But I felt really weird when the CHILDEEN OF BODOM + ALL THAT REMAINS gig I attended yesterday, finished: it wasn't even 20:00 o'clock!
"Now what?" I thought. "Are we really going home? Going somewhere else? To a disco? To work, maybe...?!" I thought to have a metal night... and istead I finished eating Chinese in Shinjuku!
Then add to this the fact that there was no whisky, no All That Remains (they cancelled a couple of days before), and that we had to withstand the outrage of having Outrage as replacement opener (no ticket refund for the cancellation)...
In any case the show was awesome and COB performed at the their best, as usual. There was not much talking and chit-chat, but that'S OK. The place (Studio Coast, Shinkiba, Tokyo) was really packed. It was the first time for the Cpt. there. It reminded me of House of Blues: a bit bigger, but with pit, a first level seats/stastanding row and a second floor. This time I didn't venture in the pit: I worked my ass out at the gym pretty bad the day before and was still tired and was not much willing to "be part of the carnage" that necessarily take place at such a gigs.
After Outrage's second track I went drinking, since with that noise I had no fun at all. Back inside, I got a very nice spot for taking pics... far from the usual Jap ballbusters, but... after the beginning I had the displeasure to notice that there was no memory card in the camera!!! Somebody I know took it out and forgot to put it back!! Fortunately for the world, my curses got mixed with COB sceams... It's a pity since the spot was really good and there were quite beautifull light effects. Those you see are the two only pics that fit on the resident memory.
Play list as follows: 1. Intro (Evil Dead II Soundtrack) 2. Sixpounder 3. Hellhounds On My Trail 4. Silent Night, Bodom Night 5. Follow The Reaper 6. Living Dead Beat 7. In Your Face 8. Banned From Heaven 9. Needled 24/7 10. One Day You Will Cry 11. Mask Of Sanity 12. Hate Me! 13. Angels Don't Kill 14. Blooddrunk Encore 15. Hate Crew Deathroll 16. Downfall
I'm happy to have attended this gig, since it made me re-evaluate newer stuff of COB, I have't been paying much attention to lately!
