| �Black Salem� live at Tavastia, Helsinki 07.09.2002 (by Heidi) Yes...Black Salem was HIM!! And...they played only new songs!! The set was pretty short ,only 45min. And they played 6 new songs and I must say...from the bottom of my heart�they truly are fantastic...so incredible good!!!! Yeah, I swear...I am totally speechless. They are different from DS&BH for sure, more heavier, more rock if I can use that word. I�m not that good in telling so much more about the songs cause of course it was the very first time I heard them and you try to get so much of them in memory etc. but honestly, I�m almost sure that most of the people will like them and also the ones who don�t have that warm feelings for DS&BH.I do love that album also a lot but I just know that everybody wasn�t that pleased with it so and wanted more "rocking" songs and these really are!! It was pretty hard to hear the lyrics when I was right in front of Ville in the very front but everything else was very positive, melody wise and also they did one slower song and it was oh�my�god�so beautiful!! Ville did not tell the names of the songs, just the first one but I cant be sure cause he said it in Finnish but I saw the setlist shortly and I THINK they were some songs called like Rescue & Sacrament but I cant be 100%. Its very hard to tell you about how the songs sounded like cause honestly they were very different from both DS&BH AND Razorblade!! All I can say is that they are faster, more rocking and one song started out very beautifully with Linde�s guitar playing. They worked already live very well and that�s good when you think they played these songs for the first time to an audience and the people there seemed to like what they heard a lot:)In the beginning Ville said : "Well after all this confusement about our name, is it HER or HIM...tonight we are Black Salem! He didn�t talk that much, just seemed to enjoy it a lot and also the rest of the guys. After their set they also watched the Skreppers gig along with the rest of us and also stayed at the bar. I was lucky enough to have a few words with Ville and asked him about the Mexico gig etc. and he said it went very well and they liked it there a lot. He was in a very good mood and we shook hands before he left and I thanked him for the fantastic gig in Tammerfest All in all...its gonna be really hard now to wait for the new album cause I already know how good it must be after tonight!!! |