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GOTHIC AUTUMN NIGHTS III

September 05, 2003

Club Mau

Rostock, Germany

Setlist
M1. I.NO.RI (SE)
M2 .Nervous and Innocence
M3 Garden for a Zealot
M4. Dead or Alive
M5. Iconoclast
M6 .Logos
M7. Void
M8. You Killed Me First
M9. Eve of Destruction

 

- report by Heilige Hexe -

I'm listening to EoD's music as I'm writing this report... both, to get myself in the right mood and because of some kind of strange nostalgia, when I think this year's European tours are over. Now we have to wait a few months to see them here again... It had been a good year though. Within 4 months I was able to see 4 lives and meet up with everyone while I was in Tokyo. Not to mention having made new, special friendships with EoD fans. I think I'm spoiled because of all that and the next 6 months time seems way too long and the wait absolutely unbearable... I can say it without hesitation that Eve Of Destiny gigs are absolutely perfect and unforgettable. The more you see them, the more you want to see. Haruhiko and Közi have this amazing skill to create a very special, in many ways even magical, atmosphere. From the first minutes of the show until they leave the stage, you are hooked, hypnotized and focused only on Eve Of Destiny.

But enough of that... Time for the actual Rostock report.

The club where the festival took place (Club MAU) is situated just a few metres from the sea, so particularly at night, it is very nice, with the ships waiting in the docks and the sounds of the sea.

We arrived there a little before 7 p.m. and went backstage so that Haruhiko and Közi could finish their make-ups and have a rest before the gig. The first band that played was Kamikaze 52 and the audience wasn't really too impressive. By the end of their live there were maybe 40-50 people. Since EoD were to play next we were a little worried with the small audience but hopeful that more people would show up in time for EoD's gig.

After some necessary equipment checks and preparations, the sounds of I.No.Ri. were the sign that the concert started. As always, Kozi came out onto the stage first and after a while Haruhiko joined him. At that point the audience had already grown bigger and while it maybe wasn't the most impressive, it was the best out of all Saturday's gigs, so it means our own Eve Of Destiny is getting the recognition they deserve :). As much as I love Garden Of Delight, I was very happy that EoD's audience was bigger than even GoD's.

This time Haruhiko and Közi were dressed somewhat alike. Both wearing the black cassocks. Haruhiko had his Alice Auaa pants underneath while Közi wore only black stockings. Haruhiko wore the skull pendant and Közi two rosaries and a round pendant, but I can't tell what exactly it was. Haruhiko had his usual white make up, dark eye shadows and red/violet lipstick which was actually a mix of two, Yuko's and mine, as he forgot to take his own to the club ;), and this time his nails were painted black too. Kozi's make-up was really impressive, half of his face was white, the other natural and respectively one eye and half of his lips were also different on both sides of his face...can't describe it better, you'll see in pics LOL. No wonder it takes him so long to have the make-up done. So as you see, they both looked just as great as ever.

The lights at the stage were also very good, which actually made me wish I had switched off the flash light in my camera much earlier as the pictures looked much better without it.

Nervous and Innocence started and immediately the whole audience started enjoying the music and the gig. There were a few visual fans dressed in that style but most of the audience were the local (and not ;) goths and the likes.

Garden For Zealot becomes another of my favourite songs and I think it's because of how Haruhiko sings/screams the "Alice" part. I know I'm repeating myself but I love this guy on stage. He is just a-m-a-z-i-n-g!! Plus the whole song has this darrrrk, scary atmosphere. Nice!

In the first part of the live Közi was standing to Haruhiko's right, then he moved to his left and as always, my favourite Közi part was the solo he does almost leaning towards the audience. Lovely!

What can I say, all of the songs were done great and while I do have my personal favourites, I could listen to all of them over and over again. Eve Of Destruction was the last one and I really, really didn't want them to leave the stage. And neither did the audience. As soon as Haruhiko said 'danke schon' and they both left, everyone started chanting, calling them back. Sadly, there was no time for encores this time.

And that's how the last European concert for this year ended. Perfect but short. Always too short for the fans. I hope I'll live to that day when Eve Of Destiny concerts will last as long as The Zolge and Malice Mizer's had in the past... Ah, to watch them for two hours...

Next European tour in the spring 2004. Keep your fingers crossed so that everything went well with the organizing part and so that we could see them again in many places!

#Heilige Hexe# September 13th 2003