Live-report: Tristania @Lyon France(10/11/2013)

Tristania are currently on tour with Dark Tranquility to promote their latest album Darkest White, and came to Lyon for the first time on November 11, 2013. I had the opportunity to see them three times in 2011 during the Out of the Dark Tour, but it's always a pleasure to see them playing in your hometown, in particular when a new release is out.

Metanoia Gothic Symphony Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

When in Rio de Janeiro for work, I thought it might be interesting to look for a Metal concert to experience the Brazilian way. And a (nice) adventure it became. The metal scene in Rio (and in Brazil) is quite small and my "work" friends over there were not that familiar in the scene. So requesting upfront for options didn’t bring any suggestions. When in Rio I did some searches on the web. There I found a Facebook link to Metanoia Gothic Symphony. When checking on the bands, they appeared to be all three female fronted. A match too good to be true. OK, taking into account the FB likes they were definitely local bands. Anyway, I could start my adventure. As you might know, Rio has some less safe areas. When asking some information about the location of the event at work, almost all people I asked started to look very worried. My Brazilian friend (organizing the conference/workshop I was attending) said it was better not to go. My experiences with metal heads are very positive until now, why should it be different over here. So it contacted Joab Farias, who had created the FB event. He confirmed that it was close to a less safe area (Favela) but when you would act carefully it should be safe. With the hotel I arranged a reliable taxi driver that would bring me, guide me in and pick me up and bring me back. With that plan, my friends were less worried but still recommended that I not go. But I’m happy I did.