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Dimmu Borgir, Amon Amarth - Nottingham, England, 29th September 2007 |
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Sunday, 30 September 2007 |
Things did not go exactly to plan, but I did eventually get into the venue and ready for the show that seemed like it was going to be a very promising show indeed. Dimmu Borgir and Amon Amarth, two big names and also Engel stepping in at last minute. Engel kicked the show off to a desolate main hall, but as they got into the swing of things people clearly also started to enjoy what was coming from the stage and decided to come up and watch. Unfortunately the set only consisted of four of five songs, but the band seemed to leave a good impression on some. Opening a set, especially for two great bands like the two bands to follow is never an easy thing to do - the audience does not embrace you right away, they can be standing on the stage, finish a song and the audience stands there in an awkward silence waiting for them to finish - but this was not entirely the case here. As you can expect they did not raise the roof but they received quite some appreciation and quite deservedly as well as they performed a good set in their time slot. They play a sort of melodic death metal with strong techno, industrial, whatever elements over the top - and it actually works quite well. The frontman moved around the squashed, cluttered stage as best as he could as the drum kit was set up right in the middle of the stage, out of the way of the highly raised, dark and ominous Dimmu Borgir drum kit that sat up top. Engel find themselves on a large label and have a good sound, their future may be bright but for most of the show I must admit I was taken back by the fact that the guy that was in The Crown was playing guitar right in front of me. Read more...
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