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Gathering their strenghts, on the
left Edwin Kelder (Altar), on the right Henri Sattler (God Dethroned)
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Although on the same day several other metal events were taking
place, the first benefit concert for Chuck Schuldiner (March 24/Podium/Hardenberg)
still managed to set 350 people on their feet. They got to see short
gigs of six Dutch bands, which beside their own material, all presented
a Death classic. Strikingly, all of the bands mainly choose to play
covers from the first two Death albums, something Chuck himself
probably would not have been too content with. But in such cases
the end justifies the means.
Funny detail.... as well as
Altar, God Dethroned rehearsed
the same old museum piece, "Evil Dead". After some consultation
the problem was solved very practically.... Altar front man Edwin
Kelder roared along with the song on stage with God Dethroned and
his colleague Henri Sattler climbed the stage later that night just
armed with his mic and a bottle of beer to swell the Altar ranks.
Consolation
thought of something similar and brought along, especially to perform
"Infernal Death", Nembrionic's Marco Westenbrink
as second grunter.
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The design of this evening can
safely be called unique. All bands played free of charge and Podium/Hardenberg
handed over the proceeds of the ticket sales, as well as the profits
made on beverage sales, for this good cause! There was enough
equipment on stage thanks to the sponsoring of importers such
as Pearl drums, Ampeg and Marshall amps.
The previously drafted schedule
was followed pretty strictly. All bands played 30 minutes and
had 15 minutes to rebuild the stage. Only Dead Head
(whom after their own gig presented some Death songs with benefit
organizer Brian Kersbergen on drums) and Altar (who played a home
match and the crowd kept calling them back) were eventually on
stage a bit longer.
Before the Altar show, Brian
Kersbergen told the audience this night brought about 6000 Dutch
Florins. Which goes to prove that this enjoyable, varied festival
turned out to be very useful as well.
Robbie Woning
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