Corvus Corax - October, 21^st 1999

What a concert! This was just great!

We, that is my sister, two friends, a friend of theirs and I, arrived at the venue, which was the Arena shortly before they opened the hall.
The Arena isn't very big, I'd estimate it holds maybe 2000 people and so it wasn't hard to secure places in the second row, even if we were not among the first in the hall. Our friends wanted to stay a little more back and so it was just my sister and me. But there were some familiar faces around. Corvus Corax is fairly well known among the Live-Roleplaying Community and so I saw some people I know from there.

The concert began at 9pm and right from the start it was great. They now have 3 people on the drums and it really adds much to their songs. Playing the bagpipes and "Schalmeien" were the usual five men.

They played for about three quarters of an hour then had a short break during which they showed a short documentary about them and then returned for about another one and a quarter of an hour.

The setlist was: (I managed to secure one after the concert.)

The concert wasn't only great to hear, but also to see. After the break most of them came back wearing not much except shoes or boots, leather skirts or aprons and various chains and leather ribbons. (Yum! :->) They also brought a pyrotechnician who supported their show with fire and fireworks.
This was really one of the best concerts I have ever seen. The places we had were great, the people around us were friendly and once the music started there was enough room to dance. The only negative part of the audience was the "security." They weren't necessary but disturbed the concert a bit with silly calls and chants. Even the band was a little annoyed for a while. I hope they will take someone else as security the next time.

Aside from that, everything else was just great. (Sorry, I keep repeating that, but I really can't find a better word to describe how much I enjoyed the evening.) It was quite visible that the band also had a good time. You could see that they have played together for a long time. The show was simple but very effective with co-ordinated place changes or all of them going forth and back simultaneously and things like that.
They musical co-ordination and sound were also perfect and they easily commanded the audience to clap, sing or shout.

We had the best of times, even my sister, who easily gets annoyed by thick crowds. After the concert I bought their live CD. I hope they will be back in Vienna soon.

written on: October, 22^nd 1999

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