The Eight night Symphonic Metal Nights UK / Ireland tour consisting of symphonic metal / gothic metal acts Sirenia / Temperance / Symphonity hit Dublin on its third night to play at Opium.
First up on the bill were Czech power metal outfit Symphonic who played 6 song set-list and got us all fired up for the next band and of-course Sirenia.
But before Sirenia got to take to the stage it was the turn of Italian symphonic metal act fronted by Michele Guaitoli and New Yorker, Kristin Starkey, giving the crowd a lively set as both singers bonce off each other very well with both harmonies and humour. The band were missing Marco Pastorino as he was attending his sisters wedding. Playing a longer set than the previous band they interacted with the crowd well and got some crowd participation going at one point during the song ”Diamanti” and finishing out their set with crowd favourite ”Pure Life Unfolds”
So it wasn’t long before the tour headliners arrived out on stage to rapturous cheers over their intro and Emmanuelle Zoldan started straight into ”Addiction No. 1” and a fourteen strong set-list consisting of old and new tracks taken from their latest album 1977.
Symphonity photos & set-list:
Set-list:
Gates Of Fantasy
Bring Us The Light
Evening Star
Dreaming Of Home
In The Name Of God
Give Me Your Helping Hand
Temperance photos & set-list:
Set-list:
Daruma
The Last Hope In A World Of Hopes
No Return
Start Another Round
A Hero Reborn
Diamanti
Glorious
I Am The Fire
Darkness Is Just A Drawing
Into The Void
Of Jupiter And Moons
Pure Life Unfolds
Sirenia photos & set-list:
Set-list:
Addiction No. 1
Dim Days of Dolor
Into the Night
In Styx Embrace
Deadlight
Lost in Life
A Thousand Scars
Treasure n’ Treason
Nomadic
Voyage, voyage (Desireless cover)
Wintry Heart
My Mind’s Eye
The Other Side
Encore:
The Path to Decay