Following TINNITIA, TAO TE KIN took up the stage... and everything flowed easy as they are more than happy with their release of "El Pájaro Que Da Cuerda Al Mundo" (Lengua Armada. REF: LA036 / Nooirax Producciones): a beautiful CD including a 12 page booklet which will trap you since the intro until the last second of their tenth track. Their set is furious and relaxing at the same time. That is the feeling you catch when TAO TE KIN distil their progressive way to understand metal.
It could be obvious to mention TOOL as the imminent reference but it shouldn't be understood as a clone of them: it is better to understand TOOL opened a big two folded door inviting others to enter that world of sounds... how many new rooms can be filled when going beyond that door? TAO TE KIN reserved their own one... and I believe they will be there for long releasing more good stuff like what they're been doing all of these years.
Their live is filled will color (sometimes overcolored) by the personal performance of their frontman Emilio which does not stop for a while: watching molecules in the air, giving shape to oxygen figures, fighting with the flow of air in front of him, jumping... that's a frontman. Meanwhile, the band do their job: punish your ears with the chosen tunes of their past and present history.
It was short: that's the problem when you play in a medium hall which is surrounded by homes and there is a restriction of not to pass 12:00 PM playing loud... and of course it gets shorter when you're enjoying a live set!!!
TAO TE KIN left the stage to allow MORGANA vs MORGANA start their presentation of their brand new record "SOL INVICTO" here in Madrid. In my opinion, there couldn't be other band to support them like TAO TE KIN as they evolve very similar status into the underground... Their difference (they're a five piece too) could be more in the attitude of their singer Carlos which doesn't explore acting in the same way as Emilio. Let's say excess of the other could help this last one...
Another short set (law requirements command!!) was shown, intense, closed with the encore peforming one of their banner songs "NEBULA".
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