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Posted by: Gitarrero Apr 6 2010, 05:49 PM

Hi everybody,
just wanted to let you know that I'm going to see Kamelot live in Dortmund tomorrow. I'm already really excited and I hope they're gonna play my favourite:



I'll write a concert review for the wiki on thursday.

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 7 2010, 05:21 AM

How was it? I saw their live dvd and they really kick some asses man!!. Is a very interesting band

Posted by: Gitarrero Apr 7 2010, 07:28 AM

I'll tell you tomorrow, the concert will be tonight...12 hours to go!

Posted by: OzRob Apr 7 2010, 08:18 AM

I hope they come to Oz some day. I really like 'The Haunting' and 'March of Mephisto'.

Posted by: zen Apr 7 2010, 10:04 AM

Awesome ..have fun mate.. let us know how they were live .. I used to listen to rule the world a lot ..

Posted by: audiopaal Apr 7 2010, 11:24 AM

Awesome, I'll see them next saturday

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 7 2010, 12:28 PM

This will be a good concert! Have fun tonight!

Posted by: Chris Evans Apr 7 2010, 03:15 PM

Excellent, should be good, I`ve only just started listening recently to some of their material

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 7 2010, 06:13 PM

Ohh!! I thought you already went!! Hahaha. Have fun!!

Posted by: Gitarrero Apr 8 2010, 10:35 AM

Well, what can I say...it was awesome! I'm gonna write a wiki review today, but I'll give you a few details.
The place wasn't to crowded at the beginning so I could easily take my place in the third row right in front of the stage. Good thing about metal concerts: people don't jump around like crazy, so you get to watch what the guitarists do!
The first band to play was Adagio, a french band with an amazing guitarist called Stephan Forté. This guy actually crushed one of my imaginations. I thought this super fast sweep picking one can see in videos is just a hoax, you know, recorded slowly and then played with double speed. Well, I could see him do sweeping and tapping in his solos with amazing speed. Overall it was a good performance. This was their last song:


Next band was Leaves' Eyes from Germany, not my cup of tea since it's symphonic metal, but I have to admit they put up a great show and their songs were really good. This was my favourite:


So finally, it was time for Kamelot to enter the stage. They started with the song Ghost Opera and after a couple of minutes, the sound technician finally realized it might be a good idea to gibe Khan's mic a higher volume Be sure to check out my wiki article for a complete setlist (I hope it's complete...), but I have to share one funny thing right away: Rule the World began with an arabian intro where Elize Ryd from Amaranthe (who is Kamelot's background singer for his tour) did a belly dance (what a gorgeous woman! I have to check the band out...), then the band started to play. After the intro riff, the singer Khan was nowhere to be found...so the band played the intro riff again, then started the verse and Khan entered the stage again, but started singing about a second too late...of course he managed to fully get into the song in no time at all. After the song he said to the audience: "I think you guys are wondering why I came in so late? I had to pee! That never happened before, did it?" Now that's professional!
All in all a great show, I can really recommend to see them if you have the chance.

Posted by: zen Apr 8 2010, 11:57 AM

haha, pee break .. .. thanks for the quick writeup .. looking forward to your article ..

Posted by: Todd Simpson Apr 9 2010, 01:39 AM

A great band and VERY under rated. I also really dig EPICA and NIGHTWISH. All killer bands.

Todd

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 9 2010, 03:25 AM

I already recommended Adagio once here. I think they're one of the greatest bands in today's prog metal scene. Underworld album is so awesome.

Posted by: Gitarrero Apr 9 2010, 06:50 AM

QUOTE (Santiago Diaz Garces @ Apr 9 2010, 04:25 AM)

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 10 2010, 03:52 AM

Did you hear their last cd, "Archangles in Black"? If you didn't, Get it now!! Hahaha It's an outstanding album.