Sooo... it's time for a little review! I didn't make photos or videos with my smartphone since both would've had a crappy quality but luckily there are others who did, shouldn't be a problem thus.
The most important thing first - it was amazing! Don't know if it was the greatest Alter Bridge concert I've been to, but if not, it's coming close. Halestorm did a great job, didn't expect anything less since they're a great band and Lzzy absolutely kicked ass. She's got such a great voice and they saved my absolute favourite - I Miss The Misery - until last!
Alter Bridge were awesome. I stood right in front of Myles and he smiled the entire time, he seemed like he had a lot of fun and was really happy - don't know if I've ever seen him on stage with so much energy, it was inspiring! As usual, he messed up the lyrics at least two times (during Ghost of Days Gone By and Metalingus, he had to laugh after the latter) but I hope he'll keep on with that forever, it's just funny! He also forgot to sing the "Don't let me drown" part on the second pre-chorus and apologetically smiled at Mark afterwards, I loved it!
Their decision to slow down the songs has been a good one, without any doubt. Myles sounded great, though I couldn't hear him that loud (always the same problem with small venues...) and the songs were as energetic as always.
I got goosebumps during the intro of Cry of Achilles - don't know how that happened, but it sounded so amazing and I guess I wanted to hear that song live so desperately... didn't disappoint me, of course - the new songs absolutely kicked ass. Calm the Fire was AWESOME! It's an absolute beast live, the riff just rocks your socks off. I also liked the crowd pretty much, they cheered a lot, especially after Calm the Fire and Waters Rising, but pretty much every song was well-received. Watch Over You with Lzzy was outstanding - she really pushed that already awesome song to an even higher level, was one of the greatest and most beautiful duets I've ever listened to!
Unfortunately, they didn't play Bleed It Dry - but I didn't really care at all, 'cause the show was so amazing and it was so much fun and so great to finally see them again that it doesn't come down to one Fortress song more or less.
We met Arejay from Halestorm and the whole Alter Bridge band after the concert, though we had to wait quite a long time. Got photos with everyone of them, told Mark that he did a great job on Waters Rising and Myles that I loved how much fun he had on stage. He confirmed that he had, but he looked REALLY tired, of course. I also told him that the Calm the Fire intro was amazing, he seemed to appreciate that. Afterwards, we asked Flip if they'd ever play Words live - he said that he's tried to convince the rest of the band to play it for the last three years, but it seems like Myles is the one who's hesitating to finally do it, probably because the final part is so hard to sing. He promised to try to boss him around about that topic even harder
and he also confirmed that they'll make another tour in Germany in 2014 - GREAT news!
All in all - great night, I enjoyed every second of it though it was really energy-sapping. Can't wait for their next concert!
at the 2 that's rights...but they're not like the usual ones.
