Bands:
Danizg
Dimmu Borgir
Moonspell
Winds of Plague
Skeletonwitch
What can I say about the Blackest of the Black Tour, except that Skeletonwitch pretty much blew everyone away? I thank the black gods that I showed up nice and early to catch their twenty minute set. Otherwise, the evening would have been a complete blow-out. I WILL catch them the next time they come around. Bank on it.
As for the rest:
Winds of Plague proved that they have a few more tours ahead of them to hone their live skills. I'm not going to be too hard on them. They're new, and I don't like to be unfair. Let's see how they do next time around.
Moonspell's dose of goth-metal proved why they're not too popular beyond their native Portugal. Middle of the road at best. Ho-hum. Next . . .
Ah, Dimmu Borgir . . . the kings of corporate Black Metal. Dimmu delivered a truly average set, with signature average musicianship. I'm not against the face-paint and the costumes, like a lot of Americans. I know it's all about show-biz, but they lean on the visuals a bit much - and the visuals aren't even that interesting. They just pretty much stand there like angry Norwegians. I measured my interest in the time it took me to go out and have a smoke. Three songs. Not a good follow up to their best album in a while (at least in my opinion). I didn't expect much anyway.
Danzig . . . Someone needs to tell Glenn it's time to ditch the see-through mesh shirt. Either that, or it's time for Atkins. Seriously though, Danizg always bored the shit out of me. I'm not much into stripper metal, which is what Danzig really is. I spent most of the Danzig set wandering around looking at faux goth chicks and girls dressed like they were out to pick up meatheads. Ah yes, the five boroughs were out in force!!
Was my thirty bucks wasted! Hell no. Skeletonwitch ROCKED!! Just to give them respect, I'm providing a link to their MySpace page - and no one else's.
Skeletonwitch
http://www.myspace.com/skeletonwitch
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