Hot on the heels of the 3rd of November folk power metal extravaganza, the 4th showed no sign of letting up with the Manchester night of Nightwish's UK tour.
Initial impressions of the venue were worrying; the queue stretched a good 500 yards away from the building and it didn't seem possible for that many people to fit inside. But the reality was most refreshing. There was plenty of room! No crowding, no pushing or squashing, and refreshingly not too hot either. We stood about halfway up the room in front of one of the many barriers ensuring that we were not crowded in any way. Marvellous. We'll definitely go there again!
The first band were called Pain; another traditional metal band. I noticed on our return to Sheffield that they have taken out large adverts in Terrorizer. I didn't notice. They were alright for a couple of songs, but then we rapidly lost interest. But no matter, for they were not the reason for the trip!
After the controversy of former vocalist Anette Olzon's sudden departure and the drafting in of symphonic metal stalwart Floor Jansen to take over vocal duties, it was destined to be an interesting night. Given Floor's previous experience in After Forever and ReVamp, there was no doubt she could carry the tunes, and sure enough the performance was everything I hoped it to be.
After the previous night's frantic leaping about with Sabaton it was a major step down in the liveliness ranks, and 23inertia commented that she would have preferred some of the more up-tempo numbers. But that's not to take anything away from the night. They played most of my favourite tracks, and even had a rather lovely acoustic version of Nemo in the middle. A nicely sedate way to end the frantic weekend.
See the full set at lazyrobot.org.uk.
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