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Alrighty... it's gonna be a bit heavy what's up to sweet dream melodies. Because the Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 is conquering Munich once again. For all freaks of the thrashmetal philosophy I guess, I don't have describe you, what this is gonna be, rolling like a thunderstorm towards us.
Slayer - holy shit.... For 24 years I see these guys now again and again live on stage, and this still in the original line up. (yeah well with a little interruption what's up to the drummer). And they haven't changed really over all this time neither in the visuall aspect nor in the musical way.
By the way, frontshouter Tom Araya, the oldest of the club is still as young as me myself. But like I always use to say - Rock'n'Roll keeps us young. And Slayer is what we would call timeless in every way. And that's the reason that we get the whole 'Reign In Blood' album from 1986 served as a nostalgic dish. And it get's so well down at the audiance, that you get the feeling, it's just been written for this show and tour. Halleluja, the most innovative milestone in thrashmetal celebrates a rising again live on stage. And some kids here who weren't even born, when this album came out, are listening happily to this powerful orgy with at least 250 decible. Never mind.....

It's a fact, that the Unholy Alliance tours did quite well in the past. And before that there were for instance one entitled 'Clash Of The Titans' tour. I remember very well about that one, attending one show in London, England at Wembley Arena in 1990. There was Slayer, Megadeth, Testament and Suicidal Tendences - and it was sold out. Also the last Unholy Alliance tour was pretty much sold out. Unfortunately it's not the case this time, at least not here in Munich. Last time there were about 6.000 fans here at the Zenith. This time it's maybe half as much. And many of them, exspecially the younger one's have mainly come to check out Trivium the third supportact. Because when they finish, there are quite a few kids leaving the place.

But let's start from the beginning, where an unknown supportacts starts off with a 15 minutes set, followed by Mastodon, which I miss as well....

http://www.mastodonrocks.com/

Sorry guys, but I had a little time handycap, and there is something not quite right at the timeschedule anyway. So when I arrive at the venue, Amon Amarth have already gonne on stage playing their set.

It's too late for taking pictures anyway (only first 3 songs like usual) so I watch the gig from the audiance and have to say, I do like what I hear. And I have the impression now the fans have found their rhythm as well to the beat. So come on for a happy headbanging. Unfortunately Amon Amarths show does also last only about 40 minutes, and off we go again.

And this is exactly the reason, why I don't like these band packages. Not only because such events last almost for ever, but also, because there are sometimes real good acts included. And then the magic is faster gonne again, as we turn around once. I for my part prefer the smaller gigs, where Bands have much more the chance to develop their talents on stage.
However, Amon Amarth haven't even played the first chapter of an ouverture yet, and off we go again....

Live in Munich

check out some Live Pictures at my collegue Miss Shutterblast

http://www.amonamarth.com/

Trivium is one of these New Generation Metalbands, and playing just before the headliner means aprox. one hour stage time.

After done my work in the photopit (very good light now compared to the band before, which must have been a disaster for taking pics) - I watch this band now for the third time, and the shoot off like a rocket. Singer and guitarist Matthew Kiichi Heafy takes care for some additional ecstacy, showing in the first row where all the metal brides look at him with gloryfied eyes. (I watched this during the photocall) You can see on the setlist belownthat Matthew (M), Paolo Gregoletto (P) and
Corey Beaulieu (C) share the lead vocals, which is a clever move. And nobody in the the band gets exhausting handling the vocals that way as no song is shorter then 5-6 minutes. That's why there are only eight songs shown and performed by the band.
Like I said before, I've seen this lot threetimes before, but this time it has been certainly the best gig.

Live in Munich

http://www.trivium.org/

And then the Kings of Thrashmetal make us really curious with a curtain in the beginning showing some light reflections.

And the curtain is falling down, and we photographers (we are only 2 left in the pit for Slayer) are storming the front. I look on to stage, and my first thought is:
thanks god the beard is gone. Yeah well, not quite, but it's nothing compared with this jungle Tom had worn in his face on the last tour. Now our boy is handsome again. And then the big bang of the apocalypse is exploding almost smashing the walls of the venue.

The hardest band in the world is proving again, that they still deserve this reputation. And despite the brutal sound, there is still this clear straight line, which makes the music of Slayer to something special. Anyway, if some other band in this world says, that they are harder than Slayer, then it's probably only noise polution what they are doing. But here with Tom, Kerry, Jeff and Dave you can feel the quality and the spirit behind it. Well you could argue about the lyrics. But at a live show noone catches up with those anyway. So who cares...

’Reign In Blood’ gets not only celebrated by the youngsters in the crowd, but alos a the old Slayer fans, bathing in the sweat of everybody's neighbour.
Once again I do show deep respect to Dave Lombardo, who seems to play around easiyl with his drumkit, but it is real hard work and very exhausting.
However, Slayer are certainly not everybody's cup of tea, and I can understand this. But whatever the boys deliver is first class stuff. Slayer were and are a brilliant liveband. Only the lack of audiance compared to last time, makes me a bit weary. Maybe it was just munich - hope so. Because right now there is just too much going on in this town what's up to rock concerts...

Live in Munich

However, there's only one more thing to say: thanks god the beard has gonne again. :-)))
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