
Last night my law school mentor, Sara, invited me over for a lovely salmon dinner at her apartment, to a small party…and to a death metal concert in a hot, dark basement bar. As the lead singer of the band, Die Von Lust, also happens to be a third year law student at the University of Copenhagen, the crowd contained clumps of stylish, preppy law students; well-pierced, tattooed, and black trench coat wearing twenty-somethings; and a small table of the lead singer’s parents nursing towering glasses of dark beer and carefully squishing and inserting bright blue ear plugs before the concert.
This was my first death metal concert, and I have nothing to compare Die Von Lust to, but I thought the band’s music was cathartic and exciting! Sadly, the concert I attended may be Die Von Lust's last. Some members of the group want to continue as a death metal band. Other members want to transition to an 80s cover band. Hopefully the boys can work it out.