I saw Rammstein, supported by Apocalyptica.
DAMN that was an awesome evening. Highlights were when one member of Apocalyptica jumped on top of the drum kit to play a cello solo during the middle of their cover of Master of Puppets, and of course, Apocalypticas announcer guy ("Since Apocalyptica are CELLOS FROM HELL ve play you ze original und ultimate BLACK METAL song...EDVARD GRIEG, HALL OF ZE MOUNTAIN KING!")
Oh, and EVER single Rammstein song. Like during Seemann when one of the guitarists stripped off his trousers to reveal some speedos, and jumped in an inflatable dinghy the roadies slung across the top of the crowd, rowing it across the whole auditorium and back to the stage, amd in Mein Teil where Till wheeled on Flake, the keyboard player, in a giant pot (with a keyboard attatched he would pop out and play) then roasted him in the pot with a flamethrower, which set fire to a pyrotechnic vest he was wearing, after which he ran around stage on fire with firecrackers going off left and right whilst Till chased him round with a giant butchers knife (in which his microphone was at the time concealed).
SO AWESOME.
Next definite gig I have lined up is Cradle of Filth and Moonspell (!!!) but I'll probably go to the Hatebreed concert locally in March, not because of Hatebreed (seen 'em before) but because of CROWBAR SUPPORTING THEM.
After complaining for so long about the fact that nearly all the concerts we got down here were whiny emo bollocks and related scene bands (plus some crap nu-metal) we're suddenly getting The Haunted (might go to that one as well), Crowbar, Cradle and Moonspell locally!
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