Lordi at the Orange Peel

I am going to see Lordi perform tonight in Asheville at the Orange Peel. I don't know how they're going to operate in such a small venue, though.

You see, when I saw them at Ozzfest, they had goodly amount of pyro-maniacal-techno-sorcery on display. Among these were Mr. Lordi's battleaxe which shot small rockets, his spark-spewing buzz saw, Awa's flare shooting umbrella thing, Ox and Amen's spark shooters attached to their guitars, and the flame jets at the front of the stage, whenever they decided things just didn't look crispy enough. But the best thing was Kita's explosive percussion.

In case you haven't been fortunate enough to see this band live, let me explain what that last thing was. In the song Would You Love a Monsterman, you may recall a section where Mr. Lordi says "I say yeah," followed by three drum beats. Now picture seeing the band live and when he sings that line, three rockets shoot from the stage and explode in time with the beat.

It was one of the most metal things I had ever seen, heard, or felt. The pressure waves from the explosions and heat from the flames at a Lordi concert only serve to enhance the overall experience.