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Fates Warning, Toronto (November 20, 2013) |
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Stooge ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator/Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Whitby, ON, CAN Status: Offline Points: 5637 |
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Fates Warning: Darkness In A Different Light
Tour
Location: Virgin
Mobile Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario Canada Wednesday, November
20, 2013 Opening Bands:
Halcyon Way, Cauldron
I didn't expect any
openers at the show, but we got two of them. Halcyon Way (http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/halcyon-way) Georgian metal band Halcyon Way was the first band up at around 8pm, and they played for about a half an hour. Their style is mainly power-prog with the incorporation of growled vocals. Overall, they aren't the type of metal band I'm into, but they were a solid start to the evening. They had those uber-metal song titles like "Web of Lies" "Age of Betrayal" and "Desecration Day" that made me smile from ear to ear. They handled their frequent tempo changes nicely, and had an aresnal of stage moves at their disposal. Cauldron (http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/cauldron) I was caught by surprise by this retro Toronto-based trio. Seeing that the guitarist and bassist were rocking Angel Witch and The Rods t-shirts, I shouldn't have been. Straight-ahead, old-school metal delivered in good fashion. It felt like I was transported to 1985 (not that I can remember the year I was born in). Once again, they aren't the type of thing I seek out these days, but I was really digging the vibe they put out there. Reminiscent of bands like Motorhead and Anvil with a bit of an early Rush vibe. Like Halcyon Way, the had many of those song titles that by hearing the song name, you knew what you were getting. I can't recall titles off-hand, but do remember them playing Black Sabbath's "Digital Bitch". They started around 9pm, and played for around 40 minutes. Fates Warning (http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/fates-warning) The much-awaited headliners got their start at around 10:10. I enjoyed the variety in their setlist, selecting songs from every album going back to Perfect Symmetry. I was surprised they played nothing of No Exit (they often play "Quietus") considering the fact that one of the t-shirts they had at merch featured that album. I was stationed at the right side of the stage, where touring guitarist Mike Abdow and bassist Joey Vera were stationed. I would have got a more central view of the stage normally for better sound (Jim Matheos was often notably quieter than Mike), but I took the opportunity to get close to the action. This was partly as nobody usually moshes to Fates Warning (except for one drunk fellow trying to stir one up), and I got all my moshing out of my system in my teen years. Performance-wise, I have no complaints. I didn't hear too many notable errors or anything. Ray Alder spoke fondly of the crowd despite the low turnout (I'd guess around 120 people were there), and made cracks about how cold it was outside. He also kindly reminded us that they recorded the Parallels album in Toronto. The whole band played great, and Mike Abdow was a great fill-in choice for them. He fit right in image-wise and plays Frank Aresti's lead wonderfully. Additionally, I bought a tour hoodie to match the album t-shirt I got in a pre-order, and I unfortunately had to take off early to catch the last train out of town that night (missing only the final encore, thankfully). Setlist: Batcat (Mogwai song,
used partly as an intro. 1) One Thousand Fires 2) Life In Still
Water 3) One 4) A Pleasant Shade
of Gray, Part III 5) Another Perfect
Day 6) Down to the Wire 7) A Pleasant Shade
of Gray, Part VI 8) Pieces of Me 9) I Am 10) The Eleventh Hour 11) Point of View 12) Firefly 13) Wish 14) A Pleasant Shade
of Gray, Part XI 15) Through Different
Eyes 16) Monument Encore: 17) Still Remains 18) Eye to Eye Edited by Stooge - 24 Nov 2013 at 2:26pm |
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J-Man ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7032 |
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Sounds like a cool show! A shame about the level of attendance, though.
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Stooge ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator/Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Whitby, ON, CAN Status: Offline Points: 5637 |
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I heard that the show in Detroit a few days earlier only had about 80 people.
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Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
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FW have been away for a while, and a lot of people have probably never heard of them (especially a lot of younger concert goers). If they stay active and reach out to new audiences, then I'm sure they'll have bigger audiences again.
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Stooge ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator/Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Whitby, ON, CAN Status: Offline Points: 5637 |
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It was definitely an older crowd (it was a 19+ show, which may account a little for the low numbers), but there were quite a number of people who were under 25.
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J-Man ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7032 |
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Age limits could play a big factor in the attendance issues. My dad and I would have went out to see this tour, but didn't because the show was in a 21+ venue. Totally sucks for both parties!
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Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
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Yeah, that sucks. |
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UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18180 |
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The only show I have ever had trouble getting tickets to see in Denmark because of age is One Direction. I was trying to get tickets for my daughter to see those Little suggar boys, but she had to be at least 12 years of age to stand on the ground. All the regular seats were taken, so no One Direction concert for my sweet Little girl...
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Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
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What a bummer... I thought it would be okat if one of her parents came along.
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UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18180 |
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Yeah a bummer for her, but a relief for me
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Are you bringing her to the Carcass gig tonight, then? ;-)
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Ohhh.... Fates Warning in Copenhagen next month! I am soooo going!
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