HAMMER OF DOOM FESTIVAL
GERMANY
'FFM - ROCK' REVIEW
DESOLATION ANGELS
'FFM - ROCK' REVIEW
DESOLATION ANGELS
Desolation Angels came on stage and started to play some old-school 70's hard rock and heavy metal with fluent grooves, powerful riffs with super lead solos, a tight rhythm-section and a lead singer, who seemed to really rise to the great reaction from the audience!
'Grooveslasher' hymns like POWER HUNGRY and VALHALLA were celebrated by the appreciative fans!
It appeared that most of the fans knew the band like they had played regularly in Germany; but maybe only 20% really knew of the band prior to tonight?
This band got huge attention from the crowd which could be because they are one of the best bands of the NWOBHM era!
Better and better, with perfect grooves they get the audience really rocking in a short time and also the people in the back of the hall.
We were fascinated by DA! The longer they played, the more hands went up in the air and more and more people came into an already very busy hall.
The audience stayed and rocked right until the end and there were 2 "die-hard-fan-blocks" that celebrated this fantastic band from the begining to the end of their set!
The show was hugely impressive and the band had to play some encores due to massive applause and cheering from the fans!
After their show I met DA singer Ian 'Curly' Davies and I asked him what the band's music roots were; he answered "Dio, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath (from the Tony Martin era) as well as many other old school hard rock and heavy metal bands".
He also said that after this wonderful reaction from the crowd on their first visit to Germany, DESOLATION ANGELS would love to come back to Germany again soon and play some more shows!
"You are welcome back anytime guys"!
Michael Toscher
More images and Power Hungry video coming soon.
English translation from the original German review.
