Vader @ Hellfest 2016

Vader – 17:40 / 18:30 – The Altar

I was very pumped up about meeting the Polish Death Metal giants for the first time, but I’ll admit that I decided to leave the pit long before the show was over, just because it was boring as hell. A poor sound (the legendary « let’s try to listen to extreme Metal without hearing any guitar riff » live sound that you hate), zero movement on stage, no light show whatsoever, and a setlist devoid of any musical contrast. Of course, the musicians were all amazingly well-trained (a special mention to the octopus drummer, beast mode: ON), but their drier-than-a-nun’s-pants « show » disappointed me BIG TIME (like a significant part of the audience, as far as I could tell). Too bad... I guess that you had to be a fan of the band to have a fun time there.