Muthspiel - Scofield/Mehldau/Guliana

As so often in live Jazz music, this event turns out quite differently than expected.

Buddies: Birgit, Täubchen, Jakob

Score: 4 out of 5

Merch: nope

Again? Mehldau definitely, and Guiliana is the future

We have very high expectations when we arrive at our seats. The stage is built beyond the orchestra pit of the Vienna Opera, thus we are very close to the artists, and the view is perfect. Since I expect not to take any photos during the session, I take one of the empty stage.

Black Sabbath - The End

So I finally make it before they stop - but why do they stop?

Buddies: Ecki, Christian, Marion (Olivia and Stolli in the magic circle)

Score: 5 out of 5

Merch: nope

Again? There will be none.

This is my first farewell tour of a band - yes, the bands of my youth start retiring. Not some band, but Black Sabbath. I am a late fan of them, it actually took some time for me to be able to appreciate their incredible impact on today's metal - and of course their music in the first place.

Moderat

A performance to remember. Harder than some metal act. No discussions about to which extent this is live music, because: This is life music ;-). And not less than the future of live performance.



Buddies: David, Andy, Dieter, we also met Claudia and Dieter
Score: 5/5
Merch: nope
Again? definitely




Open Air Arena is a rather large venue - yet this performance felt dense like in a small indoor place. Impeccable tough sound from the very beginning, which sometimes culminated to infernal levels. You feel the bass inside your spine. You feel the bass waves if you stretch out your hands.

Mogwai III - play "Atomic"

Another soundtrack from Mogwai, this time for the BBC production “Storyville – Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise”. Donaufestival Krems sit during their performance, and they lead us through the movie. Similar to Brad Mehldau's Salvation Hunters performance.

Buddy: Taeubchen
Rating: 4/5
Merch: nope
Again: Mogwai is always a must-see

(more to follow)

At The Drive In (Le Butcherettes)

A gig of bands I did not know, and I liked it a lot.



Buddies: Olivia, Stolli, Simon
Rating: 5/5
Merch: nope
Again? yesssss

Some nice video footage is still waiting for being cut.

Omnium Gatherum, Draconian

Two amazing bands from Sweden on a tiny stage.

Rating: 4/5
Buddy: Tom
Merch: none
Again: Yep






The professionalism of today's bands even at small gigs is amazing. Escape Metalcorner's stage is 'very cozy' (Omnium Gatherum) and nearly fails to provide room for the entire band. But this band performs like standing in Gasometer (of course moving too much would be dangerous for everybody). Same applies to Escape Metalcorner, the sound they manage to provide in this small cellar is more you can expect.

Omnium Gatherum rule the evening. Apparently most visitors are here because of them. I can't help but imagine whether Amon Amarth would be able to perform that well here like they do.



Draconian is a different ballpark. Slow Doom Metal with very intense riffs and impressive vocals. Some riffs could directly come from Tony Iommy's axe. I liked them a lot and chose one of the photos as new Blog header.

I wish both bands much success in the future and hopefully another gig at a larger stage in Vienna.