METAL LIVE: Black Metal Warfare II

Location: The Observatory

Line-up: Rotting Christ, Watain, Mayhem

Ticket: $30 + $7 (fee)

Rotting Christ is one of my favorite black metal bands. I don't listen much black metal, but Rotting Christ and Septicflesh are very special black metal bands to me. I love the deep heavey sounding with symphany background in their music. When the vocal Sakis Tolis singing, it's like the voice from the hell but give me a divine feeling.

I don't know about Watain and it's my first time heard their music. They played pretty awesome. They had so many decorations on the stages and they seems serious about Satanism stuff, but it's like a joke to me.

I still can't believe I could see Mayhem's concert one day. It's still impossible to see many good European black metal bands in China. I heard of people said those dudes in Mayhem are assholes, but they play awesome black metal. Vocal Attila Csihar looks like a big sloth moving slow on the stage hahaha.

I want to write my opinion about black metal and religion here which I rarely do on the internet. Many years ago Megadeth refused to share stage with Rotting Christ. As everyone knows Christianity changed Dave Mustaine to be a great person. Megadeth is one of the well known and successful metal bands. And Rotting Christ's music is all about satanism. Apparently Dave totally against satanism, but I thought god teach human to solve problems with LOVE. Dave's reaction is keep away from satanic stuff, but it doesn't stop stanism growing at all. Megadeth can never make great music as in the past since they got famous. Why black metal is so popular in Europe? Everything has a reason. My European metalhead friend told me that people tired of ( even hate) Jesus Christ stuff in Europe. Relagion rule the whole European countries for many thousand years already. People using Relagion did so many stupid things in Europe, that costed many wars, stopped science developments, deny truth, killed many innocent and intelligent people. It almost controls everything. When something goes to a extreme direction, then, something extreme will exist in a opposite way. America is a young country. Christianity is growing very well in this country, and it's the parts of American mainstream values. Christianity in America only has about 200 years history. Who the hell knows what will happen to this country after thousands years later? At last, I want to say, things are always change. There is white, there is black; there is good, there is bad, there is kind, there is evil. It's like Yin and Yang, both keeping the balance of everything.

Back to metal, I love the both bands, but I'm not a Christian or a Satanic person. However, great music is what I care about. Great music makes me happy and give me inspirations in life, no matter what kinds.

Rotting Christ live clips

Rotting Christ photos

Watain live clips

Watain photos

Mayhem live clips

Mayhem photos