stefan86
invariably off-topic
I haven't seen Riverside live, but I love 'em. One of my favourite bands. Gotta see 'em some time. I need to see Novembers Doom as well. I think headline shows are better than festival shows for these kind of bands. Katatonia and My Dying Bride are bands who should be seen in a close atmosphere rather than on an open field of drunkards. Opeth does work in fests though. Saw 'em on SwedenRock and they did well. But they are way more of a crowd-mover band than Kata or MBD of course.
i like to stand in the middle of the crowd away from headbanging and moshing, i understand getting into a show, it's just not for me, i like to stand back and enjoy the music
In fact I just recently made a 5 disc set containing ALL of Katatonia's clean vocal style songs. It's awesome to be able to listen through their entire catalogue starting at "Day" (then to "I Break") all the way through to "Sold Heart" without missing a single released song (at least not that I am aware of).