:. TACTICAL SEKT ~ After an half hour of cool waiting the Tivoli opened its gate. Of course I had some problems with the guestlist again but who can resist me? *lol* With my first beer in hands I was checking out this location (just know the Aladin next door). This one emerged as a nice venue and got slowly filled with people (at the end with around 300 people). On time Anthony Mather entered the stage, but without his mate Lee Lauer. Instead Marco (from NoiTekk label) behind the keys and Beam (Feindflug) behind real drums were supporting him. And then … yeah, then I just got blown away. Right from the first tune TACTICAL SEKT were playing with such an energy and enthusiasm that I was kind of speechless. I definitely did not expect something like that! What a blast! Heavy pounding EBM as its best, running into your legs, making you dancing your soul off. The singer gave his soul to please and warm up the crowd, kneeling in front of us to say thank you, so the drummer and key wiz followed suit. Incredibly great! Just started, this evening already had its highlight. After 45 minutes of an infernal EBM blast the crowd was almost out of control and TACTICAL SEKT had to come back on stage for their encore. Love the guys. Heavily impressed!

:. INTERLACE ~ Cheerful and in best mood I went to organize the next beer I shortly after spilt over my clothes totally uninspired. Ok, was the last one this evening. But that did not prevent myself for being someone stinking. Well ... that’s me.
Anyway the key section of INTERLACE kicked off with a dark and oppressive intro, wrapped in a spacy stage outfit, while the singer just was appareled with a cotton cloth around his haunches. Barefoot he was lofty stepping alongside the stage. And these Swedish guys have had a hard job to do. Although I liked their music a lot and the band had a great performance this kind of music is not really suitable for a live appearance. You might better use this kind of music as a background for your own depressions within your four walls. To enjoy the music you better should know the band’s releases. It seemed the audience had have the same feelings, INTERLACE just got the courtesy applause and they definitely have deserved more. Anyway, soon I’ll deal closer with INTERLACE, that’s for sure.

:. SUCIDE COMMANDO ~ Interlace have hardly left the stage as it got very crowded in front of. Of course! Mastermind Johan van Roy was in Germany supported by Torben Schmidt (Lights Of Euphoria) and Marco Calvo Mesa (Dioxyde – he replaced van Roys’s girlfriend Tanja) and kicked off their set with the opener of their brand new album: Cause Of Death: Suicide. From the first tune Johan have had the crowd in his grip. A walk-over for him. Actually there was even no need to sing for him, his presence was already enough ... Like a rubber ball Johan was running and jumping over the stage and the masses were brought to a boil. The fans have hung like marionettes at Johan lips. They would have done everything for him ;) Of course SUICIDE COMMANDO have played many tracks from the new album Axis Of Evil like: Face Of Death, One Nation Under God, Mordfabrik and Neuro Suspension, but also tracks from older releases like Sick In Your Mind, Dein Herz, Meine Gier and from Mindstrip album: Love Breeds Suicide and Hellraiser (last encore). And of course, Johan was straitjacket for a while, as we know.

Great show and a nice trip back to the future. The scene got me back and some label will have one more nettler. SUICIDE COMMANDO have offered a competent and experienced show as usual. TACTICAL SEKT was an absolutely highlight – at least for me and tween INTERLACE unfortunately went under. Yep ... it was worth it!