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@Johnny: Hehe, this engages me
I was born 1974 and got into heavy metal when hearing "The number of the beast" 1983. Fave bands were Iron Maiden, Accept, Twisted Sister, Scorpions, Manowimp etc. By 1989 I was "finished" with the "standard heavy metal" (mentioned bands), because I wanted other stuff (mostly thrash metal, hardcore, crossover and soon death metal and grindcore, but also lots of of other genres).Luckily I didn't get rid of my old records, and from around 2000 until this day, I've actually thought albums like "Restless and wild", "The last in line", "Defenders of the faith", "Knights of the new thunder" and "Fire down under" (among others) are even better now than I thought when I as a kid totally loved them! And no, I'm not mixing this up with nostalgia – I've analyzed it :lol:
And yes, it's easy to say that I like heavy metal, but I also really despise most of it. This is simply applicable to all genres – I love less than a tiny little percentage of it, and think the majority is crap. My Sade worship doesn't mean that I accept anything by Simply Red. Liking select albums by AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and Krokus never stops me from yawning my jaw dislocated at Airbourne
But: my newfound (well, since the turn of the millennium) adoration for those awesome 80s heavy metal albums that I thought I was done and over with is pure rush.
I'm not going anywhere with this, am I? I'm not even sure I even remotely touch what you wrote, as I intended to.
Sorry for offtopicism!
Anyway: looking forward as hell to "Ancient astronauts"! Hurra! I like these reviews threads, but I principally refuse reading the actual texts until after I've familiarized myself with the album
@The Other Anders: Ouff 8O Sorry to hear that, and thanks for putting things into perspective! Sweden isn't that bad after all. Even if Postnord has invested billions in deteriorating service here during the last decade, I gotta remind myself that customs ain't Postnord, and it can always be worse – somewhere else, or here soon. Sorry for offtopicism!
I paid customs (which was a nice, low €1.20, plus the annoying, stupidly high €7.50 fee – that's Sweden for ya) last week, and I got the package here in Stockholm yesterday. Super nice reading and cool pix with the "Maiden voyage" release.
Will soon/"soon" try to sell the three albums from this bundle that I don't want to keep
Concerts visited: 18 (1996-2022).
Longest gap between shows: 7 years (2002-10-29 to 2009-10-29)
Locations: Six different cities in Sweden (incl five different venues in Stockholm), Oslo (twice), Utrecht, Copenhagen (thrice) and Berlin.
Most "obscure": Strömsborg in Vänersborg, Sweden, 1997-11-02 (opening for Fireside), and Herrgår'n in Linköping, Sweden, 1998-03-26.
Most songs at a show: 18 (Pumpehuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014-06-11).
Least songs at a show: 6 (Raj Harder indoors festival in Köping, Sweden, 1997-11-01).
Different songs experienced: 126.
Song experienced most often: "STG" (9 times), and luckily it's a great one
Song anticipated most: "The wheel", which I still haven't experienced live
Specials:
-A couple of "Un chien d'espace" performances before the jams became ridiculously extended :lol: I know a lot of people love it more the longer it gets. One of my favorite songs but I don't think it benefits from exceeding 18 minutes – those improvisations don't match the mood of the lyrics or the feel of the basic song, according to me.
-"Painting the night unreal" – a huge favorite of mine – once (Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, 2002-10-29).
-Two nights in a row this year (Malmö and Copenhagen) with only one (1) overlapping song. Total worship!
@Spacebandit: Tonight could be fitting with some BÖC since it's Albert Bouchard's birthday
He didn't write "Godzilla", though (but I think Fu Manchu covered that one enough, and it's not on my fave BÖC songs list).It's also Tomas Järmyr's birthday
Let him eat cake!
Wow, they actually planned to totally ignore the latest album here 8O
Thanks to everyone for all the reports! I'm not much into sports, but I imagine this feels kinda like following your favorite team during game season, except there are no losses – just a question of how gigantic the victories are
@Anders: Ah, so that was you?! Hehe, cool! Nice to get a face to the name. Though I might need a reminder next time we meet, bacause I have problems remembering what people look like
Yes, in hindsight it might seem a bit weird being so harsh on a gig with three superfave tracks. That's more than during the following – enormously good – show (which "only" had one). But those songs I'm not a big fan of really affected my overall feeling and verdict in Malmö. Again, it sounds as if I thought it was bad. It wasn't. It was very good, just not overwhelming or mindblowing.
Very happy I could attend these two dates, and looking forward to next time I get the opportunity to catch the band live – whatever they might cook up!
Will follow every report from this tour with excitement. Have fun, you all! Cheers from Stockholm!
Yesss! SO much better than Malmö the night before! Mp really proved why they are the best band in the world! Actually only one of my "absolute favorites", that's "NOX", but very strong stuff all the way through, with the exception of "Like chrome", which I'm not a huge fan of, and despite being the closer of the set it actually wasn't the anticlimax one might think – I was surprisingly fine with it. This show was a body function test: no time to pee or get something to drink, haha!
In parts pretty messy "NOX", with some miscommunication onstage leading to Reine getting ahead of the other guys for a moment, but that didn't ruin it for me – quite the opposite, actually! I love this kind of tension and I get sort of nervous – in a good way. Excitement, they say. Like the pros they are everyone soon was back on track, and towards the end Tomas gave beautiful pondus to the chaos by speeding things up. Maximum brilliance!
Usually not a fave of mine, but "Superstooge" was awesome! Relatively short and to the point, I'd say, with a cool noise part after the first chorus (if memory serves me right).
I'm so happy that the two shows I witnessed came in this order, and not the opposite
Such a great trip!Unfortunately I'm no ThorEgil, but anyway…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/grindove/52045386839/in/album-72177720298582039/
My "absolute favorites" were few and far inbetween: "A hoof to the head", "Cosmoctopus" and "Plan #1". Total worship during those moments!
"Hell, part 1-3", "The united debased", second half of "A Pacific sonata" and "Lacuna/Sunrise" were solid.
I actually love "STG", but it didn't sound as powerful as I'd wish, and I often want it a bit faster, as was the case also this time. Still good, though!
Unfortunate for me there was too much I always can do without, such as second half of the "LLM" suite (but I needed to visit the toilet anyway, so it was OK), "Cloudwalker" (although the new section/jam made it slightly better, or at least kind of interesting), first half of "A Pacific sonata" (but I was almost dying from thirst, so it came timely), "Feel" (somewhat nice version anyway) and especially "Hogwash" (which was in parts saved by Tomas' whims of playing uptempo).
Worth the trip from Stockholm? Hell (part 1-7) yes! Even a "decent" Motorpsycho gig is better than most other bands. The "weak" Mp songs are still strong in comparison with other "similar" stuff out there. The main ruining factor of course being my expectations/hopes of "The wheel", "Mountian", "NOX", "Heartattack Mac", "Mad sun", "Ghost", "Hell, part 4-6", "Back to source", "Dreamkiller" etc. But hey: no covers, and finishing off the set with the best song of the evening – that's how I like it!
The barrier making the huge distance to the stage/band is something we might have to accept in these times, but it doesn't do miracles with creating a nice atmosphere.
Setlist pic (incl drummer):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/grindove/52045077576/in/album-72177720298581439/
@Johnny_Heartfield: Hehe, yes, I'll enjoy whatever they do, I suppose, as long as they don't do the "complete album from start to finish" thing – a trend that I'd love to see disappear and never return, grrr. The show I witnessed on the "Unicorn" tour was by far the least good Mp gig I've attended
Part of what I worship about this band is not knowing what next song will be at the concerts. The surprise! The excitement!! And I need a couple of non-favorites in order to pee once in a while :lol:
@Johnny_Heartfield: Not originally performed/written by Mp, so, obviously no :wink: But yes, sure, they always do great versions of those, as well as of "Into the sun" and "Black to comm" for example, but as they have tons and hours of own songs even better than that, I'd rather see them focus on their own material
I got tickets for Malmö and Copenhagen. Will be awesome! I hope for a lot of stuff, but mostly: no covers
I want 100% Motorpsycho!
Huge thanks to Vegard! Even if I'm not very active here I appreciate this forum A LOT! One of the few places I visit every day.
Sorry for not having any ideas or suggestions concerning the technical part of things. I would donate if it was about the cost. If due to hassle you can't keep this forum going, I won't blame you.
