Set list
| 1. Divine Wind |
| 2.The Omen |
| 3. Burn Witch Burn |
| 4. Flames |
| 5. Sleeping Beneath the Lawn |
| 6. The Throne Will Fall |
| 7. All The Words Were Spoken |
| 8. Vow To The Sun |
| 9. Forever |
| 10. Sweet Oblivion |
| 11. Baron Samedi |
| --- |
| 12. Rise From Hell |
Friends of Hell, 5.12.2001
Lutakko,
Jyväskylä
No pics, sorry.
Bands: Reverend Bizarre, Minotauri, Spiritus
Mortis
Story by Rauta
I guess that most of Jyväskylä's
metalheads were invited to Tarja Halonen's place the previous night since, in
addition to us, there were only a good thirty people sitting around the bar,
sipping their drinks in silence. I was stunned by the lack of audience since the
tour had been promoted reasonably well in the metal media. Appalled, I quietly
hoped that the bands would be shitty enough for me not to feel uncomfortable for
not paying anything to get in. Much to my disappointment, they were not.
Before getting into the
bands, I need to make a confession: I don't
like doom metal. (And as I have come to understand, neither does Thasmorg.)
That's it. Plain and simple. I have never understood how people can listen to
something as slow and dull. Now I know you are thinking: ”If they don't like
doom metal what on earth were these two fuck-ups doing in the show to begin with?”
Well, as I already said, everyone else was partying so hard the previous
night that there was very few editors to choose from. You just have to play the
cards you're dealt.
However, when Spiritus Mortis begun their set all my
previous prejudices were cast aside. The band consisted of five experienced
metal musicians, each of who knew exactly what they were doing. Immediately the
pint on my hand began to swing to the music. The tunes were astonishingly
similar to the older material of Manowar and Dio. If the place had been packed,
the band would surely have had the crowd moving.
As a result from the
fierce battle metal, I felt the most primal urge to rip the shirt off my chest
covering my bear-like chest and to reveal my sheaved Excalibur. Fortunately I
was able to control myself since A) My chest does not look like a rug at all. In
fact, there are about five lonely hairs around each nipple desperately looking
for company and B) I had not brought my trusty sword with me. To be completely
honest, I do not even own a sword of any kind, let alone the Excalibur. I guess
that I could have brought my waterpistol instead but it doesn't really fit that
Conan the Barbarian -image I was going for. My spontaneous outburst might have a
bit embarrassing for Thasmorg as well.
Minotauri were the next sweaty and
spiked men to take over the stage. Their music was very Celtic Frost /
Hellhammer influenced doom metal. Although the music was in fact doom, it was
not too slow to make you bored. A big thumbs up for that. In addition, the trio
succeeded in one area that Spiritus Mortis had failed: they managed to get two
drunks to form a ”mosh pit”. We had fun watching this humorous display until
another of the headbangers decided they needed more beer. That was all the
action we saw in front on the stage that whole night. What a shame.
Just
as the main act of the evening, Reverend Bizarre, was beginning their set with a
good sounding stoner riff I realized that we were going to have to leave if we
were to catch the last bus from downtown to get home. Thus, being a pair of
pathetic losers with no money, we passed on the idea of calling a taxi a little
later and headed home.
Right before walking out the door, however, we did
get a change to hear the first two minutes of Reverend Bizarre's first song (the
catchy instrumental stoner rock tune in the beginning must have been but an
intro). Those last two minutes were the only time I heard what I categorize as
doom metal the whole night. And having already expressed my general feelings
about the genre, my opinion on the music must be pretty obvious. No offense.
From
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