Karnivool ’10

with

Samsahra

By: David Gerhard

Coming off an extensive tour with Fair to Midland, Karnivool stayed in the states to headline their New Day Tour. With a hand full of days left of the American tour portion, Karnivool played at Station 4. Earlier this summer Karnivool co-headlined a tour with Fair to Midland. For the New Day tour, Karnivool was supposed to be supported by Tides of Man. Samsahra opened for thei previous tour and were brought back to open this evening. This tour arises one question, is it to soon to play here again or has it been just long enough to have forgotten yet still remember. One thing returning fans will never forget is how this show, like the last show at The Rock, suffered a one hour postponing. Unfortunetly, tonights wait was due to Tides of Man being unable to attend this evening.

Once again Samsahra came to the rescue…sort of. With the release of their first album, Samsahra has tried to supply every one they can with The Conflict Between Faith and Reason. With their nu metal take on death metal, they have been claiming stake on ever stage across Minnesota and the Greater Midwest. With their well rounded vocals and their instrumental diversity, Samsahra has the ability to open for many of the metal sub genres. The energy on stage has never fallen short of their best, no matter the size of the crowd. With an extended set time, Samsahra was able to play a couple songs of their new album, which is currently in the works. Tonight was another great set for this up and coming band.

There is said to be atleast a quarter million words in the English language and a majority of those adjectives are used to express hate. An even smaller percentage is used to describe some thing we like. With that being said, we seem to revert ourselves to the simplest of words like amazing, cool, mind blowing and wicked. All of wich could be used to describe the nearly 90 minute set that Karnivool put on at Station 4 on September 3. Karnivool took the time to play every thing from Simple Boy to Umbra and even squeezed in a little Medicine. I really couldn’t tell who was more in to the show, Ian Kenny and the rest of the band or the crowd, because both sides of the barricades were singing every word and their bodies weren’t missing a beat. New Day ended the set but the screaming crowd demanded an encore. The stage light faded in to Ian plugging in his acoustic guitar for the intro of Change.  When the drums and full instrumentals chimed in the energy picked up exactly where it left off. I insist you attend their next show and tell me the first word that comes to mind, as you fight the urge to find the motivation in their instrumentals.

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