Till Lindemann | Melbourne | January 18th @ PICA
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The time has finally come for Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann to bring his solo show to Melbourne. PICA is tonight’s setting for this incredible show, tucked in the industrial shipping area of port Melbourne, The wide open industrial space complemented the music perfectly. Starting tonights entertainment was Melancolia, a blackened metalcore outfit from Melbourne. Seeing these boys grow as a band over the past couple of years has been a great thing to witness. Giving us super intense blast beats and banshee screams to slow groovy almost nu-metal sections, these boys gave us a great starting point for the evening.All 6 members of the band entered the stage wearing fetish-wear inspired attire, some in latex generals uniforms, some in studded leather. And the drummer with large silicone breasts, a nose hook and a mouth stretcher. Safe to say, NO KINK SHAMING at this show.
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Coming out swinging Till started the show with “Fat”, a song from his previous project “Lindemann”. A song about loving things a little larger, sweatier and fun. That set the perfect tone for the rest of the shows sexually intense and almost avant-garde performances. Before the first verse Till was already kicking over mic stands and by the end of the first song we were all begging to receive whatever he was going to give us. And give it to us he did. Pulling tracks from his “Lindemann” project and the current “Till Lindemann” catalogue, we were given a masterclass in debauchery and electronic intensity.
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Passionate, powerful, chaotic and yet precise. The production put on tonight was world class, every member of the band had a job to do and they all absolutely crushed it. Being a drummer myself it’s always incredibly entertaining seeing a drummer who gives 100% of their energy throughout the whole show. Even if the drum parts are simple, the performance carries it. And the same goes for the guitarists, bassist and especially the keys/sample player. There would be moments in the songs where the keys player would be doing genuine contortionist manoeuvres and then going straight back to head banging and slamming some of the most powerful synth parts you can get in modern industrial metal.
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