Combichrist
February 12th, 2010
Last week I visited a concert by Combichrist, a hardcore techno band that’s currently Rammstein’s supporting act on their Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da tour. I saw Combichrist at the Rammstein concert in the Gelredome on December 6th, and I’ve been gathering their music ever since. They tweeted last week that their show in P60 in Amstelveen was not sold out, so I ventured to P60’s website and bought myself a ticket. I particularly liked the idea that Assemblage 23 was their supporting act, as I rather enjoy their music, sometimes.
Ok, Assemblage 23 was a big disappointment. Three middle-aged guys: two of them bald and overweight, one wearing a Status Quo kind of hair-due, and all of them dressed in the same black shirt with their logo on it. They just sang their songs and did not perform any kind of show at all. Seriously boring. All 60 minutes of it.
So on to Combichrist. They started with A Rain of Blood, which in fact is my current ringtone. The percussionists banged and hammered, the singer jumped and clawed and growled and the keyboard-player actually had his birthday. They funnelled half a bottle of red wodka down his throat before continuing with Electrohead, and a dozen other songs that seriously kicked ass.
I had almost forgotten what it feels like to be in a small crowd that’s gathered for the same purpose. There were many goths in the audience, most of them looking gorgeous and angry. It felt good to be there, part of the fanbase, and part of the experience of that particular concert.
Here is a reasonably good recording of Feed Your Anger, as it was performed in P60 on February 5th:
My name is Marco Hokke. My blog is about the things that interest me and things I might forget if I would not blog them.
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