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thedarkprojectThe autumn of many gigs has begun, although not all has gone according to plan.
Friday was Finntroll and Battlelore. I really like Battlelore but having seen them twice now, it appears that they don't seem to be able to get the female vocals working live. It could just be coincidence that both times they were too quiet but I get the impression that if they turned them up loud enough to be audible, there was too much feedback. Perhaps she needs a better microphone, or have the rest of the band do without her vocals in the monitors if that's what causes it. Strange. Anyway, that was a bit disappointing. Then Finntroll came on and I just found them irritating unfortunately. Maybe it was just because about twenty teenagers started a big moshpit to songs they clearly didn't know leading to many a spilled drink, or maybe it was because a lot of Finntroll's stuff sounds the same and when things sound identical I tire of them very quickly. Either way I found it reasonably tedious and that contributed towards me not being in the mood for staying out in the pub with everybody else after the gig, so a relatively early night was had.
Saturday would have been Primordial and Swallow the Sun in Dudley but I had discovered during the prior week that this would be a logistical nightmare. Getting there would be awkward (train + taxi), getting back would be worse (taxi + train the next day), and that would require accommodation that night (2x taxi + hotel). I tried to book accommodation at a couple of places but they were already booked up, presumably with people in a similar situation to me. So in the end I gave up and stayed home playing The Bard's Tale 2 on the computer instead. It was a bit of a waste of a £40 ticket (which I'd bought on the incorrect assumption that since three-quarters of my friends like Primordial and/or Swallow The Sun, someone else would want to go), but on the other hand I saved the £70 or £80 extra it was going to cost me to travel and stay over. C'est la vie.
Sunday was The Atrocity Exhibit and Middenhelm plus 2 other noisy bands. I think one of the noisy bands had the drummer from Medulla Nocte who looks like the mancubus from Doom 2. Anyway, the 2 noisy bands plus The Atrocity Exhibit were mostly, well, noise. Well-executed and technical noise but it just seemed pointless to me. Still, if they're having fun, who am I to complain? Anyway, Middenhelm were the band I went primarily to see and they were a little better than the others, being of a more black metal persuasion and even having distinct notes that you could hear on occasion.
The next gigs in my diary are Ensiferum/Tracedawn/Metsatöll on Wednesday 7th, then Amorphis and Before The Dawn in London on the 10th (which I will go to regardless of cost and inconvenience) and Triaxis back in Nottingham the evening after.
Friday was Finntroll and Battlelore. I really like Battlelore but having seen them twice now, it appears that they don't seem to be able to get the female vocals working live. It could just be coincidence that both times they were too quiet but I get the impression that if they turned them up loud enough to be audible, there was too much feedback. Perhaps she needs a better microphone, or have the rest of the band do without her vocals in the monitors if that's what causes it. Strange. Anyway, that was a bit disappointing. Then Finntroll came on and I just found them irritating unfortunately. Maybe it was just because about twenty teenagers started a big moshpit to songs they clearly didn't know leading to many a spilled drink, or maybe it was because a lot of Finntroll's stuff sounds the same and when things sound identical I tire of them very quickly. Either way I found it reasonably tedious and that contributed towards me not being in the mood for staying out in the pub with everybody else after the gig, so a relatively early night was had.
Saturday would have been Primordial and Swallow the Sun in Dudley but I had discovered during the prior week that this would be a logistical nightmare. Getting there would be awkward (train + taxi), getting back would be worse (taxi + train the next day), and that would require accommodation that night (2x taxi + hotel). I tried to book accommodation at a couple of places but they were already booked up, presumably with people in a similar situation to me. So in the end I gave up and stayed home playing The Bard's Tale 2 on the computer instead. It was a bit of a waste of a £40 ticket (which I'd bought on the incorrect assumption that since three-quarters of my friends like Primordial and/or Swallow The Sun, someone else would want to go), but on the other hand I saved the £70 or £80 extra it was going to cost me to travel and stay over. C'est la vie.
Sunday was The Atrocity Exhibit and Middenhelm plus 2 other noisy bands. I think one of the noisy bands had the drummer from Medulla Nocte who looks like the mancubus from Doom 2. Anyway, the 2 noisy bands plus The Atrocity Exhibit were mostly, well, noise. Well-executed and technical noise but it just seemed pointless to me. Still, if they're having fun, who am I to complain? Anyway, Middenhelm were the band I went primarily to see and they were a little better than the others, being of a more black metal persuasion and even having distinct notes that you could hear on occasion.
The next gigs in my diary are Ensiferum/Tracedawn/Metsatöll on Wednesday 7th, then Amorphis and Before The Dawn in London on the 10th (which I will go to regardless of cost and inconvenience) and Triaxis back in Nottingham the evening after.
