Way too loud bass and kick drums, standard (read: boring) riffing, inaudible backing vocals, annoying lead vocals and over the top looks: did I really wait 45 minutes after entering the venue to see Asrai opening Filth Fest? I definitely am a complete idiot! I never have been so happy to hear Within Temptation and Delain coming through the speakers in the lobby of the venue and that says enough I guess…

 

Due to interviewing some Cradle Of Filth fans for a video-item for Roadrunner Records I wasn’t able to see Septic Flesh perform. This was a pity, because they really impressed me with their record Communion and their show as a support of Vader back in April.

 

After an impressing performance at the Zwarte Cross Festival this summer, I was definitely looking forward to see Moonspell live again. Fortunately they didn’t disappoint me at all. Playing a combination between older songs and material from their latest record, Night Eternal, they pampered us with a solid performance. Their gothic, blackened, doomy death metal did a great job and with a lot of cheering, clapping and raised devil horns in the almost sold out venue, it must have been a very pleasant evening for both the band and the audience. Highlight of the show was without a doubt ‘Scorpion Flower’, with a guest performance by Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering, Agua de Annique), with their closer ‘Full Moon Madness’ as a great runner-up.

 

I can say a lot about Gorgoroth, their crosses on stage, their music, Gaahl’s outfit or anything else that has something to do with this band and act, but I won’t. I’m definitely not into their music and I was bored as hell when they were playing. The biggest part of the audience seemed to enjoy it though, so I won’t say they sucked, well… they do backstage, but that’s a totally different story, but I advise you to go and see them once so you can judge for yourself if you like this freak show or not.

 

Due to the fact I came to Tilburg by public transportation I wasn’t able to see more than three COF songs, so I can’t say much about their show. I could have taken the car when I left home, but I’m glad I didn’t. I definitely wouldn’t have made it through the evening when I had to witness Gorgoroth sober.