Well, because I think that the Sitges 2007 chronicles in 4 volumes have been turning on a little tidy (for me, but overcoats for you, readers :P), so go on; I will change the subject and I want to write a chronicle about the another important event in this month (at least for me :$): the concert within the Kamelot's Ghost Opera European Tour Part III that the norwegian-yankee band did in Sala Razzmatazz 2 on October Friday 5th of 2007. The entire concert was amazing, even the austrian rookie supporters Serenity, whose, with a unique album released, give us a splendid show; and Kamelot, of course, performed their setlist perfectly, with no errors, with all the energy, with Roy Khan plenty of splendor and very confident.
But let's go with the review of the concert; I hope don't be too much extense as long as I'm being with the Sitges chronicles :$ The title of this concert, as you can see in the post title, is "The Rising Horns of the Hordes of Mephisto" ; well, I wanted to be pompous, it's true :P but I think I'm not so exaggerated when I say that Kamelot will provoque an extasis to all the audience (and specially in the song March of Mephisto, clearly epic war-like song, already a Kamelot classic piece) that the headbanging and the horns were full of energy in large moments (the day after I was even neck-injured XD).
* Part I: the austrian supporters Serenity
With 15 minutes of lag, I entered to Razzmatazz 2. I ran inside for buying at the beginning the shirts (I'm a consumist, it's true :P): a t-shirt of Ghost Opera, and a longsleeve of Serenity; a total of 45 euros, it was not cheap but I'm happy for having them :)
Then, the audience was entering with no chaos, and after 30 minutes, a familiar song sounded by the huge speakers: from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl score by Klaus Badelt, the end credits piece, I'm a Pirate, the most famous theme in Pirates saga, surrounded us energycally. It was the signal for the beginnig of the event.
While the score was passing through our ears, the members of Serenity were featured over the scenario, and began with a middle-rythm song of his unique album, Words Untold & Dreams Unlived, called Forever; in my opinion it would had been better beginnig with Reduced to Nothingness, a fast power metal song, but the cited piece was the third one in their setlist, just like that, I was able to enjoy this song finally :)
Between these two songs, they performed the arabican Canopus 3, the opening song of the album. I apologize for not remember the entire setlist (nor the exact order of all the pieces), but with an only album, their show was too much short :( Although, my three favourite songs (the cited Reduced to Nothingness, Engraved Within and Thriven) were performed, and I began my particular headbanging brutally :P Overcoats, Engraved Within was the best song in terms of audience reaction dedicated to a not famous supporter band I had ever seen (well, with Firewind in the Angra concert the audience was even more tribal!! yiaaaah!). I never imagined that people liked Serenity so much, but I'm deeply glad for them.
Serenity are really a good band, and their compositions are powerful: melodic power metal mixed with progressive environments. And they demonstrated us their clear future performing a previously unreleased song , that will appear in their second album. An excellent song, indeed; in the same quality line of the first album; maybe even more mature.
Serenity setlist (about 1:00:00):
Pros: The connection of the band with the audience. Really incredible, both all enjoyed the show, the band and us. And of course, when Georg Neuhauser (the singer) show us the estelada he had in his keyring... wooooow brutal!!!
Cons: Maybe the sound; sometimes it was difficult to hear well the singer.
Best Track: Engraved Within; very well performed, and at the same time, the audience reacted brutally in the interludium; after the song, Serenity was acclaimed by all the people, as an entusiasthic response to band's efforts.
* Part II: Kamelot, King Khan and the Knights of the Metal Table
After one-hour show by Serenity, and 15 minutes for preparing the scenario for Kamelot spectacle, the band of Roy Khan started their performance. The lights turned off and a lady, emulating the Ghost Opera cover, appeared on the platform with their eyes bandaged and a violin; then, Solitaire started to sound. I recognize that this intro has a violin complex melody, and the lady obviously was nervous, but I noticed too much that she was doing playback XD but this was the only bad thing in the Kamelot concert hehehehe; when the violin solo finished, the entire band has already in the scenario, and they started the concert, of course, with Rule the World, the second song of Ghost Opera.
This middle-rythm was awesomely performed, with Khan singing perfectly; and then, the next song, a classic song included in Black Halo album: When the Lights Are Down. The audience exploited in horns arised and singing loudly (and, we must recognize it, so badly XD). Above these lines there's a video extracted of YouTube offereing this moment XD. In my own defense, I must say that the video is recorded from the left side of Razzmatazz , and I was in the third row of the right one; then, you cannot hear me singing :P
Later, a song also performed in their previous tour in 2005, Soul Society, that didn't turn off the people enjoyment; and then, a song of the new album: Mourning Star (but with no gregorian intro chants...). And, finishing the song, a surprise I awaited in the Black Halo tour: Descent of the Archangel (without the appearence Luca Turilli, of course :P), with a specially motived Roy Khan interpreting even the injured and fallen angel at the beginning of the song!! really nice :)
And after that, another previously unperformed song, the great ballad Abandoned, from Black Halo (I think for giving the instrumentalists a deserved resting); Khan was supported all the song by us, the audience, in one of the most beautiful songs of Kamelot.
The Human Stain, the most powerful song included in Ghost Opera, was the next song, and later, a break for Roy Khan: a great instrumental interlude that included a guitar solo by Thomas Youngblood, supported by the rest of the band, and for finishing this instrmental part, a drum solo by Casey Grillo (aka Son Goku XD what a freak hair style!!! XD).
Woooooow, the return of Roy Khan couldn't be better... two songs incredibly good in the Kamelot discography: Center of the Universe and the also previously unperformed live (and, I recognize it, I think they will never perform live!!!) Memento Mori!!! Oh my god, this moment was really orgasmatic!!!! These two songs are my favourite of all the Kamelot pieces!!!! When these two masterpieces were at their last, Oli Palotai offered us a keyboard solo, demonstrating his amazing technique (although, the solo is prepared, I think :S in the DVD Kamelot recorded the last year, On the Cold Winter Night, the Palotai solo is very similar...), for continue with another classic song: The Haunting , this time without Simone Simmons but with the appearence of the "violinist" that sang all the female parts of the songs (that is: the beginning of Descent of the Archangel, the interlude of Abandoned, and the chorus line with Khan on Love You To Death , one of the last concert songs). Sorry, I don't remember her name, but she sang very very very well! :$
And the final song of the first part of the concert was the classical song from Karma: the highly acclaimed Forever, which included, as in the performance in the Live DVD, a interlude part with all of us trying to follow the melodic lines of Roy Khan (he was singing first, and then we were trying to emulate him XD). I must to say that we sang rather well, except in the last part, where more than a half of the people screamed very badly XD but it was soooooo nice :) you even can see it, what else? :P
Finishing Forever, Kamelot made a farewell and went out from the scenario; a few minutes later, they came back and offered us three more songs: two of them new, Ghost Opera and the ballad Love You to Death (come on, raise up these lighters!!!! :P), and a classic one, the second and last song from Karma: the song with the same title as the album, Karma (one of their most complex songs, together with Memento Mori). We all were already ecstatic, but when the band went out from the scenario again, we claimed Kamelot for more songs, we wanted more soooooooooooongs!!! And our prayer was heared: Kamelot came back for one more song, the last one, and the song that provoques more extasis in the people: March of Mephisto!!!!!!
And with Khan enjoying us to rising up our horns as long as we were jumping and headbanging in a histeric mood, the confert arrived at the end. I think Kamelot had a good time in Barcelona, because Khan smiled and laughed several times with us while we chorused the band's name, or even the happy moment in the concert: in the final part of Forever, when we disturbed his final scream doing it us before him XD
Definitely, an excellent experience, and I can't wait for the next Kamelot tour!!! But well, in the next month Dream Theater (with Symphony X) and Sonata Arctica (together with Epica) will arrive at Barcelona and the headbangings and the horns of metal will be risen again!! mwaaaahahahahaha
Kamelot setlist (about 1:30:00):
Pros: All the setlist was awesome, all the songs are incredible, and even all of them are included in my kamelot's favourite songs list.
Cons: the absence of Nights of Arabia or the high acclaimed ballad Don't You Cry. Also, The Haunting and March of Mephisto in full length would be better... :S
Best Track: Memento Mori; the performance was incredible, and I only can give praises for that: this is the most complex song composed by Kamelot and its live performance isn't an easy task (in fact, on their previous tour they didn't perform the song; although, the instrumental interlude included parts of it)
I hope I have been transmitted my strong emotions about this concert, and had provoques similar feelings to you when will read this post :) see you in Ignis Lacrima, poor mortals!! And long live to metal!!!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Concert: Kamelot's Ghost Opera World Tour 2007 (or the Rising Horns of the Hordes of Mephisto)
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