LAIBACH - THE METRO THEATRE SYDNEY - 16TH JANUARY 2020
PHOTOS AND WORDS BY: MONIKA SMITH
The room was filled with a quiet, calming sound of a piano playing a somewhat haunting tune while on the dark walls of The Metro Theatre Sydney and on the stage a projection was cast.
Out from the shadows the band slowly began to take the stage with Marina Martensson’s voice twisting through the air like creeper vines gently climbing the walls of an old castle. With her gorgeous gothic dress and her fiery hair. It was all well matched to the sound belted from her chest.
Milan Fras soon joined the stage as the band skillfully turned the original Sound Of Music tracks into something entirely new.
The band flawlessly worked their way through the main popular songs of the motion picture with the crowd enticed by the opening to their show, singing along and becoming a swaying calm sea in unison.
As the highs of Marina Martensson’s voice cut like a diamond on glass, Milan Fras complete opposite deep vocals set the tone perfectly.
The band finished their Sound Of Music section with So Long, Farewell as Milan Fras and Marina Martensson exited the stage for the next part of the show.
The band began to play what can be describe as a dramatic horror movie scene piano solo that tore through your soul and could easily be used in any movie to get people’s hearts racing, the whole band began this intertwined chaotic dance of music that both did and did not make any sense but you could not stop staring; your ears were pricked to their fullest of heights as eventually Milan Fras returned to the stage in a new costume.
The bands final portion of the night covered a plethora of songs, as the most mind boggling, eye ball orgasmic images danced across the walls and the stage.
The crowd by the end of the evening was absolutely rewarded for the first ever Australian show. The whole experience was so magnificent that I almost missed my train home.
