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Slight Changes and Kor-Dick-Laani


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blog-0726318001346464426.jpgFWD:

 

I'd like to point out that I think that instead of using this as a purely "MY FINAL WORDS BEFORE I COMMIT SEPPUKU" blog, I might as well add some IRL stuff. So, the first paragraph in my first entry? Kind of a lie.

 

Anyway, back to the shit!

 

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And now it's time to tell you about my adventures to the Opera House!

 

So yesterday, I left the house to go meet my cousin at the station (since he wanted to do something as well near Broadview station) and as soon as I make it to the station who do I fucking meet? A metal head that graduated from my school two years ago. So to feel enjoyment when I'm saluting the horns to the dude and talking about Jeff Loomis (since I was wearing a Plains of Oblivion t-shirt) to who is basically the equivalent of my god in school is a good start to the evening (which hasn't even begun).

 

So I meet my cousin and we're basically talking while on the subway for a good 45 minutes until we reach my stop. We're out, taking the street car and we wind up meeting one of my cousins... cousins... (who as I learnt, was actually the son of a good friend of ours that moved away a while back and never heard from again). We talked for about 5 minutes, and we arrive at the Opera House, the venue carrying the most amount of Folk Metal I'm ever about to get bombarded by in the next 4-5 hours? My cousin left (because he needed to go to a dinner WITH HIS GOILFRIEND) and I was on my own.

 

Anyway, after a bit, I'm in the venue for the second time, wondering what was gonna happen as I wait in the merch line to pick up my Manala NA Tour t-shirt and Tyr's The Lay of Thyrm album (which by the way, is pretty sweet. Listen.)

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=1XOKDYF8acY

 

I'm waiting in the back of the main viewing area, kinda hoping someone doesn't coming up to me and going "POSER" for whatever reason. And then came the acts.

 

Metsatoill METSATOLL

 

FINALLY GOT THAT DAMNED NAME SPELT RIGHT!!! WHY CAN'T I GET THAT NAME SPELT RIGHT?! Anyway, from what I've seen, the guys from Metsatoll had a solid set, and the bagpipe/miscellaneous player Lauri was such an actor on stage. Very fun to watch him play, and overall, was great to see those guys playing. My biggest problem was that the crowd didn't give them the proper reaction they deserved (have you ever seen a mosh pit opened up, just to see NO ONE moshing in it?). It's a shame. But otherwise, a great set.

 

7.8/10 from me.

 

Tyr

 

I'm not gonna lie - I only knew songs from Korpiklaani and Tyr. I was bat shit clueless about Metsatoll and Moonsorrow (who I'll get to in a moment), so when Tyr came on, I knew what was gonna come, and as a result I went up to the front of the crowd. They played a great set, and speaking from a technical standpoint of concert standards, were probably the best band that night. For instance, their ballad they played "Evening Star" (from that new album I mentioned earlier they released? The Lay of Thyrm?) had people's lighter's out. It was epic in a "cry for joy" kind of way.

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=1GFEFeF3bEM

 

It's pretty good on the album, but better live. Anyway, they played a few more songs, and I lost my shit when they played "Hold The Heathen Hammer High" (it took me a while to post that...), which is probably their biggest "catchy" song they have in their catalog. I digress, they played well and their bassist Gunnar was the active one of the group - trying to get the crowd moving when the frontman Heri wasn't getting them too. They finished strong and they had everyone in the venue chanting their name.

 

9.1/10 (Shit, Evening Star just came on...)

 

Moonsorrow

 

Again, I don't know much about these guys, so I have little to say about them, all honesty. I kinda went to the back and drank some water since my old man senses were acting up again. They played the fewest songs of the four playing, BUT Moonsorrow songs are generally long. And epic. Like, really epic. The band (as far as I remember) didn`t do much in terms of getting the crowd interactive, but they had the blood splattered faces and they had the anthems so they didn't need to do much. Also, I think most of the crowd was their for Moonsorrow if not for Korpiklaani.

 

8.4/10

 

Kordicklaani Korpiklaani

 

Where to begin...

 

The band that got me into Folk Metal in the first place. And who do you have to thank for that? Vicke (by the way, thanks for the shout-out man.) It was easy to tell that people were excited to see these guys come on, and the reaction they crowd had when Jonne came out in his usual act, holding his mic stand like a maniac as usual (which is a shame, because he broke his hand and would've been playing guitar instead of doing such).

 

But the guys played a phenominal set (a little too many from the new album Manala but hey, anything to promote an album), and I basically spent the most/rest of my energy in their set (I almost lost my damned shoe in the pit! Tie your shoes properly when in the pit!). I was super pleased to hear "Happy Little Boozer", "Vodka", "Rauta" (

) and "Tequila" come on, which was a sweet bonus for me. But the highlight of their set? Wasn't even for their songs to begin with! It was for the fucking violin solo - VIOLIN SOLO. Admittedly, I was kinda sad Jaakko left the band (on good terms though, don't get me wrong), but seeing Tuomas rip on that violin... holy shit...

 

Other than that, some other hilarious antics ensued and closed the night beautifully.

 

9.4/10

 

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So after that, my dad came to pick me up, we went to eat pizza at midnight because he was hungry and we both didn't have dinner yet, and then I came back home, tired from being in a sweaty as hell venue. To sum it up, it was a good night.

 

Now, whether or not to go behind the parents' back and see Vektor live...

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I will kill you in hell, and send you to another hell in the process!

 

I have transcended beyond your plane of existance and into a being of pure spaghetti :S

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