Arch Enemy

The queue to get in went past the building and continued past where me and my friend stood. When we got inside it was allready impossible to get a good view, so instead we got our merch and beers. There were queues inside for the restrooms, for the bar, for merch, for wardrobe, and it was hard to tell where which queeue began. Right where we got in and close to the merch table was a giant inflatable Baphy. When we were ready we tried both sides of the locale for the best available view and realised we couldn't see much past pillars and the walls of tall people. So while I can't speak about the visuals, was in no place for any personal interactions or souvenirs, and couldn't reach the pit. I definitely felt the energy of the first show in Sweden since Lauren joined, and it was f*****g amazing at a sold out intimate club venue. When the lights went out Motörhead - Ace Of Spades went on from tape and a good chunk of the 700 people crowd sang along. Then the band came out to Tear Down The Walls and immediately into Silent Wars and the crowd was loud even before Lauren had taken her first note. A few songs in there was technical error and the band walked off stage for a bit, the crowd kept the fumes up cheering and clapping and chanting, when AE came back there were loud cheers from the crowd, Lauren said something I couldn't make out, Michael addressed the technical error, someone in the crowds said "We love you guys anyway", then Lauren said something about the first song Michael ever wrote for Arch Enemy - Lauren and I simultaneously screamed Bury Me A F*****g Angel and it went hard as f**k! At some point during the set most of the 700 crowd chanted Lauren, Lauren, Lauren, Lauren between songs. There were minor differences in setlist from the first show of the tour and the Stockholm show and I don't recall the entire setlist and I'm not sure about the setlist order. But my personal highlights and there were plenty were: Tear Down The Walls Silent Wars Nemesis Ravenous No Gods, No Masters Under Black Flags We March Taking Back My Soul War Eternal Eagle Flies Alone To The Last Breath Blood Dynasty Shadows & Dust Dead Eyes See No Future We Will Rise The general atmosphere Sharing it with my friend Lauren Hart - she sounded even better live than I expected Michael's tasty as f**k solos Daniel's and Sharlee's tight rhytm section Joey's and Michael's twin guitar harmonies The band was hungry and the crowd was f*****g starving! This was in my opinion the best Alissa era Arch Enemy material ever sounded live.