[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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[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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With Her Fall is an alternative metal from Groß-Umstadt in the region. The band jumped in at short notice, after which the actual opener had to cancel. A solid performance which was fun for both the fans and the band itself. You could tell from reactions of the audience that they longed for a normal concert. Everyone was having fun and wanted to see more With Her Fall after the set, but unfortunately there was not enough time.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] As second band on stage was one of the Krone home bands, the alternative metal band from Darmstadt, Pentastone. I was also able to see them at the Phungo Festival, right before Oversense and it was a pleasure to see them in a normal concert setting. Together with the audience, the band literally teared down the Krone. A real pleasure.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] As the concert didn’t start until 10 p.m., it was already after midnight until the headliner Oversense finally came on stage. Somehow many slept through the beginning of the concert, but then quickly streamed back into the large hall of the Krone. And it was worth it for all viewers who stayed so long. The band put on another incomparable show, including an encore to the encore, which was not actually planned, but was pulled through because of the fans. For this, Danny left his guitar and rocked the stage with just his microphone.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] To finish off, here a little outlook, you can see Pentastone on the 19th of November in Augsburg as a support band for Kalaska, tickets are available here. And on the 26th of November they play again at the Krone, where Kalaska then appears as support, together with the band Red Veil from Offenbach. I will be there again and provide you with pictures and a short report afterwards.

Oversense will also play three more shows this year, all three as the opening act for nobody other than Doro Pesch. On the 17th of November  in Frankfurt in the Batschkapp, on the 27th of November  in Neuruppin at the Kulturhaus and as the end of the tour on November the 28th in Hamburg in the location called Gruenspan.

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 Oversense:

1. Toast To The Devil
2. Mackie
3. Love
4. Antisocial
5. Thunder
6. The Longing
7. Tear Me Down
8. White Wolf
9. Be
10. Last Goodbye

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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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