» From "14/02/06 - Cologne (GER) a critical review" // February 17, 2006 2:38:00 PM UTC

="Levman":ijww1pgz said:well, i haven't a great idea about guitarstrings and stuff, but i have to say, that i didn't like the sound as a whole. to me it also seemed, that it wasn't an exaggeratet drum and bass sound, as it's often the case on live gigs in general, but it was really hard to differenciate a melody in this single wall of guitar-drone. i regard myself as someone, who can bang his head to the most shitty sound, but i had really no motivation to dance to this.
of course, the soli were great, but as soon as max started to play, i couldn't even hear which song they were playing.

another thing which disappointed me as a soulfly fan was the lack of spirit. my expectation was, that max would say a few sentences before each song, adress the crowd and so on. instead they rattled off one song after another.
fuckin' hell, they sell t-shirts dedicated to d-low and moses, have all this religious/spiritual stuff in their lyrics and they don't lose a word about this- so where's the i n n e r s p i r i t ?
all in all, this wasn't what i expected of my first soulfly gig.
but i'd always go to see them again, this has to be an exception after all...