Hello everyone! This is the first report of the week I’ll be spending in Germany for shows. It took me several months to properly organize every little detail and I’m happy that I get to share this experience with you. And what better kick-off than a Bane show.
Before I start, I have to note that I wasn’t at all
familiar with the sound of the other two bands. BLKOUT was up first. The
Australian 5-piece showed straight away that they weren’t kidding. Their
presence was pretty professional but their sound was not original. Even though
things got tad more interesting after the fourth song, overall they didn’t impress the kids before them. After some 25’,
they passed the torch.
Power Trip was definitely a revelation to me. They had
a thrashier approach that got the kids on the front to start moving. The recipe
was simple: intense energy, tight performance, solid basslines and fast solos,
combined with a merciless vocalist, definitely make an outstanding act. I was
positively impressed by their set and I will keep an eye on them in the future.
It was around 10 when Bane took the stage by storm
with “Some Come Running”. The response of the crowd was immediate. Coming up
was “Swan Song”, a personal favorite. People were singing and stagediving
everywhere (not always successfully, I might add) but they were all living in
the moment.. After the extended ending of the song, they took some time to
thank people for coming out, as this was the first time they ever played in
Frankfurt. As soon as they continued playing, the kids were getting
progressively wilder. “Can We Start Again” and “My Therapy” caused complete and
utter mayhem in the premises. It’s incredible how people in their early
twenties can’t deliver such energy, let alone on the final show after 25
consecutive days on the road. The band announced that around March they will
release their final album and that they will be back in Europe for a festival
run. The set kept coming back and forth to all the releases and eventually ended
with an encore and a very well-deserved long applause.
I can frankly say that I could barely contain my inner
fangirl and that “excitement” is probably an understatement. Today I’m
traveling to Munich, stay tuned for updates.
~XO, Elnr –aka. Le voyageur du monde
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