I put in the ear plugs that Andy had given me earlier, with the wise advice that it would take the edge of any hissy noises and save us from getting bad tinnitus. Either way, the whole crowd were pretty chill and everyone seemed excited.Īfter arriving back at my seat safely after wading through a stream of pints of beer and leather jackets, the lights went down and the audience were. Maybe everyone was saving their energy for some serious head banging, or maybe their metal trimmed boots were too heavy to walk in. Although the corridors at Newcastle arena are pitifully small, I couldn’t help but think it was the slowest moving crowd to wonder between their seats and the foyer area that I’d met at the arena. Behemoth performing at Newcastle Utilita Arenaĭuring the interval, I tried to battle my way through the crowd to reach the toilet. I couldn’t understand any of the words they were singing, but they had clearly well established their niche and they worked the crowd up fantastically. Behemoth came crashing onto the stage with a Satanic style set design, from their logo hanging above them, to the costumes and, of course, the screaming/ shouty/ deep voiced vocal sound that could only belong to a blackened death metal band. Supporting Slipknot were Polish band Behemoth, who I had been warned by my boyfriend (adorning their T-shirt) were even heavier and harder than Slipknot themselves. A staple but practical colour for metal gigs to be honest. Me looking out of place during Slipknots gigĪs we got to the arena we were greeted with the usual security checks, as should be, and as we walked in I couldn’t help but notice that there was an abundance of the crowd dressed in almost all black. So, I was pretty out of my depth last night when my boyfriend and I went to see one of the US’s most well known bands for being, well, a bit crazy. And I was there.įor anyone that knows me, this might seem strange, as I’m unashamedly a huge fan of artists such as Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, and in general more pop and R&B focussed artists. Last night, Newcastle’s Utililta Arena was taken over by 9 piece metal band, Slipknot.
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