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*** Exclusive Patreon only content $5+***Matt reflects back 17 years to our first ever show at the Arthouse on Feb 23, 2006! 

Included in this video is some behind the scenes rehearsal footage of us preparing for our first show, plus the live video of our first song on the night- When the Black Hands Dance! 

I think it's safe to say.... we've come quite a long way!

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On this day 23/2/2006 NeO's first live performance

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Ne Obliviscaris

Slight correction- The video mentions it was also Be'lakor's 1st show. It was actually their 2nd after making their live debut not long before. Not a bad line-up for a Thursday night at a tiny venue in Melbourne way back in 2006!

Anarmir

How strange it is for me to feel such tenderness, watching what these guys were doing almost 20 years ago. It almost equals how utterly proud I am of you right now. And I haven’t even been a fan for too long. What will you guys achieve 20 years from now?? I want to still be here to attest.

Yasith

Amazing to see! Basically about 10 months after I came to Australia.Thank you for sharing this history. What a Debut alongside Be’lakor! My top 2 favourite bands still, making their debut around similar time frame is simply fantastic to me 😍🤘🙌

Yasith

It’s anything but bad! For me it’s the best 2 bands lineup right there! 😃

Tina

Tim looked liked an accountant, Xen looked like Xen and everyone else looked like soccer players....😬🙈 Surprised that Xen did the song introduction and communication with the audience. He doesn't do that anymore, sadly.🤔🤷‍♀️ I still love that song very much, raw, fast, brutal, but still melodic and melancholic. 🖤

Bethany

I think the soccer player look was just a general 2006 thing...

Tina

The accountant look as well???

Cormac Jordan

Remember chatting to Xen at Damnation 2018 (after Tim had to leave the stage for a few minutes to sort his violin and Xen had to introduce the next song) and he said it was the first time he had talked to the audience since the first show

Ne Obliviscaris

So pretty quickly back in 2006/2007 Xen & I started alternating talking between songs. Xen wasn't really comfortable doing it and so I took on part of that role within the first few shows I think. We would often quickly chat beforehand... hey you talk here, I'll say something there sort of thing. We did it that way for quite a while and then eventually at some point I just took it over completely seeing I was more comfortable doing it. But also Xen likes being a bit mysterious anyway and so that was part of it also. - Tim

Nica

Wow 17 years! This is super special thanks for sharing. Tim’s hair and energy though! I love it. 🥰😍

Eva

Xen, when did you change your stage outfit? Will we ever see the return of the coat? 😁 Matt was quite the cutie back then, I am sure a lot of girls were there for him 😉 And Tim, please don’t cut your hair again, ever 🫣😆 And thanks to the 2006 camera sound, one could think you guys were playing some 90iers Black Metal in between 😄. I love it. Thanks for sharing 🫶🏻

Elliot Cole

more clips of the ep songs being performed live would be much welcomed. i know you guys say it sucks, but this is my new fav NeO video... those ep tracks are by far my favorite. huge black metal nerd. especially lucky because when the black hands dance is my nymber one favorite from those! 🤘🏼

Jeremy Madrid

Did you all take down old NeO footage off Youtube? I remember there used to be an early version of And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope that I enjoyed watching, but it is gone now

Ne Obliviscaris

Ohhh I would have to check with Xen. If we did it would have been yeeaarrs ago as we haven't taken anything down in a long time like that I wouldn't have thought. Depends if we were the one's who uploaded it? Not sure!- Tim

Seba.

I would really love to get my hands on some guitar tabs from these first two eps, felo de se and all the scarlet tears in particular. I've really fallen in love with these two especially over the last few weeks. Of course I know it most likely will not happen but yeah