Good Friday in the Land of the Flood

Paris was the first Sisters gig I went to see this year, and once again it was top notch stuff. The first ever gig in the Land of the Flood (The Floodland sleeve was meant to depict Europe that had France covered with water) and it seemed the local crowd really appreciated it, they really shouldn’t have waited this long to perform in France. The regular fan crowd was crazed out as well, and the band really seemed to enjoy it too.

The set list however didn’t bring us any surprises, just a comprehensive songs covering all Sisters eras quite well, the show wasn’t too long, but what energy! Both Ben and Chris seemed in top condition, and Andrew did very well too. Sometimes you could really hear the rawness in his voice, man it must have hurt but he was trying his utmost best not to let it show. Obviously he had to throw in a bit more voice control, but that only turned out to be a good thing. Myself I’m not too much of a fan of the howling he did previously, trying to sing high tones he actually wasn’t able to reach, but now Von perfectly knew what his voice could take and in order not to harm it any more, he didn’t went any further. Perfect!

Sure, there’ll probably have been some complaints about the enormous amounts of dry ice they threw in, but after the first couple of songs they clearly turned the smoke machine down, and I could even see Eldritch while I was standing right in front of Ben. But generally, the crowd was in top condition, everyone was just shouting along, clapping, whistling, and even all the way up at the back of the seats people were stomping their feet, demanding even more encores.

My top moments were probably the two slow songs – Something Fast and I Was Wrong – of which one was oddly put smack in the middle of the set list (which worked quite well!), Alice and Temple of Love, but you just had to love the fur coat Von wore when he did the first encores. Absolutely brilliant!

If you can get a chance to see the girls this year, do it, they’re at their best once again!