In Heidevolk I found what I at the time described as the most evil brutality cleverly mixed with happy and danceable tunes, and I also found something quite unusual. Heidevolk had two male vocalists.
Now I know this isn’t unheard of before, but I have never witnessed it in this type of band.
Actually, speaking of which; one of the vocalists, Mickeal, was only on loan from fellow Dutchmen Mondvolland as original singer Joris Boghtdrincker was not able to join his band mates for the tour. Neither was guitarist Reamon Bomenbreker so he had been relieved by Vince Wassik (Autumnal Reaper, Mortal Form).

Both replacements did a good job at the concert, but then again all the band seemed to be on top for this the first gig of the Black Sails Over Europe tour, which Heidevolk shared with Adorned Brood, Alestorm and Týr.
The other singer, Mark Splintervuyscht, blew his horn to battle and the audience was with him all the way (even Alestorm, who had joined the people on the floor to cheer their tour mates on), as he started a loud sing-along for Saksenland.
Also between songs he was good at keeping the crowd fired up, but he had help with this from his band as well as they kept the humour going. After some problems with his monitor Sebas Bloeddorst (guitar) extracted a rubber snake from it which he then threw to the audience; and drummer Joost den Vellenknotscher was just insane throughout the entire concert as he juggled his drumsticks around. Bloeddorst was also kind enough to personally hand me a setlist, not after the show but during (!); that is certainly a first.

The crowd had for this show managed to get in (Adorned Brood had missed some due to the line outside) and was already pretty impressive in size, and as I said they seemed to like Heidevolk quite well, even though I don’t believe they have such a large name around these parts. Yet, that is, but they seemed hell-bent on changing that status for sure.

In my opinion Heidevolk did a good job of warming up the crowd for the coming bands, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they got at least a few new fans out of the concert. That’s what happens when you give such an energetic show, and are in such a splendid mood.

Setlist:

Krijgsvolk
Koning Radboud
Saksenland
Walhalla Wacht
Opstand Der Bataven
Het Wilde Heer
Het Gelders Volkslied
Vulgaris Magistralis (Normaal cover)