"Scream Magazine Metal Tour
2003"

Day 0 - Tuesday the 7th of October
| Tomas Eien (tourmanager) came
to Trondheim late Monday to pick up our equipment, ourselves,
Griffin and the light-tech. Started driving 0700 in the morning
to Oslo. Used the time from 1800-2300 to soundcheck for all the
4 bands. The sound-tech is really professional, and the sound
is great! Looking forward to the gig tomorrow! Had one (!) beer
at Elm Street (not the place it used to be...) and went to the
hotel. |
Day 1 - Wednesday the 8th of October
| First day of the tour! Meeting
and information for all the 26 people on the tour at John Dee
1400. Had some more soundchecks before the invited press, distributors
and other VIPs came over for some beer, food and talks. About
150 pre-ordered tickets for tonights show. The doors opened at
2100 and suddenly there was a lot of people, actually about 350.
Griffin started the gig. They had planned that their friend Sasha
Gabor should introduce them, but the arrangers didn`t like the
idea... :-( Scariot played next, before we started around 2315.
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| Lumsk er et band jeg har hatt
lyst til å se helt siden jeg hørte deres debutskive
Åsmund Frægdegjevar og jeg var veldig spent på
om de kunne gjenskapet det seige trøkket sammen med den
vare, nesten trolske stemningene sine live. For uinvidde kan jo
nevnes at Lumsk spiller tung og seig metall smakfullt krysset
med norske folketoner. Kjøp skiva!! Men, nok om det, nå
er det konserten som gjelder og etter en intro som sendte tankene
over mot skog, tusser og troll tråkket Lumsk til. Grundig.
De satte himmel og jord i bevegelse med åpningskuttet fra
Åsmund Frægdegjevar, Ormin Lange. Og jeg
må bare si; FOR en konsert dette ble, bandet spilte tungt
som bly, lyden var helt utrolig og den ene gromlåta etter
den andre bare rullet over oss som om gjengen ikke har drevet
med annet. De virket ørlite grann nervøse i starten
med det så ut til at de ganske raskt fant ut at dette bare
var så fett at de ga litt f
og slapp seg helt løs.
Ikke for å foregripe begivenhetene men Lumsk sin opptreden
seiler opp som en av mine bedre opplevelser det siste året,
jeg må bare strekke frem en varm takk til bandet for at
de gjør det de gjør samt for det de serverte på
John Dee. Jeg trodde ikke det skulle være mulig men Lumsk
tok faktisk rotta på alt denne kvelden. Og de fikk også
best respons fra folket, publikum var helt med, de hoppa og skreik
og sang med og gjorde i grunn nesten alt de ikke gjorde under
de to første banda. Høydepunkt: I Lytinne
Två.
Kristian E. Andersen/Spot.no
Så var det tid for eventyr.
Alle nasjonalromantikere og mennesker med liknende tilbøyeligheter
får ha meg unnskyldt, men Lumsk ble for konstruert og kjedelig.
Blandingen av tradisjonelle metal-riff og folkemusikk skurret
kraftig i hodet mitt. Jeg kan godt like folk-liknende musikk (f.eks.
Kari Rueslåtten), men Lumsk manglet trøkk og tyngde,
og ble et tafatt forsøk jeg tidvis slet med å ta
alvorlig. Likevel så mange ut til å trives, og fremførelsen
var for så vidt helt grei. Problemet er at dette bandet
blir for låst fast i en ide, som gjentas for mange ganger.
Denne anmelderen er sikkert en urbanisert, tradisjonsløs
klovn, men Lumsk fenget ikke meg.
Trond Marius Marthinsen/HeavyMetal.no |
| Vibeke, Sasha,
Siv Lena ("ahh, here`s the groupies!") |
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| Sasha enjoying Eystein`s "beautiful,
blond, curly hair..." |
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We played 8 songs/40 minutes, and the concert was really good!
The feedback we got from the audience and journalists afterwards
was overwhelming as well. A great start! Had "some"
beers to celebrate the start of the tour before the busses arrived
at 0200. We were really excited to see them, as they will be our
home the next 12 days, but we had nothing to fear... 2 great nightliners
from Sweden. We share one bus with Griffin and the light-tech,
while Einherjer, Scariot, the sound-tech, tourmanager and merchandise-guy
live in the other bus.
Some of us went to bed "early" at 0430, while some didn`t
have the time to sleep at all, and prefered singing along with
Judas Priest on the stereo and hunting sheep when the bus stopped.
90 km from Bergen we woke up from a crash and realized that the
bus and a car had a little accident.
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Day 2 - Thursday the 9th of October
| Arrived in Bergen around 1400
and found "Garage" pretty soon. Set up the equipment
and our bus-driver went to find a mechanic that could fix the
lights on the bus. About 60 pre-ordered tickets for tonights show.
We were the first band on stage, at 2220. Not too many people,
about 100, but those who were there seemed to enjoy the gig. Eystein
and Vibeke were interviewed by the radiostation/website gothmetal.net.
Had a lot of beer afterwards, and forgot some of our stuff when
we left in the night... :-/ |
Day 3 - Friday the 10th of October
| Alf`s birthday! He has been
celebrating for 3 days, but now he finally has a proper reason...
No one but himself and his mother knows his age, but something
tells us that the Beatles were playing on the radio the day he
was born :-) Came to Haugesund early in the morning and slept
all day in the bus. "Flytten" is a really nice place,
with Ozzy all over the walls! 60 pre-ordered tickets, but the
arrangers think that there will be about 350 people here tonight!
We will stay here tonight and have a party after the gig and drive
to Sandnes tomorrow. |
| Great gig, the best so far!
About 200 people, and the response was really good! From now on
we will start the rest of the gigs in Norway and play last in
Denmark and Sweden. After Einherjer played with great success
(their hometown) we had a party in the restaurant upstairs, and
after this the party continued in the busses... Our drivers needed
a rest tonight, so they stayed at a hotel. |
Day 4 - Saturday the 11th of October
Eystein`s birthday! Another thing to celebrate...
:-) "Tribute" in Sandnes is a nice place, but the
stage is really small so we`re not quite sure how to set things
up... Now it`s Einherjers turn to forget things, Frode forgot
his amp in Haugesund :-/

About 100 people, a bit dissapointing, but the
response was great anyway. Left in the night to Kristiansand
and waited for the ferry to Denmark.
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Day 5 - Sunday the 12th of October
| Arrived around 1300 at 1000fryd.
Had a walk in the beautiful city of Aalborg. Nice weather and
the quiet, laid-back atmosphere you find in Denmark... After the
success we had here last time we really looked forward to this
gig. Due to the neighbours the gig had to be finished before 2300,
so we didn`t have much time for soundcheck. Anyway, our sound-tech
Hugo Alvarstein is a professional, so this wasn`t a huge problem.
After the soundcheck we had a nice meal made especially for us
from some of our friends from last time, Ole, Amina and Lena.
Thanks a lot! 80 people came to 1000fryd this Sunday evening,
and that`s not bad! The audience was extremely entusiastic tonight,
and we had our best gig so far on the tour. We also sold a lot
of merchandise, 30 of the 80 people bought a Lumsk-CD! Thanks
again Denmark! We hope to be back next year. |
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| Jon Enger, selling merchandise |
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| Meeting some of our Danish
friends |
Day 6- Monday the 13th of October
Went to the harbour in the early mourning, but
couldn`t get a place on the ferry to Sweden. Due to this we
didn`t arrive in Gothenburg before 1800. When driving off the
ferry a car crashed into our bus again. The gig at Henriksberg
was supposed to start at 2100 so we didn`t have much time...

When we finally found the place we got quite
shocked... The stage was REALLY small (Espen G and his synth
had to stand offstage), there were no posters around, there
were no stage-lights, the PA was definitely not made for metal,
the mixer had 16 channels (at John Dee we used almost 50), and
they didn`t have enough microphones and cables. The sound-tech
wanted to cancel the gig. This was a pity, as Frode Øien
from FaceFront and Scream, Erik from Tabu and Jan from Scream
had come all the way from Oslo to listen to us. There were also
journalists from Slavestate Mag. and Monster Mag present. We
didn`t go onstage before 0130 and at that time about 5 of the
audience of 20 were still with us... Thanks for waiting for
us! Today Steffan and Daniel from Scariot had a birthday and
we celebrated this by playing in some really nice outfits we
found backstage.
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Day 7 - Tuesday the 14th of October
| Stockholm cancelled. Drove
to Oslo in the night, rested the day and drove to Trondheim in
the evening. Arrived in Trondheim in the middle of the night and
we all looked forward to a night in a regular bed. Then Alf suddently
discovered that his bag with his clothes, keys etc. was missing,
and that he hadn`t used it since we were in Denmark... We all
went to our homes, but Alf had to stay in the bus... |
Day 8 - Wednesday the 15th of October
| Finally a proper stage at Blæst
in Trondheim, the hometown of Lumsk and Griffin. We hoped a lot
of people would come to see us even though the gig was on a wednesday,
and we weren`t dissapointed: about 210! Trondheim Rock City: nice!
All the 4 bands got great response from the audience. We had used
a lot of time earlier the day to set up the stage, as we knew
this would be an important gig. Used some pyroeffects on "Langt
nord i Trollebotten", but unfortunately the flames prepared
for "Ormin Lange" were far too big to use indoors. After
the gig we had a after-party at the "Club Rocky" till
the early hours when the busses left at 0900 to Molde. Thanks
Jimi! This was the last gig on the tour for Bjørnar, Ketil
Sæther (The Apparatus) will play session guitar on the rest
of the gigs. |
| "Bandene har rullert med
rekkefølgen, og denne kvelden var det Trondheimsbandet
Lumsk som åpnet ballet. Og for en åpning de leverte.
Sist jeg opplevde Lumsk live, var under By:Larm i februar i år.
Og guttene og jentene har forbedret seg mye siden den gang. Det
var en ren fryd for ørene og øynene gjennom hele
settet. Og jeg må dessverre si sorry Einherjer, sorry Griffin
og sorry Scariot. For Lumsk var helt klart det store høydepunktet.
Bandet spilte så gjennomført knallbra. Og hvis de
fortsetter på denne måten, så kommer de til
å ende opp som den store vinneren av Scream turneen."
Rune/EternalTerror
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Day 9 - Thursday the 16th of October
| Arrived in Molde at 1500. Don`t
know how tonights gig will be... The people working here don`t
think there will be many people, but at the same time they haven`t
put up any posters... The stage has carpets on the floor, and
the rest of the place looks like the disco on the boat to Denmark...
:-/ Got a nice breatfast, though... Kai from Griffin discovered
that his bag with clothes, money etc. was left behind at the after-party
in Trondheim, so now Scariot are the only ones having all their
stuff. There are still some days to go, so they will probably
loose their guitarist, Mr. Peisy somewhere...
Nice suprise! About 100 people came, and the response was overwhelming
tonight too! After-party in the backstage area before we went
to the busses in the night. |
Day 10 - Friday the 17th of October
| Woke up in Ørsta, a small
place we didn`t know much about... Turned out to be a really nice
place with tall snowcovered mnountains all around, and the "Rust
Club" was nice as well. Had the best food so far on the local
hotel, and started playing at 2200.
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| Ketil Sæther |
Hugo the sound-tech |
Affert |
Aksel (Einherjer) testing
his jews-harp |
Nice gig! About 90 people, and some
had been driving for hours to hear us! Siv Lena had an unhappy
encounter with the cargo-door on the bus when packing her stuff
and had to go to the doctor.There was blood all over her head,
but she is a tough girl and was fine afterwards. Packed our stuff
and drove to Hamar after the gig, as it`s a long way over the
mountains... Kept on partying in the bus, and went to bed at a
time unknown when the driver got enough of the hardcore Guns `n
Roses fans in the bus and shut off the electricity... :-/ |
Day 11 - Saturday the 18th of October
Hamar, "Hydranten".
The last gig for Einherjer while the rest of us have one to go...
Huge stage, looks promising!

Great gig! Actually one of the best so far. About 140 people (I
think...) Nice stage, nice sound, and a really nice crowd! Afterparty
upstairs, and we soon headed for the karaoke-machine! We didn`t
know how to operate it, so our sound-tech had to tune in the system
for us :-) Seeing 20 drunk metal-heads gathering on a small stage,
singing karaoke is a strange experience! (Nice Bon Jovi with growling,
Steffan!) The bus drove at 9 in the morning, and the party ended... |
Day 12 - Sunday the 19th of October
| When we woke up in Notodden
we were all in a terrible condition after the long night before.
Suddenly we realised that we had forgot one of the drummers in
Hamar! Believe it or not, but it was NOT the drummer of Lumsk!
Anyway, he soon arrived by bus and he was fine. "Stua"
was a great place, maybe the best looking club so far. Too bad
the gig was on a Sunday, and only 40 people came... Our vocalist
Steinar had to leave back home to Trondheim this morning, so Pete
Beck from Griffin did the male vocals. One of the "not so
good" gigs on the tour, but we`re afraid we can not only
blame the 2 session members... :-)
Now it`s all over! Back to reality... Thanks to all the people
we have met on the tour, and a special thanks to you buying our
CDs and t-shirts! Greetings to the 3 other bands and the crew,
and not at least a huge cheers to Scream Magazine, Tabu Recordings
and FaceFront for arranging this tour for us!!! |
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