HammerFall / Stratovarius

Radagast · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:07 pm

I'm heading down to London tomorrow to catch this gig. Needless to say I'm pretty excited about the prospect of seeing these bands, two I never thought would come near the UK. HammerFall I saw this year in Sweden, but I'm a Strato virgin so to speak. Anyone else been to any of the dates on the tour? And have any of the UK members ever been to a gig at the London Koko?

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:09 pm

Radagast wrote:

I'm heading down to London tomorrow to catch this gig. Needless to say I'm pretty excited about the prospect of seeing these bands, two I never thought would come near the UK. HammerFall I saw this year in Sweden, but I'm a Strato virgin so to speak. Anyone else been to any of the dates on the tour? And have any of the UK members ever been to a gig at the London Koko?

You bastard! And no, I can't be arsed getting to London and even if I could the club is 18+, which is why I missed Testament on their last tour. Urrrgh.

Eyesore · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:12 pm

Wish I got tours around here like that!

Radagast · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:16 pm

Don't worry, this one's a rarity. And I need to travel a few hundred miles to get to it. :roll:

Ness · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:10 pm

I've never seen Hammerfall, but I saw strato a few months back and they don't dissapoint.

Have fun dude, let us know what you think.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:38 pm

I'm going in like 1 hour, i live in London so its cool however im 15 but i got my ticket already so i shouldn't get rejected. Btw im new to these forums was just searching for a stratovarius live video on google and came accross this.

If you see someone kicking up a fight at the ticket people that's me

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:49 pm

Dolfin wrote:

I'm going in like 1 hour, i live in London so its cool however im 15 but i got my ticket already so i shouldn't get rejected. Btw im new to these forums was just searching for a stratovarius live video on google and came accross this.

If you see someone kicking up a fight at the ticket people that's me

Erm, did you never wondered why it says on the ticket "under 18s will not be refunded"? Dumbass. :roll:

Ness · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:32 pm

metalhead wrote:

Dolfin wrote:

I'm going in like 1 hour, i live in London so its cool however im 15 but i got my ticket already so i shouldn't get rejected. Btw im new to these forums was just searching for a stratovarius live video on google and came accross this.

If you see someone kicking up a fight at the ticket people that's me

Erm, did you never wondered why it says on the ticket "under 18s will not be refunded"? Dumbass. :roll:

Don't mind him. Welcome to the forums!

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:29 am

I'd take Hammerfall over Stratovarius, but only the first three HF albums.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:05 am

I'd take Hammerfall over Stratovarius anyday! The new Stratovarius isn't that good IMO.

Ness · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:31 pm

Ozzie_Metaller wrote:

I'd take Hammerfall over Stratovarius anyday! The new Stratovarius isn't that good IMO.

I use the new Stratovarius for toilet paper. I'd rather have the pain of wiping my ass with it than the pain of listening to it.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:32 pm

Radagast wrote:

I'm heading down to London tomorrow to catch this gig. Needless to say I'm pretty excited about the prospect of seeing these bands, two I never thought would come near the UK. HammerFall I saw this year in Sweden, but I'm a Strato virgin so to speak. Anyone else been to any of the dates on the tour? And have any of the UK members ever been to a gig at the London Koko?

Man, u understand nothing, na na na na...listen :
Stradovorius its not the best violon man, its Lecler, or maybe Guarnieri.U must think seriously to buy another violon, so save money and stay home.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:34 pm

metalNESS wrote:

Ozzie_Metaller wrote:

I'd take Hammerfall over Stratovarius anyday! The new Stratovarius isn't that good IMO.

I use the new Stratovarius for toilet paper. I'd rather have the pain of wiping my ass with it than the pain of listening to it.

Oh yeah i agree. And ive got diarhieea

Ness · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:43 pm

MetalCiprian wrote:

Radagast wrote:

I'm heading down to London tomorrow to catch this gig. Needless to say I'm pretty excited about the prospect of seeing these bands, two I never thought would come near the UK. HammerFall I saw this year in Sweden, but I'm a Strato virgin so to speak. Anyone else been to any of the dates on the tour? And have any of the UK members ever been to a gig at the London Koko?

Man, u understand nothing, na na na na...listen :
Stradovorius its not the best violon man, its Lecler, or maybe Guarnieri.U must think seriously to buy another violon, so save money and stay home.

What?

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:15 pm

MetalCiprian wrote:

Radagast wrote:

I'm heading down to London tomorrow to catch this gig. Needless to say I'm pretty excited about the prospect of seeing these bands, two I never thought would come near the UK. HammerFall I saw this year in Sweden, but I'm a Strato virgin so to speak. Anyone else been to any of the dates on the tour? And have any of the UK members ever been to a gig at the London Koko?

Man, u understand nothing, na na na na...listen :
Stradovorius its not the best violon man, its Lecler, or maybe Guarnieri.U must think seriously to buy another violon, so save money and stay home.

Man, u tawk lika gangsta

Anonymous · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:58 pm

metalhead wrote:

Dolfin wrote:

I'm going in like 1 hour, i live in London so its cool however im 15 but i got my ticket already so i shouldn't get rejected. Btw im new to these forums was just searching for a stratovarius live video on google and came accross this.

If you see someone kicking up a fight at the ticket people that's me

Erm, did you never wondered why it says on the ticket "under 18s will not be refunded"? Dumbass. :roll:

Well i got in fine so there was no need for your shit.

The gig was pretty awesome, Hammerfall were better than stratovarius though, they did head bashing in sync with their guitarists and their drummer was funny. Stratovarius was good too but one of their guitarists does awesome shit but just acts like its nothing showing no emotion.....

All in all i enjoyed myself. There were a couple drum solo's which were just messing around but the bassist for Stratovarius did a fucking kick ass solo.. might of been the hammerfall basist actully... not sure.

MetalKnight · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:14 am

Dolfin wrote:

...
Stratovarius was good too but one of their guitarists does awesome shit but just acts like its nothing showing no emotion.....

Hmm, they only have one guitarist... :roll: But your description surely fits to Timo Tolkki

Quote:

All in all i enjoyed myself. There were a couple drum solo's which were just messing around but the bassist for Stratovarius did a fucking kick ass solo.. might of been the hammerfall basist actully... not sure.

Dude... you were wasted :twisted:

Anonymous · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:35 am

I swear there were 2.... Maybe in the albums Timo does both of the guitars because he's better at them both but i swear i saw another guy there....? Maybe radagast can remind me

Radagast · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:01 pm

No, man, you're imagining things.

Oh, by the way, TIMO TOLKKI > ALL OF YOU

Holy shit, what a gig. I enjoyed Stratovarius more than HammerFall, probably because I've never seen them before and they played a more satisfying set. Watching Tolkki peeling off those awesome solos was a joy to behold. Just amazing. The newer songs, which obviously aren't as good, sounded better in a live environment - the additonal keyboards on Fight worked particularly well.

HammerFall were great as well, but as I say, a few key songs were missing (only an hour on stage).

The support band were Shakra, but thanks to some piss-awful organising by the venue staff they were on and off the stage before I'd got into the place. :evil:

Anonymous · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:51 pm

I didn't see Shakra either, are you sure they even came?

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