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My main take from yesterday was how great Olaf was. He’s not Kenneth or Tomas, but he doesn’t need to be. He did great and he’s molded nicely in with the band. Happy to have him onboard.
They had a lot of Snah songs. Usually I am not too fond of his singing but he managed fine all the way up until the final segment after the jam section in Gullible. Sadly, he lost track of everything at that point, and it didn’t sound good at all. I thought Bent sounded really good as well, better than usual.
Gullible as the third encore song was super surprising and very pleasing to me. Great rendition apart from the last lines of vocals.
I am a bit disappointed they skipped Neotzar, and I would much rather have that than some of the shorter tracks. But that’s me. Quick Fix, 577, Psychotzar and Mountain were great. I also enjoyed how funky they had made WCA and how they somehow managed to straighten out Patterns. It’s not as weird but still weird or something like that. I was happy about Elysium, Soon but it sounded a bit off at times.
I haven’t been too much of a fan of the weird solo section in Lucifer, but it made a lot of sense when I saw how Snah and Reine played it together. It was good fun!
Balthazaar was great as expected, so was Three Frightened Monkeys.
The gig was sold out, which is good. I hate the talkative audience where I was standing. Some people are more interested in chatting rather than experiencing what’s happening on stage. Whatever floats your boat I guess, but it’s annoying for the people around you…
I can confirm they played The Waning pt 1 & 2. Überwagner went into a jam of Wishbone Ash’s The Pilgrim as well. The Alpinist tune, whatever it was supposed to be, was not played. The entire set lasted for approx 2h53m.
Great concert all in all, Thomas looked particulary cheerful on stage, Bent broke his A string during Chariot but managed to get through the rest of the song without any big issues.
