BLOODSHOT DAWN Live report from Germany by Kai (Parasite Inc.)

Kai: Hey folks, here is a small and short report about the "Back To Black Tour" (Bloodshot Dawn + Vader + Aborted + Bonded by Blood + F.h.o.b.i.). Hope you enjoy it :)

A couple of weeks ago I heard about Bloodshot Dawn will hit Germany for the first time and after following the band for a longer time now I seriously couldn't miss this great tour package seriously! So, together with Kevin, a buddy and his friend from Barcelona (Spain) we started our trip to the concert at Ingolstadt (Bavaria).

After a drive for around 2 hours through the cold German countryside we reached the venue right in time at "doors open" on 18.00 and we got our first surprise: we have been the only one. Inside maybe around 5 more people.

I expected a lot more audience with that line-up and felt a bit disappointed for the bands but less the first band didn't seem to care about it at all: F.H.O.B.I. (Crossover Metal from South America). Actually it's not my type of metal but I felt like they brought a sunny mood to the cold Germany with a passionate acting and playing (their bass player is an animal on his 6-string!).

After F.H.O.B.I. had finished their set, Bloodshot Dawn entered the stage and started their set with -Beckoning Oblivion- and I never had expected they would be such a tight live band. But from the first second I was hijacked by tight shredding guitars and drums, superfast lead melodies and bass playing and a Josh that looked like the devil himself on stage.

I am not sure but unfortunately they ended their set already after 5 songs (at least if felt like they played much too short). Hope they will come back to Germany soon and play a headlining show in front of a big audience!

Well, the audience... Meanwhile there have been some more people but I was really wondering where the people have been on this evening? Maybe there are no metalheads in Bavaria or... well, I've experienced it over again that metalheads here only come to see "their" bands and are not interested to listen to the "smaller" support acts. The friend from Spain even felt confused: She never experienced such a metal concert with a small and silent audience. I don't know about other countries but I simply think that it’s not a good attitude to only come to see the main acts.

However I spent the rest of the evening with checking the other bands and was happy to be able to see all that great metal bands from all over the world. And personally I really hope that Bloodshot Dawn make it back to Germany soon (maybe as a headlining act or on a festival). :)

Cheerz, Kai