No matter the season, I don’t remember seeing a sunny day ever in Belgium. We woke up at the rainy Vosselaar and we are praying for the rain to stop, so we can load in without getting soaked. Well, it never happened, so an hour later, all the stuff and things are ready on stage and we are trying to dry our clothes, as we are waiting for tonight’s show. Biebob is very big and this puts us through agony for tonight. Are we going to fill the place? Pre-sell was very encouraging but not enough. A few hours later, we were sure. Biebob was full and not only with people from Belgium. With great joy, we met Michael from Sceptical Minds and Sanna from Dimlight and right there, my joy for the full venue went away. Sanna tells me about Mike’s (Dimlight’s bass player) death. An excellent man, with manners, morality, low profile and dignity. How many times can we meet such a person in the Greek music scene? Not many. The whole remaining evening was overshadowed by what I learnt (fortunately, Septicflesh heard about it after the gig)… The crowd though, knew nothing about it and they were there to make some mess… The humiliating low threshold for the decibels, that the law of Belgium imposes, was a kind of break for live show. Fortunately, the Greek mind overcame and with a very discretionary disconnection of the counter, Septicflesh striked undisturbed. The Belgians are very proud to catch a place among the top 10 more alive audiences of the tour. The times that their voices overshadowed the PA, were not few. I think that the band can pin their flag in Belgium also… Next stop, Germany’s Cottbus.
Germany is still a target for Septicflesh. I have said before, that Germans are more kin to more classic kinds of metal. In a country that catchy melodies, thrash riffs and beer festival feeling of folk metal rule (and that’s not for bad), the musical arrangements and the avant-garde soundscapes of Septicflesh need their time to get on the people minds. Considering all that and after thinking the positive reactions at the band’s tour with Amon Amarth, we were pretty anxious to give the Germans a more completed view of a gig by Septicflesh. It never happened. When we arrived at Cottbus, we found the road closed by the police and the fire department and they forbid us from going on. The news are that 50 meters away from the venue, a bomb from WWII that never went off was found. The whole place is excluded to everyone, until the problem is solved. After some negotiations with the authorities, we called someone from the venue, to lead the bands on foot via a different and safe passage. The rest of the day found us in the club with no permission to go out, until the bomb was detonated manually. The time has passed, the stage wasn’t set, the people has no access to the venue and the show is heading for cancelation. At 9:30 (too late that is), the road is open again and people begin to show up, as no one informed them about the cancelation of the show. After consulting the promoter, the doors opened for a meet and greet and free beer from catering. The band promised for a renewal of the appointment at the next album’s tour and we climbed on the tourbus to head for Poland’s Warsaw.
...to be continued
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