I want to throw in something friendlier.
I find this review of the concert in Wien funny (“Kurier” (no music magazine
), author: Guido Tartarotti,
my translation)
Trommelfell aus Stahl: Die Metal-Legenden bliesen 25.000 Besuchern die Ohren durch.
kurier.at
Steel eardrums: The metal legends blew through the ears of 25,000 visitors.
Heavy metal is that art form in which a man is still measured by how tight the pants are that he can stuff himself into, how long his head hair that defies the years sprouts toward the center of the earth, how loud the noise he can make with his guitar is.
After two minutes of an Iron Maiden concert, the state-certified metal fan knows: Everything is fine. Pants: check. Hair: check. Volume: check, check, check!
Iron Maiden - perhaps the most important of all metal bands (well over 100 million records sold) - is at the peak of its powers almost 50 years after its founding, one must respectfully acknowledge.
The show in front of 25,000 people in the stadium of Wiener Neustadt (the mass of people is terrifying) starts with three songs from the current album "Senjutsu": The title track, "Stratego" and "The Writing On The Wall". The sound is roaringly loud, but transparent, the band eager to play, singer Bruce Dickinson, live always a mixture of
Krawattl tenor and fire siren, in the best voice.
Shining Eyes
The new songs - not every band can claim that - are very powerful live, the stage shows Japanese pagodas and other buildings fitting to the album theme.
Band smirk monster Eddie is allowed to roll his shining eyes for the first time right at the beginning, this time he is an undead Japanese warrior. (Fans of the TV series "Two And A Half Men" are immediately reminded of "Gone, gone, you're a demon samurai.")
After three songs they actually change the stage into a gothic church hall (metal likes the sacred, after all). Now the nostalgia part, which is enormously important in this music style, begin….
