... and are you not willing, I force you for sure...
that's what a famous german novelist in his ode of the Erlking wrote, though with a little different meaning. But this rhyme could easily fit in tonight's crash of the titans in Munich's Backstage Werk. But we're getting to this a bit later, as we start of course from the beginning. And there we realize, that the resonance for our Hardcore deciples  is not as strong, as we thought. But well, maybe one reason is the fact, that Terror have just been here about 3 months agao, and this with the Persistance Tour package, where Suicidal Tendences were headlining. Terror played somewhere inbetween in this metal package but it soon became pretty obvious, that this band did receive the strongest echo from the fans (Live Review) And so who so ever must have thought to take them out on the road again soon, but this time as the kings of the road - the headliner. Compared to the sold out Persistence tour, tonight there are only about 200 fans here to open again the ventile to their adrenaline level. And indeed it has needed a little pushing to get Munich's headbanger rocking. But however this worked out in the end, frontbird Scott Vogel has demonstrated personally  very clear and straight. 

But first of all it's californian rockers Take Offensive, who ain't that well known yet here in Europe.

And those share the fate of so many other openers, playing in front of a half empty venue. I myself have missed out most of their show as well, I have to confess. So I can't tell you much more about that, but only give you the link to their Website for more information. 

The second chapter is named Death Before Dishonor, who have actually made themselves a name in the past over here, and also due to 12 years existence and six albums. 


Exept of singer Bryan Harris and guitarist Frankie Puopolo noone else is left from the original line up. But as we say so over here: as long as their is one individual  with a certain re-recognizing effect, it is okay. The rest is exchangable. 
Those New York guys call their music - New School Hardcore - whatever this is. Because as I have mentioned often before, I hate this particular thinking in draws, getting to deeply into details. Let's put it that way, this band here counts groups such as Agnostic Front or Madball to their biggest influences. 

Meanwhile the reaction of the audiance has become more intensive. And the first war dance of our Munich Sioux indians has been done tonight. The set includes mainly older tracks such as: „Never Again“ and „Break Through It All“. But we also get to hear tracks from the latest release 'Peace And Quiet' from 2010, for instance 'Curl Up And Die' and „Friends Family Forever“ and many other goodies going down smoothly such as Allah's praying towards Mekka. And last but not least we get a very good and sing along punky Cocksparrer cover of 'Boston Belongs To Me', which definately gets glued in our ears and makes us to growl along with the band. 

Result is, these boys from across the ocean leave a pretty decent fata morgana. So hopefully there is soon room to move for yet another trip over here, exspecially for our next generation of Heavy Metal. 
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 PS: however, another thing,which is definately no fata morgana is the goal for Chelsea against FC Barcelona in the half final of the european champions league. But as we say so: a blind chick sometimes finds a corn as well, though it's contantly clucking in the back. 
Okay, boys, we are still here at Munich's Backstage Werk and not at the Stamford Bridge Stadium in Great Britain, where Barcelona get caught be the unfairness of beeing and Messi doesn't understand the world anymore.....
                                                                                                                                                        

In Munich is a Hofbrauhouse one two cheers... - that's what the boys of Terror must have thought, when they have stumbled towards Munich's holy temple in the afternoon via public transport.


Daddy Erol, also known as their tourmanager is already worrying a bit about his youngsters, who obviously seem to appreciate the bavarian beer a lot, but hopefully don't make too much love to it. Otherwise this yould have concequences onto the rest of the evening. He himself can't look after them as he is a little inconvinient what's up to orthopaedic physical matters. But on the other hand, due to such a filigran, smoothy live appearance as the one of Terror, where the audiance takes care about half ot the show anyway, it doesn't really matter. 
And there we are again at my comments in the beginning of the review about the recipie - how to helpf yourself to get the right party mood in here. So after  frontbird Scott asked the kids to move towards the stage, and it's not working, he jumps down runs through the crowd and starts pushing everybody forward onto the stage. Well, maybe not everybody, as this would have taken too much time. But this action is working and the battle of waterloo is finally going ahead as usual. 
Terror's last studio recording is not that new anymore, but who cares anyway, as the show of our party combo is made for many things, but not for a quiet listening...


In the Moshpit a grizzlybaer is raging, battering down everything what's in his way. So entering this dangerzone can only be done under extreme risk of life :-))) But we know that anyway from last time, where stagediving living bullets came constantly flying from the stage into the audiance. Tonight it's not that bad, as the place ain't that much crowded with less pillows to land on. So our internationale Metal athletics have only a restricted possibillity for action. Otherwise it could be pretty painfull by kissing on a rather hard concrete floor. But there are still enough brave warriors left, who don't fear anything by jumping into Area 51


And does the same with a breeze of Jack Daniels and a lot of enthusiasm (apparenty the petrol filling at Munich's Hofbräuhaus hasn't been enough) and ends up with the result, that his admirers and the stagehands are arguing about his physical consistence. So a stretching torture instrument seems like a wellness massage compared to this here..I fear.


The melodic  J) flowerbunch is turning out well mixed and even more shaken. Whereby I notice one song in particular, which is 'You're Caught' . This one reminds me so much on a similar tune from Faith No More back in the Eighties. But this tune has got something to it, no doubt about it. Meanwhile the crowd is outta hand. And because there ain't not photopit tonight, the local guardian angels have stopped to interfer into the savage battle. One thing is for sure, if our castle here wasn't built from concrete, it'll drop down as a house of cards. - 'Keepers Of The Faith' is the final amen after an aprox. 60 minutes evenign prayer. 


(thanks fo guitarsit Martin Stewart, who's written down the 
Setliste personally after the  Show)



We don't get an answer anymore, as time is urging. the next battlefiels is about 1.000 kilometers away from here. And to be honest this energy what has been wasted within this past 3 hours by the bands and the audiance is more, than some rockbands produce in 10 years, mind me - if they still exist after this time.

The adrenalin level is down under again and only suffering from some exhaustion after all that and the neat chamber concert. But shortly after this adrenalin is shooting up again into the stratosphere, as outside at the big screen we get to know that also in sports, things are sometimes just not fair, when the english blame the spanish soccer team with a 1 : 0 end result. -
             It's true, the world is just not fair, - exept,..... yeah well exept maybe in the moshpit....  http://www.myspace.com/terror                                                                             

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