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Jesus wept, it's a drag indeed. Finally I make it on time to be early at a venue for a concert at about 8 p.m. - and once again the first supportband Sabaton has played without me. This can't be true in the heavy metal religion, can it?! Sorry friends, but again I can't give you a review about the opener. But at least I've been told, that apparently they've done pretty well and Sabaton got accepted by all those mainly GraveDigger fans. 
And I can't deny the feeling, that most of the audiance here came because of the second group, who definately is a sort of guarantee for good old school heavy metal music before they even come on stage. Because GraveDigger found their tight position in the scene many years ago and always over and over again have proved their Talent, wherever and whenever.


And do you know, what I like so much about these guys? Because they are not like so many other's of their kind, beeing dead serious and stiff and play starwars up on stage. No our bonies here are hanging loose, are easy going, having obviously much fun on stage always with a big smile on their faces pushing up the fans. Yep, here is the right mood in within the crypt, and Echnatron plays with Tut Ench Amuns skul soccer. - Goooaaallll - in the truest sense of the Zombie football Worldchampionship. I am sure, this won't be the only goal. Manni on guitar is shooting a corner with his adorable sexappeal and his not too skinny shape. Jens goes for defending his position with a smart new haircut, and Hans-Peter keeps control in the background. Stephan is beating up the balls and 1 : 0 for Chris with Liberty Or Death. And they do not have to worry  about anything. Sandman is very much alive even after 15 years and longer. (hey Chrissy Boy, you gave this name yourself - remember)  and neither rheumatism  nor Alzheimer is tortureing you guys.

 

 It’s Showtime and the  Silent Revolution  develops into - not the last supper including Valhalla and Excalibur. And there still will be many more roundtables in the future for another Heavy Metal Break Down. I'm dead sure. It's a fact you're the winners even it comes up to penalty shooting, and the strategy is - 'Heavy Metal is Fun' is your slogan. Yes, this a true dedication  I swear by sandman and in all eternity. 
Maybe some of you have wondered, that GraveDigger are not the last band tonight, but they actuall do play a whole headliner set. We call it double headlining tour, of what they do with Therion. 
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And then Therion come - play and half of the fans are leaving the fight arena. Why?! Let's put it this way - Therion is Rock-theater, a performance including too many bits and pieces, stylistically mixed up with bombast, selfinterpretation and too heavy opera female smeter voices. It's simply too much of everything, if I may call it that way. Eight figures move around the stage, sometimes more, sometimes less, exchanging the lead vocals all the time again and again, whereby we all know the name Mats Leven, who used to sing in the Yngwie Malmsteen band in the past. And  he truly is a brilliant shouter. But on the whole it is too much of stylistical breaks and octaves, and always interrupted by those classical twitter of those pretty birds, who are starting to get on our tits.

You just can't keep all these impressions at once without listening to it highly concentrated. At some point, you have the feeling, 1.000 bees are flying within your brain and the enjoyment walks out the door and off to andromeda. Of course it also has got something to do with the enormous length of the whole event, which lasts over 4 hours with full power. It's so exhausting, that many people left the spot early, as I mentioned before. One thing is for sure, - I wouldn't call Therion a bad band at all, but a too exhausting one to play with two other acts. Because then the pleasure on the gig gets definately lost. Even the Gothic Kabbala can't fix that.                                                           

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Sorry friends, but the actually stars of the evening are GraveDigger from Cologne. And next time I would love to see these guys as headliners again with only one support.
PS: Yep, this is also a silent revolution - no more.....