As the first of 3 bands they didn’t have much room on stage, and it seemed to cramp their game a little.

I’ve raved about them when they came toured with Sonata Arctica and with Kamelot, and they were on fire again. We found a couple of seats in the middle and decided to avoid the floor entirely.ĭelain quickly came on stage, and got a great welcome from the crowd. The Palladium is a little confusing when you enter it for the first time, and since it is build on a slope, you actually enter the building at the balcony level. Once the doors opened, the line was almost twice as long as it was when we arrived, but it moved quickly and we were inside about 15 minutes before showtime.

Already the line was snaking down the corner, down the block, then down the other way, and halfway back up the block on the other side! Most people were dressed very lightly, and the chilly temperature made it for an uncomfortable wait for most people. My girlfriend and I made our way to the Palladium about an hour before the doors were scheduled to open for the sold out show.

Enough to drive down to Worcester when a Montreal show won’t happen until February 2016. The old material sounds better Jansen’s more metal voice, their music seems to have risen to a new level, and I like it. They weren’t my cup of tea, and Iced Earth was so perfect that day that I chose to end the night on that memory.įast forward to now, and Nightwish has a new singer, Floor Jansen (ReVamp and After Forever) and a new album (reviewed favourably here).

And I actually left before Nightwish played a single note. Sure, I drove 2 hours to Quebec City for their show in 2009, but I really went to see Iced Earth, who were the special guests that night. I have a confession to make: I’m the least likely person to drive 5 hours (both ways) to get to a Nightwish concert.

New sabaton album 2015