03.05.2004
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DEATHWISH 2004
DARKMOON Braindead/ Dubhdroiacht at Jugendfreizeithaus - ALLSCHWIL - Switzerland 24.4.2004 |
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review by Boris "Azrael" Witta and dalia "gryphon_spirit" di giacomo all photos © by Stefan "Absolut_Evidence" Vogelaar The public use of these photos is strictly prohibited without written permission
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| INTRO
Boris So, here we are
at time in front of the „Jugendfreizeithaus“ in Allschwil. It’s
nice to see that there are already a lot of people coming, but
unfortunately, we have to wait a long time, because the entrance
doesn’t begin at seven thirty, but short before eight. But finally, we
are in and I remark, that it’s little, but nice and friendly. It’s
also funny to have a look at the two guys from the security; they wear
an elegant dress and cravats.
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| DUBHDROIACHT
Boris For Dubhdroiacht
it’s the first gig ever, and it’s easy to see that they are pretty
nervous. A last handshake, then the gig starts. And I have to say that I
am very surprised in a positive way. The sextet (including a female
bassist) play a mixture between Death and Medieval Metal, and they have
also a flutist, who plays very great melodies, and soon I get goose-skin. The sound is loud and clear, and already at this point, the
atmosphere is very good. The second song is a cover, “Warmachine”.
Yeah, Kiss rules. The first heads begin to bang and Dubhdroiacht
get very warm applause and they are obviously very content. “The next
song is also a song which some of you may know – Roots Bloody
Roots!” Fantastic! I never heard a better cover of that classic
(actually, it’s the first cover of “Roots…” I ever hear, but it
doesn’t matter) and now there are more and more banger. Dubhdroiacht play very tight and they don’t make any big faults,
so it’s great to listen to them. The following song is also a cover,
“… from an old Hippie-song which we destroyed a bit!” I know the
song, but I don’t remember the name of it. The last song is again one
from the band, and again the mixture of hard riffs, aggressive vocals
and tender and fragile flute-melodies is great. Of course the crowd
wants more, and because Dubhdroiacht haven’t any other songs in the repertoire, they play
the first one again. Excellent done, ladies and gentlemen! |
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| BRAINDEAD
Boris The next band is Braindead. A friend told me that they are very good, and I have to agree. This is groovy Thrash Metal, with clean vocals and always animating to bang your head. Frontman David has a special, but very own voice, and there is another woman in the band, Nicole on the guitar. The little room is as good as full now and there’s also a little moshpit. Because Braindead will bring out their new album soon, they play all new songs. And I think this album really must be a killer! Because their lyrics are often about Aliens, they have one made of tone, which is standing on stage, in front of singer and guitarist David. They have also some very calm songs, which give the people the possibility to recover a bit. During the gig, a strange thing happens: After the first
half, more and more people leave, and at the end, there are only about
20 persons left. This is really bad, dear Metalheads! But Braindead
continue like the room would be full, and David always says that we are
a great audience and it would be cool to play for us. The people who
stayed make noise and bang their heads, so when Braindead
finish their gig, the band is content and also the fans who stayed until
the end. Cool, but with a weak audience. Setlist
Braindead Boris
Witta |
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Dalia
Darkmoon start off, after the intro The Darkside, with Wings of Death, that is also the formidable opener of Black Domain. Implacable energy and force at once. The determination of front-man Matthias and mates is top notch. Wings of Death combines in an unique way fast Black speed and Melodic Death with a handful of hooks and this quality is clearly delivered also through this live. The result of this chemical reaction is a pit already at cloud nine. May a solemn headbanging be with you! The band is compact and well united like i saw at the Metal Forces: and i cannot help myself to establish again that they are cool to be heard and to be seen. Guitarists Richy and Chris and bass player Pascal arise a wall made of both tremolo chords and granitic heavy riffs in good coordination, propelled by a thunderous exact drumming, while Matthias work the crowd with its magnetic presence: he mixes that touch of straight-to- the- point brutality, typical of Harmony Dies, together with an aggressive but charismatic "potency", passing from growling to a certain screaming. The bands holds up very good this song, and, among the approvals, Terror is announced, that Terror with some hardcore attitude that still and again seems alien to me in Darkmoon's repertoire, but who cares? From the moment that the audience enjoys it like hell. Of course it is a song with a good slow-stamping refrain. The Fallen One, Human Plague and Lord of the Flies are eagerly consumed by tireless crowd that responds in a great way. Darkmoon underline a lot the rhythmic section, the strings can act as one, they can hold a line of synchronicity, but, at the same time, with total easiness, guitars and bass suddenly can differ delivering that stroke of arpeggio or that stroke of solo, which make the difference. Drowning, another hit track from Black Domain, is placed now to excite even more. The song Black Domain itself is requested expressly by the pit and perfectly executed, in particular by drummer Hubi, that though being not fine at all, has performed every track in such a skilful way that you would have never imagined , listening to the thunderous blasting performance, that he was not in shape tonight. And when the band, right due to the not optimal condition of Hubi decides to shorten a bit the set, the show was anyway almost complete, (practically Darkmoon have preferred not to offer an encore in spite of the still thirsty request ). Among the song presented the cover of Roswell 47 from Hypocrisy was a total surprising trip. Hail Darkmoon! dalia di giacomo
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At the core, it's Darkmoon the band everyone wants to see this
evening: the audience, totally composed of die hard fans of
Death, though having attended with different degrees of
appreciation, like Boris says, the first bands, is completely on board and attracted when it's Darkmoon. And me too.
I must be honest telling that this evening i am here for them only, though
i was attentive at the previous music. I came across Darkmoon last year and it was
revelation for me : impressive music delivered by the mini CD 
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