Maybe concerts in Coliseu should have the starting hour set to 10 pm instead of 9 pm.
With all these problems, I ended up loosing the beginning of Kandia's performance.
Kandia
I must admit that I didn't knew Kandia's work prior to this concert (shame on me!), and only in the day of the concert I was aware that there would be a support act.
I believe that, just like me, many people weren't aware that there would be an opening act, which was great for Kandia, since they had an almost packed room to see them perform.
All this being said, I must admit I was overly impressed with the show the band put up.
Nya has a good and powerful voice, more like Amy Lee from Evanescence than the usual Power/Gothic/Symphonic Metal female singers in Europe, she can support all the vocals on a song, without the need of a male voice to support her.
The songs are well written and with the right pace, being André's guitar the highlight of the music, though Bernardo and Daniel also deliver a consistent output that keeps the end result at a high level.
Also they have a good stage presence, showing genuine pleasure in sharing their work with the audience, which leads me to believe that this is not the last time we will hear about Kandia.
Within TemptationWhen the Dutch Symphonic Metalers finally set foot on the stage, the Coliseu was completely packed of die hard fans of the band (yes, including yours truly).
The show started with the short movie Why Not Me, which is the intro on The Unforgiving, the band's latest album, while each band member entered the stage, followed by an instant acclamation by the audience.
The biggest one was, of course, to Sharon Den Adel, the voice and the soul of Within Temptation, that kick-started her energetic performance with Shot in the Dark, followed by In the Middle Of the Night and Faster, following exactly The Unforgiving track list.
Lost (also from the last album) was a slow paced interlude before the band dive in a set of their greatest hits.
Ice Queen, The Howling, Our Solemn Hour (probably my all time favourite song from WT) and Stand My Ground were heavily sung by an audience in complete ecstasy, just before Sinéad set the crowd shaking their skeletons.
What Have You Done was one of the highlights of the night, with the crowd completely replacing the recorded voice of Keith Caputo during the whole song, just before Murder and Iron dissipated all remaining doubts about how amazing The Unforgiving sounds live
Angels and Memories provided a slow paced end to the main set list of the concert, although most people in the room didn't really noticed that it was the end of the concert, since the band just left the stage with no goodbyes and Jeroen, the bass player remained on stage.
It was an odd moment, because the band was surprised by the lack of clapping and encore requests, and the audience wasn't really thought that it was just a break.
Even without big cheering the band returned on stage to perform their first encore to revisit Deceiver Of Fools and Mother Earth.
This time the band properly issued their goodbyes, but the fans weren't yet ready to go home and clapped, cheered and sung, until the band returned for a second encore.
Stairway To the Skies closes the band's last album and also closed the show.
All in all an amazing show, by a band on top of their game. Visually appealing, with a perfect set list - can't remember one song that I would trade in if it was me choosing that set list. Definitely a concert to remember!
Set list:
Why Not Me / Shot In The Dark / In The Middle Of The Night / Faster / Lost / Ice Queen / The Howling / Our Solemn Hour / Stand My Ground / Sinéad / What Have You Done / Murder / Iron / Angels / Memories
1st Encore:
Deceiver Of Fools / Mother Earth
2nd Encore:
Stairway to the Skies
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