Setlist:

1. Still Cold and Lost
2. Age of Paranoia
3. Beyond the Fears
4. Deeper into Time
5. Behind Your Mask
6. The Weakest Spot

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Then Postmodern Fantasy came on stage with their symphonic pop metal. I myself discovered them by accident not too long ago and was really looking forward to see them perform. In line with the latest video, everyone except singer Franzi came on stage with their rabbit masks to play the said song. Immediately after the song they were put aside so that they could finally see something, since the view under the mask was very limited. What followed was a cool show with lots of interaction between the musicians and between the musicians and the audience. A performance which, musically and in terms of the degree of heaviness, was a very nice transition to the next band and makes you want to go to a Postmodern Fantasy concert again. Which, due to the region of origin in the Rhine-Main area, will definitely be within the realms of my possibility.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Next up was Groove Metal from Frankfurt, with Mein Kopf ist ein Bruter Ort. Brutal music, yes, but very nice musicians on stage, unfortunately with one of the last performances by shouter Patrick Schuch. I was allowed to see them in 2018, back then at the Steinbruch Theater, and remembered them very positively. I wasn’t disappointed this time either, great show, always very well-timed shouter changes and sweeping guitars with the necessary heaviness and the right groove to rock and bang along. There was even a guest appearance by Christian Schmidt‘s brother, a rapper, who did a cool song with the band. It will be interesting to see what Patrick‘s successor will be like, but also here a band that makes you want more and is underestimated in my opinion.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Then it kind of went back to the beginning, now that it was ALL WILL KNOW‘s turn – with their normal set. As usual solid, humorous, full of energy and exciting. In addition, surprising for the band, there was a parallel performance by two fire artists, which gave the whole thing an extra kick. They can do that more often. As always, it was great fun. The performance also fitted perfectly into the increasing degree of heaviness that one was able to experience that evening, starting with their acoustic set.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Although the degree of heaviness of the music went down again, the cult status blew up with the appearance of the Godfather of German Metal, namely Rage. And what a show they put on… A lot of fun, joy, energy and Peter Wagner showed that he is far from finished with the subject of live shows, which will please everyone who can relate to Rage. Of course, the most well-known song in Germany could not be missing from the set list, Straight to Hell. It was received with appropriate enthusiasm. Of course, there were also the usual “Repeat after me” games with the audience, which all worked out wonderfully. After 75 minutes and an encore of two songs, the end of a great festival day was unfortunately already reached at quarter past 11. After that you could have a chat with the musicians which did put away their stuff, which showed that despite the level of popularity, there is no distance to the fans.

Setlist:

1. Resurrection day (+Intro)
2. Let them rest in peace
3. Shadow out of time
4. End of all days
5. My way
6. Back in time
7. Black in mind
8. Virginity
9. Straight to hell
10. From the cradle to the grave
11. A new land
12. Don’t fear the winter
13. Higher than the sky

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[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Second came Pentastone who always wanted to play at the Metal Up Your Life. After the Phungo meets Metal Up Your Life 2021 already worked out in the summer and more or less counted as half, tonight was time for them to finally hit the usual Metal Up Your Life stage. You could tell that they were having fun and enjoying themselves, which resulted in a terrific performance.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] As usual, the band behind the Metal Up Your Life played next to last, the band ALL WILL KNOW. I don’t have to waste a lot of words about the performance, it had its usual high quality. The encore was fun though, much to the annoyance of singer Steve, because they played Last Christmas, where Steve kept saying “I hate you”.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Headliner was the modern melodic death metal band Dieversity from Würzburg, for whom it was the first gig with the new singer Robin. A fact that neither the band, nor Robin, nor the performance showed.

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At first played the duo He.artwork which are Sami (Singer) and Jascha (Guitar). They make acoustic music with a lot of heart and an incredible voice. Very entertaining and it is always worth to listen to them.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Next in line was the band Third Wave from Frankfurt, which plays Modern Metal, with some Metalcore influences. This time without their lead singer, because he was ill, but they still rocked.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Third band of the evening was ALL WILL KNOW, the band of the organizer Jan Jansohn. Playing fine melodic death metal with two singers and one shouter, they had their usual very strong outing to blow everybody away.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Words of Farewell was the headliner of the night. Coming from the German Ruhr District, they brought progressive melodic death metal to the evening. It was not their first appearance at the Metal Up Your Life, and just like last time, they delivered.

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[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] After a short intermission Oversense entered the stage. I did not yet hear a single song nor saw them live, until now. I only knew them from the collaboration between their singer Danny with the band Snow White Blood on their album Hope Springs Eternal. But during the concert I realized, that this was an error. Great band with a great show. For them it also was the first concert since the start of the pandemic and they had a lot of fun. All the energy which was held back during that time was released this evening and that transfered to the audience. Very cool show.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Third band of the evening was the local band ALL WILL KNOW, which is also the band of the organizer of the evening, Jan Jansohn. I made an interview with them some days before the concert, so I was really looking forward to be able see them again performing on stage. The expectations where fulfilled. Lots of energie, fun to play and intoxicating music was played. Of course they played an encore of some songs. It was clear, that the audience missed real good live performances and was famished for it. All three bands till this point passionately gave them what they wanted and needed. 

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Last but not least was The Tex Avery Syndrome playing their set. They are a Modern Metal Band from Frankfurt, with core influences. The band presented a very impressive light show, which was really cool from the perspective of a concertgoer, but not so good from the perspective of a photographer. Combined with that was very heavy music which induced to dance.  Even tho the fans where not allowed to do this before the stage, due to anti-corona measures, but only before their deck chair. But they had a lot of fun doing so and the correct vibe did arise. As the band had to stop playing at 23:30 and not a minute later due to restrictions by the city, they did not play the normal “We go off the stage, wait for the audience to shout encore, come back and play” game, but simply stayed on stage and directly played the encore. That way they kept to the end time.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] In summary it simply was a fantastic evening, which made a lot of fun and showed that a good metal concert can be made, even if anti-corona measures. Also the combination of the different bands was very good, with a good mixture of different metal styles.

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Some photos from the acoustic stage:

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Some photos from the main stage:

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Some photos of the audience or the feeling in general:

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