Best to See Live?

The first time I seen them was their 07' tour and they were good but their recent tour there was something lacking. They rushed the setlist and seemed bored.

Damn. I guess being big time metal superstars finally went to their heads or something. Hah, I don't know. :lol: The last time I saw them, some crazy broad standing next to me went nuts because she grabbed a bunch of Simen's hair from his bass. That was kind of...odd.
 
Iron Maiden was the greatest i've seen live. There were some other impressive shows, but i can't remember for the life of me what they were, 151 and cokes do that to the memory i guess.

Going to see Masters of Metal in August in PA, hoping that will be a fucking show to remember.
 
So far in the past year and a half the bands that caught my notice were.
Behemoth, Nile, 3IOB and Chtonic at ozzfest 07

Nachtmystium, Insect Warfare, Pig Destroyer, Backstabbers INC, and Skeletonwitch at Dudefest 08

Hate Eternal,Skeletonwitch, Toxic Holocaust and Soilent Green

Belphegor, Immolation, Averse Sefira and Rotting Christ

Skinless, Demiricous, Inferneaon and Vital Remains
Theres more i say one of the best live bands i have seen so far is Vital Remains. They killed it the two times i have seen them in 2008.
 
Ozzfest 07 had a lot of good acts though LOG was complete crap there then I saw them again 2 months later and they were really good. Even if you don't like LOG you can at least appreciate the drumming, the Solos, and the wall of death.
 
Best shows i've seen for metal.

Opeth
Morbid Angel
Down
Down,Megadeth,Heaven & Hell.
 
Let's see...
Amon Amarth were fantastic live. Can't wait to see them again in October.
3 were also fucking amazing.
Needless to say, Iron Maiden are unbelievable live and everyone should go.
High on Fire are amazing live despite being pretty boring on album.
He Is Legend are good live despite being gay on album.
Dragonforce are excellent live - they make some mistakes, I guess, but you don't really notice or care when you're right up there, and it's a great time.
Kataklysm are a fantastic live band. Very fucking headbanging.
In Flames are excellent live. Can't wait for a full US tour.
Megadeth seem like they'd be great live, but I've seen them twice from the front row and while it was definitely quite enjoyable, I got kind of bored by the end.

I really want to see Dark Tranquility live, as well as a full set from Kataklysm, and I want to see Motorhead one of these days.
 
I left before Black Dahlia started playing.

Cryptopsy's set was MUCH better than anticipated, in that they didn't play any shit material. From NSV they played "Slit Your Guts" and ended the set with "Phobophile" and the place went nuts.

Vader's set was solid, a bit muddled in sound, but great if you know the songs. All the scene kids were confused at this point in the concert because there weren't any breakdowns. Vader played:

ShadowFear
Sothis
Silent Empire
Epitaph
Carnal

Kataklysm was amazing, especially since their sound was a hell of a lot clearer (no rhythm guitar helps). Maurizio at one point called out all the posers and scene kids in the audience and told them to go fuck themselves. Their setlist was:

Prevail
Chronicles of the Damned
The Chains of Power
Like Angels Weeping
Taking the World by Storm
Crippled and Broken
Shadows and Dust
The Road to Devastation
 
turisas
eluveitie
impaled (and their side projects)
exhumed (and their side projects too)
kastigation
infected malignity
terror
amon amarth

dying fetus are boring as fuck. i think i actually saw nails securing their feet to the floor at MDF.
~gR~