W. of Atritas. Why? Simply so....
BLOODY
BLASPHEMY
ATRITAS
HELLSAW
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