Mnemic Checks In After Touring With Metallica

Danish industrial death metal band Mnemic has issued an in depth post tour update. Excerpts from the update can be viewed below or the whole thing can be read on their MySpace page.

This is just a tour recap as we came home a couple of days ago from a short run of 3 shows, spread out on 10 days with the mighty mighty super-incredible Metallica!

I must admit, we are one hell of a lucky band, to play with Metallica for the 4th time. I dont care about all the other bands who have already played with them, who all sell more records than us, i am just extremely happy, that a bunch of rednecks like us, out of nomans land, the country of vikings, got the big opportunity to be on stage with one of the biggest heavy metal bands in the world! I've wrote it, and ill write it again, Metallica are in the best shape of their career and they are back stronger than ever!
Watching them from stage, feeling the power and the energy and their joy for playing, just gets you the goosebumps and gets you pumped with more energy. I am pretty sure Rob and the rest of the gang in Machine Head would have to agree to that, cause we all where rockin out to their songs!

First day of the tour, we flew from Denmark to Poland in great shape, mood and spirit. We got picked up by our crew at the airport, and from there we where supposed to go to our hotel. In stead our driver asked us if we wanted to view a place called the "Auschwitz-Birkenau" which was on the way to the hotel. In case you've missed history lessens or lived underneath a big rock for a long time, its of course one of the largest concentration camps of Nazi Germany, where about 1.6 million people where killed.
It was a nice achievement for us, to visit such a historical place, and learn from it. Ironically it was a very beautiful day, it was very hot and the sun was burning bright, but it was a very chilling experience once we where there. Again, we where all really happy to have visited such a historical place, but at the time we didnt say a word to each other, it was just a cold compressed atmosphere walking on ground where people where murdered.

Anyways, we went to the hotel got drunk and woke up to a brand new day. First day of the tour, first show for Metallica as their first show of their European leg. Everyone was, i guess, a bit nervous and excited at the same time, cause of a sold out show and 60.000 people... not too bad, ey? We drove into this massive stadium and MH where already sound checking.

Last time we where in Poland was in 2003 and that was as support for Machine Head, so it was good seeing them again. After sound checking and settling into our massive dressing room, with a view to the stadium, this tall gentleman walks in and instantly everyone knows that its the man himself, Mr.James Hetfield! He is all the way without a doubt the coolest and the most bad ass motherfucker on the planet - authority must be his middle name! Its something you have to experience cause i cant put it in words. On the other hand, he goes "So you guys gonna play Dreamstate Emergency?" , and everyones jaw just drops. ... Alright, he knows our songs and we are playing with them.. what more can i ask for?? Poland you kick ASS!!