Rotting Christ rocks the house
by Ephaeton on 3/11/11Jaxx Nightclub - SpringfieldI've come to see Melechesh and Rotting Christ live, missing the other bands mostly (but still hearing some nice stuff just as I entered the Jaxx). Melechesh: Well, they say it's their first time in the states, a fact that has astonished me given how long they exist already. Sadly at the beginning of their set, they were mixed crappily, so the first three songs were not really enjoyable. After a while that improved though, and you could see that they finally were happy with the output of their monitors, too. That's where they started going off really - I was surprised to learn that Ashmedi really has a nice voice with all the range from dark bass to bright tenor along with the typical grunts and screams. They played a couple of my favorites, especially enjoyable was double helix scepter. With the crappy mixing at the beginning though - a 3/5 from me for them. A pity, too, that only so few people came to see them. Rotting Christ: I'm a fan of them for a bit over 16 years now, and that's where they began too. Although they recently put out their new CD, Aealo, they provided a set covering most of their history, from Thy Mighty Contract over each and every one of their albums up to the current one. And boy, they've even improved in their live performances since I've last seen them on the with full force in 2008. Excellent drumming, near studio quality string execution and Sakis' voice is just beautiful (in the ears of black metal fans at least!). Luckily they took their time to enjoy themselves on the stage! a definited 5/5 from me. In sum that gives the above 4/5.