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Igorrr, The Trascendental Experience Happened In Prague, Czechia

Vocalist Marthe Alexandre

There are thousands, if not tens of thousands of great and original musical acts that exist or have existed since the birth of the term Heavy Metal. Over the past five decades give or take, hundreds of sub-genres have emerged from that term and we as music fans have inserted our favorite bands (sometimes with great accuracy and other times with reckless disregard) into sub-genres with varying degrees of success. Currently, one of the most difficult bands to place into a sub-genre never mind just a plain genre of music has to be France’s Igorrr.

If you don’t know anything about Igorrr, please do me the huge favor by Googling them before reading this Road Report. I just don’t see the need to waste a paragraph or two explaining who they are when Wikipedia great for these situations. The rest of my report is about their mind-blowing, and insanely entertaining set that recently took place at the ROXY in Prague in the Czech Republic. There are only so many qualifying adjectives that I could use to describe Igorrr’s live show, but if I had to narrow it down to one, it would be…overwhelming…but in a transcendental way. I’ll do my best to explain this in terms a live show review.

Igorrr performing at ROXY, Prague

There is ALWAYS a lot happening during an Igorrr live show. Before I get into this, please go to YouTube and search out any of their recent “official” videos they put out for their latest release, “Amen.” The video for “Headbutt” is a nice example. Those videos are really involved and this trickles down into their live shows as well. The mastermind/composer in Igorrr is Gautier Serre. He is a musical prodigy, but the rest of Igorrr aren’t too shabby themselves. I joke. They are incredible musicians in their own right. During Igorrr’s live sets, they each have their time to shine. A time where the crowd can focus on whomever has the spotlight at that moment. When all the pieces of the band come together, it’s a force to reckoned with.

Gautier Serre, the mastermind behind Igorrr

Tonight’s show consisted mostly of material from their most recent release, “Amen,” as one would expect. They opened the show with “Daemoni,” the first track from the album. This was a little predictable, but it’s a fucking great starter regardless. The next song Igorrr played was a curveball of sorts. They tossed “Spaghetti Forever” from 2017’s Savage Sinusoid, into the setlist. “Nervous Waltz” from Spirituality and Distortion followed that, and that’s when the Prague crowd lost their shit. Igorrr crafted the perfect setlist for this tour. They picked ALL the fan favorites except for “ADHD.” It’s mostly a digital and/or dance tune, but it just doesn’t cut it for me but others in attendance loved it.

The vocals of Igorrr

My favorite moment of the night was when they played “Hollow Tree.” There was a part near the end of the song where vocalist Marthe Alexandre, the soprano, took the finale to another level. I can only relate it to a spirit habitation of sorts and I was quick enough on the draw to record a bit of it (you can check it out here). It was one of those transcending moments when you fully realize just how fucking good someone is at their craft. There were several moments of the show that stood out to me, but that moment was way up into the stratosphere compared to the other moments.

Igorrr played about 18 songs in total which included three encore songs. If you’ve already attended a show during this tour or are planning to, you got or you’re going to get your money’s worth. Once the band starts, you will be locked the fucked in. Tonight’s crowd was no exception. I’m hoping that they’ll play some summer festival dates during the summer. I haven’t had my fill of Igorrr yet and I don’t want to wait until after the next album is released to see them again.

You can check out more photos from the Prague show HERE!