Saint Vitus – Live

Stellar live recording of a gig in an old village cinema in the middle of nowhere (Gammelsdorf/Bavaria, Pop 500). Vitus played four concerts there (1988, 89, 91/supported by the earliest incarnation of Cathedral, 92/ with Count Raven singer Christian Linderson). In 92 Wino reformed The Obsessed and naturally played the Circus.
Although these recordings sound great they only give a superficial impression of what it felt to stay in a small club with Vitus performing. I remember the circumstances around this night like it was yesteryear. It happened on a friday and the band performed over 2 hours. As the evening progressed it became obvious that we witnessed one of those rare concerts where both band and audience (around 300 folks) became transcended and lost in the magic of the event.
The whole place reverberated in bass heavyness and as time went on the music became slower and slower ...