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рецензия от 3 сентября 2013 г. на выступление Volbeat, HIM, All That Remains и Airbourne в Tulsa 31 августа 2013 года от The Audio Altar , в частности о HIM:

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A goth couple dressed in black with copious amounts of eyeliner stood in front of 3 country frat boys in cowboy hats and plaid shirts. Elsewhere, a teenage girl was distraught by the fact that love-metal rockers HIM would not be signing autographs that night. She and her mother had been waiting in line since 9:00am, desperate for a chance to meet her favorite band. But only Volbeat and Airbourne were doing signings that day. Such was the makeup of the crowd at the Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Tour.

2013 marks the 3rd year of the tour- after moving to a destination festival format in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 2012, Rock Allegiance returned to its roots as a traveling show this year. I went to the gig in Tulsa on August 31st. Featuring a multi-national lineup including Danish band Volbeat, HIM from Finland, All That Remains from Massachusets, and Airbourne from Australia, the schedule promised a long night full of loud, diverse rock.
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If there was one downside to Saturday’s show- it was the lack of respect some in the crowd gave Finnish rockers HIM. Front man Ville Valo and crew put on an amazing show. Set against a backdrop featuring their iconic heartagram surrounded by a spiraling serpent, Valo simultaneously crooned and growled his way through a melodic set containing old favorites such as Buried Alive By Love, Right Here In My Arms and Funeral of Hearts, and tracks off their new album Tears on Tape. Despite his illness earlier this year that forced them to cancel the entirety of their brief North American tour, Valo seemed to be in good spirits and was smiling and joking around with his bandmates. However, during lulls in the set, drunk and unruly Volbeat fans threw around a few jeers. This is an obvious downside of touring with multiple bands vs. having a stationary festival. Despite the road crews’ best efforts, changing sets and equipment between bands is still a time consuming task. By the end of the night, most fans had been standing around for over 4 hours. Everyone was tired, cranky, and some people were just ready to see their favorite band and go home. Case in point- after HIM’s set, many heartagram-clad fans left en masse, leaving plenty of room for Volbeat’s fans to fill in the spaces in front of the stage.

But if you didn’t think HIM had a good show, then you clearly aren’t familiar with the band. No, they don’t run around the stage. Yes, they use moody lighting to set the tone. No, Valo won’t be headbanging- although it’s hard to top his screams when he really belts them out. If they seemed more subdued compared to the other bands, it’s because they are- but their followers wouldn’t have it any other way. All you had to do was look into the crowd to see the faces of entranced HIM fans singing along to every word of every song to know this is true.

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