Powerwolf LIve Report

My 4th time seeing the mighty Powerwolf live and they did not disappoint obviously. Two support bands both were good but I'm only here for the Wolfies.

Kissin' Dynamite were very good as were main support Amaranthe but I won't say too much about them. Both bands did a great job of warming up the crowd ready for the German legends.

Finally at just gone 9pm the houselights dimmed and the atmosphere started to build as the Wolfie ones got ready and came on to rapturous applause.This was easily their biggest headline show in the UK since they once had a dual headline with Epica in a slightly bigger venue but that doesn't count since a lot of them were there for Epica.

Anyway here they are promoting brand new album Sacrament of Sin and what a damn show they delivered. I had left the floor by now and managed to find a very good spot on the second balcony just by luck as every where was jammed. But my view was perfect and clear. The band opens with the firecracker Fire and Forgive from the new album. A great way to start things and I could see from view point there was already a big pit going on.

Next up was the rousing Army of The Night, then another great newie in Incense & Iron with its folky bouncy chorus going down a storm. Amen & Attack kept the pace on fire before we got the doomy epic Let There Be Night to slow it down to a majestic, seance like style.

After that it was time for a little gothic dance and everyone absolutely loved Demon's Are a Girl's Best Fried.

Then another newie and my personal favourite song, Killers With The Cross. I had to record the whole of that one. Too awesome and rousing!

Armata Strigoi has the crowd sing along wooah woooahs complete with Atilla doing his comedy act on stage with Falk Maria the organist. Those two guys are hilarious.

Back up to speed with Blessed & Possessed and then we got the best moment of the night. An old haunted looking gothic piano was wheeled out and Falk Maria started to play the opening parts to Where The Wild Wolves Have Gone. Atilla sang that amazingly well as the rest of the band joins in for that mesmeric chorus. Stunning performance that. Loud applause and full singing by all in that song to bring goose pimples.

Next up was crowd fave and tongue in cheek tune Resurrection By Erection. Seen them 4 times and they've never not played it. Riotous!

Then we changed the pace to funereal and morose with Stossgebet. Actually sounded so much better live than it does on record. Live it just comes into its own. Epic and brooding.

Next up were the two blood songs. First we need your blood then we drink your blood. The crowd is just going nuts downstairs. The balconies are either clapping or cheering but all are bellowing the choruses of these two.

The main set ends with Lupus Dei. Actually not a huge fave of mine but it picks up pace towards the end. They leave to massed cheers but there's an encore to come and more on stage shenanagins with Atilla and Falk Maria splitting the crowd up into a singing match. Al these things are part of the Powerwolf live experience.

The encore starts with Sanctified With Dynamite, another great energy laden speeding bullet.

Coleus Sanctus follows and is a solid track but not a huge fave of mine and finally we come to the final song of the night. Werewolves of Armenia. There's a great mystey and build in this final track and ends on a rousing note.

The band leaves slowly one by one and finally the two main protagonists Falk and Atilla are left and leading the cheers as the song Wolves against the World blares over the PA as outro. Finally Falk leaves and leads the last and greatest cheer for Atilla, the crazy gypsy man from Rumania. Hails to the Wolf and we'll see you again.

That was some gig. Every power metal fan needs to catch Powerwolf at least once to experience the Holy Heavy Metal Mass as Atilla calls it. Really is a fun experience indeed. Till the next time wolfies!