Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen
(Date: 04/13/2012) PARKWAY DRIVE still tour to support their most recent record,
2010’s “Deep Blue”. Again they play at
Oberhausen’s Turbinenhalle in front of almost 3000 fans.
Along with them they chose THE GHOST INSIDE, MISS MAY I and CONFESSION
as support acts. CONFESSION from Australia is the first band to enter
the stage. Therefore the venue is nearly sold out a lot of people
attend as they begin their set with Asthma Attack. Ex-I KILLED THE PROM
QUEEN-vocalist Michael Crafter’s new outfit seems to be in a
very good shape today for they get the crowd so sing-along and move
around. They put their setlist’s focus on their recent output
“The Long Way Home” and play such delicate tunes as
I Created This Horror, Heartless or the great Hopeless/Confused. But
they deliver also some tracks of their first record
“Cancer”, but no tracks of their debut ep
“Can’t Live, Can’t Breathe” are
brought to the table. CONFESSION deliver a real good show today, but
it’s unfortunate somehow that their cover of LIMP
BIZKIT’s classic song Break Stuff gets the most reaction from
the crowd.
Up next are MISS MAY I. The metalcore-crew from America are the perfect
balance of the tour’s line-up. They combine the heavy
breakdowns of THE GHOST INSIDE and CONFESSION with a lot of metal like
PARKWAY DRIVE. To be honest the band was never my cup of tea. Though,
the five-piece really tries to convince the audience. Their singer
encourages the crowd to move more and more. Most of the people seem to
know a song or two by MISS MAY I, but to me it’s like
CONFESSION could convince more people.
The following band does not need to convince anybody anymore. THE GHOST
INSIDE is on top of their game. Their still recent studio effort
“The Returners” got great reviews and fans all over
the world dig their two records. Even during their intro the crowd gets
wild and as the band starts with Greater Distance there is a huge
moshpit right in the middle of the venue. People’s arms are
waving, bodies are moving and more than a thousand throats are
screaming along to tracks as Chrono, Provoke, Overlook or the
phenomenal smash hit Unspoken, which gained them a lot of popularity in
the scene. With that song THE GHOST INSIDE end their 35 minutes set and
leave the stage for the headliner.