This past Sunday, September 23rd, Katatonia performed at Irving Plaza as part of the Epic Kings & Idols Tour with Devin Townsend Project, Paradise Lost, and Stolen Babies.
Stolen Babies opened up the night, with their dark cabaret styled metal. Their music was a lot different from the other bands playing, but I'm glad they were part of this tour since they really sounded great. Some of the people at the show didn't seem very enthusiastic about them, but even if they weren't your cup of tea, they still put on a good show.
Their set was:
01. Mind Your Eyes | 02. Second Sleep | 03. Never Come Back | 04. Filistata | 05. Civil Disguise | 06. Push Button | 07. Spill
Following them was Paradise Lost, a gothic-doom metal band who also put on a really good show. Durring their set I did hear a few (or just one person yelling it a few times), that they should be co-headlining. From hearing them play, I do see how them being co-headling with Katatonia would make a but more sense musically than Townsend. I haven't heard enough of them or Townsend to decide which I would have preferred being the co-headliner, but the show that actually was still very good.
Their set was as follows:
01. Enchantment | 02. Erased | 03. The Enemy | 04. Tragic Idol | 05. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us | 06. In This We Dwell | 07. Say Just Words
The co-headliner for the night was Devin Townsend Project, who went on third. For me, the highlight of his set was when Dominique (from Stolen Babies) joined the band onstage to sing and play accordion. For me, having her with the band really added to the song ("Wild Colonial Boy"). His set was good, it seemed to alternate with songs I thought were pretty cool and ones that were just okay. Some of his stage antics I found a bit immature, especially for someone his age, but it’s not like he out on a bad show or anything. It was good, he should have just kept the talking to a minimum (which was really my main complaint).
His set was the following, alternating between songs from Devin Townsend Project as well his other projects:
01. Supercrush! | 02. Kingdom
[Devin Townsend song] | 03. Regulator [Devin
Townsend song] | 04. Planet of the Apes | 05. Where We Belong | 06. War
[Devin Townsend song] | 07. Wild Colonial Boy (feat.
Dominique) [Devin
Townsend song] | 08. Vampira
[The Devin Townsend Band] | 09. Lucky Animals | 10. Juular | 11. Grace
Lastly, Katatonia closed out the night, and while doing so really stole the show with their performance. After Townsend's set surprisings a lot of people left, which surprised me since Katatonia still was yet to go on. But they were the ones missing out, and that just allowed for more room. I personally am really glad that for this show they were the headliner, because this allowed them to have an encore going over the allotted hour that Townsend had. I seriously loved their set, and I honestly think they completely blew away all the preceding bands with their performance. Plus I think that after their performance I would have been disappointed with whomever followed. But they were the main reason I went to this concert, so I was just so happy to get to see them. I feel like they just put so much into their songs, and it really got everyone into the music even more so. Their set seemed to be the only one that really got the crowd going, and the only one that people were actually moshing to. Just to show how much the power of gloom compels you. But in all seriousness, just seeing how everyone was so much more into the music for them really added to the whole experience.
Their set consisted of a variety of their discography, which was as followed:
01. Dead Letters | 02. Buildings | 03. The Longest Year | 04. Deliberation | 05. My Twin | 06. The Racing Heart | 07. Lethean | 08. Teargas | 09. Deadhouse | 10. Walking by a Wire | 11. July
Encore: 12. Day and Then the Shade | 13. Forsaker | 14. Leaders
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