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Yeah well, it
does seem a little funny up there on stage, when 5 singer (4 guys, 1
girl) and a drummer start off in a very Heavy Metal way following the
whole chlichee', what the business has got to offer us. . On the other
side it's not quite correct, as this band does not play any other
instruments than the drums You call this a cappella performance. But it
ain't that strange, as we all know this from the past with bands like
the Housemartins, who've practiced this already 20 years ago, although
in a little different style. Our choirboys and girl here have found each other in 2006, starting off under the name Jester's Funeral'. shortly after they changed their name into Van Canto. The word Canto is a latin word and means as much as I can sing. The Van is only there for making it sound better, nothing else. It's as easy as that. Over the past 4 years including 3 albums, Van Canto have established themselves in the german Heavy Metal scene, exspecially, as they are practicing something rather unusal. And whoever thinks now, - just singing is pretty easy, is terribly wrong. Because this here and for instance Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have as much in common, as Freddy Star and Cradle of Filth. But I get to more later... Our Metropolis club is well filled, though not sold out. But respect, not many bands get such a good audiance, as they do tonight. One of the supportacts names Evil hedgehog are cancelled, don't ask me why. So the slated the showtime for about 30 minutes later, which is exactly 9 p.m. The second support is named In Legend(same as the movie) and is pretty related to the headliner. Because this here is the sideproject of Van Canto drumer Bastian 'Basti' Emig. Only playing drums in one band doesn't make a whole summer he must have thought. So he started to search for his other talents and soon found out, that his second love is the piano. And within In Legend he truly can put out this love. |
It turns out
that his instrument here is a real monster, which takes at least half of
the stage.....
Exept him, who is also responsibe for the vocals, there is Daniel Wicke on Bass (Jesus wept what a hair!!! and get rid of this beard, won't you) And drummer Dennis Otto, who often is named the Drumming Tornado. Within this show, it is indeed the piano driving the hard beat. The monster is dominating the stage and is the focus of the action. It is actually not only used for playing but also for climbing practice. Oh by the way, this band went into the public eye for the first time now with their EP 'Pandemonium'. And this is surely no mistake, as they get well received by the Van Canto fans.
I personally do show respect, if someone like Bastina Emig shows so many different talents and also condition to play 2 shows after each other. Not bad at all, what In Legend do show us. And I would not have mind, if their show would have lasted a little longer. But on the other hand, it would have been a bit too much otherwise what's up to physical condition. Apart from that - nothing to complain about...
http://www.myspace.com/inlegend
Okay, okay, I confess,
I'm not very good with all these special expressions. Whereby I'm not
quite sure, whether these expressions really do exist or the are rather
invented by the band.
Van Canto are presenting us a colourful plate of own songs, as well as adoptions of Manowar, Nightwish and Iron Maiden's 'Fear Of The Dark'. So if you haven't heard the kind of performance of such songs, it is hard to imagine...
(see also Videoclips)
meanwhile both lead voices, Inga Scharf and the other Philip Dennis „Sly“ Schunke,
can rest a little while the other's invite us to a little acoustic
performance. Therefore drummer Basti comes up front with his sort of
washboard and there is even a real guitar...
After that, the show continues as beefore,and fans get more and more enthusiastic.Frontman Schunke is obviously surprised and lets us know, that he was told, Munich's audiance is a rather difficult one, but he doesn't realize this.
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