Enslaved -- Dinkelsbuhl, Germany -- August 19th, 2011

[JRA]

Originally Posted by daimonos

Strange, but it sounds interesting. Please explain.

I guess I just have a big fear of musical burnout. I'm sorry but "that's just the way music works sometimes" is not a good enough excuse for me. Buying 5 albums by an artist and trying to listen to all of it at the same time feels like a recipe for disaster.

[daimonos]

Originally Posted by JRA

I guess I just have a big fear of musical burnout. I'm sorry but "that's just the way music works sometimes" is not a good enough excuse for me. Buying 5 albums by an artist and trying to listen to all of it at the same time feels like a recipe for disaster.

That makes sense, I guess I never really thought about that, but that definitely does happen.

[adamclark52]

Pretty solid set. I'm sure they'll keep all this and add four or five for the North American tour. If I was to have them add one song it would have to be the Watcher, that and As Fire Swept Clean the Earth are probably my favorite two Enslaved songs.

Really anything from Isa or Ruun would be great. I can live without Fusion of Sense and Earth and Isa. As great as those songs are they've played them every time I've seen Enslaved (four times now) and it would be nice to hear something else. Entroper, Lunar Force, Essence, Api-Vat or Violent Dawning would all be great to see. I think I may have even seen them play Violent Dawning once and I know I saw Essence once. When they played Essence opening for Dark Funeral I knew I was seeing once of the best shows of my life, that moment always sticks with me.

But I'll be happy no matter what. Enslaved are great live and if you're on the fence on wether you should see them I STRONGLY encourage it. I wouldn't have seen them four times since early 2007 if they sucked.

[adamclark52]

I've never liked Isa as a closer either. I'm not into the big ROCK!, AC/DC!, METALLICA! ending of it. The first two times I saw them they ended with an abridged version of Slaget I Skogen Bortenfor and it was nice. But the Watcher would be a great closer too if they don't do a big ROCK! ending. Have I mentioned that I love that song?

[adamclark52]

One last post, I really could care a less that Ghost dropped off the NA tour. Are that new band who's name starts with a 'J' (the full name escapes me) any good?

[jd091]

Originally Posted by adamclark52

One last post, I really could care a less that Ghost dropped off the NA tour. Are that new band who's name starts with a 'J' (the full name escapes me) any good?

Yeah, they're kind of like a sludgier Alcest without screams.

[tenchimyo]

COOL! Thanks for the info- I hope I can see them in VA next week!