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I know several people who aren't that crazy about volcanoes - the eruption on Iceland forced both Those Who Lie Beneath and The Red Chord, bands that would have been on the tour, to stay in the States. Danish Levitation, Dutch Aborted, and Finnish grindblasters Rotten Sound make the best of the evening. LevitationLevitation is an unsigned band hailing from Roskilde - and to open for
such renowned bands such as Aborted and Rotten Sound is something the
Danes are quite satisfied to do. Having released three demos - "What's
Buried Underneath", "End Of All Sanity" and this year's
"The Awakening" Levitation has honed their Hatesphere-influenced
metal to, not increadible levels, but good enough to open the evening's
festivities. There is nothing wrong with the enthusiasm of the band -
singer André Kristensen is jumping around like a crazed energizer
bunny - while the rest of the band pretty calm in comparison. What's a
bit troublesome for the band though, is the fact that their music is sounding
a bit too much like everything else, and although these guys sure enough
have the energy they need to strive towards a greater musical independece
that will separate the band from much of the metal of this day and age. 4 chalices of 10 (sorry, no setlist) AbortedDutch deathgrinders Aborted raises the level quite massively when they
take to the stage. While I was looking forward to seeing Dirk Verbeuren
slay behind the drumkit, I'm a bit disappointed to see a for me totally
unknown drummer behind the quite massive kit. That's until the skinsman
unleashes a fury upon the kit that, well let's just say that I was all
smiles after the first beats of the first song until the end of the concert.
Led by Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé, Aborted hasn't lowered
their standards since I first caught the band opening up for Behemoth
three years ago at the same venue. Their fiercely brutal death metal is
hitting all kind of targets for the audience - the venue suddenly seems
to be bursting at the seams with adrenaline from the sadly not too big
audience. 7 chalices of 10 (sorry, no setlist) Rotten SoundIf you are unfamiliar with the communications in the Copenhagen/Malmö area let me tell you that someone have found a way to really annoy at least me - since there are no trains going for Malmö between the train leaving shortly after midnight and three a clock in the morning, I was forced to run for the train that leaves 00.03 and this of course made me miss most of Rotten Sound's concert. Therefore I feel that I can't give you a grade based on the three songs I did catch, but the sheer power and aggression that this band has convinced me that the band I appreciate on such fine records as "Exit" and "Cycles" is a great live band well worth checking out if you like grindcore. -- chalices of 10 (sorry, no setlist) Related links: |