When the band first took the stage, I admit to being worried. In appearance, with their white makeup with blackened eyes, they looked like a stereotypical black metal band – and there’s really not a lot of black metal that I like. When the first growls came out, I thought my fears had been verified. And yet? And yet, the music was so good. And the harsh vocals really weren’t so harsh. If they didn’t look black metal I’d never have even thought to describe them as such. It turns out, on looking them up once I got home, that the band have largely left their black metal roots behind them. In a way, I’m reminded of fellow Polish band Tenebris, who started out as a death metal band but would not really be mistaken for one these days. Furia played one of my favourite sets out of the entire line-up. Because I was up the front (being assaulted by the flailing long hair of the headbangers), I was able to take a photo of the set list, so that I could look up the songs I particularly enjoyed. Some bands are better in the studio, and some are better live. Having listened to the songs again, Furia’s live performances were so much better. I like the studio versions, and I will be buying the albums, but I loved the band live!