It was a fucking blast, but of course there were some dissapointments in store.
-I got there at about 2:45. While waiting for the gates to open, I hear a few quick cheers from the people next to me ( there were only like 10 of us there or so) and I see Chuck walking by. I just shouted out " Hey, Chuck!", and he kind of smiled but took off across the street to the hotel, he seemed to be in a hurry.
-There were still only about 40-50 people when Pain Museum started. They were okay at best, kind of a thrash/death mix. Only about 3 or 4 songs.
-More people started showing up and Carnal Forge started. Better than Pain Museum, a solid band. Yet again, only about 4 songs.
-Behemoth, Chicago's replacement for Amon Amarth came out , and the energy and feeling of the band was there, but the sound just lacked. Decent at best.
-Primal Fear came out, with a very unintentionally funny lead singer, but that what was fun about the performance. Seemed pretty good, maybe I should check them out.
-Immortal was next, and people were just going insane. Finally some pits start to show up! An intense and exciting performance.
Now, I am 15 so I have never seen Testament before, so I was pacing back and forth, screaming TESTAMENT in pure excitement. The lights turn off and I go insane! I'm expecting Eerie but instead I get the usual D.N.R ( Ha, good job on letting them know Deadly Embrace, just kidding!) It was intense as hell. After Down For life, Chuck asked for some old shit, and like he did at thrashfest, eric " whispered" something to him and of course they went into Low. Now it's obvious that this is just an act to get the fans going, but it's funny as hell. They then went into Burnt Offerings, which sounded great, but ended early. Chuck said there were some servere technical difficulties, and it turned out Eric's amp broke! So there we all were standing there for ten minutes without any music, and with Chuck just on stage cracking jokes. ( This was awesome but WHY is HOB so strict with times? They could have been nice and well..you'll see). Then, Chuck took out a Heineken, but then he looks way onto the left balcony and says " Hmm, or even better, how about smokin a joint?!". The guy on the balcony tried throwing it on the stage, but missed! After trying again, this guy yet again missed. Finally , he threw a full one, and it landed on the stage. Chuck then grabbed the joint, took a hit, and after exhaling just slowly saying " Yeahhhhhhhhhh". It was quite funny. Testament's set had to be unfairly reduced, so we only got a few more songs! Here was the set:
D.N.R
Down For Life
Low
Burnt Offerings
True Believer
3 Days of Darkness
Over the Wall
Disciples of the Watch
After this, Halford came out and put on an awesome show, playing priest classics like Electric Eye and Painkiller.
I truly enjoyed myself, I really had a blast, but the whole set list problem with Testament just sucked. I was really looking foward to hearing Trial by Fire, Into the Pit , and Dog Faced Gods. Like I said , Testament was awesome live and intense as hell, and seeing them in Chicago was great and I am by no means taking it for granted, but I really wish they just went on a headlining tour instead. There are just too many good testament songs that should be played live, and having only ten-twelve songs ( eight for me!) is just way too small in length. I overheard so many fans complaining about the set. Overall though, still a really fun time.
-I got there at about 2:45. While waiting for the gates to open, I hear a few quick cheers from the people next to me ( there were only like 10 of us there or so) and I see Chuck walking by. I just shouted out " Hey, Chuck!", and he kind of smiled but took off across the street to the hotel, he seemed to be in a hurry.
-There were still only about 40-50 people when Pain Museum started. They were okay at best, kind of a thrash/death mix. Only about 3 or 4 songs.
-More people started showing up and Carnal Forge started. Better than Pain Museum, a solid band. Yet again, only about 4 songs.
-Behemoth, Chicago's replacement for Amon Amarth came out , and the energy and feeling of the band was there, but the sound just lacked. Decent at best.
-Primal Fear came out, with a very unintentionally funny lead singer, but that what was fun about the performance. Seemed pretty good, maybe I should check them out.
-Immortal was next, and people were just going insane. Finally some pits start to show up! An intense and exciting performance.
Now, I am 15 so I have never seen Testament before, so I was pacing back and forth, screaming TESTAMENT in pure excitement. The lights turn off and I go insane! I'm expecting Eerie but instead I get the usual D.N.R ( Ha, good job on letting them know Deadly Embrace, just kidding!) It was intense as hell. After Down For life, Chuck asked for some old shit, and like he did at thrashfest, eric " whispered" something to him and of course they went into Low. Now it's obvious that this is just an act to get the fans going, but it's funny as hell. They then went into Burnt Offerings, which sounded great, but ended early. Chuck said there were some servere technical difficulties, and it turned out Eric's amp broke! So there we all were standing there for ten minutes without any music, and with Chuck just on stage cracking jokes. ( This was awesome but WHY is HOB so strict with times? They could have been nice and well..you'll see). Then, Chuck took out a Heineken, but then he looks way onto the left balcony and says " Hmm, or even better, how about smokin a joint?!". The guy on the balcony tried throwing it on the stage, but missed! After trying again, this guy yet again missed. Finally , he threw a full one, and it landed on the stage. Chuck then grabbed the joint, took a hit, and after exhaling just slowly saying " Yeahhhhhhhhhh". It was quite funny. Testament's set had to be unfairly reduced, so we only got a few more songs! Here was the set:
D.N.R
Down For Life
Low
Burnt Offerings
True Believer
3 Days of Darkness
Over the Wall
Disciples of the Watch
After this, Halford came out and put on an awesome show, playing priest classics like Electric Eye and Painkiller.
I truly enjoyed myself, I really had a blast, but the whole set list problem with Testament just sucked. I was really looking foward to hearing Trial by Fire, Into the Pit , and Dog Faced Gods. Like I said , Testament was awesome live and intense as hell, and seeing them in Chicago was great and I am by no means taking it for granted, but I really wish they just went on a headlining tour instead. There are just too many good testament songs that should be played live, and having only ten-twelve songs ( eight for me!) is just way too small in length. I overheard so many fans complaining about the set. Overall though, still a really fun time.
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