Dansk version

Actually I just went to the Lygten venue Saturday night to have a few beers and relax after three rather grinding nights from Wednesday to Friday. I really just wanted to pay my respect to the good guys in Fate who played this evening.

I sure as hell wasn’t planning to review anything other than the beer supply. But it happens sometimes that the music is so good you feel it deserves a few words in the passing.

Fate DO deserve kind words. After all they’re a great band and they have loads of great songs. Whether those be nearly 30 years old stuff like “Won’t Stop”, ”Lovers” and ”Love On The Rox” or ”Bridges Are Burning” and ”Feel Like Making Love” from last year’s  ”If Not For The Devil” album.

Okay, the Lygten isn’t going to be ideal as a venue until they do something about the acoustics – cozy as it might be. During the circumstances though, Fate sounded all right and certainly the sound was good enough for you to enjoy the fact that this band accommodates five great musicians.

The equilibrists in the band; bassist Peter Steincke and – especially – guitarist Torben Enevoldsen both play with a natural laidback reserve despite the challenges they create for themselves. This of course tells of many years’ experience on their parts.

Enevoldsen especially is to technically proficient that he could – sorry – spank and wank his plank until the cows die of old age. But unlike lots of other sixstring-wizards Enevoldsen doesn’t play for his own gratification – he plays to compliment the songs; as it should be.

Singer Dagfinn Joensen is among the best at his craft on Danish soil. His voice was obviously made for this melodic hard rock thing. And to add to that he’s also that rare commodity in this genre: a charming and unpretentious front man.

But all in all the playing in this band – and this also goes for drummer Jens Berglid and keyboard player Mikkel Henderson – is a pleasure to behold.

Fate really do deserve a way bigger audience. I doubt we were even a hundred people at Lygten. Hopefully more will attend when Fate play the Nordic Noise festival in Copenhagen on May 24.

So this wasn’t meant to be a review. I’m afraid it became one anyway. Oh well, there you go.