Birthday in sighisoara last month was sooo awesome! Escaping bukarest's freaking hot weather from mid july was a bless! Of course in sighisoara it wasn't quite snowing but it was better:)). Plus sighi is a beautiful medieval city where it's hard for me to get bored.
What I didn't get to do is go to rock the city fest. Oh well.
Oh and tyr/finntroll in brasov got canceled. Which sucks but i'll get my money back so i'll use it to buy tyr merch in bukarest. :))
anyway
Ahhh yes artmania
So let's take them easy.
deine lakaien
discovered them when artmania announced them. And gave them a try. And I decided to go to sibiu from thrusday so I can see them, too.
I got to sibiu, aand I ran into them in the large square so I took a pic with them . yey me.
But then I discovered that I had to book a seat for their concert. And I got pissed.
I wasn't the only one who didn't know. And the next day i've heard yet another bunch of people who didn't know. I came from thursday too see them. Couldn't artmania just be like “first ones to get there are the first to get in.” till the seats were all taken? Jfc. Idgits.
So instead of seeing them I met up with a mate and her friends and hanged with them for a while:)). i was told one of them will soon move to sweden so me my mate and her started talking about sweden and finland and compare the 2 and their languages etc and then ended up talking history and stuff. it was fun.
The next day I went to the zoo. And among other pwetty animals they have this Gorgeous white wolf who was just chilling in the shadows uphill, making it impossible for me to take a proper pic of him. Next time, gadget! Next time!
Then I checked facebook. To see that artmania came up with yet another brilliant idea. In the past years there were meet and greets with the fest bands during the day and anyone could go. Which was cool. But this year someone came with a really smart idea. There were only 10 meet &greet thingies/band and ONLY if you'd answer correctly to a question related to the band. Isn t that brilliant? I mean I am pretty sure people came to sibiu to stay online. It's not like you can run into the band members randomly on the street or anything. Or wait backstage after their show and hope they'll come for pics. usually the people from the bands that are brought at this fest do so.
not to mention they had incredible hours for the meet and greet. for example the orphaned land one took place between 21:40-22:00. if you were 1st row at them, won the meet and greet and wanted to keep your place in the 1st row at lacrimosa as well, well fuck you!
Aaanyway. Meanwhile I was summoned so I met up with andra and the rest and shared the magnificent news. And we were all on the same page: wtf artmania. Then we parted ways cause they wanted to see a movie that I didn't wanna see. Which in a way it was a smart choice cause I got 1st row at amaranthe, but I was dying of heat and didn't leave my place to go buy a drink. So I am just glad I didn't pass out during their show :)). I really liked the show.
i 1st discovered amaranthe not long before i was supposed to see them opening fr hammerfall 2 years ago but
after their show i went backstage hoping that they'll come for a while. and we were a bunch of people there and the guards told us they'll come. meanwhile haggard began their gig so part of the people left. in the end they did come and i did get to take a pic with them.
i didn't go back to the front of the stage so that i'll keep andra a place for meeting haggard. but from what i heard from the back they were as good as they were last time i saw them. and they sang awaking the centuries! <3>
aaaand haggard finished their part and andra came and so the waiting began. after a while we were announced that the meet and greet will take place in the small square. after some more waiting there, since it was close to within temptation starting, we decided to quit it and go see the gig. wt was my main reason for artmania this year. there was no way i was gonna miss them. plus i've met haggard 2 years ago in bistrita. so it's all good. they're really nice people!
within temptation. well then.
i don't know what exactly to say.
what's not to like? i like their sound, her voice is amazing, i like the way she dresses, the way she sings, everything. at some point i got up to the 5th row..ish.. so even if the pics i took are mostly shitty quality, i could see quite well. and i liked the dress she wore that night. well ok maybe a bit too shiny but it was nice :)).
after all was over we ended up in valhalla [bar..club...thingie]. which was a trap. there were no vikings there. what kind of valhalla is that with no vikings? but the music was good and the vikings-related decorations were quite nice.
day 2.
also known as the day i fell in love with lacrimosa.
that day i visited yet again the clock tower. and they had a 3d photos expo which was quite interesting. plus inside the tower it was better than outside so it was a pleasure to just chill there.
xandria was ... ok. the singer has really nice eyes which looked awesome in contrast with the black hair.
then orphaned land... i tried. i stayed for a few songs and then just went to wander around to some parts of the city where i haven't been before. it was nice. it was getting dark so this gave the city a lovely light. [but then again, i didn't got into other bands (such as turisas) from the 1st time either.]
i was back right before orphaned land sang their last song. andra and the guys made it to the 2nd row soo i joined them. we were all there for lacrimosa [from what i know anyway].
in that half an hour break a storm was giving signs of joining us.
thunderbolt and lightning not that very frighting. thor was probably like "imma give dem bitches thunder. bitches love thunder". and he was right cause at every thunder the crowd would go apeshit. but then the rain began. heavier and heavier. and some left. some went topless.
aaaand lacrimosa came on stage and i really really liked their show. the atmospphere was awesome! tilo has an amaizing voice!!! [anne does too, but there's something about tilo's...] and to all that add the rain which i loved and it ends up being an awesome night!
oh and good thing about [somewhat] speaking [or at least understanding] the language in which the band onstage sings, in this case being german, is that when a creep asks you [for example]: tanz mit mir? you just say "neeeeeeeeeeein". could come in handy.
i took some pics, most of which ended up being ... acceptable. and i also filmed 3 songs.. soo i will just have to thank my phone for not giving up on me on such a rainy day. but then again it's nokia so it's not that much of a big surprise:D :)). close to the end a girl made room for me by her side so i can take as good of a pic of their bow as i could [and a few before that pic]. so sweet of her.
anyway as i was saying. fell in love with lacrimosa that night.
but
buuut
the rain as much as it was welcomed it was also a pain in the ass. it would've been all ok if it would've rained as it did at the beginning. but noo. at some point it gave me the idea the rain will soon stop. only to start over even worse. which in the end made me not stay for the meet and greet. but oh well. next time!
i already know one person who'll join.
this is me during the heavy rain, after lacrimosa, on my way to my room:
not my vid but still.
and while writing this lines, at certain parts, i can hear a voice from afar whispering "copy cats" :)))).
