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RADWASTE
(CH)
Suborned
(CH) - Funeralopolis (CH)
at
WENK in Aarau (CH) - 06.11.2010 www.w3nk.ch 
www.myspace.com/radwaste
www.myspace.com/suborned
www.myspace.com/funeralopolisdeath
Live
reportage by Dominic Latscha_ (photos
and review)
My
skeptic
thoughts disappeared after I stepped into the concert room.
I
heard about this underground concert, organized by the club "Wenk"
in Aarau - Switzerland, because I met leadsinger Lucie of Suborned one week ago and she told me that I have to check out this
concert!
First,
I was shocked when I stood in front of the Wenk. It looked like a travel
agency instead of a club. One minute later a long haired metalhead told
me, that it had been a travel agency a long time ago.
My
first skeptic thoughts disappeared after I stepped into the concert
room. There’s an acoustic guitar on the right wall, so I started to
feel very comfortable.
The
first band Funeralopolis
entered the stage on 9.00 o’clock PM. It was their first concert with
the new line-up after the split-up of their former band Human Waste in
2009. The audience got to know from the beginning that Funeralopolis
played old school death metal. I noticed some Doom Metal elements in
their music during their performance next to the speed variations. The
guys in front of the stage went totally nuts and started moshing around
and they even created some circle pits.
They
had to do the circle pits, otherwise singer Chanting Ghoul of Ravenous
Redemption would have been very mad about it. After the cover versions
of Graves “Into the Grave” and Napalm Deaths “You Suffer”, the
four guys and the female drummer wanted to leave, but the metalheads
asked for more. Unfortunately, they had no other songs and played the
song “Pit of Death” again. It was a good performance and I am
excited about the bands next shows.
Setlist Funeralopolis
Day
of Mourning
Euphoric
Blasphemy
Tale
of a Mass
Pit
of Death
The
Wrath (of the Dead)
Devouring
Crypt of Darkness
Existence
Beyond
Into
the Grave
You
suffer
 
After
a After a short break, the Thrash Metal Band Suborned
entered the stage after a show introduction with occult vocals. They did
not lose much time and started to kick ass from the first minute and singer
Lucie showed no inhibitions and made sure, that they are serious about
this show and she started to run around the stage like a whirlwind.
Somehow she reminded me of Candace Kusculain from Walls of Jericho who
has a same kick ass attitude like her. The things I liked the
most, next to powerful guitar and drum sound, were the Lucie's vocals.
This handsome woman can vary her voice from deep death growls, like Arch
Enemy singer Angela Gossow, to angry black metal vocals what offers a
wide range of vocal skills.
One
guy loved her performance so much, he threw a cuddly toy on stage and
Lucie was very grateful about this gift. With “Brainwashed” and
“Follow me “ the band started to talk about serious issues like
dictatorship and wanted to inform the audience, there’s to be no place
for such scum in our society! Then the most powerful song got played. It
was “War is my Shepherd” from Exodus and the audience loved the song
so much that a lot of guys banged their heads. Then they played their
last song “Kill with Anger” and they got much applause from the
audience. Suborned did an
excellent job and if Arch Enemy should retire, then there would be the
chance for this band to become the Swiss Thrash Metal version of Arch
Enemy. They got the potential to make it big.
Setlist Suborned
Intro
Your
Catacomb
Inferno
Demon
You
– Down
Bitch
Brainwashed
War
Is My Shepherd
Follow
Me
Kill
With Anger
The
last band Radwaste had the
honour to enter the stage. They started to rock with “Retribution”
after the introduction with the classic movie song Once Upon a Time in
the West. The only difference between them and the bands before was the
lack of a female band member. That was the statement from singer Daniel
Jerosch toward the male metal heads in front of the stage.
The
roof was still on fire even when a lot people were outside of the Wenk.
Inside was still party time and you did not notice any tired person!
Unfortunately, technical difficulties caused a short break and the
technician did the best to fix the problem. Although the problem still
persisted Radwaste decided to go on with the show. “Operation” was the
last song of their set and the audience asked for encore.
Now
the band started to play a cover of “Symphony of Destruction” from
Megadeth and everybody started to yell! That was the moment when you
could see smiling faces from the front to the back. They ended the show
with the cover “Sidi” from the famous Swiss Folk singer Mani Matter.
I liked them, but the technical difficulties were responsible why Radwaste
weren’t as good as Suborned.
Setlist Radwaste
Retribution
Fade
With Light
Metamorphosis
Bother
You
Hide
& Seek
Live
Fast
Rotten
Roots
Sedna
Contact
War
Operation
Symphony
of Destruction
Sidi
After
a couple of hours with great performance from all bands, the concert was
over and a lot of people left the Wenk to go home. Some metal heads
stayed there and I used the time to get a personal impression of the
attitude from the bands. I appreciated the happy mood from everyone and
had a real good time with them.
by Dominic
Latscha
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