Lorna Shore started as planned at 6:30 p.m. But before that could happen, the patience of the visitors was put to the test. Admission was originally supposed to start at 5:00 p.m., but it was delayed until 6:15 p.m., as apparently there were still guests on the premises from the trade fair that was taking place at the same time. Unfortunately, there was no information about the delay from the organizer or security either. Pretty pissed off and partly completely soaked from the downpour that had started again in the meantime, everyone tried to make it to the festival hall within the remaining 15 minutes, to buy beer, to leave their wet things in the cloakroom or to secure a good place. Not everyone succeeded and caused enough resentment, although admission actually went quite smooth.

Lorna Shore

Then finally, Lorna Shore, with exceptional singer Will Ramos, started their show on time. With lots and lots of fog and dark light, the band entered the stage, which had an outsourced bridge in the middle, to start with a cracker as the first song. To the Hellfire, one of their most well-known songs, blew the minds of listeners. This is where Will‘s unbelievable talent was shown, who manages to create such unbelievable breakdowns on his own vocally that you really wonder how such an unbelievable voice can come from such an inconspicuous and delicate person. When he then called in a Wall of Death, it was no surprise that he got it. Unfortunately limited in size by the wave-breakers, it still was quite impressive for the first band. Even though Will emphasized that he wasn’t feeling well that day, he definitely didn’t show it. However, I wouldn’t have put them as an opener, because the mood would have been a little better if While She Sleeps had really got the crowd going. Nevertheless, Lorna Shore delivered completely and convinced the audience.

With a very dark show and little light, the guys presented a few more songs like Sun//Eater and Cursed To Die. Unfortunately, the set was pretty short and after the five songs, the band left the stage to loud applause.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Setlist Lorna Shore

To the Hellfire
Of the Abyss
Sun//Eater
Cursed to Die
Into the Earth

While She Sleeps

Next up, While She Sleeps entered the stage of the Frankfurt Festhalle. The hardcore quintet from Sheffield in Great Britain obviously made it their mission to make everyone present sweat a lot. It started with the title track of their last record, Sleeps Society and immediately the first small pits formed in the auditorium. Frontman Loz just whirled across the stage and the bridge that jutted out into the crowd.

Already with the second song, the band managed to get the audience to mosh, to sing and to start one or the other Wall Of Death, which is a proud achievement for an opening act. The setlist consisted of several new and a few older songs. They played the song Anti-Social very melodically and with a lot of energy. As with Lorna Shore before, the stage lights were very dim and foggy. This made it very difficult to see the back band members from the auditorium, but that didn’t spoil the very good atmosphere: the audience sang along at the top of their lungs during the song You Are We.

After a full hour’s program, the English left the stage to great applause and gave the audience a little breather. After this sweaty show, everyone involved could get drinks to wait together for the main act of the evening.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Setlist While She Sleeps

Sleeps Society
Anti-Social
You Are All You Need
The Guilt Party
I’ve Seen It All
Eye To Eye
You Are We
Fakers Plague
Silence Speaks
Systematic

Parkway Drive

During the short changeover break, the entire stage was covered in thick smoke with smoke machines. For a mysterious and atmospheric intro, some figures dressed in black cowls first entered the stage. They held great torches in their hands and had their hoods pulled low over their faces. Shortly thereafter, the guys from Parkway Drive appeared and got off to a brilliant start with their latest song Gitch. The song was accompanied by powerful volleys of pyro, which were fired rhythmically and brought the air around them to a boil. With a permanent grin on his face, singer and frontman Winston McCall thanked the other bands of the evening and the numerous spectators.

With their choice of songs, Parkway Drive hardly gave their fans a chance to take a deep breath in 90 minutes: Right at the beginning of the set there were the fan favorites Prey and Carrion. So one hit followed the next – then came Vice Grip and people jumped up and down to the beat. In addition to Glitch, the quintet also brought along Ground Zero, The Geatest Fear and the title track Darker Still from the brand new album. The band was not only convincing musically. Above all, Winston McCall put on a show that which is up to all the dodges.

The absolute highlight of the evening was the performance of Shadow Boxing. What was special about it? That the band was accompanied by a string quartet and Casper, who originally sang along with the song, suddenly appeared on stage to demolish it. The audience absolutely loved it.

During the following song Bottom Feeder several Pyros went up in the air. The whole thing was even topped during the following song Crushed, as the entire edge of the stage including the bridge literally burned. This looked really spectacular.

Of course, the guys splashed out and played the last song, Wild Eyes from the 2012 album Atlas, to loud calls for encores. It really was a hardcore evening of an extra class. Gladly again, Parkway Drive!

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Setlist Parkway Drive

Intro
Glitch
Prey
Carrion
Vice Grip
Dedicated
Cemetery Bloom
The Void
Karma
The Greatest Fear
Schattenboxen
(with Casper)
Darker Still
Bottom Feeder
Encore:
Crushed
Wild Eyes

Co-Author of this report are Steffi and Viola of the Webzine Dark Art, which I also work for.

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It started fairly punctually at half past seven. With a cool show, although for us photographers (four to be exact) with a light show, which made our work quite difficult. Nevertheless, it was a performance in the band’s usual quality, which warmed up the audience well and got them ready for Dust in Mind within the three quarters of an hour that Third Wave was playing.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] At ten to nine, Dust in Mind came on stage. They went straight to the point and knew how to convince from the first minute. Brilliant light show, musicians who just wanted to play and fans who were thriving for live music. A cocktail that was mixed into a brilliant evening and made you want more concerts, both from Dust in Mind and from other bands. There was even a short acoustic interlude, just with Jennifer and Damien. Unfortunately, the concert was over at ten o’clock, almost an hour later. But the band members were still at the merch stand afterwards, where they faced the fans for chats or photos together with them. A very nice evening.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Set list Dust in Mind:

1. Lost Control
2. Take me Away
3. Another Dimension
4. Get Out
5. Break
6. Day 0
7. Drum Solo
8. From Ashes to Flames
9. No Way Out
10. Empty
11. Freefall
12. Amy + Heartbeat
13. Speak for the Voiceless
14. Open Your Eyes
15. Synapses
16. This is the End

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[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Second on the stage was Pentastone, which already played at the Goldene Krone one month before, together with Oversense. The concert was an energy explosion, with already a Wall of Death during the first song. It was a complete destruction of the hall, with a Moshpit, a lot of sweat and fun.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Kalaska finished the evening. A band which exists only since 2020, but their roots are older, but interconnected with other music. Now we are one album, one own label and a self build studio later. Their music is something between alternative metal and grunge, paired with a lot of energy and catchy melodies. A real cool performance, with sympathic musicians, which pays off to be seen.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Setlist Pentastone:

1. Stuck in the Sky
2. All We Ever Do
3. Get Better
4. Bleed You Out
5. Keep Falling
6. Haunt Me
7. How It Feels
8. Hurricane
9. Lost In Reality
10. It Comes With The Night

Setlist Kalaska:

1. Animals
2. Closer
3. Slaves
4. New Beginning
5. You Can Get
6. Wrong
7. Selflove
8. When The Lights…
9. Failing Forever
10. And The Lights…
11. Little Girl

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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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