Angelus Apatrida, end of cycle in style in Bilbao
STATELESS ANGELUS
TOXIKULL
Santana 27, Bilbao
January 28, 2023
Yesterday Stateless Angelus drew the curtain on an unforgettable cycle in a bustling room Santana 27 Bilbao in front of more than 1,200 spectators. A period that has propelled the band to a level that not even the most optimistic would have guessed. Since they released their last self-titled album in 2021, the Albacete group launched an unexpected takeoff that led them to reach number one on the record sales charts in Spain. Something truly unprecedented if one takes into account that it is a thrash metal band.
In addition to praise from critics and fans, milestones were paving the way step by step. From rocking the stages of Europe’s biggest festivals to making their mark on a US tour where they can pay tribute to some of their fallen heroes, like the great Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne, peaceful demonstration) or the Abbott brothers (Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul de Panther).
In October of last year they announced that they wanted to complete the presentation of Stateless Angelus in style with a final firecracker of four concerts in important cities: Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao. Yesterday the final icing arrived with a performance in the room Santana 27 from the Biscayan capital, where they had to move after hanging the ‘sold out’ sign in the room live stage. Those from Albacete had also sold out tickets from Valencia (465 people), Barcelona (820 people) and Madrid (702 people). Although in Bilbao the ‘sold out’ was not finally reached in Santana 27It was by far the date on which the most public have gathered in this final stretch.
The secret of the success of Stateless Angelus lies in numerous combined factors, which are logically supported by the musical quality of his proposal. His tenacity and perseverance has paid off from the beginning, conquering more and more territories step by step and all this with a stable formation. They worked the land, sometimes at the risk of burning it, but their strategy paid off and the proof is their current position. And they did it thanks to some devastating directors in which they take care to involve the audience as much as possible and some high-quality records.
Yesterday Bilbao lived a great metal night with a totally dedicated audience. An evening only at the level of the most notable thrash metal bands on an international scale. Those from Albacete opted for their last entrance work with Indoctrinate Y Bleed The Crown. Guillermo Izquierdo opened his arms as if he wanted to encompass the entire audience and a broad smile of satisfaction broke out on his face. A spontaneous gesture that defined very well what many enjoyed at the concert. They attacked again to the rhythm of One of us.
They took a look at the past and opted for emetic. “We used to play this when we performed at Bilborock”William snapped. The band sounded compact and full of power, with a forceful rhythmic base made up of José J. Izquierdo (bass) and Víctor Valera (drums), and with Guillermo Izquierdo and David G. Álvarez demonstrating their great command of the guitars, alternating solos.
They reviewed their discography with songs like Of men and tyrants Y hidden evolution to return to the last launch with end of childhood. “Fast and with foundation”, encouraged Guillermo, who commented that they had been asked a lot why they had titled their seventh album as the band itself. is fall of the nation the circular wellsthat they practically did not stop until the end of the performance.
is violent dawn encouraged the fans to run in a circle, as a preamble to we’re alonea subject that the Leader He explained that it was born out of anger, but that it led to a general good vibe. He explained that during the pandemic the company that supports Stateless Angelus was about to disappear, and even the band itself. But luckily they got ahead thanks to the fans, who climbed the last album to number one in sales and bought goods during the toughest times. Guillermo assured that they are eternally grateful to their fans for keeping the band and the culture alive.
They inserted a piece of Panther as an introduction to snakes on parade. “Now you can see 50% of Pantera. We visited the rest in the Arlington Cemetery in Texas”, commented the singer and guitarist. in advance of give them war UN organization The wall of death and the public exploded in a final stretch that they completed with against the world from his first album.
They came back on stage for the encores with one of their best songs, sharpen the guillotine, which resulted in a great reaction from the viewers. In the encores, the chaos came with the audience giving it their all, the musicians coming down from the stage to play among the fans… All this to the rhythm of punch attack Y you are next.
Guillermo told one last “lock”, as he himself defined, in which he left several headlines. The band is going to enter the studio in April to record their new album and they will be ready for the festival season. In fact, he revealed that they will return to Bizkaia in June to play at a festival, which they will announce shortly.
And they said goodbye to both Bilbao and this tour and this unforgettable cycle with Domination Delaware Panther. Once the concert was over, which was not far from two hours, they stayed for several minutes handing out picks, drumsticks… Guillermo even got a txapela on. He even left open the possibility of going through Iturribide, the heaviest street in Bilbao, to celebrate the end of the tour. From now on they will have a huge challenge ahead of them: equal or surpass what they have achieved with their seventh club: Stateless Angelus.
TOXIKULL
young portuguese tokikull have had the great opportunity to open the four dates of Stateless Angelus this month of January and act before more than 3,000 people in total. They have been active since 2016 and in this time they have released two albums and a good collection of singles. They left a scene at 20:30 in a room that already had a great atmosphere.
During their performance they performed a total of seven songs, ranging from classic heavy metal to speed/thrash. Led by guitarist and vocalist Lex Thunder, they played songs like I’ll rock again Y rising dustbefore paying tribute to motorhead with a version of dead by death. “Heavy metal is alive”he cried Leader alluding to the large number of people who had gone to the concert.
Bassist Antim ‘The Viking’ performed second voices in metal defenders, dedicated to all heavy. They accelerated down the stretch with cursed and punished completing a 35-minute performance.
STATELESS ANGELUS
TOXIKULL