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Review: The Warning conquer the Portuguese public with an epic night at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
After a long wait, the band formed by sisters Dany, Pau and Ale Villarreal - The Warning - performed for the first time in Portugal, with a memorable rock concert at LAV - Lisboa Ao Vivo.
Per Jolu (João Luis) April 6, 2024It was last Friday that the Mexican trio – The Warning – made their debut in Portugal, with an absolutely breathtaking night of rock, in which the band showed, together with Conquer Divide, the “girl power” that exists in the world of heavy music.
Before the doors opened, some anxiety was already felt, with different groups of fans marking their place in the queue, armed with flags and posters asking, for example, for Pau's drumsticks or Dany's pick.
At 9pm, the 5 members of Conquer Divide, from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, took to the stage to open the night. With a performance that did not exceed half an hour of concert and focused mainly on the band's latest album – “Slow Burn”, from 2023 –, the group had the desire to create moshpits from the first songs. However, the audience, made up of several families with children (and who were not exactly looking for a metal concert), did not respond to this request, compensating with lots of jumping and rhythmic clapping, particularly in “Paralyzed” and “NEWHEAVEN ”. To close the concert, with the theme “welcome to paradise” over, the band replaced the traditional “horns up” with hearts, launching a chain of love from the stage to the end of the audience.
Setlist – Conquer Divide:
- Atonement
- chemicals
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Paralyzed
- system_failure
- NEWHEAVEN
- welcome2paradise
After waiting for around 30 minutes, the lights went down and, with “ The Warning ” written on the screen behind the stage, “Intro 404” (opener of the latest album – “ERROR”, from 2022) began to be heard, alongside sound of which Dany, Pau and Ale Villarreal entered to take their places, leaving the audience in euphoria, who shouted the name of the band and each of the members.
For their debut on Portuguese soil, the Mexican band brought songs from all their albums – the aforementioned “ERROR”, “Queen of the Murder Scene” (2018) and “XXI Century Blood” (2017), leaving out the EP “ESCAPE THE MIND” (2015) and the highly acclaimed cover of “Enter Sandman” (2021). In addition to the aforementioned discography, all the songs from the album “Keep Me Fed” were also presented, scheduled for release on June 28th of this year.
It was precisely with one of these new songs that The Warning made themselves heard for the first time in Lisbon, opening the concert with “S!CK”. From then on, the young band went through the lineup at full speed, with absolutely impressive mastery – from Ale's admirable bass lines, to Dany's incredible voice and technical skill on the guitar, to Pau's voice while playing. Drums with the expertise that earned her the 2023 rock drummer of the year award from Drumeo.
After practically 1 hour of moments that will remain in memory, such as Pau's voice at the beginning of “Survive” or the combination of the three sisters' voices (highlighting Dany's high note) at the entrance to the last chorus of “Hell You Call A Dream”, the band would close the concert in an epic way with “Narcisista”. However, the public asked for more and the group returned to the stage to say goodbye to Lisbon with “EVOLVE”.
After the concert, characterized by an atmosphere of affection from both sides, between the audience and the band, there will certainly be a feeling of longing for this rock night and the desire for it to happen again soon.
Setlist – The Warning:
- S!CK
- Z
- CHOKE
- What else do you want?
- Dull Knives (Cut Better)
- MORE
- MONEY
- Survive
- Automatic Sun
- ERROR
- DISCIPLE
- Hell You Call A Dream
- MARTYRDOM
- Narcissist
- EVOLVE
Thanks: Everything Is New
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