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Great night and great sets by everyone but Malthusian were colossal. Superb sound and the heaviest DM set I've heard in a long while. Watching that new 15 min track getting belted out was a sight to behold.

Adorior, I wasn't too familiar with them before but they were superb too, great fun even. Their first time here in 31 years, they said? Would definitely catch them again

Where ever it is it's an early show now doors at 4 - maybe I can squeeze Spectral Wound in too.

SW are on stage at 9 according to DME. I'm definitely going to try catch both shows now.

Jesus fucking Christ, Oranssi my bollox. What the fuck is that fucking muck? Load of hipster fucking shite! Some cunt wearing a dress playing a keyboard and a prick with a Stratocaster mincing around the place. Fuck off!!! Fucking pretentious wank. BI and Sijjin were great.

Bonkers take. OP were unreal and the only downside was that I arrived to the venue 15 minutes late for their set. Tone and atmosphere was on point.

BI being great was locked in and, for me, the sound absolutely shat all over the sound for their Berlin show (never thought I'd say that about an Academy gig). Fantastic set too, can't believe they had time to whip out The Vth Tablet and Meticulous Soul Devourment. Someone mentioned that they lack intensity these days, that wasn't the case tonight at all.

I too have a ticket on the go. Can sort either through here or at the venue itself

Edit: sold

Having seen BI in Berlin earlier this year, I know this is going to be spectacular. Cannot wait for Oranssi as well

[especially now as they won't be gigging any more.]

Watching footage of Rebirth from Oration earlier this year that's up on YouTube.  I was glad to have caught them live last year especially now as they won't be gigging any more.  On one hand it's a shame but on the other hand it makes that gig all the more special.

That's unfortunate but understandable. Recreating that type of music live must be very difficult.

Tabernaculum took me a while to get my head around but there are certainly some great songs on it - The First Born of the Dead is my favourite by far. Still have to explore their back catalogue. 

https://www.metalblast.net/blog/how-i-got-banned-from-photographing-arch-enemy/

Any thoughts? Gaining plenty of traction on social media. White-Gluz and Gossow come across as complete shites, but I guess that's hardly breaking news.

Half way through the second song now. Both sound great!

Haven't really kept up with them since Guthmer's Hahl. Plenty to explore by the looks of things.

Shame indeed that the label is calling it a day, they've uncovered some killer material over the last few years.

Serpent Column's release was the one I was anticipating the most. The debut last year was killer and this new one sounds very good too - on second listen currently. The transitions sound a bit more seamless now and there's some nice acoustic pieces in among the chaos.

The Acathexis LP is also of interest because the chap from Mare Cognitum is involved (he is also setting up his own label now apparently). But will probably give everything a listen at some stage.