Friday, September 24, 2010

Sarcofagus @ Dante's Highlights, Helsinki

I hadn't planned on writing about gigs into this diary, but last night I heard something so inspiring that I had to share it. I went to listen to Sarcofagus on their gig. I got a little more than I expected. Most of the set was made of their most known songs and they rocked through them well. The big surprise came at the end.

The show ended with a few guest appearances. The final two guests were a guy playing an electric kantele and a singer doing throat singing. Imagine the sound you get when you stack up a rough heavy metal background, the kantele playing distorted folk melodies, the throat singing bringing an air of ancient things to the mix. And to top it all off the keyboard player starts jamming with a 60's or 70's analog Moog synth over everything else! Talk about originality.