During "Dark Fortress", it became a bit more crowded in the Kade. A relief, because when DF started playing there weren’t that much people, and I was a bit afraid it would stay quiet. Fortunately I was wrong. The Kade was filled now with enthusiastic people, waiting for Celtic Frost.

Celtic Frost
Around half past nine, the intro started. After the intro ended, they played “Procreation of the Wicked”. I was amazed by the fact that there was a second guitarist on stage, I didn’t heard anything about that before, but he did a good job. The new drummer, Franco Sesa, was hidden behind the drums, but what he did there was amazing. Tracks like "Mesmerized", "Sorrows of the Moon", "Return to the Eve" and "Circle of the Tyrants", "Jewel Throne", "Necromantical", "Dawn of Meggido", "Visions of Mortality" and "Inner Sanctum " passed by. A lot of older work, as you can see. When the band played "The Usurper", the public was going mad, everybody was headbanging.

In the end they played "Into the Crypts of Rays" and of course, everybody was singing with them. The atmosphere was great, I really enjoyed being there. Remarkable was that, despite it was their "Monotheist tour", they only played two tracks of that album, "Ain Elohim" and "Synagoga Satanae", which was their last track at this gig.

Every track they played was without any mistake. Not a string thing for a band that’s playing for such a long time already, but if you think about the fact they didn’t played live for such a long time... well done!

Ninety minutes after they started playing, it was over. Not that long, but everybody seemed satisfied and so was I. I like to listen to the albums of CF, but live they were even better, and I’m glad I had the chance to be there.

On their site they describe the music as “some of the most powerful and challenging music of the late 20th century”, they are described as innovative, avant-garde, brave, brutal, bizarre, electrifying and unique. Well, they’re right!

(Review & Pics: Romana Pavesi)