MindMaze -- Clifton, NJ -- February 17th, 2013

[Maiden33]

Last night, my band MindMaze celebrated the release of our full-length album "Mask of Lies" with a headlining set at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ. Not going to go into insane amounts of details, but basically, it was a great night.

Draekon setlist:
01 ?? (Will update when I can)
02 The Value of All
03 The Division
04 Wails of Anguish

Sinister Realm setlist:
01 Winds of Vengeance
02 Tormentor (Deliver Us)
03 Bell Strikes Fear
04 The Demon Seed
05 Ghosts of Nevermore
06 The Crystal Eye
07 With Swords Held High

MindMaze setlist:
Intro: Highlander Theme (Michael Kamen)
01 Never Look Back
02 Breaking the Chains
03 This Holy War
04 Cosmic Overture
05 Fading Skies
06 Mask of Lies (feat. Sinister Realm's John Gaffney on bass)
07 Dark City (Dreaming this Life)
08 Remember
09 Destiny Calls
10 Burn (Deep Purple cover) (feat. Symphony X's Mike Lepond on bass)
11 Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath cover) (feat. Draekon's Chad Barnes on vocals)

[Maiden33]

By the way:

MindMaze "Mask of Lies" now available via CDBaby, iTunes, Spotify, and more! You can also purchase it directly through the band here:
www.mindmazeband.com

[mankvill]

10 Burn (Deep Purple cover) (feat. Symphony X's Mike Lepond on bass)

Damn, even I know who that is! That's awesome!

[IrritatedTrout]

No Caught Somewhere in Time?:D

[Maiden33]

No Caught Somewhere in Time?:D

Long story behind why not:

Naturally, since we're a 4-piece, we're not pulling off anything like CSIT without an additional guitarist. Josh, the guitarist of Draekon, was supposed to join us for the last two songs of the night (CSIT and Heaven and Hell) - but there were seriously just no fucking outlets on the other side of the stage where he needed to put his amp and pedalboard. We tried to rectify things but there was just no time (show had been running behind), so sadly we had to ditch it. I probably could have set up my harmonizer to make most of the parts work, but I would have had to totally improvise Dave's solo, and in general it just wouldn't have been right to me. It's a shame, I was really looking forward to doing it.

[maidenpriest]

That's really awesome that LePond joined you guys on stage! Will definitely buy the album once I get a little more money :(