After two years of absence, Dragonforce He decided to return to our country to head one of the most unexpected events in which any of his fans could have waited to see them interpreting their successes again. The call 'International Race & Sambo Combat 2019' It was held last Saturday, July 13, bringing to Mexico City a show like few others, which combines mixed martial arts and a lot of rock. How successful was the concept for attendees?
At noon point fans of the English band of power metal gathered at the now popular Pediment Mexico, venue that has gradually won the hearts of music lovers as it is a place with enough facilities, comfort and good acoustics for events of the style. Since the Stone Temple Pilots + Bush presentation, the various promoters have set their eyes here, offering possibly one of the best relations between quality and location, which for this occasion has been enough to gather at least 60 % of the total capacity that is have.
The activities began around 3:00 p.m., with a national band of garage punk called “The Pussies ” who took the musical stage to delight the audience with her charismatic vocalist, who by the way was dressed as Chun-Li. After that we could see Golden Robots, the new project of Daniel “Ranas” Flores guitarist of the Victims of Dr. Cerebro It was already starting to light the atmosphere to make way for the battles that would keep us all on the edge of our seats - or in this case - the press area. The activities of the groups in charge of opening closed with Vistapoint, who thanks to their members mixed between Argentina and Mexico, provided a show with covers that made us all sing.
With the presence of different Mexican fighters, the meetings held left us new idols to celebrate triumphs, although the two finals were taken by the Russians, and with good reason; In most encounters, athletes from that cold nation demonstrated greater mastery in movements, grips, concentration and temper, required in precision tests with sharp cutting souls, axes and the soft-air pistol.
Those who definitely surprised us by the spectacular concert they offered were the “Victims of Dr. Cerebro ”, who despite the years they have, achieved a connection with the public that surely left many stunned, as in my case, we went from constantly checking the cell phone to know what time the "headliners" of the day left , to jump, run and even enter the "mosh" caused by the successes of the band such as "Vampire", "Rock from the crypt", "Psychotic psychopath", "Mambo of death" and the inevitable song for their presentations " The skeleton".
After that, it was the turn to finally witness the expected show for which we all met that day; Dragonforce He began his presentation at 9:00 p.m. giving back to his fans with impressive setlist It spanned almost two hours. The powerful chords of the electric guitar courtesy of Herman Li, boosted everyone's energy with "Ashes of the Dawn", belonging to the band's latest studio album called "Reaching Into Infinity", which incidentally also gives name to the tour with which the English band has performed this year , although there have only been two "played", including the one in Mexico this year.
The headed by Marc Hudson They were totally excited and happy to be back in the land of tacos and tequila, making their euphoria even more evident by constantly taking “shots” of this characteristic drink of our country. With each passing second, the interaction between Dragonforce and his fans were older, getting to chat at times with them and even agreeing to play songs that we had not seen live for a long time, such is the case of "Tomorrow's Kings" and the cover of "Ring of Fire". Likewise, we were chanting for a “Cry Thunder” ratote.
The UK boys' presentation was spiced up by "Judgment Day", "Seasons", "Valley of the Damned", "Fury of the Storm" and of course, "Through the fire and Flames", the success that catapulted them to fame in 2007, with the launch of one of the best music video games in history: Guitar Hero III.
In the end, Dragonforce He gave the characteristic nibs for those who decided to wait until the end of the activities and left us all with a beautiful smile that not even the fatigue caused by the intense day could erase us.
Reseña por Víctor Sanchez – Fotografías por Antonio Ramírez
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