LEGACY ID
24.09.2013. LIVE @ ROKKAFEJNĪCA:
THE WEDDING TOUR; SNOVONNE and AMENDFOIL.
Together with our friends from ONCE UPON we had the privilige to open for two Finnish bands - SNOVONNE and AMENDFOIL on their tour. This was one of the rare cases, where it realy was an honour! Very cool guys and a mezmerising lady took the place by the horns and rocked it hard!! Very original music, techically advanced and executed perfectly.
To our rescue we had Agris Siksna, who filled in for the bassguitar for us and did an excellent job. Big thanx to Agris.
Another lesson learned that night was never to leave organising things to organisers - that doesn't end well for the bands.
24.08.2013. LIVE @ MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA:
ROCK GENERATION MARATHON.
A very interesting event; an all-day event, starting from early afternoon 'til dawn. Many, many bands, all with one thing in common - rock & metal music! Different styles of rock and metal, represented by well known and less known bands.
As we where one of the last to play, not many people where left around to entertain. Nevertheless, we had a great time with our friends from the Nibble - we dedicated our set to them, which they then returned in rockstar fashion. Alltogether, it was a fun night, and, every experience is valuable.
5.07.2013. LIVE @ MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA:
WACKEN METAL BATTLE LATVIA. FINALS.
What an interesting experience this has been! Meeting some of the hottest bands at the time, many of whom turned out to be very cool guys (and a few impressive ladies, off course). There was something for everyone; metalcore, some old school trash metal, progressive death metal, symphonic metal and more.
As special guests we had the winners of the previous two Wacken Metal Battles of Latvia - Sacramental and Opifex.
This wasn't our year to represent Latvia in Wacken Open Air. Who knows; maybe next year.. ;)
28.06.2013. LIVE @ ROKKAFEJNĪCA:
"THE UNCOLLECTIVE", with TORIA and ART OF KEEPING SECRETS.
This was our first time playing at an event, where, in comparison to the other bands of the night, we where the "heavy" ones, so we didn't quite know what to expect. The place is located in the old town of Riga. It was a friday night so the place was packed, as it is a good place to spend a friday night at.
But the biggest surprise to us was the audience - THE BEST AUDIENCE we've had so far! Amazing! Guys moshing and girls dancing to our music - it was awesome!
13.06.2013. LIVE @ MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA:
RELICSEED's TOUR FINALE with PŪĶA GARS and FAITHHUL IN MISFORTUNE.
We had the privilige of warming up for the latvian trash metal heavyweights RELICSEED on their final stop of the tour. They had done a fantastic job with the stage and it looked amazing!
We had Lauris Muzikants on our side again so the sound was spot on.
The special thing about this particular gig was the opportunity to film it! A professional crew, HD cameras all over the place, even a drum cam.
The final product will only be available in september.
Overall, it was a good night, as usual - alot of fun, more experience and another step forwards.
31.05.2013. LIVE @ MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA:
WACKEN METAL BATTLE LATVIA, SEMI FINALS.
This was our first time on the big stage of Latvian metal scene. We proudly shared the competition with some of the upcoming grates of Latvian metal, some of whom are friends and fellow musicians outside the event.
We did our thing, had fun doing it and, as it turns out, the audience and the jury appreciated it enough to put through to the FINALS!
Words cannot describe the feeling! Unbelievable! The audience was amazing, supported the bands with some hardcore headbanging and moshing.
It didn't feel like a competition, it felt more like a good night out with fellow metalheads and their patient girlfriends.
RESPECT to all the contesting bands- we enjoyed the even to the fullest!
30.04.2013. LIVE @ A NICE PLACE
"HARD'N'HEAVY NIGHT PART 2"
We were first to play. This time, we had done some homework and people showed up to see us. We invested in renting some hi-end gear to have a quality sound, and even better - Lauris Muzikants - one of the best sound engineers in Latvia- helped us with getting the most out of the gear we had available. And, boy - did that pay off! The energy was crazy! Mostly for us, the band! The audience, as usual, where "nodding". Can't call it headbanging, because it can be quite dangerous to a beat of 7/8, 12/16, 5/4, etc..
After the gig, we where approached by a few people, inviting us to play in future events, giving positive feedback and thanking us. That means, more events coming soon.
30.03.2013. LIVE @ NABAKLAB
"U MAD BRO"
OUR FIRST GIG! We set foot on stage for the first time as a band. We where the first to start, so, as usual poeople hadn't arrived yet. The main stage was closed for loud events, so the gig took place on the small stage. Literally - small!
But, it was fun! As expected, people weren't quite sure what they where hearing - a band, no one yet knows about, sounds very different from the typical underground music. Some bewildered, surprised and smiling faces where seen in the public, according to the witnesses.
02.03.2013. RE-RECORDING RAZORBLADES
A long day and night, well spent @ KSRecords, Riga, Latvia.
We had the opportunity to work with Kārlis Šteinmanis, the guitarist of RELICSEED. It was a lot of fun! Resurrecting and old song of ours, with new sound, ideas and added parts to spice it up, Razorblades was given a new life.
By the way, this was the first studio recording experience for us as a band.
Big thanks to Kārlis Šteinmanis.
20.04.2014. LIVE @ NABAKLAB:
BURNED IN BLIZZARD album launch.
The small hall of Nabaklab was packed on the evening of our friend's Burned In Blizzard album launch event. Great energy and vibe, sharing the stage with Pain Fiction, Dehead and cool guys from Italy, called Rise Of Tyrants.
It was a fun evening, lots of metal fists in the air.
Burned in Blizzard held their own and delivered a tight performance, one of the good Latvian metal bands. So did the Italian trio, shredding relentlessly and delivering proper death metal music.
12.06.2014. LIVE @ DOBELES ĶERSTERMEŽA ESTRĀDE:
"GOLD BARBELL" JUBILEE CUP 2014.
It was a great honour and responsibility for us to perform on the town's biggest outdoor venue, supporting our friends from the sports club Gold Barbell, hosting an international competition, for whom we wrote a song, which is now the club's official anthem.
It was a one of a kind event, since we performed not only our original piecies, but supported the athletes as they competed by playing non stop energising music, most of it improvised, some of it there on the spot.
It was a great experience, we learned a lot and had a great time doing it.
30.08.2014. LIVE @ JAUNPIEBALGA:
ROCK FEST JAUNPIEBALGA.
This was an adventure! A few hour drive, great scenery, great outdoors venue, lots of people, a huge campfire, many famous Latvian bands and musicians.
We were one of the last to go on stage, as we were considered the heaviest sounding bunch there, but that didn't stop us from having a good time and entertaining the remaining survivours of the long, music-packed day.
We stayed the night in a fantastic country side cottage, sleeping in a trailer wagon and waking to a scenic morning at the mother nature's tit. :)
03.09.2014. LIVE @ ROKKAFEJNĪCA:
BEBUT ALBUM LAUNCH EVENT.
What an evening that was! Supported by BeInspired Agency, our friends Biomorph and DJ Rokija, we were proud to officialy present our long anticipated debut album GENESIS.
The place was packed, amazing energy and connection with the audience.
One of our best gigs, strengthening our reputation as quality live performers and providing many positive feedbacks about GENESIS.
Biomorph where amazing as well, genious in their technicality and heaviness.
Audience had a great time, musicians had a great time, a great friday out for them and a great gig for us. A big milestone, reminding us this was just the beginning. We are to progress and conquer. Our legacy has just begun..
09.10.2014. LIVE @ RĪGA RADIO:
LEGACY ID streaming live from RĪGA RADIO Studio.
Yet another unique experience - a live gig, streaming online for the world to see. The place was great! The fact, that the audience had to be seated in big, red chairs, was a bit weird, as we're not used to performing to a seated audience. But that didn't hurt the atmosphere - it was still a great night. Sound was good live, but a bit less online, despite which, we had online viewers.
We've done a few interviews at Rīga Radio, on one of which performed a few acoustic songs, also streaming online.
18.10.2014. LIVE @ FONTAINE PALACE:
LEGACY ID live in Liepāja, FONTAINE PALACE.
This is a venue we tried to book a few times before, and now we unexpectedly had a chance to do it! It's a great place, one of the biggest live venues in the beautiful city Liepāja.
We had the whole night to ourselves, so we took our time, waited for the audience to arrive, which they did, and then we unleashed upon them the full-on Genesis attack! :)
It's so cool to play a venue for the first time and see people moshing and dancing, and just listening to something they hadn't seen before.
Also a fun adventure, a lengthy trip through half of Latvia.
30.10.2014. LIVE @ KONGRESU NAMS:
"BILDES" FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS.
A great experience to take part in one of Latvia's biggest music festivals BILDES. A massive stage, an great hall, and packed to the last seat, sold out, even. We played on the second day of the festival, among other newcomers to this event.
A unique feature of this festival was that we had to play with a well known musician, a singer, songwriter, actress Zane Dombrovska, who is the coolest person to work with!
16.08.2013. LIVE @ SUTAS BALSS:
METAL MUSIC FESTIVAL.
This was a lengthy trip and a learning experience. We co-rented a bus with two other bands to take part in this event.
It was fun to see many well known latvian metal bands, the outdoors place was scenic and packed with people, a great big campfire and non stop metal music, riffing and thrashing - a proper dirty, gritty, sweaty summer metal music festival.
A few things went wrong along the way, which made this also a great learning experience.
28.08.2014. LIVE @ GET SMART CAFE:
Live acoustic session.
This was our first acoustic session, so this was a complete new experience.
The small cafe is great, a sweet place to hang out with friends, hosting various live acoustic music evenings.
The experience tought us alot, showed us the difference between stripped down version of a song and and acoustic version. We keep this experience fresh in our memory, as it showed us we are capable of performing and entertaining not only on big stages, with big drum sets and guitar amps, but also in small, intimate spaces, sometimes making it an even more personal performance than our usual full on mass attack with two seven string swords and rumbling bassdrum axes.
16.01.2015. "DEBUT OF THE YEAR" AWARD:
LATVIAN METAL MUSIC AWARDS.
What an honour to be voted "Debut of the year 2014"!! Up there, along many of the Greats of Latvian metal music! We were humbled and very thankful. Many different awards, accompanied by many different bands performing live. The club was packed with metalheads, enjoying good live music, apprecitating and honouring the achievements in the small scene of Latvian metal music.
6.02.2015. ACOUSTIC @ "KAD ZEBRAS DEG":
LIVE ACOUSTIC. ORIGINAL SONGS + COVERS.
A small pub, opened recently, by already favoured by many. Cool guys, who run the pub, invited us to have a nice, acoustic jam, and so we did. Most of our originals (some of which are completely re-arranged) as well as well known covers. A cool place, a bunch of friends, a good laugh, quite a few beers, and a great evening in general.
28.02.2015. LIVE @ MUSIC FACTORY A NICE PLACE
PROGRESSIVE METAL SESSION Vol.1. + NEW SINGLE "ANGER MANAGEMENT"
+ THEATRUM + EMPHASIS (EST) + STAGNANT PROJECT.
Progressive music is coming back! More and more of us out there. Different styles, sounds and ideas, but all united in an appreciation of progressive approach to metal/rock music.
It was also the night we unleashed the "Anger Management" upon the audience! The first live performance of the new single. This time, Anger Management showed a whole new heavy side to us.
3.03.2015. LIVE @ RADIO "PIECI"
ACOUSTIC + INTERVIEW.
A nice sitdown with guys from Radio "PIECI". A nice conversation, which included a few of our songs, performed acoustic live, on air.
7.03.2015. LIVE @ METRO CLUB, VILNIUS
MORNING LIGHT TOUR, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH + LOS UNICORNS.
This was our first gig abroad. Although, it seems just around the corner, in Vilnius, the capital city of our neighbour country Lithuania, it was a whole new experience for us.
An amusing thing was playing in Lithuania, but sharing the stage with two bands from Poland!
The event wasn't very crowded, but we had a great time, made friends with guys from other bands and the club staff. All in all, a fun road trip.
21.03.2015. LIVE @ "ZAPTE"
ACOUSTIC. ORIGINAL + COVERS.
Also, a very popular pub, right in the heart of the old town of Riga.
What a vast constrast this is; a small pub, comfortable, allmost like someone's living room, a chilled vibe, compared to our usual, fully loaded, loud and powerful stage performances, with three merciless guitars, rumbling bass, blasting drums and in-your-face vocals.
A very nice, chilled evening, to have an acoustic jam, and then hang out afterwards.
17.04.2015. LIVE @ "MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA"
WACKEN METAL BATTLE LATVIA 2015 1st SEMI-FINALS.
This is our second appearance on the stage of Wacken Metal Battle Latvia.
Just as the last time, we advanced to the finals, which will take place on the 6th of June.
We hope, this is the year we earn the honour to represent Latvia in the main competition, which will take place on the grounds of THE Wacken Open Air festival, in Germany.
18.04.2015. LIVE @ "MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA"
NEGLECTED FIELDS reunion + HORRICANE (EST).
Although, our perfomance was cut shor in mid programe, due to technical problems with drum gear, the evening itself was amazing! The club was packed like it rarely is, due to the reunion show of the Legends of latvian metal music - NEGLECTED FIELDS, who'd been inactive for more than nine years. The returned with a blast, giving a memorable live performance.
The guest band HORRICANE also made an impression with their technical and complex musicianship.
25.04.2015. LIVE @ "MELNĀ PIEKTDIENA"
BASS Vs METAL.
This was a unique event, drawing not only the local metalheads, but also the fans of live Drum'n'Bass.
We represented the metal music, along with our friends from KARMAFREE and BIOMORPH. The drum'n'bass world was represented by many DJs, such as Mrs.DIGITAL, band DIGITAL DIGITAL, ZAYATC, SOLA + HYGS.
It was a very interesting and fun evening, indeed.
