It was the second coming of the Baest, at least here in Forum where they, for the second night in a row, was supporting D-A-D for a mostly unaware and unprepared audience.

“We’re Baest from the Jutlandian soil and we come with anger. We’d like to play some angry music for you. Can we?”
- Simon Olsen (vocals)

The evening began much like the previous night, with a long intro tune (not the instrumental version of Genesis I found out, so now I’m drawing a blank), and a few spread out cheers when the band entered the stage. Again, there were definitely some fans in the crowd, as I had spotted both Baest t-shirts (interestingly, Baest’s merch stand was twice the size of D-A-D’s, and D-A-D aren’t known for holding back) but nowhere near the amount that didn’t know them and/or didn’t care. I still love the fact that D-A-D chose them as support regardless, and that Baest didn’t let it phase them in the slightest. They just came on and did their thing, regardless of how it was received.

“We played here yesterday as well, and then we went out on the town. In a way, we still are, because we love to party!”
- Olsen (vocals)

It was undeniably a slightly less energetic Baest that met us today. Not that they lacked energy, but it wasn’t quite at the level it had been the night before. Mattias Melchiorsen was walking instead of running, and it took a little longer for Simon Olsen to begin jumping.
On the other hand, Lasse Revsbech had livened up a bit, and didn’t wait long to walk on over to Svend Karlsson to play side by side with him, even spending some time posing together with Melchiorsen on the way. Karlsson on the other hand (are we back to the first one now?) let several songs pass before reciprocating by walking over to Revsbech’s side of the stage.

Olsen was good at talking and bringing the crowd in, and I could see some very enthusiastic headbangers around, and even a crowdsurfer at one point, so the band was clearly hitting it home with at least parts of the crowd. And again, bringing Jesper Binzer (D-A-D) in to sing along on King Of The Sun did wonders for the general crowd appreciation as well, and while it was hard to hear, I do believe that Binzer was pushing his vocals a little extra this night to match Olsen’s growls. They do sound good together, as weird as that may seem, and I wonder if something more will come of it in the future.

While the band was a smidge easier going this night, I also think the overall effort of all the members was better, creating a more cohesive impression.

Setlist:

Ecclesia
Misfortunate
Imp Of The Perverse
King Of The Sun (feat. Jesper Binzer)
Necro Sapiens