Deathstars 14.02.2009 Berlin K17
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Frances Amelie Sin

I cannot hide here that the Deathstars are very much one of my favourite bands! So why should I?? I cannot say why it took such a long time until I saw another gig of them, maybe my timing last year was bad. But I was very antsy when I waited with some other people at the door for the entrance. Let's not rail against the organizators of the gig, the entrance was exhausted and tedious but in the end I found myself in the middle of the first row because of some missing photographer's pit. Whatever, the supportband was ok but I had not that much attention for them.



When the Deathstars started their show it became hot and tight and screechy in the big venue. When did the Deathstars become a Teen-band?? I missed that but nevertheless I had fun from the beginning to the too soon end. It's not that they changed a lot of their show, just a few new songs that replaced some old that I missed very much but singer Andreas "Whiplasher" doesn't need a big show around, his stage-presence is stunning and the white make-up of the guys is just an underlining of the dismal sound. Well yeah the sound... is there any band that sounds live exactly like on their albums?? Yes Deathstars, they catched the athmosphere of their gigs at the studio-recordings better than any other band I know. And Andreas can sing like you hear him on the records! A bit live electronic support is obvious but common in the industrial scene. Some of their songs have this rare hymn potential that makes people sing along loud and it was a great experience to be in this crowd and blue spots are already necessary, aren't they?



Andreas abandoned himself to the fans much more than needed, he had no problem being touched by everybody nearly everywhere, seems like he loves close contact to the fans. Skinny, Cat and Nightmare where not that cozy, Bone had no chance to be cosy behind his drums,  but they all gave the fans a lot of interacting. After the show they spend some time with the fans and I left Berlin in high spirits ;)

Setlist:
Night Electric Night
Motherzone
Semi-Automatic
Mark of the Gun
Tonges
Last Ammunition
Fuel Ignites
New Dead Nation
Trinity Fields
Chertograd
Blitzkrieg
Blood Stains Blondes
Cyanide


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