My post on the recently attended Finnish Metal Tour is kind of overdue.
First of all, it was kind of strange that Tremont Music Hall had two events happening simultaneously. Big stage and little stage were catering to two different audiences. The big stage was catering to a hardcore crowd, and the much smaller crowd was populated with Finnish metal fans. I thought that surely everyone was there for the metal, and was sure that it was going to sell out until I got there and realized that the metal was happening on the little stage! What?! I suppose there isn't much of a scene for that in America, much less in Charlotte. But my rationalization was "People will travel far and wide just to be part of this." Anyway, I overestimated the popularity of Finnish metal in Charlotte.
The metal that was enjoyed was Barren Earth, Ensiferum, and Finntroll.
Looking back, I'm not sure what I was expecting from this concert, except thinking that it will be the hugest event ever, and being totally wrong (about the fan turnout). Ensiferum was an immediate crowd pleaser, as their tales of musical epicness were delivered expertly. Finntroll on the other hand very gritty-sounding because were missing all of their harmonics. It was a rather different experience to hear them like this.
I didn't get to take any videos because I was running low on memory and I was too drunk to scroll through and delete the videos of my friends and I hanging out drunkenly. Enjoy the few photos.
