September 16, 2007

Concert Review: Within Temptation

Periodically I'll be posting concert reviews. I go to at least three or more concerts a year, so I'll be reviewing what I see every couple of months. This time I saw Within Temptation.

I first heard about Within Temptation a little over two years ago. I downloaded some of their stuff and watched their music video's on YouTube. I loved them! Their music can be described as guitar driven symphonic metal. The best kind of fucking music on the planet. The same kind of music that Nightwish, and Evanescence play.

The concert started at 8pm tonight. There were two opening acts. The first one is a local band, and they fucking rule. They were old school metal, with long hair, and lots of solos. Just awesome stuff. I wish I could remember their name right now. It escapes me.

The second band, not so good. An emo band. I don't like emo, and it was really hurting my ears, I had to leave the concert area and go into the bar while they played. It was just bad.

Finally, at 9:30 Within Temptation comes on, and they start rocking out with Our Solemn Hour! That's my favorite song off of their new album, The Heart of Everything. Eventually they play through most, if not, all of their new album. They take two breaks during the set. Then they start playing all of their major hits and singles. It was amazing. This was the stuff that hasn't been officially released in America. Songs like Angels, Mother Earth, my all time favorite song of theirs Memories, and the final song of the night was Ice Queen!

They really took control of the stage and audience during their set. They played this really small venue like it was the biggest fucking stadium in the world! They were at a place called Station 4 in St. Paul. It's the smallest venue I've been to. I really liked it. They had more energy than the last two bands I saw combined. It was a sight to behold.

I was standing close to the stage, and the band could see me, and two times during the concert. The singer, Sharon pointed at me and smiled because I was singing the words perfectly. Even the songs that haven't been officially released here. She seemed a little surprised. It was so cool.

At the end of the night they played about 2 hours! I hope people start buying the CD more. I want them to come back here again. When they ended the show they thanked everyone, and they even bowed. No bands do that anymore! It was really classy. They even said that they'd come back! I cannot wait!!!!!

1 comment:

Red_Crow said...

I know a few of my friends went as well, they said it was really awesome.