Ensiferum are a 5 piece metal band from Finland.
It's the sort of melodic battle metal that I like,
it's fast, the vocals I can understand, the guitar
riffs are plentiful and catchy and the solos are
fucking awesome! Best of all the crowd are really
into this band, which is nice to see, there having
a good time and by the looks of it, so are the
band. The drumming is heavy and good, gotta love
that double kick drum machine gun sound, brilliant,
there short set just seems to fly by, the guitarist
really fly about their fret boards and they like
to get around the stage a fair bit too. It's a
good show to watch and overall a good band to
listen to, Viking metal at its best.
 Amon Amarth are playing a Really good show tonight,
speaking in that growling voice must really muff
up his voice though. Plenty of good Nordic battle
metal songs people are rocking out to tonight,
Opening with War of the Gods, Runes to My Memory,
and a absolutely banging tune Guardians of Asgaard,
love that song, there's a good blend of melody
and just all out metal noise. The band look like
they’re enjoying themselves, much better
than the last time I saw them, I can even understand
some of the vocals which is nice, I think a shorter
set certainly suits their music better, I certainly
enjoyed the likes of Destroyer of the Universe,
Live for the Kill, A Beast am I, Varyags and set
closers Twilight of Thunder and fan favourite
Pursuit of the Vikings with its awesome riff and
rhythm to the song. Overall it’s a really
good set that flowed nicely with plenty of decent
riffs that everyone can enjoy.
Children of Bodom are Really tearing it up tonight
right from the get go with their catchy fast metal,
they open with not my funeral, Bodom Beach Terror
and one of my favourites needled 24/7, it's a
great start to the set, it's also good to hear
a fast band that you can also listen to, some
of the solos are pretty damn  awesome, some less
so but still damn good, this band really know
how to rock out hard, there having a good time
up on the stage and the crowd even more so, They
continue with Ugly, such a good tune and that's
where I exited the photographers pit mid song,
Round trip to hell and back, In your face, Living
Dead beat, then taking the set back a few years
with Children of Boom, great tune that, Hate me,
Blood drunk, close out the middle of the set.
At this point the band is in full flow and really
on it, really giving it some on stage sounding
absolutely fantastic, riffs are heavy, drumming
is on top form, bass and keys are really on it,
can’t ask for too much more really. The
crowd even sing happy birthday to Alexi, twice,
well it is his birthday! They close their main
set with Shovel Knockout, Angels don’t kill,
Follow the reaper really storms the set, this
should have either closed the main set or be an
encore song, and Downfall closes the main set.
They come back on with Was it worth it and the
superb Hate Crew Death Roll, my favourite song
off the album of the same name, superb. There
much so better live than on CD by a mile, you
can really feel the music and venom in some of
the songs. fannytastic!
Ensiferum 4/5
Amon Amarth 4/5
Children Of Bodom 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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