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WATAIN's 'Fiery' 10-Year-Anniversary Show: Photos, Video Footage Available

December 9, 2008

Swedish black metallers WATAIN celebrated their 10-year anniversary by performing a special show on December 6, 2008 in Uppsala, Sweden.

The band has issued the following recap of the event:

"And so it's done! 10 years of darkness and death have passed and the commemoration ceremony became just as legendary and grandiose as we had intended. Apart from a sold-out show, a loud and hungry audience and the improved stage show, the ending of it all also managed to become memorable. Just at the very end of the song 'Casus Luciferi' we had lightened two bowls of gasoline on stage, in which E. threw a rather explosive, home-made mix of sulphur and gunpowder. The effect was just as intended — the flames rose to twice their size for some seconds, in honor of the bringer of the forbidden light of chaos.

"The venue owners had been informed earlier about the fiery nature of the show and were supposed to turn the fire alarms off just before it begun. Apparently this had been forgotten and consequently the alarm went off. Some security device blacked out the electricity, the fire department stormed in and evacuated the place, and thus the concert was over. Truly an ending in fire! Fortunately this happened far into the setlist, and only two more songs remained — 'Stellarvore' and 'On Horns Impaled'. These songs will now lay waiting in restless slumber, until the cursed graves open again...

"WATAIN raise their blood filled chalices to all the supportive devotees that came to celebrate with us, some who travelled as far as from Australia, UK, Germany, France and USA. Your support that night and through the past 10 years has been invaluable, and we look forward to show you that this has only been the beginning... May the Gods of Darkness look with favour upon you in their time that is to come!"

Check out photos from the concert at this location.

Fan-filmed video footage of the show is available below.

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