Full circle. That could have been a fitting title for Impera’s new live album. Because after living most of his life with Kiss (just take a look at the album’s art-work) – as a fan, the president of Kiss Army Sweden and even knowing the members personally – it doesn’t get much more full circle than to get to open up for Kiss for Impera’s founder Johan Kihlberg. This gig was recorded at Scandinavium, Gothenburg – hence the title – and judging by the pictures it looks like the place was pretty much full when Impera went on, something that’s not all that usual. To record a gig like this for personal reasons is a no-brainer but as live-albums today aren’t exactly commercially functional, it’s great that they decided to share this experience with the rest of us.
Category Concerts
The Twins of Evil – Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie
When the two horror rockers Manson and Zombie declared that they would tour together, on paper it looked like a match made in heaven (or Hell, maybe). But as we all knew that the two masters of shock really can’t stand each other, it wasn’t even close to obvious that the tour would run smoothly. But for the most part, the tour has been running without any major head butts, although there has been some name calling from the stage a little now and then. For me, who has never seen Manson live and Zombie only in the light of day, it would be the first time I would catch their live show the way it was supposed to.
First of all, I thought it was a bit strange that Manson played before Zombie as I have always thought that Manson is the biggest selling artist of the two of them, but it turned out that Manson got the opening slot while Zombie played as headline. It was first when this spectacle had ended that I realised why the running order was the way it was. More of that later.
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