Another hot day on Rio de Janeiro, with a lot of chaos in traffic of cars on the city due the construction of new avenues for FIFA World Cup on July (yes, our government is very late in all, a common thing in Brazil…), but even with that, the eve for another Brazilian holiday was the date for legendary Swedish Death Metal group HYPOCRISY to come to these lands, having Paraguayan quartet REFUSE as opening act.

But before the show starts, there were a Meet and Greet party, with HYPOCRISY's members autographing CDs and taking pictures with the fans, and the one who was enjoying it a lot was the bassist Mikael Hedlund, a great guy indeed. The band seemed a little tired (they played a show just on the day 04/21, on São Paulo, just one day after), but were very gentle.
 

So the time came for REFUSE to go on the stage and start a massive destructive Death Metal attack on us all.

Yes, they play a very violent and extreme form of Death Metal, inspired by bands like KRISIUN and ANGEL CORPSE, but with a good technique. The sound isn't as good as could be, but for those who pay attention, they are very good in songs, like "Infamy of the First World", "Hegemonia" and "Clash of Worlds", and for sure we could see a good band.

Daniel Benítez (vocals and guitars) has tons of energy on the stage, as well as he communicates well with the public, and Fernando Torres (guitars) plays violently and with high precision and good vibe on stage. Jaime Veron is a savage on stage, playing his bass guitar fast and thunderous, and he does not stop to bang his head, and Dogi is a precise drummer, playing heavy and fast. Their set was short, but violent, and Big Daddy here can say that they gathered more fans that night.
 

A good name for the future, and hope their first album can come as soon as possible, but was a pity for a greater part of the audience stayed outside of the venue on their show, and those who were inside Teatro Odisséia stayed only seeing the band play.

Setlist:
1. God Cynics
2. Negotiator of Lives
3. Infamy of the First World
4. Empire of Death
5. Ominous Chaos
6. Hegemonia
7. Clash of Worlds
 

So, the technicians and the roadie crew started to prepare the stage for the Swedish quartet to start their show, and at almost 22 o'clock, from the speakers of Teatro Odisséia slipped out a keyboards' introduction, and so HYPOCRISY came to the stage and started with "End of Disclosure", making all on the crowd came to madness, singing along with the band, and it was followed by "Tales of the Spineless". But when the intro of "Fractured Millennium" played, chaos spread and a lot of slamdancing circles started to appear, and keep on through "Killing Art".

What does Ol' Big Dady here can say about the show?
 

Peter Tägtgran is a monster on the stage, playing his Explorer guitar and sings both on low grunts as on high pitches, banging his head, talking a lot with the public and moving on the stage. Tomas Elofsson (the band's live guitarist) really plays very well, smiles all the time and helps to put the crowd on fire. Mikael Hedlund plays his bass guitar finely, as walks on stage and bangs his head all the time. And Horgh does a very fine job on drums, being quiet almost all the time.

It was wonderful to see the band playing alive, as perfect as you can hear on the albums, but they got a very heavy load of energy, and unleash it on the public. And for diehard fans from old times, they played a violent and intense medley of "Pleasure of Molestation", "Osculum Obscenum" and "Penetralia". And the slamdancing pit became immense on these songs, but they played as well more songs as "44 Double Zero" from the new album and "War-Path" from "Virus" album. And as they played "The Final Chapter", it seemed the show to be over, but the audience stayed calling for them. And they got back for an encore with the classic "Roswell 47", "Adjusting the Sun", and ended with "Eraser".
 

And how wonderful was to hear Peter saying "Thank you all, Rio. We love you!". And Peter, we love you as well, so please, come back soon. A wonderful event, thanks to Fame Enterprises and Metal Union Produções.

Setlist:
1. End of Disclosure
2. Tales of Thy Spineless
3. Fractured Millennium
4. Killing Art
5. The Eye
6. Valley of the Damned
7. Fire in the Sky
8. Pleasure of Molestation / Osculum Obscenum / Penetralia
9. Buried
10. Elastic Inverted Visions
11. 44 Double Zero
12. War-Path
13. The Final Chapter
14. Roswell 47
15. Adjusting the Sun
16. Eraser

*Photography by Pedro Arantes