Tonight’s gig had four bands, but sadly they decided on a stupid idea of opening the doors at 6pm on a weeknight, so too early for most people to get home from work, change and come to a gig, so the first band apparently played to a pretty small crowd. Like most people, I missed them and only arrived just in time to see the band I’d really been looking forward to seeing – German power metal band Orden Ogan.<\/p>\n
Orden Ogan are a German power metal band whose latest album (To the end) is very impressive, so I was looking forward to hearing them play some of the songs live. Right from the start they played as they meant to continue – heads banging furiously as they played some great guitar-heavy power metal. Their set included four songs from the new album and three from their earlier albums, and was a very impressive set. Definiely a band I’d like to see do a headlining show where they have time to play a longer set.<\/p>\n
Orden Ogan setlist:<\/p>\n
The Frozen Few
\nTo New Shores Of Sadness
\nWe Are Pirates
\nThe Things We Believe In
\nMasks
\nTo The End
\nAngel’s War<\/p>\n
Next up were Freedom call, another German band. They describe their music as ”Happy metal”, and watching them I can understand why – it’s heavy rock or metal but there’s definitely a real party feel to the music. ”Rockstar” and ””Warriors” went down particularly well with the crowd which has been growing steadily during the evening, and they really do put in a very impressive performance. Another band I’d like to see again.<\/p>\n
Freedom call setlist:<\/p>\n
Freedom Call
\nThe Eyes of the World
\nRockstars
\nTears Of Babylon
\nThe Quest
\nPower & Glory
\nWarriors
\nLand Of Light <\/p>\n
Next up was tonight’s headliner – Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody. It’s only a year since he left Rhapsody of Fire and formed his new band Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody (Rhapsody of fire were originally called Rhapsody), and in that time he’s written and released his debut album, and embarked on this tour.
\nEverything about tonights performance was gloriously over the top in a way that only power metal bands can manage without looking silly. You’ve got things being projected onto a screen behind them and all the pomp of power metal, and a female singer to deliver the more operatic elements as well as duet with vocalist Alessandro Conti. Surprisingly only 5 songs on tonights setlist come from the new album (Ascending to infinity), with the rest coming from Rhapsody of fire – I’d expected him to play more of the new album, but with 9 Rhapsody of Fire albums to choose from then he presumably chose a setlist with plenty of songs the fans would know<\/p>\n
It’s a great display of some great musicians performing some epic power metal – a great end to an excellent lineup of bands.<\/p>\n
Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody setlist:<\/p>\n
Quantum X
\nRiding The Winds Of Eternity
\nClash of the Titans
\nTormento e passione
\nRage Of The Winter (intro)
\nDemonheart
\nThe Village Of Dwarves
\nExcalibur
\nDrum Solo
\nForest of Unicorn
\nWarrior’s Pride
\nFlames Of Revenge
\nBass Solo
\nOf Michael The Arcangel And Lucifer’s Fall
\nSon of Pain
\nDawn of Victory
\nEncore:
\nDark Fate of Atlantis
\nEmerald Sword
\nEncore 2:
\nIra Tenax
\nWarrior of Ice
\nOutro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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