We parked near city hall (seemed same) and walked over. Actually was the easiest time I've had going to Sonar, somehow. When we got there some band was playing, I was thinking it was the last localish opener. It was actually the 2nd. We later learned for some reason everything was 1.5 hours late. That's right, we arrive around 8 and only one band has been on. It was a LONG night.
There were a lot of interesting people including
- People in Turisas facepaint
- really fat guy with bunny ears
- girl in white booty shorts getting groped by the guy she was with
- someone with some sort of spear
- kilted people
- various armoured people (including a dude in chain mail
- some chick with a short sword
- some guy with a batman tattoo on his chest and some DIRTY ass sweatpants with stains
Second opener was Deranged Theory , they were alright, the vocalist was in a kilt and a wrestling type belt. He had a polearm, a sword, some God of War blades, and maybe a dagger at various points during their set. They kept on mentioning different video games (Castlevania, God of War, etc.)
So Huntress finally came on and I was pumped to hear them live. Their singer, Jill Janus aka DJ Tusedae aka Penelope Tuesdae, was def working her um...sexy angle. After 30 seconds into their set I was convinced that she had to be a stripper or something previously. She reminded me of a thinner, bustier Doro (not a bad thing). I liked their slightly thrashier more classic sound. Some sort of Wiccan or witch theme, and Jill drank some 'blood' at one point...that sloppily dripped down her mouth and onto her ample cleavage.
I got a photo with Huntress (but had not turned on the flash WTF) and then Arkona came on. They sounded alright, about as good as last time I saw them (with Kamelot), but maybe better since I was a bit more familiar with their songs. I still don't think their songs are really good to mosh to. They sound better on the album, but it is still nice seeing them live. <3 Russian chicks. The crowd was pretty receptive to them, despite some resistance to moshing (and a reported ignoring the request for a wall of death).
Alestorm creeped on around... 11 I think. They came on to some amazing 8bit version of Wenches and Mead. The crowd got a bit more rowdy here. They sounded really good, but their setlist order was kind of odd- it didn't flow as well as last time (again, with Kamelot). I would have rather heard "HUNTMASTER" or "Captain Morgan's Revenge" instead of "Midget Saw," but it was nice to hear that live (hadn't been played before live here). I enjoyed their set the best of the night.
Finally, Turisas came on at like 12:30. Yeah, it was a ridiculously late night- so late that it felt like a Jaxx show. They sounded really good, but a combination of factors (tired, anxious about work, anxious about car, violins lulling factors, not THAT familiar with their songs) had me a bit underwhelmed. The violin parts sounded beautiful, especially when it was their solos. However, I really was in the mood for something less epic and more um...brutal maybe. Too many strings and synth strings too late. Epic is a good word to describe Turisas and their grandiose vision (reminded me of Rhapsody, but less narration). The songs I did recognize sounded good, but just lacked a bit of umph, IMO. They were very professional and tight (and all in facepaint :3 ), which I totes appreciated. The frontman was talking about Pabst blue ribbon and we all booed when he joked about judging Baltimore by this beer. I really wanted to hear Rasputin :(
Picture wise I realized I didn't get any of Arkona somehow. I got a bunch of Huntress (tho I coulda used a damn flash...). Alestorm's ones came out blurry and unusable. And then my phone died right when Turisas came on. Like what happened at damn Iced Earth.
Overall, this was probably my second 'worst' concert of the year so far. First worst being Deicide, so far. But I still enjoyed it for the most part. Just the whole lateness thing killed a lot of enjoyment X_X,
ALSO EX DEO was supposed to be on this tour, but they were not, for some reason :/
Facepaint hyjinx
Huntress photos
me and Huntres
Setlists
Deranged Theory
- song about the Headless horseman
- song about Darksiders
- song about Castelvania
- song that sounded like Powerslave
- song about God of War ("Abandoned by god"?)
Huntress
- ?
- ?
- Aradia
- Spelleater
- 8 of Swords
Arkona
- Pokrovy Nebesnogo Startsa
- Goi, Rode, Goi
- Yarilo
- Stenku Na Stenku
- ?
- ?
Alestorm
- 8bit intro
- Shipwrecked
- Wenches and Mead
- Sunken Norweigen
- Nancy the Tavern Wench
- Back Thru Time
- Keelhauled
- Midget Saw
- Rum
Turisas
- Intro
- The March of the Varangian Guard
- Take the Day
- To Holmgard and Beyond
- Violin Break
- The Dnieper Rapids
- One More
- The Great Escape
- Violin interlude 2
- Five Hundred and One
- Rex Regi Rebellis (Finnish version)
- Hunting Pirates
- Stand Up and Fight
- Battle Metal
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