MEDIA: Review

You'll never see here something like that... MOLODEZH ESTONII

On December 4, I had the opportunity tp witness the charity event dedicated to the fight against the drugs. It was organized by AntiAIDS Center. By the way, this is the second concert at the Lindakivi cultural center, which Tallinn musician Sergei Abolymov had a hand in organizing.

It should be mentioned that this time it was much better. An impressive list of participants, excellent sound and lighting equipment (they say that this very equipment was used at the concert of Bruce Dickinson himself).

The dinosaurs of Estonian rock Kolumbus Kris were the first to rise up to fight the bad potion. To be honest, I was very disappointed by their performance: a typical pub program, a sluggishly performed set of other people’s hits. Kolumbus Kris is a big name, of course, but I think their presence at this charity event was a tactical miscalculation by the organizers.

The second number was the rock'n'roll band from Compromise Blue. Their performance turned out to be much more interesting. The guys rattled off their rock'n'rolls very professionally and energetically, invigorating the audience that was already beginning to fall asleep.

But then heavy artillery entered the battle, and the first salvo of heavy metal was hit by ghouls from Ferrum (rumors about the death of the band once again turned out to be exaggerated). Using their long hair and guitar necks to disperse the smoke exhausts billowing over the stage, these good fellows performed their program with great relish, ending it worthily with a metalized version of the USSR anthem, which caused a powerful attack of nostalgia among those present. There were even those who remembered the words.

The band Postmortem played with an incomplete lineup (without a bass player), but thanks to a powerful drummer, the absence of one musician on stage did not spoil the mass. I’m not the biggest fan of the death-metal that Postmortem plays, but the musicians know their stuff well, they compose good melodies, and vocalist-guitarist Sergei Shelepov growled at the level of Western standards.

No-Big Silence is perhaps the most vivid impression from the concert. This Estonian band plays in the industrial style, and seems to be the only one professing such a style. Synthesizer-guitar rock instantly turned the space between the first row and the stage into a disco. True, in my opinion, the sound engineer overdid it, making the volume barely bearable, but it was still very cool!

The rather noisy party was completed by the performance of the band of Sergei Abolymov, an ardent supporter of classic hard rock: “We gathered here the best bands of our city, put out a powerful equipment to show you real rock. I think those present in the hall were able to appreciate it. You haven’t seen it here before, and you’ll probably never see it again” - Sergei Abolymov said in conclusion. It will be sad if we don’t see it, because there was so much to see.