spielwiese. (Posts about bremen.)https://spielwiese.fontein.de/place/europe/germany/bremen/bremen.atom2019-11-17T10:46:51ZfelixNikolathe paganfest tour, 2008.https://spielwiese.fontein.de/2008/04/03/the-paganfest-tour-2008/2008-04-03T20:36:08+02:002008-04-03T20:36:08+02:00felix<p>the <a href="https://spielwiese.fontein.de/2008/02/17/symphony-x/">second</a> one this year i attended, to be more precise. this time, in bremen’s <a href="http://www.aladin-bremen.de/">tivoli</a>, the so called <a href="http://paganfest.eu/info.php?lang=en">paganfest tour 2008</a> launched, featuring the finnish bands <a href="http://www.ensiferum.com/">ensiferum</a>, <a href="http://korpiklaani.com/">korpiklaani</a> and <a href="http://moonsorrow.com/">moonsorrow</a>, the swiss band <a href="http://www.eluveitie.ch/">eluveitie</a>, the faroese band <a href="http://www.tyr.net/">týr</a> and local support <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ctuluband">ctulu</a>.<br>
well. apparently, it’s impossible to start a concert (or even, start letting people in, before they get soaked wet in the rain outside) in time, i.e. the time which was published before. i’m really sorry for the ones who probably have to spend today in bed, being sick. and then, when they started letting people in, they did it in an incredibly slow way. i mean, what the heck, how hard is it to organize such things?<br>
anyway, the local support started playing probably when the first people were let inside, i.e. we missed half of it, and some others probably most or everything (if they didn’t die before). well, anyway, they didn’t missed anything but awful noise. you could replace the singer by a barking dog without changing the result. sorry, this sounds hard, but that’s the truth… well, the sound quality sucked a lot in the beginning anyway, so it’s probably not just the fault of the band… after a short break (the openers played for like 30 mins), <i>týr</i> entered the stage. i was expecting a lot, but was heavily disappointed. it seemed that they also experienced heavy technical problems, so i might try them again once… but then, i’ll try some studio recordings.<br>
anyway. they stopped after like 20 minutes (less than the opener!?) and we took the chance to eat something. after that, swiss pagan metallers <i>eluveitie</i> entered the stage. filling the stage with eight musicians, they are probably the largest (in this sense) band i ever say. <i>eluveitie</i> features a variety of instruments, including lots of different fluetes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vielle">vielles</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_gurdy">hurdy gurdies</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes">bagpipes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uilleann_pipes">uilleann pipes</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhr%C3%A1n">bodhráns</a>. i also was expecting a lot from them, and this time, i was blown away. they are <i>really</i> good. mixing heavy black metal with beautiful folk melodies and themes, they deliver a complex, hard to digest but extremely beautiful (even though the sound quality still wasn’t too great) stream of music. (now i’m listening to their newest album <i>slania</i>, whose release party in the <a href="http://knochenhaus.ch/produkt/news.asp">knochenhaus</a> i missed… it’s definitely worth buying, if you’re wondering.) a very, very sad thing was that <i>eluveitie</i> had to stop after 30 minutes. :-(<br>
then, after another break, <i>moonsorrow</i> started playing. as you may know, <a href="https://spielwiese.fontein.de/tag/moonsorrow">moonsorrow</a> is one of my favorite bands, so i was expecting a lot. well, they were good as usual, but this time i didn’t like the songs they selected too much. one of the songs sounded quite unknown to me, maybe it’s from the ep which will be released soon? well, sounded a bit too black metallish for my taste. at least, they could play for 45 minutes… still, way too short, but better than just 30 mins… (hey, really, which idiot got the idea to restrict great bands such as <i>eluveitie</i> and <i>moonsorrow</i> to 30 resp. 45 minutes?!)<br>
after <i>moonsorrow</i>, it was time for <i>korpiklaani</i>, a bunch of guys making <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpiklaani#Auftreten">“old guy music with heavy metal guitars”</a>. well, after <i>eluveitie</i> and <i>moonsorrow</i>, it became obvious how simple their melodies and songs are, well, of course relatively. anyway, if they would have played earlier i would have liked them more. apparently, they covered a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson">king crimson</a> song, at least so said a friend of mine who knows the <i>king crimson</i> discography by worlds better than me. as <i>moonsorrow</i>, <i>korpiklaani</i> also just played for 45 minutes.<br>
finally, after yet another break, which we spend sitting in the food compartment of the <i>tivoli</i>, <i>ensiferum</i> began conquering the hall. well. they’re really good, but again, in my opionion, <i>moonsorrow</i> and <i>eluveitie</i> are better. at least, their guitarist was feeling better <a href="https://spielwiese.fontein.de/2007/12/15/sword-bearing/">this time</a>, so they played probably for one hour. probably, because we decided we were too tired and had enough after, say, 55 minutes, and after someone working at the <i>tivoli</i> decided to chase us off the stairs where we were sitting (because of some fire regulations, probably)…<br>
anyway. the festival was definitely worth going there. but, the next time, it would be way better if they would reduce the number of bands (to, say, <i>moonsorrow</i> and <i>eluveitie</i> :-) ) and let them play a lot longer!</p>