The weather may have been damp outside but the atmosphere inside this packed venue tonight was that of anticipation for one of the best Iron Maiden tribute bands around.  No matter where they perform in the North East of England, the crowds just seem to follow, and they are never disappointed.

As the time just passes 9.00pm the band hit the stage opening up with “I'm on my way” and then it’s straight into a rousing “2 minutes to midnight”.  The crowd soon warmed to the band although the sound quality out front was bit poor.  Thankfully this was soon put right and by the time the band launched headlong into the classic “Wrathchild”, the sound was much improved. 

Then it was back to the Bruce Dickinson tracks with “Number of the Beast”, “Can I play with madness”, and the “Evil that men do”.  Then they swept us over to the Paul Dianno years with rendition of “Phantom of the opera” that was delivered with such perfection and was so note to note close it was breathtaking.

Making sure that their set was not stuck in the past, shortly before the band took their well deserved ten minute break, they played something more up-to-date with two tracks taken from the new “Dance of Death” album, “Montsequr” and “Rainmaker”.  After the break it was back to business with the eternally popular “Bring your daughter to the slaughter”, closely followed by “The Trooper”.

It might be raining outside but the spirit of Rio was in the room tonight as the crowd sang along to “Fear of the dark”.  Of course any Iron Maiden tribute band worth their salt wouldn’t be so if the didn’t play “Iron Maiden”, and so they do.  The next song “Wasted years” was dedicated to a friend in the crowd by the name of Dave who promptly stood up made himself known to the rest of us.  The band then finished off the set with the classic "Running Free".

But the crowd wanted more and more they got with “Hallowed be thy name” and “Run to the hills”.  The band left the stage to the thundering round of applause, but the crowd don’t want the night to end and with the time well past eleven o'clock there it just time for one more so “Sanctuary” was the bands final offering for tonight’s performance.