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November is again a month were many bands hit the road and for the first time Jørn Lande and his band are on tour. They did some shows and festivals, but know it was time for their first club headliner tour. They teamed up with Norwegian youngsters Triosphere and Swiss metal band Pure Inc.
I came in from a chat with Jørn, Tore and the other guys when Triosphere were into their first song. I just know them by name, so I can't tell what they played first. After the song singer and bassist Ida Haukland welcomed the fans "Good evening Germany! We are Triosphere from Norway" and they headed into The Silver Lining. The track is from their first album Onwards and has a heavy groove, then they speed up and Ida adds powerful vocals and guitarist Marcus Silver added a cool lead part. Ida explained that they will have a new album in early 2009 and that they will play some new songs. If I got it right the one they played first was called The Anger And The Silent Remorse which started slowly with bass and guitar, but then became a mid-paced tune with slightly aggressive vocals and a catchy chorus. The next one was Driven - another new one -, but faster and with a heavy groove. Ida told the fans that they been touring with W.A.S.P., a band they got inspired by and that they prepared a W.A.S.P. medley... "Hope you enjoy it!" They started with W.A.S.P.'s L.O.V.E. Machine into the medley and got through pieces of Animal (Fuck Like Like A Beast), I Wanna Be Somebody, Blind In Texas and Chainsaw Charlie. Then they returned to their album Onwards and played the fast Gunnin' For Glory. And with Sunriser they finished their set. The foursome played a cool set and even if I didn't knew a song, I enjoyed it. During the change-over I met Ida and the guys at the merch booth and we chat a bit. When Ida and her boys are back in Trondheim I'll get in touch with them for an interview!
The Swiss Pure Inc kicked off with The End of their latest album Parasites & Worms. The foursome rocked from the first second, especially singer Gianni Pontillo's voice and stage presence got the audience in less then no time. But guitarist Sandro Pellegrini also caught the fans with his heavy riffing. "Bochum, everything's okay? We are Pure Inc!" Gianni shouted and they headed into Saviour, a track from their second album A New Day's Dawn. The guys obviously enjoyed being on stage and during Blvd Jam Sandro pulled at Gianni's mic wire which Gianni returned in kicking him. Their combination of 70's rock á la Led Zeppelin, a heavy groove and nu metal riffs convinced more and more fans. After the song Sandro took over the mic "We have a new CD out and we'll play a new song now. A heavy song, something for headbangers!" And with Serenades Of Aggression they offered another heavy groover with monster riffs and a more then one dash of aggression. But still they have a catchy hook to get you and partly Gianni Pontillo's raspy voice takes off the edge - and then a break leads into a slow, emotional part. Just to get back to heaviness and ultra heavy riffs. A musical roller coaster ride. I think next they played Dead Calling, but actually I can't read my notes and just try to recall it... Anyway, towards the end of the song Gianni made some fans sing along and they got over into Fear In My Eyes. During the song guitarist Sandro played a solo part and Gianni directed him to the stage center, just to signal him back to his spot on stage as soon as he was through the solo part. And with The Last Remaining Song they finished their energetic set and I think the Swiss made some new friends tonight!
While Pure Inc. been on stage more people arrived, then the intro started and the band entered the stage. With Soul Of The Wind they headed into their set and as soon as Jørn started singing the magic was there and the fans of the blond Norwegian were celebrating the moment. The band had two new faces, guitarist Tor Erik Myhre and bassist Nicola Angileri, while Nic already played on the album Lonely Are The Brave guitarist Tor Erik Myhre joined them just recently. After Shadow People they presented the catchy We Brought The Angels Down and Storm Crow - some older tunes of Jorn. "For a Monday night it's quite good, thanks for coming out! We now present a new songs - Man Of The Dark!" Even if some fans know the song already word by word, for others it was something new - as The Inner Road. Guitarist Tor Erik Myhre was the calming influence while bassist Nicola Angileri was jumping around and guitarist Tore Morén was up-front entertaining the fans at his side of the stage. "When I was younger I was in all this Viking shit. We in the North, we are really proud of our history. And we did a song called Tungur Knivur!" Jorn explained. and they headed into this one. Then it was time for a guitar solo... "On guitar Mr. Tore Morén!" Jorn shouted and gave the center stage to the former Arcturus guitarist. Morén showed everything from emotional parts to heavy riffing to technical passages, but then led over to Blacksong. Next a cover version which Jørn announced "A couple of years ago we had a cover song on The Duke album - Are You Ready? Are you really ready? Are you ready for this?" And they kicked off the Thin Lizzy tune which they slightly changed to make it a Jørn song. The songs sang along loudly - which impressed the Norwegian "Thank you so fuckin' much! This one is from The Duke album!" Time for The Duke Of Love followed by Out To Every Nation - another highlight of the show. Then Jorn thanked the Matrix for the support and criticized his label for not promoting the tour. At Stormbringer guitarist Tor Erik Myhre showed his talent and also bass player Nic got his chance and tabbed along - into the sing along part. And so the show ended way to soon. The band left the stage and the fans shouted for more. After a few moments drummer Willy Bendiksen came back and hit off a drum solo. Then the others returned for one more song - War Of The World. But that was it, it was over too soon and left the fans longing for more. Well, not this time, but Jørn promised to be back, so watch out!
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