Categories: Live Reviews

Battle Beast at The Manchester Academy 2, 1-10-2024

Tonight in Manchester the all mighty Finnish Power Metal Band Battle Beast arrive to perform on there highly sold out Circus Of Doom Tour at The Manchester Academy 2. Support comes from Serenity and Brymir.

Brymir

First on for this evening is Finnish Melodic/Symphonic Death Metal band Brymir. Brymir takes to the stage and within seconds the band makes you fall in love with them. Their performance is flawless and so much fun to watch them perform between each other and the audience. At one point a cod fish (inflatable) is throw on stage to the band which returns to the crowd making lead singer Viktor call out ‘Give me my fish back’ over all Brymir entire set was just the perfect crowd warmer and I can’t wait to see them again soon

No setlist found for Brymir

Serenity

Austrian symphonic power metal band Serenity take to the stage for the main support of the evening, Serenity where fun, Got the crowd up and moving around. Reacting to each other and with the audience the band performed an incredible set and fitted into the night perfectly. Serenity performance flowed together extremely well with songs flowing together and was a remarkable show!

Serenity Setlist

Venue: Manchester Academy 2, University of Manchester Students' Union, Manchester

  • The Fall of Man
  • Ritter, Tod und Teufel (Knightfall)
  • Souls and Sins
  • Set the World on Fire
  • Legacy of Tudors
  • Lionheart

Battle Beast

The heavy power metal band Battle Beasts arrives on the stage to the awaiting crowd. Coming out in a cloud of white smoke the Battle Beast show comes to life with ‘Circus Of Doom’ being performed first warming the crowd up and getting everybody attention on them. With strong vocals from lead singer Norra who vocals and stage presents takes control of the crowd. ‘Straight To The Heart’ and ‘Familiar Hell’ where ticked of the set. The 17 song set list also included a Elton John cover of ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight?’ which fans joined in on and made it a fantastic night. Battle Beasts Performance was strong, powerful and was an amazing show to see live. We can all agree that Battle Beast sold out shows will only lead to them performing on much bigger stages which they are deserving of.

Want to watch the show in full? Check out the live stream of The Manchester Academy 2 sold out show here Battle Beast LIVE from Academy 2, Manchester Great Britain 1.10.2024

Battle Beast Setlist

Venue: Manchester Academy 2, University of Manchester Students' Union, Manchester

  • Circus of Doom
  • Straight to the Heart
  • Familiar Hell
  • Armageddon
  • Place That We Call Home
  • No More Hollywood Endings
  • Eye of the Storm
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  • Where Angels Fear to Fly
  • Bastard Son of Odin
  • Russian Roulette
  • Wings of Light
  • Eden
  • Encore:
  • The Force Theme / The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)
  • Master of Illusion
  • King for a Day
  • Beyond the Burning Skies
  • Top Gun Anthem

Artists: Battle Beast, Brymir, Serenity

Samantha Potts

West Yorkshire based music photographer. Working under the name Start The Penguin Photography since 2013. Specialised in music photography while studying a BA photography degree back in 2014. Ocassional jumping in to writing reviews too!

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