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Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany11th May 2006
Katatonia & Novembre
Katatonia don't really need a big introduction, the band's been around for what seems half an eternity and each release has been a classic album. The Swedes just released their new album ‘The Great Cold Distance’ a couple of weeks ago and embarked on a tour through Europe, featuring label mates Novembre as support act. The tour brought them to the Zeche Carl in Essen, which is basically around the corner (well, it isn't, you have to drive an hour, but you get the idea and so on) which, naturally, was a great opportunity to see them live. The Zeche got quite packed as the evening progressed, but more to that later.
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Plato, Helmond, The NetherlandsMay 7nd 2006
Leaves' Eyes, Sylver Myst, Elis
Tonight would be the third time for me to visit a concert from Leaves' Eyes. I like Liv Kristine's soft, angelic voice in combination with the dark sound of heavy guitars. When I arrived at the venue the first band, Elis, was already playing. The hall was less than half filled and during the rest of the evening there weren't many more people that arrived. The venue was large enough to contain an audience of about 800 people. I estimate that this evening the audience consisted of about 300 people, and among them a lot who came from Germany. A partition was placed in the middle of the hall to make it appear more crowded.
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Eisenlager (Zentrum Altenberg), Oberhausen, Germany9th May 2006
Tanzwut & Red Ink
It’s a very nice day in spring when ‘Tanzwut’ came to play in Oberhausen – in fact maybe the day was too nice to spend the evening in a concert hall. ‘Tanzwut’ are back on tour again to present their brand-new album ‘Schattenreiter’ which was just released in April 2006. Support was the Metal-core band ‘Red Ink’ from the eastern part of Germany.
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Scala, Ludwigsburg, Germany
21st April 2006
Subway to Sally - “Nackt” acoustic tour
‘Subway to Sally’ - this name stands for an ecstatic stage show, hard rocking guitars in a wild mix with the violin of Mrs. Schmidt and the bagpipes of Eric Fish. The announcement of a pure acoustic set interested me, but, however, I could not really imagine it. Because of that I went to the Scala filled with mixed feelings. The Scala is a former cinema and it is a quite unusual place. Therefore it was the ideal venue for this concert. The scenery made of huge chairs and sacred window arches produced a special atmosphere. The Scala disposes beside a slightly sloping interior of a seated balcony from which you could see the concert really like in a cinema.
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W2, Den Bosch, The NetherlandsApril 29th 2006
The Dreamside, Dark Sanctuary, Encryption
This was a night I had been looking forward too, a Dreamside performance and in addition the first Dutch performance of Dark Sanctuary. I didn’t know Encryption yet but it turned out to be a great match with Dark Sanctuary… the only thing that kept me wondering was the combination between those two bands and the main act of the evening, what a difference in sound, and yet they can both sound intense.
