Having last seen At the Gates in 1996 at Rock City touring their classic 'Slaughter of the Soul' album, expectations were high. And boy did the venue (Oobleck) make it hard to enjoy this show. Morbus Chron were okay, but the fact that it was difficult to see even them, with plenty of people next door in the bar, was enough to set alarm bells ringing.
Tryptikon were on next and immediately the scale of the problem became fully apparent, too many people and not enough room. Tom's crew didn't exactly give the crowd an easy ride, playing about five songs in 45 minutes, just two of which were Celtic Frost classics (The Usurper and Circle of the Tyrants).
At The Gates took the stage to a room packed to the gills and they sounded great, we just couldn't hardly see much of them at all. At least not until we left the venue and walked around the water feature in the courtyard, then we could see the band fine, through the open doors - the open doors which meant the venue, though packed to the rafters, was freezing cold!
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