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Amorphis 013

We beginnen het jaar op de juiste voet. Gisteravond naar een uitverkocht 013 (3000 mensen!) voor het concert van Amorphis en Dimmu Borgir. Ik had wel een stukje willen zien van opener Wolves in the Throne Room, maar ze waren helaas net klaar toen wij de zaal inkwamen. Volgende keer beter. We kwamen voor Amorphis, dus via de gang een flink stuk door gelopen en een mooie plek kunnen claimen. En wat een feestje, lekker veel oudjes (Black Winter Day!) en maar liefst 4 nummers van het meest recente (geweldige) album Queen of Time. Niets meer aan doen!

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Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree played two consecutive shows in 013, I attended the last yesterday evening. Both will be used to create a new DVD. We found a great spot on the balcony from which to overlook the stage. In hindsight it would have been cool to attend both nights, but that would get a bit expensive. Also I feared, like Madrugada did last year and as is quite common especially with DVD recordings, that they'd play the same songs both nights. This turned out not to be true though. Ah well. I had a great night anyway!

A review can be found on on Progwereld.org.

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree will play 2 shows at 013, Tilburg, the Netherlands, on 15th and 16th October. The short run of European shows during October is in order to shoot a DVD based on the Fear of a Blank Planet album cycle, and the main body of the filming will take place at Tilburg, where the band will play as much different material as possible during the course of the 2 nights.
After a brief period of doubt (it'll be my 6th show of theirs in only 3 years), I will attend the show on October 16th.

Bamboo

I've wanted to get and, of course use, a tablet for a while now. I had once before bought a very cheap one, but that just didn't do it for me. So I decided to treat myself today and bought the Wacom Bamboo. So now my mouse is on the left side of my keyboard and my tablet on the right. Perfect!

Oh, I'm also contemplating the Carnivore show on December 11th in Tilburg, though I'm not sure I should. I haven't played the albums in ages and have basically moved on to other things. Also, the ad looking for 'Blood girls' for the European shows didn't really comfort me. So I think I'll give it a miss.

Porcupine Tree

Steven Wilson

Just got back from Tilburg, where, by way of celebrating Sinterklaas, we had a lovely meal in Grandcafé-Restaurant De Beurs and attended the Porcupine Tree concert in 013. The trip to Tilburg went quite smooth, also due to the assistance of the TomTom GPS system. I'd never seen it in action before, and am quite impressed. Though I'm sure there are people for whom this extra screen may end up being to much of a distraction. As I mentioned dinner was great, though maybe a bit rushed. But we wanted to be on time to find a nice place to stand.

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The Sisters of Mercy

Andrew Eldritch
Just got back from Tilburg, from the The Sisters Of Mercy show. Really didn't know what to expect beforehand, but it turned out to be a great show. Despite the fact that they kept us waiting for quite some time. The ticket said the show was due at 21:00, but they didn't start till around 22:10, after the smokemachine had been on for about fifteen minutes. But luckily that was all quickly forgotten once they started playing. I'd better get some sleep now, the trainride back home wore me out.

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Therion

Johan Niemann and Christofer Johnsson
Just got back from Tilburg. Therion was excellent! Now I need to sleep. I'm getting to old for this type of thing. ;-)

Therion in Poppodium 013 (Tilburg) op 02-11-2004:

  • The Blood of Kingu
  • Uthark Runa
  • Asgård
  • Seven Secrets of the Sphinx
  • The Crowning of Atlantis
  • Typhon
  • Schwarzalbenheim
  • Ginnungagap
  • In Remembrance
  • The Wild Hunt
  • The Invincible
  • Melez
  • The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
  • The Khlysti Evangelist
  • The Siren of the Woods
  • Wine of Aluqah
  • Cults of the Shadow
  • To Mega Therion
  • Iron Fist

Update: here's a review of their Antwerp gig earlier this week.