OK, guys it's DONE!!!
I have just arrived from the show and I have to write this down before I forget the set list... and just to let the adrenaline go down a little bit.
Sorry no pics, the guys at the entrance were a bunch of jerks a did not allow me to get my camera in
. But you'll get my review
.
First part:
The show started at 7:30 with Liva, a Québec band playing some kind of symphonic metal. I have always liked Liva, and they played well... but they were a little bit cold for my liking...
They played for about 40 min a that was it.
Second Part: At 8:30 the scene was blasted by Beyond the Embrance a band from Massachussets (I know, it is surely not well written, sorry for that). I did not know them, they played well and did a good job to warm up the crowd. However, I'm sure that I'll not remeber this band in a week or so.
Third Part: At 9:30 and after four beers (Yes, we did get beer in our venue
), Therion get into the scene in a very high spirit. The setlist was something like this (the order could be wrong though):
The Blood of Kingu
Uthark Runa
The Invocation of Naamah
Riders of Theli
(I got mad in this one!)
Typhon (especially dedicated to Piggy, Voivod's guitarrist who passed away last week)
Black Sun
The Invincible
Ginnungagap
Seven Secrets of the Sphynx
Asgard
Schwarzalbenheim
The Khlysti Evangelist
Wine of Aluqah
Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah (the last two were, by far, the best of the show)
Break--- People screaming, crying Therion-Therion, and smashing their feet against the floor
Cults of the Shadow
Tomegatherion
Break--- People doing the same as above
A short speech from Chris to the crowd (you are woderful, the best crowd ever blah-blah-blah)...
Happy Birthday to Mats (in French sang by the Crowd)
A Mercyful Fate cover (sorry, forgot the name)
Edit: The covered song was Black Funeral
Motorhead's Iron Fist (with a very nice Mats' perfomance ... it almost sounded like Lemy
).
Forth part: A short wait in backdoor of the venue and then we got a small chat with Chris, he signed some of my booklets, and then we (he) talked about the present tour, the past South American tour, the upcoming shows and the permits to work in the US.
The best sentence of the night:
"George Bush is an asshole...."
...
Christopher Johnson
Bad points of the night:
The fat guys at the entrance (more jerk?... impossible)
No song for the first three albums
No Desert of Set
Could not talk to the other band members... man, I would really like to chat with Kristian
Good points of the show:
The sound was very-very-very good
The crowd was amazing (very happy live in this town today
)
and the beer was not expensive.
Overall one of the top three concerts of my life.
To bad that I had to wait for 8 years... but it worth it and it's done now.
Then I had to run to catch the last bus to get home and write this review to you. Enjoy, I'm going to get some sleep.
Aluqak
