Ensiferum (Finland) + Amoral (Finland) + Profane Omen (Finland) @ Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb, 05/10/2012

On October 5th, Finnish sworn swords rose among the Jedinstvo Club at Zagreb.
Along with more than 500 people, rising their fists up and supporting the bands on the stage. A crazy night starts with the band "Profane Omen", a groove/heavy metal band performing as loud as they can which hits the audience. Their hard riffs and unique music was a remarkable point for beginning of the show. During their performance you can see the fans of folk/viking metal actually relating themselves so easily to their music and enjoying the songs with their screams and support. More than half of the people in the hall are actually covered in lines painted in their faces for welcoming one of the Gods of Finnish folk metal bands "Ensiferum". Still half of the hall is empty because many are there outside waiting for them to come.
"Amoral" hits the stage, not related to any of the bands on the show which follows a whole different concept and style in music. A band with Melodic/progressive/hardcore oriented metal genre brings a new breathe on the stage and for the audience as well. All of the three bands origin is Finland and with that always comes a strong sense to feel, for all the people in the hall is a pure heavy Finnish concept of the metal music.
There is no place in the hall anymore, completely full of people screaming together "Ensiferum" for them finally to come on the stage, nonstop rage and joy for all the band's fans. Every minute passes more they scream.
"Ensiferum" strikes the stage and the hall with the intro of their last album "Unsung Heroes" called "Symbols" and along after that "In my Sword I trust". The song injects the fuel of energy in audience's veins after a long waiting night. It felt like the walls have reflectors, as the band sang the songs fans sang along with them, repeating each word of the lyrics with the singer Markus. The band has a full democracy and support within the band, earlier Sami the Bass player of the band answered me in the interview and you can see on the show that is true. All the members are supporting each other with vocals and the energy which always there is beneath them. With having all of these, the fans were the biggest part of the show. Both sides supporting each other with everything possible, reason is the same and that's music and the love of the metal. During almost the whole show people were singing and enjoying, every moment the crowd becomes less and at the same time becomes much more than the capacity of the hall can take. Performing songs from their previous albums brings back memories of the past which is the origin of what they are performing nowadays. Each song represents a meaningful concept and with support of the crowd you can make sure that everyone got more than what the expected from the show. The end of performance was with full satisfaction for the band and for the fans that were waiting for hours to sing along with them.
"Ensiferum" is truly a pure folk metal idol these days throughout the world of metal music and specially the Folk Nature and origin. Heroic and heathen themes of their songs and lyrics shows a real world of today where no hero dwells and whatever is left is the memorial of the fallen heroes which are humans, we the humans. We must keep ourselves together and fight for our beliefs till the moment of glory. …Arm yourselves the truth shall be revealed. "Ensiferum - In my sword I trust"

-thymournia

terapija // 07/10/2012

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