back from Amorphis at the Ubu, Rennes
I’m two weeks late telling about it, but I went to a metal concert recently. Once again, I felt that I’m getting old — not that I was tired or anything like this, but seeing how young those guys on stage look, it was a bit disturbing to me. The first band on stage was Amoral, which played good hard rock stuff with plenty of guitar licks. They were soon followed by Before The Dawn which played darker (and lower-tuned) metal. I was a bit afraid at first, because, as I often say, I’m not a great fan of grunt voices, but since they used a mix of voices between the guitar player and the bass player, it worked ok for me in the end.
Later on, Amorphis came on stage and I was a bit unimpressed. The way their music is, regarding the set, it is a bit more dull and soft following some heavier band like Before The Dawn. Furthermore, I was a bit non-plussed at times by the chord changes and the oriental-sounding guitar melodies that were used now and then.
Well, at least the first part was a good experience.