Trondheim, a city full of students and all sorts of different people, is considered the Social City of Norway, known for its heavy drinking and lively audience. The venue "Bræst" is a place with 2 levels, where strangely enough, the live gigs take place on the upper level... It's dark here, and that evening was all about fine metal.
SLAYER!
Well, I'm not talking about the original "SLAYER", although with an entry fee of almost €20, it could have been the case. But what I heard still blew me away in the truest sense. Doors opened at 10 PM, and an hour later, it kicked off. The plan for the act was to bring as many singers from respected metal bands in Trondheim and the surrounding area who pay tribute to "SLAYER" onto the stage.
Each of the singers performed three to four songs, which was quite good. This brought a bit more variety to the stage. The rest of the backline were true undercover fans who played every piece exactly as it was on the record from the very first minute. And the sound was incredibly good... Absolute cream!
In total, there were 7 singers involved. However, one was really terrible; he plays in a hardcore band and ran out of breath after just 1 minute to growl nicely into the mic. The (only) female singer was definitely the highlight of the whole evening...
The selection of songs could have been a bit better. I found 60% off, but nonetheless, it was an incredibly awesome evening that didn't spare my already tortured ears from hearing damage. The sound system was 5 times too powerful for the venue, and you could feel every bass drum in your stomach...
It's funny to compare this to Germany. Here, the metal freaks also walk around with long hair, but the jackets are well-kept, and the patches are neatly sewn on; nobody stinks, and that whole bizarre Asian heavy metal behavior seems to be absent here. The musicians were drinking nice and politely "water" from cola bottles. The audience stood nicely in front of the stage and applauded after every song. One of the singers even encouraged the crowd to clap their hands over their heads... Kids, and this to SLAYER!!! Anyone who treated themselves to a beer held it with utmost care in their hand... Not a drop was spilled. When I stayed a bit longer in the venue at the end, I probably enjoyed a heavy metal concert for the first time without alcohol, and the place looked so damn clean as if an opera had taken place. No swamp of beer and cigarette butts, no trash, and that at a heavy metal concert. When I think back to my old times at the Sonic Ballroom... Sometimes the mudslides that accumulated after concerts were unbelievable, but here I arrived in the truest sterile paradise... Basically a concert in a hospital's intensive care unit ;)
A successful evening for sure... Next time, something like this has to happen in the summer so I can sleep on a friend's boat in the harbor to get my fill of beer, because living 20 km away makes it really inconvenient for such matters.
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