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Blind Guardian Thrills Kentish Town

It's been a while since I've been to the Kentish Town Forum, but it's a venue I've always liked. I often find the staff to be excellent and the ampitheatre itself to be rather grand for a relatively small place. Fortunately, nothing seems to have changed and the welcome is as warm as ever. It's an exciting night in the English capital, with a sell out crowd eagerly awaiting the arrival of one of power metal's most revered bands, Blind Guardian. They're a mainstay at festivals throughout Europe and you're guaranteed to find their shirts at metal markets, but a headline show in Britain feels like a special event, let alone three. Tonight marked the final date of their trip to the island, before they fly out to the United States in a few days for a headlining tour and rest assured American fans, they're bringing their A game.

Filing in were metal fans of all kinds of backgrounds, all united by their shared love of the music and it wasn't long before we got the evening's appetisers, The Night Eternal. Hailing from Essen, Blind Guardian's compatriots may not be the most well known young metal band from Germany, but if this performance is anything to go by then that could change very soon. With two albums under their belts already, The Night Eternal are very much heavy metal in its classic sense. The traditional heavy metal sound with a modern edge to it, fronted by Ricardo Baum, who has an absolutely amazing voice, belting out hard hitting metal very naturally. The group has a solid stage presence too, coming across as very confident while playing to the biggest audience of their growing career. More...

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