25-11-2012 Poets of The Fall

Venue: Alte Seilerei, Mannheim (Germany)
By: Nina Mende

Finnish rockers Poets of the Fall – singer Marko, guitarist Olli and keyboardist Captain – started out their musical adventure from scratch in 2003. Marko sold everything he had to invest in pursuing the love of his life, music, with his buddies Olli and Captain. He moved into his folks’ basement, when he couldn’t keep a place of his own any longer. The guys then built a little studio of their own in Captain’s living room for the recording and producing sessions, and kept an office in Olli’s beat up old car. The result of the recording sessions was a blend of pop, rock, metal and industrial sounds. Later the guys were joined by guitarist Jaska, bassist Jani and drummer Jari.

The Finnish band Poets of The Fall is finally touring Germany. Six shows, four of them sold out. All shows presenting their new album “Temple of Thoughts”. Tonight they hit Mannheim. I did not expect that many Poets of The Fall fans in Germany. Several people were wearing shirts and knew all the songs. The Finns did not have an opening act. But instead they played a long set. Playing old and new songs, the fans could sing along to all of them. Wonderful light and great sound, good vibes and a lot of fun made this show perfect. The new songs received more cheers of the fans, but maybe because those were the first songs the German fans had heard of the guys before they listened to the previous albums. The singer was really close to the fans, climbed around in the venue, sang to the fans and put up a show like you would see in a circus. So was his make-up. Poets of The Fall played about two hours including encore. What a wonderful night with a wonderful band. I hope they will be back soon.