IGORRR - AMENRA - DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT - HANGMAN?S CHAIR in London 2023

O O2 Forum Kentish Town em Londres recebeu um line-up de peso, contando com 4 bandas de estilos que podemos dizer até que diferentes entre si, mas com certas similaridades: Hangman?s Chair, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra e Igorrr.

Although all the bands are part of the more underground world, they all have a similar vibe and totally different aesthetics, apart from their sound.

Just before the show, the main band, Igorrr, announced that they would not be selling merch because the house was asking 25% commission on each sale, a trend that has been increasing and fortunately more bands are objecting. But this was not enough to stop the bands from putting on an excellent show.

Hangman?s Chair

The band opened what was to be an extremely heavy night, bringing their Doom sound, with clean vocals and occasional gutturals, the band played some of their best known songs, and gave the audience a taste of what was to come.

Der Weg einer Freiheit

The German quartet already came bringing a different style, a progressive black metal, using a lot of lighting to help with the show and playing songs from their entire career, including the most recent ones.

Amenra

For those who don't know Amenra, the show may have been a shock, for being heavier than the previous ones, bringing a mix of post-metal, sludge and hardcore, opening with a huge amount of smoke with the song Razoearter, and black and white images in the background, and a lot of flashing lights, which certainly may have made some people uncomfortable, but the sound compensated.

Igorrr

The main band, Igorrr, is the most difficult to classify, as they make a mix of classical music, baroque, death metal, vacuum cleaner sounds, and a vocal mix with mezzo-soprano Marthe Alexandre and the gutturals and screams of JB Le Bail.

Abrindo com Paranoid Bulldozer Italiano, já era possível ver algumas pessoas surpresas com o estilo da banda, mas acredito que de maneira positiva. Gautier Serre, estava no meio do palco controlando o mixer, e alguns outros instrumentos e comandando o show, enquanto o restante da banda variava entre músicas de diversos álbuns como o ?Spirituality and Distortion? e ?Savage Sinusoid?, e fechando com a esperada Very Noise, para que ninguém durma tranquilo!

Igorrr Setlist at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, 2023

In conclusion, it was a very heavy and diverse night, both in bands and fans, but with above average quality.

1. Intro
2. Paranoid Italian Bulldozer
3. Spaghetti Forever
4. Hollow Tree
5. Nervous Waltz
6. Desert Downgrade
7. Camel Dancefloor
8. Tout petit moineau
9. ieuD
10. Parpaing
11. Polyphonic Rust
12. Overweight Poesy
13. Viande
14. Opus Brain
15. Himalaya Massive Ritual
16. Encore:
17. Cheval
18. Apopathodiaphulatophobie
19. Robert
20. Very Noise

Photos and reviews by Daniel Caceiro

Artists: Amenra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Igorrr