Drum machines and giant dreads

Sometime last week we went to see Samael and Amorphis show. I am not a big fan of Amorphis, but i was really excited to see Samael, since they are one of my favorite bands. Samael started out in 1987 as one of the first black metal bands (before the Norwegian wave), but after 96 they have changed their style to electronic/industrial metal with programmed drums instead of the real ones. Therefore, many “true” black metal dudes stopped liking Samael at that point. I still like Samael though. I think the keyboards are amazing, and they manage to create their own original atmosphere. Besides that, it seems that Samael guys do read some books, because they do not have dumb lyrics - and that’s a big plus.

Samael did a great job at the show, the sound was excellent, the setlist was well-balanced between the old and the new material + at the very end they played my favorite song - “My savior”. I’ve never seen Samael perform before, so i was full of joy and delight

As to Amorphis - unfortunately, i have not been following their music career so much, so i was surprised to see the new singer in the band. Apparently, that was the 3rd new guy on vocals, and he had the longest dreads ever. It was pretty dangerous to stand close to the stage, because you could easily get your eye taken out by these dreads when the dude was headbanging. The music was good and they were doing a good job, but it’s just not exactly my taste.

I leave my plethora of readers with another one of my favorite songs of Samael.