It was Wednesday and I was outside ticket house in order to buy the ticket to the event of the year. To be honest I had only plans to join my friends Raphael and Orestis and have a good time. No any plans to write a review.
When it comes to Septic flesh I feel goose bumps all over my body. People that know me they describe me as the Christ Guy (after Rotting Christ of course). But with Septic Flesh the feeling is totally different. I refer to them as the Scientists of Greek Black Metal even though that band is no considered as Greek anymore. This was the main reason that I didn't have the guts to write about them. But after the night @ Fuzz things changed rapidly!
I arrived @ Fuzz around 7.15 pm and I saw 300 people waiting outside. A glorious night was about to start. There weren't any delays and Heavier than God appeared on the stage around 8.10 pm. Even though I am not a very big fan of stoner I would have to say that I enjoyed some songs and I also heard a cover of the "Children of the Grave of Black Sabbath". They played around 30 minutes maybe more... I am always happy seeing Greek Bands performing and Heavier than God are no exception. I hope that they will continue the good work even though I would prefer to have a darker sound. Time will tell. I wish the best to them!
The crew of the stage changed the scenery really quickly because it was the time of the first headliners to show up! In the meantime Fuzz club was completely full! 1000 – 1100 showed up to support the bands thing that made me happy for two reasons. The first is that more and more people support Blackened Black Metal Bands and the second one has to do with the venue itself. Fuzz club is a great place for concerts!
Dark Funeral entered the stage quickly and like a funeral! Hell on Earth is the three words that describe what happened next! The name under the Septic Ones was just typing because their set list was long! The played tracks from every album their released. The audience should be really happy about that! I know that since I follow Dark Funeral steps for quite some time!
For the people that don't know that, Dark Funeral has a new front man since May 2011. His name is Nachtgarm or Steve Marbs if you prefer. His performance was great for a newcomer but somehow I missed Emperor (Emperor Magus Caligula (Magnus "Masse" Broberg) of course). The legacy that Dark Funeral carries is heavy but Steve stood up with strength a passion! They also have a new bass player. Zornheym or Tomas Nilsson if you prefer, since April 2011. That guy was in front of me and he was always tried to encourage the audience to head bang more and more. The rest of the band was the usual suspects Dominator (Nils Fjellström) on the drums, Chaq Mol (Bo Karlsson) on the guitars, the soul of Dark Funeral and the general of the armies of Satan Lord Ahriman (Micke Svanberg) with his glorious make up!
Stigmata - Stigmata - Stigmata - Stigmata
Save me...
And the party started! Dark Funeral performed flawlessly on every single track there sound was amazing and the winds through the speakers between every song transfer your mind and your soul to the Nether Realm!!! I cannot say more because are no words to describe the feeling of a band like Dark Funeral performing in your house!!!
Dark Funeral the best representative of Swedish Raw Satanic Blackened Black Metal. They performed for over one hour and they made the people for asking for more! But it was ok! It was the time of Septic Flesh to own the stage!
Dark Funeral Set list
Stigmata
666 Voices inside
Enriched By Evil
Goddess of Sodomy
Arrival of Satan’s Empire
Open the Gates
The Birth of the Vampiir
Atrum Regina
King Antichrist
Vobiscum Satanas
Shadows over Transylvania
Heart of Ice
The Secrets of the Black Arts
Hail Murder
My Funeral
Septic Flesh!!! I am so proud of them!!! Their first live for the year 2012 was here in Athens! The love of the Greek People about Septic Flesh is so huge that not even a Google Datacenter can hold it. When they saw the gigantic flag of "The Great Mass" they became insane and the only thing you could hear was Septic Flesh, Septic Flesh! Fotis Mr. Hell blast appeared or the stage. People started screaming his name. Fotis is not only a good drummer (the best in my opinion) but he is also beloved to the people. Why? Because he is a good person! His character and his actions speak for himself. Christos appeared, Dinos (the guy that replaces Sotiris Vayenas on most of the concerts) appeared and finally Seth Siro Anton appeared on the stage.
“Vampire of Nazareth” and the appearance of Sotiris were dark with his beautiful voice performing his act! Communion was the second track. A majestic track helping the people to continue head banging. Chaostar and then my personal favourite from Sumerian Demons album "The Virtues of the Beast" and the extremely fast "Unbeliever".
"Pyramid God" and the people started the walls of death. "Lovecraft's Death", "Oceans of Gray" and we arrive at "We the Gods” a song with a special meaning for Seth and Septic Flesh. He always says that there are no Gods! Every individual is a God and I agree with him. "Persepolis" a song that the majority of the fans really love. Sotiris was for one more time amazing.
After the song Seth said that it is very difficult for the Greek Bands to find their places to the Heavy Metal Scene and they are always have to fight in order to make tours and live concerts... He named a few and the people start to clap on every band. Rotting Christ, Firewind, Suicidal Angels...
Sotiris took his own guitar and he replaced Dinos on the guitar till the end of the concert and Seth announced “Revolution DNA” The first part ended with Esoptron a song from 1995. The people were asking for more and Septic Flesh obeyed their commands. The two last songs were the amazing Anubis and Five Pointed Star. The last song is the most amazing song Septic Flesh has ever made!!!
This live was one of the best in the history of the Septic Ones. These guys are so professional that overcome the border of a typical Greek Metal Band. I hope this live will make the organizers of the majority of Greek Metalfests to see why they should include bands like Septic Flesh, Firewind, Rotting Christ and many others that they have a great name abroad to their festivals. Because most of them think Greek = No Good. Anyway we will still love the band no matter what and I hope they will continue giving us great songs. They should apply for Wacken 2012!!!
Septic Flesh Set list
The Vampire from Nazareth
Communion
Chaostar
The Great Mass of Death
The Virtues of the Beast
Unbeliever
Pyramid God
Lovecraft’s Death
Oceans of Gray
We the Gods
Sumerian Daemons
Persepolis
DNA
Esoptron
Anubis
Five Pointed Star