It's hard to keep up
with Gamma Ray and Helloween and charm an audience that is waiting for your
concert to pass quickly so that they get to the goodies of the show, but Shadowside seemed to have had issues
with keeping the audience alert no matter the circumstances, they were most
boring. I always try to keep my eye rolling to a minimum during opening acts
because I want to be supportive of a band that's just getting started and
probably has tons of butterflies in the stomach, but this time I just couldn't.
They were that bad... And when they decided to butcher Ace of spades in an effort to gain the public's good will, it was
even worse.
Gamma Ray was everything I expected
them to be. Energetic, fun, scream-generating old school power metal, that made
me bounce around and headbang like crazy (even though I had a bad cold and felt
like shit for the rest of the day, I completely forgot about it once they got
on stage, now *that*s a good show!). Kai wasn't in the best shape ever, he
really struggled with the high notes, but he made up for it with his contagious
good mood. He's such a cheerful fellow and he's almost always goofing around
and enjoying himself. The audience was just as happy and excited, clapping the
whole time and chanting Gamma Ray during breaks.
Helloween was just as kick-ass,
or maybe even more, as Andy gave a better vocal performance (better is an
understatement, actually, he was excellent. He had a few moments when his voice
cracked, but apparently he was sick and if that's how the man sounds like when
he's sick...). I'm gonna go ahead and be blasphemous and say that I like Deris
more then I ever liked Kiske. I know Kiske is the iconic Helloween singer that
the fans will never get over, but I relate more to Deris' metallic sound, it's
more badass and less cheesy „let's join hands and sing together” power metal
style. Also, he's a great frontman, that communicated perfectly with the
audience and was very entertaining to watch. He's always acting like he's
telling a story to his grandkids or something :)
Loved the guitarist
trying to catch picks (I think they were picks) with his mouth :)) I was also
very glad to see Gamma Ray back on stage for I want out, it's always so refreshing to see two bands who are
somewhat in a competition showing friendship and joking around. And it was also
a nice treat for the audience. Everything sounded terrific and the atmosphere
was fiery and oh my God they sung If I could
fly and I though I was going to die of happiness. It's great how they can
have such heartfelt ballads like this one and Hold me in your arms and then go right ahead to badass Straight out of hell and catchy Eagle fly free and wacky Dr. Stein. They're such a versatile band
and the setlist was perfectly picked to show that. And they sung If I could fly, did I mention that? Did
i mention it was the best moment of the night? Did I mention I completely
adored it? I'm gonna just shut up now...
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