Nightwish
On Wednesday I went to my first rock concert in a while, which was great. I am a big fan of metal, especially Scandinavian metal (I just like the melodic style that is played there), so one of my resolutions is to make use of living in London by going to gigs whenever a band I like happens to come to town.
Last week Nightwish (a Finnish symphonic metal band) played three dates at the Astoria and I went to one of them. It was really good fun - great music, great atmosphere, a few not very "metal"-ish white wine spritzers... and deafness for the rest of the night afterwards, as we stood right next to the speakers!
I also dragged along a friend of mine who really liked it. Now, because my music taste isn't exactly mainstream, most people look at my ipod collection and laugh (and that's the more polite ones). So I always feel chuffed when one of my friends listens to "my" music or comes to a gig with me and then ends up enjoying it!
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Oh heck yeah, Nightwish is sweet. One of the more effective uses of the female voice in metal. My wife digs this band, too. And I completely concur with you on the Scandinavian thing. All hail the mighty behemoth that is power metal!
Have you heard these guys? Me thinks you'd like.
Thanks for the link, I loved the song! Never heard of Brainstorm before, so I'll look out for some of their music. Do you like Sonata Arctica? They are my absolute favourites at the moment.