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Grave
The Rock, Copenhagen - 2008
Text: Tobias Nilsson Photo: Lunah Lauridsen
After a mood-filled intro, sounding like it came of a horror-movie soundtrack, it was time for the second Swedish band of the evening; Grave.
With their many years in the business, Grave pulled on a lot of experience as they treated us to their Stockholm death metal.
Actually, most of the intro was drowned out by massive shouting for the band, provided by a large and enthusiastic crowd.
There were a lot more people in the audience at this time than there had been at Zonaria just earlier, and it was even visited by a couple of members of the first band, Zebadiah Crowe. Even so, Grave did not manage to stir up quite the same amount of action in their visitors as had the aforementioned Zonaria.
Both the band and its peers were mostly standing still in their places, with only a few smaller moshpits trying to start up, only to die out shortly after.
Neither was there made a strong attempt at getting things going. As I said, the band was firmly rooted to the positions they took when entering the stage, and there wasn't much communication in between songs, except for some short song introductions made by singer/guitarist Ola Lindgren.
Now, I shouldn't be too harsh either. A shout-along at the start of their last song for the evening, their classic debut Into The Grave, paved way for a wild moshpit which lasted throughout the song.
It wasn't that Grave didn't deliver, it was just that their calmer way of performing somewhat faded against the energy-bomb which had held the stage just before them.
With their many years in the business, Grave pulled on a lot of experience as they treated us to their Stockholm death metal.
Actually, most of the intro was drowned out by massive shouting for the band, provided by a large and enthusiastic crowd.
There were a lot more people in the audience at this time than there had been at Zonaria just earlier, and it was even visited by a couple of members of the first band, Zebadiah Crowe. Even so, Grave did not manage to stir up quite the same amount of action in their visitors as had the aforementioned Zonaria.
Both the band and its peers were mostly standing still in their places, with only a few smaller moshpits trying to start up, only to die out shortly after.
Neither was there made a strong attempt at getting things going. As I said, the band was firmly rooted to the positions they took when entering the stage, and there wasn't much communication in between songs, except for some short song introductions made by singer/guitarist Ola Lindgren.
Now, I shouldn't be too harsh either. A shout-along at the start of their last song for the evening, their classic debut Into The Grave, paved way for a wild moshpit which lasted throughout the song.
It wasn't that Grave didn't deliver, it was just that their calmer way of performing somewhat faded against the energy-bomb which had held the stage just before them.



