As I walked into The Fillmore New York last night I was worried with the small crowd that had (or should I say hadn't) shown up for Edguy's gig. The band can actually claim that they are “big in Europe” without bullshitting, but here in the States things are a little different. Not only is Edguy's style of power metal simply more popular in Europe than it is here, but they also had two other major bridges to cross in order to pack the house- 1) there was a last minute change of venues for the show, and 2) ninety percent of NYC's metalhead population was just a bit uptown at Motorhead's massive headlining gig. Despite those few hurdles when Edguy hit the stage the crowd was still not a sell-out, but was looking more respectable.
The boys began the show “Dead or Rock” (meh), but then picked up the pace with “Tears of A Mandrake”. The atmosphere in club was jolly, nerdy and extremely metal. Tobias chatted with the crowd in between songs and after a pretty successful few chants of wooaawoa-call-and-responses took the opportunity to divide the floor in two halves- the 'pussy section' and the 'metal section'. Seeing as no metal fan wants to be in the 'pussy section' (actually, I'm sure some guys might enjoy that) this technique really got the crowd screaming at each-other to see who could be the louder half.
They began back in with “Lavatory Love Machine” which fit in perfectly with the playful vibe that lingered from the chants. “Vain Glory Opera” and “Superheroes” were separated by a pretty clever drum solo, and then the band finished out with the somewhat sleepy “Babylon”. They didn't wait to long though before playing an encore set of “Sacrifice” and a kick ass version of “King of Fools”. The show ran about 100 minutes, and was worth missing Motorhead over - the only complaint was that there was nothing from Avantasia [Tobi's other band] and it would have been nice to hear “Mysteria” live.
They began back in with “Lavatory Love Machine” which fit in perfectly with the playful vibe that lingered from the chants. “Vain Glory Opera” and “Superheroes” were separated by a pretty clever drum solo, and then the band finished out with the somewhat sleepy “Babylon”. They didn't wait to long though before playing an encore set of “Sacrifice” and a kick ass version of “King of Fools”. The show ran about 100 minutes, and was worth missing Motorhead over - the only complaint was that there was nothing from Avantasia [Tobi's other band] and it would have been nice to hear “Mysteria” live.
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