I just saw these guys at the Masquerade tonight, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing: An ass-kicking delivery of thrashy riffs, great vocals, and shredding guitar solos from a gifted group of teenagers 
Going into this thing, I thought it would probably be pretty decent; but I had no idea that I was in for such a treat. I broke into a smile as soon as the entire band made their entrances after the piped-in intro (incredibly awesome, btw), and it never left my face. I banged my head through a variety of riffage - thrashing, galloping, crunching, driving, etc - reminiscent of Maiden, Iced Earth, etc
. And my jaw had the pleasure of dropping to the floor after hearing Patrick belt out this blistering high note that lasted somewhere around 10 to 15 seconds. Incredible.
But there was something wrong with this whole thing: A relatively unappreciative audience. Most people there were friends of the band who were there mostly to hangout and listen; and from the looks of them, I would wager that most of them aren't metalheads. This is why I'm posting this: Come out and listen to these guys! These guys deserve to play in front of a crowd who truly appreciate what they're cranking out on stage. If you're in the Atlanta area, please come out to their next show (details will be posted soon, I'm sure). I sure as Hell will be ... front and center
Going into this thing, I thought it would probably be pretty decent; but I had no idea that I was in for such a treat. I broke into a smile as soon as the entire band made their entrances after the piped-in intro (incredibly awesome, btw), and it never left my face. I banged my head through a variety of riffage - thrashing, galloping, crunching, driving, etc - reminiscent of Maiden, Iced Earth, etc
. And my jaw had the pleasure of dropping to the floor after hearing Patrick belt out this blistering high note that lasted somewhere around 10 to 15 seconds. Incredible.But there was something wrong with this whole thing: A relatively unappreciative audience. Most people there were friends of the band who were there mostly to hangout and listen; and from the looks of them, I would wager that most of them aren't metalheads. This is why I'm posting this: Come out and listen to these guys! These guys deserve to play in front of a crowd who truly appreciate what they're cranking out on stage. If you're in the Atlanta area, please come out to their next show (details will be posted soon, I'm sure). I sure as Hell will be ... front and center
), but some of the guys in those bands were definitely punks. The guys in the bands that played with us last year were cool, but the new bands were a bunch of disrespectful, rude little punks. Before the show they were all cool, but I guess once you figure out you've lost to the better band, then you can't respect that band, make eye contact, or be the least be congratulatory. I'll never understand that, but I guess they're getting a headstart on learning the cutthroat business aspects that parts of the music industry are taking on.
