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Tag Archives: saltatio mortis

Went to a concert

Nov
25
2011

^o^ and it was fun! We went to see Saltatio Mortis yesterday. I would say, a relatively unknown German folk ‘spielmänner’ band. It was in a really small venue, so it’s usually triple the fun. Metal is not like any other types of concert, really. The interaction with the audience is usually a lot more visible and the people itself are just like one big happy family.

Here’s a semi-ok live video. The bagpipes sound shriller on video than it was yesterday though.

There were about 40-50 people present at that concert and about halfway in we all got hold of someone elses shoulders and did like a train xD. At some point we were brawling and dancing and two girls whom I’ve never met in my life before I just simply grabbed and they tagged along. There’s just something about small metal concerts that shows a unity, equality and a ‘no (wo)man left behind’ type of thing that I really like. Besides that, you see a lot of interesting people of all ages. lol. There’s always that 50+ couple enjoying the show in the back of the room, the even and odd freak, people of all races, some tattoo’d up to their necks, some neatly dressed people, etc. I think the word I’m looking for is ‘acceptance’. You don’t even need to dress the uniform to join in. Hell, I once saw a guy in khaki pants and a bright pink, extremely gay looking sweater with the college frat boy vest tied around his neck mosh like there was no tomorrow. lol.

It was fun!

:grin:

Posted in Music | Tagged folk metal, irl, metal, saltatio mortis | Leave a reply

Why folk metal is awesome

Feb
27
2010

^o^ I’ve been listening to it all day already. When I went shopping today I had it on in the car again. So what makes folk metal so awesome? The beer? The occasional goofyness? The wider range of instruments? The history? It’s all of these and then some. The best feeling I get is when I’m in my car and it’s cold, preferably snowing and I’m driving around where I live (the countryside) doing cooooornaaars in 3rd gear. *flipping behind the wheel*.

Generally, I divide them into two categories: Nordic and German (spielmänner). I usually lean somewhat more to the German bands, on the other hand my favorite is Ensiferum.

There’s also nothing like folk metal bands in concert. Best proof of concept is Korpiklaani. I’ve seen grown men with long hair do some ballroom dancing in the middle of the concert hall. <3 the goofyness.

So happy listening! Don’t blame me if you go to your fridge to fetch a beer.

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Posted in Music | Tagged ensiferum, folk metal, in extremo, korpiklaani, metal, moonsorrow, saltatio mortis, subway to sally, turisas | 2 Replies

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