Moonspell,
Sorrowful Angels, SadDolls, Fallen Arise, Live @ Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece,
29-09-2012
Going to a
gig is always a top priority on my list, even on a Saturday night. The all time
classic Gagarin 205 Club was ready and willing for another season full of
concerts and events and despite the whole Greek economy crisis, I hoped that
people would be there to support 3 Greek bands and Moonspell, who always honour
us in almost every single one of their tours.
The whole
day didn’t start all that good. I had to work overtime and I wasn’t sure if I
could make it in time to see all the bands. Thankfully, despite all the delay
from buses etc, I made it in time to see more than half the set of Fallen
Arise, the first band on the bill. Fallen Arise are a somehow fresh band, with
operatic/symphonic metal sound. Their on stage presence was excellent, along
with their communication with the crowd. Too bad that there weren’t many people
around to see them play. They’ve been working a lot on their music and that was
more than obvious on stage also. Their new singer Spyla has a very good and
sensational voice and she adds a lot to the whole presence. The band had both male and female
vocals. I believe that
they are far better now than the last time I saw them supporting InnerWish,
another great Greek band. The band is currently working on their first
full-length.
Fallen
Arise setlist:
Burned Ivy
Eternity
Eternal
Sins
Never
Forget Me
Furor
Nightouched
The second
band on the bill was SadDoLLs, a band I’ve never had the chance to see before.
Their style is semi-goth, semi-electro with very few industrial elements. It’s
really not my style although I did enjoy their more goth/romance stuff. The
fact is that they reminded me HIM a little, but I don’t think that the more
industrial stuff suits the bands style, maybe they should stick to just goth.
They do have a good stage presence though, and good sound. Among their stuff
they also played two covers, Erased from Paradise Lost and Pussy from
Rammstein.
SadDoLLs
setlist:
Bloodred
Criminal Of
Love
Erased
(Paradise Lost cover)
Psychedelic
Love
Pussy
(Rammstein cover)
Life=0
Watch Me
Crawl Behind
Misery
Finally it
was about time for Sorrowful Angels. They are one of my favourite Greek bands
and I’ve seen them live many times. Every time is different of course. The band
hit the stage furiously and you could tell from the beginning that they were
very excited to be here. Moonspell are one of their fav bands and I guess they
were over enjoying supporting them tonight. They had a very good sound and
combined with their energy, they showed some explosive results. Their singer
Dion kept at all times very good contact with the crowd while their bass player
Ilias was blending his playing and on stage figures perfectly. The drumming was
also very good as well as the second guitar. Definitely one of the best Greek
bands.
Sorrowful
Angels setlist:
Mistress Of
Desire
Unspeakable
Cult
Shores Of
Capture
Nous Undue
Right Of
Way
Suicidal
Manners
Love Means
Death
Omens
Mourn
Denial
Time for
the almighty Moonspell. I don’t like getting political, but I do feel a little
like brothers with the Portugese people, after all the stuff that they’re going
through. We should all stick together in times like these. Ribeiro was in an
excellent mood along with the rest of the band. He appeared on stage with a
weird helmet, which looked like the one they have on their record cover. The
sound was perfect which is very rare for both the club and Moonspell. I’ve seen
them many times, well, mostly in open areas, but it was a pleasure to listen to
such a perfect sound. I can’t even begin to describe the whole atmosphere…
after all those times (Ribeiro was saying 8 times over and over again)
Moonspell feel like home here. He couldn’t stop talking about Greece and Athens
(Athina! Athina!) and all the Greek bands that he admires so much like Rotting
Christ and Septic Flesh. The best moments of their show was the performance of
Scorpion Flower and Alma Matter and a moment when Ribeiro remembered another great
frontman, the late Peter Steele from Type O Negative. A little less than two
hours, and it was time to say goodnight and farewell to Moonspell once more.
Moonspell
setlist:
Axis Mundi
Alpha Noir
Love Is
Blasphemy
Finisterra
Night
Eternal
Opium
Awake!
Mephisto
Lyckanthrope
Nocturna
Scorpion
Flower
Abysmo
New Tears
Eve
Em Nome Do Medo
Vampiria
Alma Matter
Encore:
Wolfshade
Grandstand
Fullmoon
Madness
Best moment
of the show was definitely mr Ribeiro. Worst moment was that when Fallen Arise
was playing, the club had much less than 200 people inside.
