Last Week Live: Sonata Arctica
As the performance proceeded, the band played songs from their older albums like "8th Commandment," "Full Moon" and "Black Sheep." That was when the audience participated more and sang along to the songs. The most impressive parts of the performances were the solos - especially those by the lead guitarist, Elias Viljanen. There were duets going on between the lead guitarist and the keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, which got the attention of the audience.
The keyboard used by Klingenberg was a portable one, hung around the neck just like a guitar. The long-haired band members definitely made good use of the fans that were placed on the stage floor, causing their hair to float in the air. It seemed that the audience was more excited about the visual aspects of the performance than musical mastery of the band, which was rather disappointing.
Before the band decided to end the show, the leading vocalist decided to play a little game with the audience by building a human drum kit. Kakko divided the audience into three groups, and assigned an essential drum part sound to each group. The audience turned into a basic drum set with a cymbal, snare drum and a base drum and unexpectedly found itself "singing" the drum part of "We Will Rock You," with Kakko conducting and singing along.
Overall, it was an out-of-the-ordinary metal concert. Sonata Arctica definitely did a good job of covering for Nightwish and offered an entertaining and engaging performance to the audience.
The keyboard used by Klingenberg was a portable one, hung around the neck just like a guitar. The long-haired band members definitely made good use of the fans that were placed on the stage floor, causing their hair to float in the air. It seemed that the audience was more excited about the visual aspects of the performance than musical mastery of the band, which was rather disappointing.
Before the band decided to end the show, the leading vocalist decided to play a little game with the audience by building a human drum kit. Kakko divided the audience into three groups, and assigned an essential drum part sound to each group. The audience turned into a basic drum set with a cymbal, snare drum and a base drum and unexpectedly found itself "singing" the drum part of "We Will Rock You," with Kakko conducting and singing along.
Overall, it was an out-of-the-ordinary metal concert. Sonata Arctica definitely did a good job of covering for Nightwish and offered an entertaining and engaging performance to the audience.
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