Amenra Live at AB - Ancienne Belgique

Amenra Live stream from AB - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

[@sonja7halcyon]

Back here again. Whenever I'm in the most painful internal struggles with anger and grief, particularly when trauma is triggered and dissociation is heightened, I listen to Amenra and the pain just melts away and I'm grounded back into my body. Bob Marley's quote "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain" never really landed with me until Amenra. At the right moment, Amenra is like one big euphoric hug.

[@dragosudrea6533]

I just saw Amenra. I swear I remember the concert in black and white.

[@kvici]

I did see them just now. They played in black and white indeed.

[@enriquenogueira4837]

saw them recently too, I felt really weird that it wasnt black and white lol

[@FoByaH]

With a greenish tint

[@NickyHendriks]

Yep, it's the crazy strong beamer that's put at the front of house that projects in black and white, the bass has a sunburst paint job and even that looked like black 'n white. It's like all colour has left the planet and taken happiness with it. That's how I felt during the last time I saw them. It's been too long :'(

[@pessabc]

last band i saw before the pandemic :( a whole year has gone by!

[@carlossanz1241]

A solitary reign is one of the best song ever

[@Starless_2112]

I love how you can hear people going “shhhh” at the beginning - I wish every concert was like this....

[@Bennick323]

For real. I cringe when I see bands like this and there's drunk douchebags who are just there to be there and fuck around loudly during the performance.

[@patrickmccue919]

Greenman2112 Indeed. I wish the crowd in Boston the other night was half as gracious and respectful. Mathieu(guitar) actually told somebody to shut up at one point. The show was still amazing, it just reaffirmed my belief that some people in this "scene" should fucking check out...

[@fried_out]

This was the only gig I was ever at where people were giving shit to anyone talking the whole time. It was a beautiful show just because the quiet parts were indeed quiet, with no douche talking and laughing.

[@BombedByMe]

back in like 2014 I saw this band actually jump of the stage (after they ended) to confront some people about their behavior (this behavior was a bit more than being loud). this isn't just a concert to them. they put a lot of time and power and try their best on every performance.

[@lucienstolk6441]

Saw them yesterday, and the same thing happened. Unfortunately, the croud wasn’t as quit as this one

[@2003ziv]

I closed all the lights and experienced this with headphones. An hour and a half well spent.

[@dgmt8789]

"Closed all the lights"... European for sure. Dad used to say it like that.

[@bvonkemp]

I was there back then. I've seen Amenra countless times live. Still, this recording keeps giving me goosebumps. Unreal.

[@Weeping_Somnambulist]

Must've been a life-changing experience. Like you never saw things quite the same way afterwards. It had that affect on me just listening to it in my back yard in total darkness.

[@givemefreebeers6718]

I'm so jealous. I hope they come to the States soon

[@UnclePhillyMyAss]

A once in a lifetime band.

[@VelhaEscola666]

I love you for this comment

[@AkanePadfootToshi]

It's hard to say better...

[@s810daniels6]

Did you forget Isis? AMENRA Definitely had some Isis influences. Holy Tears, Not in Rivers, but in Drops,and Pliable Foe.

[@rupe82]

@@s810daniels6 Amenra are "darker" and more Doom influenced than Isis were.

[@mihaistoian9023]

Lifetime experience accomplished!

[@sonja7halcyon]

Wow I wasn’t expecting that to have such a big effect on me. The ritual... I cried. I suffer with chronic back pain and have metal rods down my spine but music, dancing and movement is a massive part of me. A lot of the time the restriction to my sense of self expression is more emotionally painful than the physical pain itself. Those moments where you can see Colin wants to let his body express how the music feels inside him by throwing himself forward and gyrating but feels restricted in movement by the weight and pain of the rocks, yeah that. That awful physiological bodily tension between “I need to move and express” and “I can’t”. That’s my life. Thwarted desire.

[@PanicAttack3211]

I hope this finds you well friend. Music is immensely powerful and important to me as well.

[@sonja7halcyon]

@@PanicAttack3211 It definitely moved/released/healed something. Since watching that I’ve grounded back in my body and started dancing and appreciating it again, appreciating what it CAN do instead of being so angry with what it can’t do. Now I’m learning Flamenco 💃🏽 a dance that has roots in many cultures and the minorities of Spain used it as a safe way to express their aggression against their oppressors. It’s the perfect mix of anger and blues and I can feel my ancestors in the dance. Thank to Amenra for being an essential component in my healing journey. 🌹

[@jkk4293]

Thank you for this comment. I also didn't expect such an affect, but haven't at all gone through what you have. I'm so happy you've found an outlet and something you can resonate with. I'm sorry about your condition, my friend, we're all pulling for you via the music

[@sonja7halcyon]

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[@GhANeC]

the sound engineers were the mvp here amazing fkng sound

[@DrGrizzley]

Dude! Absolutely!

[@markdesolate]

@@DrGrizzley except for the guitarists mic being very low at the beginning of solitary reign..

[@DrGrizzley]

@@markdesolate Yeah, but how many times have you seen a live video and the sound is so atrocious through out the whole thing that you kinda just die a little inside because you love the band when you saw them live? I'll forgive it.

[@kallipolis5]

Agreed--Amenra consistently performs well, but the sound on this recording is so extraordinarily excellent that i often listen to this instead of the studio tracks. That being said, i think Mass VI also has outstanding audio engineering and production, but for live recordings, this show is as good as it gets.

[@markdesolate]

@@DrGrizzley you got a point. I really dig the aorte.ritual live version. When the drums kick in and the woman starts screaming.. ill forgive him as well than..

[@Hexalyse]

The setlist / tracklist : 00:00 Children of The Eye (Mass VI) 10:40 Razoreater (Mass IIII) 18:00 Thurifer.Et Clamor Ad Te Veniat (Mass IIII) 25:25 Boden (Mass V) 36:45 Plus Près De Toi (Mass VI) 46:00 Am Kreuz (Mass III) 53:50 TerZiele.Tottedood (Mass IIII) + Colin Bodymod 1:08:05 Nowena | 9.10 (Mass V) 1:16:50 Diaken (Mass VI) 1:28:10 A Solitary Reign (Mass VI)

[@ThatCologneGuy]

Thank you very much for doing this.

[@magdalenaukaszewicz6051]

Oo iooooo

[@PrimoSchnevi]

nice touch to add the record

[@EyeBlinked]

0:00 Children of the Eye 11:17 Razoreater 18:40 Thurifer.Et Clamor Ad Te Veniat? 25:37 Boden 37:18 Plus Près De Toi (Closer To You) 46:23 Am Kreuz 1:02:20 Terziele 1:08:12 Nowena | 9.10 1:17:08 Diaken 1:28:15 A Solitary Reign

[@abtv]

Thank You!

[@EyeBlinked]

AB - Ancienne Belgique Thank you guys for the nice evening and for uploading the performance. :)

[@kellybults8248]

they only have one song its called what the fuck.

[@The1stMrJohn]

👍😁

[@ckokomo808]

Thanks!

[@Weeping_Somnambulist]

The one-two-three punch of Nowena/Diaken/Solitary Reign is absolutely fucking mind-blowing. Unparalleled passion and intensity. Bucket list band for sure.

[@user-hu9qr4og8l]

A Solitary Reign - the beautiest melody of this autumn... That unreachable song torn apart and burn down my soul.

[@Qemetiel218]

I can actually feel the pain in my chest listening this band... Unique.

[@spartans114s]

Man, I'm hooked.

[@roy_for_real2674]

Hahaha

[@Alejandromichael84]

Me too !🖤

[@NickyHendriks]

So is Colin!

[@melasonos6132]

Not suicidal but this music helps me stay alive. Hope to see live someday. Thanks from my heart.

[@derekfernz]

I saw them live at Hellfest in 2018 and it was an experience I cannot describe. Absolutely brilliant! Hope you get to see them live soon!

[@pavma7]

I saw them two days ago, they were amazing but sadly not headlining. That's the reason why I wanna see them again

[@sebastieni.4178]

@@pavma7 Same, also a Amen RA / Igorrr lineup is not a very good fit in my opinion. A Grind/drum'n'bass/balalaïka metal band doesn't really work after a concert that emotionaly intense.

[@xpsycho_nautx]

The pain ritual of this performance really made me ponder human nature and the power of ritual, even when recontextualized in the modern day, to evoke power and emotion, and bring us closer to a deeper empathy with the feelings of the “projector”. The meat hooks with rock weights really connote a whole slew of darkened imagery and contextual sorrows. What an impactful approach to connecting your audience to the performance.

[@grehdoom]

Suffering at his best. Dark, original, and eternal. Thank you for the great show and huge inspiration.

[@Ellier215]

Why does he suffer?

[@wolfdude6969]

Im a 60 year old rocker. Im not a big fan of some of the new genre shit. But this is art. Dark and original and ethereal. It's magick.

[@kallipolis5]

excellent insight...love this thought. i have a friend somewhat in the vicinity of your age, a professional drummer , who had never to my knowledge listened to anything remotely like this, but after he heard me playing Amenra he became a huge fan.

[@Alejandromichael84]

Cool. Hopefully when I turn 60 (if I live that long) that I will appreciate types of music like yourself.

[@juliecanon121]

the band is like 30 years old man

[@cedriclepere]

Lol, just read this comment, the band is now a little over 20 years old.

[@tonokrajcovic1004]

Well.. ...i really appreciate that you like this kind of music and hope more people in your age would dig this ..that just means that YOU CAN HEAR AND YOU CAN FEEL it !! Keep on ...and for those who says that: ,,this band exists 30 years" ..ok everyone is not that lucky to know them for that long....and the fact we don't listen to it for that long, doesn't mean we won't understand or discover new good stufff motheerfuckers :D .....everyone who meets darkness and depression in their lives is able to understand and fall in eternal love with this energy ..and IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT KNOWING HOW OLD THE BAND IS..

[@Gorlung]

KZbin has been insisting for two weeks that i should watch it. Finally!

[@tommos580]

i just saw them on their live stream, first time hearing them. I was overwhelmed, i cried my eyes out. They are magnificent. Pure art

[@abark]

LOL. How gay.

[@curly_]

I have come back to this Live Recording several times now. Everytime i have to watch it threw no pausing no nothing

[@VanessaSDias-om3mw]

I want to live inside this video.

[@kallipolis5]

Couldn't have said it better myself....mind if I join you and live there too? I have watched it so many times I practically should be paying rent

[@henryt2229]

Ye it’s a simpler world no fuss no confusion everything is there in black and white

[@kirabuh3949]

Feels like medicine for the soul and every fibre of my being

[@DeadAccount97]

I'm quite a reserved person even when listening to music I absolutely love...but man, this is probably the first time where I felt like an emotional wreck after watching a live performance. Saw Amenra open for Neurosis and Converge twice last summer in the US and it was an absolute privilege. It was my first time ever hearing of them as well. I wasn't aware of the band prior to that tour but now, they're probably my favorite post metal (IDK what else I'd describe them as other than intense) band active today IMO.

[@henrycurtis3652]

holy shit that's such a bucket list lineup, that sounds transcendent

[@brandtcarroll9316]

Watch the live show of Heilung- Lifa.

[@jkk4293]

as everyone else has already said, once you see Amenra live, your live is forever changed.

[@fried_out]

Best concert I've been so far, giving me goosebumps with every song they played. And Ancienne Belgique is such a good venue with probably the best sound I've ever experienced yet.

[@fried_out]

Why didnt you go?

[@gildedkant]

Colin is fuckin nuts... I wish his child all the best...AMENRA best band in Europe now, hands down

[@Rapidmaxillaryexpans]

absolutely amazing!

[@akhiloose]

Saw Amenra last night in Cologne and must confess they are perfection, art! I was a normal fan before but now i am big big fan of this band. Have seen dozens of gigs from black to heavy metal but Amenra sounds so real even better than srudio albums, perfection in sound and feeling. Honestly, i cried while headbanging\m/

[@jkk4293]

they are gods. I didn't know if I should cheer or cry after. If I was alone, probably cry. Their visuals and sound stage is absolutely perfection - which makes sense since CHVE started the Church of Ra consisting of musicicans and artists of the same mindset: art is first. Again, they are the Jesus of music.

[@erhanchoppie7619]

Dann komm am 3.12 nach Bochum zum Konzert. Rufe Zick Zack Mann. Ich finde dich! 🖤

[@sepiarain]

Am Kreuz is like experiencing a tsunami backwards in slow motion. Purifying wall of energy that undoes the damage.

[@555fcb555]

Thank you for this great show! I loved it!

[@FaetonMusicBlog]

Incredible band. Love them!

[@JongF74]

It was the most impressive gig I've ever seen!! So much emotions and finishing with their best song. I'll never forget this show!

[@FilipeBorgesVet87]

STUNNING!

[@benjaminsieuw3556]

One of the best live shows I've attend to. AB I love you for this year I got to see two bands I love and it was amazing!

[@DorianGreco]

Love your sound ,Amazing performance, U rock GUYS ! Support from Italy

[@anilevottomuus9679]

I told a girl to take memories not pictures. Her answere was "What do you mean?" Sad that so many don't really feel this heavy show with all their senses. Thank you for this amazing memorie!

[@dernachtschreck830]

I think exactly that every time I see a fucking Smartphone in the crowd...

[@TheAphexTim]

We all experience this stuff in our own ways. If people wanna snap a quick pic or film a snippet, that doesn't mean they're not feeling it. Let them be and the enjoy the show as you want to.

[@dernachtschreck830]

Not my opinion.

[@TheAphexTim]

But then you'd be tainting your own experience because of the people you claim are ruining it for themselves. It's easy to just pay no mind to it.

[@dernachtschreck830]

You know what I am doing? Are you always that arrogant?

[@dheemanghosh9191]

2020, I have lived a solitary reign :') All my life

[@6793889]

AMAZING BAND!!

[@cardenas9817]

he podido verlos en directo y son impresionantes!!!!! que pedazo de banda

[@rowandanrobinsons9884]

Amazing visuals. Great show.

[@lobotomiseme1653]

thank you for this

[@lasserinstroem520]

this is the perfect piece of art

[@MrDonSeb]

génial et énorme, c'est remarquable. Et quel son Oo

[@jos705]

watched this for the 3rd time I guess. Best show. Hope to see you guys live again soon.

[@soupochoute]

C’est magnifique

[@christiangrassmedia]

Great show, great band, great music!

[@Lamigos]

Monstrueux !!! Merci pour l'upload ^^

[@Deebee950]

Literally one of the best things on KZbin. Cult of Luna’s Years in a day Is a close second. ❤️❤️

[@dirkjankowski4892]

What a monster !!!!!!!! Great performance !! Love it. Great to see the life stream. A pleasure !!!!!!!

[@patrikloechel7468]

Pure perfection! It is so beautiful. So perfect

[@calamityleo]

This is incredible show. Amenra is the Tarkovsky of the hevay metal music.

[@ath_the_city_of_chaos]

yes i was thinking of the same thing actually😊

[@philippealies5891]

Exact !

[@stateofsiegepresents]

Almost thinking of paying for that festival in Vegas just to see them again... Last time was with converge and Neurosis.... One of the best shows I've ever seen in 48 years... Top 3 at the very least!

[@olivertwist6491]

Iam in total shock,,,it's brilliant, beautiful, heavy

[@tuenotueno2582]

I've seen them several times, at festivals but not at a single show like this. They are fantastic but this .... goosebumps all over 😊 unreal, great performance ! Keep up the very good work !

[@sifonemeziane3862]

Carrément une tuerie !!. Bravo.

[@go1988]

Incredible. Incredible. Incredible. Thank you so much for uploading this and making me discover this band. One of the most emotionally honest music I've ever heard. This is pure, honest expression of the self. I feel so connected. Thank you!

[@MrShadowSami]

The bass is mixed so well into this uffff

[@samihouse90]

Thank you Amenra!! You cure all diseases with your music..

[@stevebisinella7524]

Booked to see them in Melbourne November 2018...it's going to be a LONG 72 day wait...SO PUMPED for this gob-smackingly intense band!

[@rrrDiT]

This footage has an amazing audio quality! Would've loved to witness this live. This should go to Wax asap as well ;)

[@Raksasa187]

this is art at its finest!!

[@anemoning]

i'm going to see them live this month i can't wait

[@spiroskoyfos7223]

AMAZING...

[@louetaxelledesgacha8759]

Grand moment, de et en suspension 🖤

[@patricksisk70]

Crushingly beautiful. Nothing compares to Amenra. I met them and they were really cool people.

[@sabrinakrisb4672]

When I saw them live I was shocked by how much better they sound live when compared to the album. Album just felt ok but seeing them live really showed me what this band is about. Beautiful.

[@mmeme123254]

same here!

[@jkk4293]

I think they're actually better live. But it has visuals, and the emotion of CHVE and the band. Also the sound stage doesn't present the show too loud. Too often metal shows think louder = better, not true. Enough volume is enough if the music is good. This band is literally the Jesus of music. No wonder he started a Church of Ra.

[@aureliechallant1237]

et bien je ne connaissais pas Amenra...je suis scotchée par la puissance et la profondeur de la musique et du chant!! résolution 2018 les découvrir en live!!

[@Szili0]

This is the most metal thing I've ever seen in my life, even better than Aorte.Ritual. Thank you, hope I can see you guys someday

[@SoreniusX]

Silgrond i would help you right away

[@pavma7]

Even Mayhem with their madness got nothing in comparison

[@daviddevilliers2828]

vu à Metz en septembre, c'était grandiose et magnifique avec un son incroyable. Grosse sensation pour un sacré voyage, je retourne dés que possible les voir. Vraiment une grosse grosse claque.

[@MrDraven37]

Saw them live for the first time last Saturday night.. incredible. One of the best gigs I've been to (and I've been to a lot of gigs in the last 28 years or so), you just lose yourself in the music and the experience that they do. I'd never seen anything like it.

[@stateofsiegepresents]

Agreed.

[@weaverwill2350]

This is intense, I didn’t know about Amenra before today (and I’m from Belgium). Gotta see them live ASAP.

[@urkoarrdo7814]

Increíble... Pure art

[@IoannisCherouvim]

Heavy stuff. Goosebumps all over the body. I wish I will see them live once in my life.

[@bobballard3146]

I’m so glad I found sludge - good, honest music with immense vocals.

[@dgnwd]

Rated in top ten of the bands in the world that i wish to see live before it all ends. HAIL AMENRA!

[@dgnwd]

This show is indescribable in words. What an amazing world that we live in to be able to witness this incredibly colossal performance from across the pond. Cheers metal heads \m/

[@purpleg1628]

Seattle,Washington...seriously.....Amenra..blows my mind

[@thedoorisajartoday]

The embodiment of Metal!!!! Life altering performance!!!

[@vinyldiary6664]

Simply one of the best bands ever! Children of the Eye is one of the most powerful openings ever!

[@henrycurtis3652]

a genuinely perfect performance. I keep coming back to this again and again.

[@stateofsiegepresents]

Heh... Same here!

[@Deebee950]

LOVE!❤️❤️❤️

[@virgilscipion]

I discovered you at Metaldays 2022, it was awesome, a revelation, une grosse claque dans ma face !

[@TheNatalieAnna]

16mins in and think it’s still first song! This is awesome so far!

[@charmicarmicat2981]

When I first heard these guys I thought they were reinventing the wheel. Now after I’ve gotten into them more with this past year; it’s more like they set not only the wheel; but the entire fucking carriage on fire and started from ashes. Screaming at the sky

[@Wihn0]

it's interesting how this heaviness makes you lighter thank you guys for this, it was intense and great as always. I'm still thinking of Colin's scars :( seems like he got comfortable with the pain, made it his friends, and now they are going through the life hand in hand.. and a thank for AB for filming it!

[@vincentbonnevialle6489]

I totally agree : "this heaviness makes you lighter"

[@raytheonorion]

dude, well put...

[@SNAAAAAAAKE]

Catharsis.

[@vishnu2407]

There's a beautiful interview where they talk about this aspect

[@candemolinari1218]

This is so good

[@mcgravitybuilding7346]

The sound of pure pain, I love it

[@JDBob3]

00:00 Children of The Eye (Mass VI) 10:40 Razoreater (Mass IIII) 18:00 Thurifer.Et Clamor Ad Te Veniat (Mass IIII) 25:25 Boden (Mass V) 36:45 Plus Près De Toi (Mass VI) 46:00 Am Kreuz (Mass III) 53:50 TerZiele. Tottedood (Mass III) + Colin Bodymod 1:08:05 Nowena | 9.10 (Mass V) 1:16:50 Diaken (Mass VI) 1:28:10 A Solitary Reign (Mass VI)

[@maredes]

Thanks JD! 😀

[@Lirahc]

1h 39min pure goose bumps

[@bashavusta]

this is heavy and i love how the singer moves.

[@smokabababylon]

Merci l'Ancienne Belgique pour vos vidéos superbes. Ce son est magique! Vous nous régalez. Continuez !!!

[@abtv]

merci!

[@jaymendoza3472]

You guys are a amazing 🤟🏻💀

[@kdebaerdemaeker]

3 simple words: "This is Amenra!"

[@GokanMusic]

Juste superbe / je l'ai regardé 4 fois, je ne m'en lasse pas... Meilleur concert du HellFest 1018.

[@Alejandromichael84]

C'est vraiment cool. Chanseux !

[@heavenlysaints]

I am in awe

[@danielperalta4267]

Amazing

[@olivierpesquie1795]

If I only knew, I would have been there to feel it too. See you in Paris next year.

[@KJ7409]

Saw these guys open up for YOB a couple weeks ago. Incredible performance, nearly moved me to tears.

[@AgravepasmonK]

I saw them 4-5 times, everytime it's an inner experience of sadness and pain.

[@kryptichands968]

Yob is beyond fucking amazing and even better live, I can only imagine how good it was to see these guys open

[@weldelf]

Incredible stuff. such an intense, dark sonic journey