Sarcofagus was great despite little problems with sound. I could not hear any female vocs basicly, sometimes guitar+hammonds were buried somewhere or killed each other. But the venue is famous for those problems. I had take a piss during the set and in the toilet hammond sound was crystal clear.
And a deep bow to Anssi Nykänen on drums, excellent playing.
Great weekend even if there was so little audience. Maybe Watain+Repugnant took some audience from the saturday but in the end it's a financial suicide to book bands like Overdrive+Torch+Ram for a gig in Finland. Maybe there would have been 20-30 more people in audience without that other gig.
Dark Stranger wrote:Are those guys not popular in Finland Nabel? I'd have loved to have seen them myself.
About saturdays bands I would say Overdrive&Torch are kind of bands that are loved by those who search history of metal and to most finnish "metalheads" Iron Maiden&Judas Priest records are enough.
I have so many friends to whom playing Overdrive would only get response that "Iron Maiden did this already, not interested". And I don't even suppose (as I'm born in 79) that they sold more than few hundred LP's at most at 80's.
About Ram, they have gotten good reviews but do people anymore read reviews? I can't remember their interviews in major metal magazine Inferno here (or big music press like Soundi or Rumba). To some people it's all about marketing, being "approved by Fenriz" and not drowning yourself into the fiery pits of hot metal.
