Last night my friend's band opened up for the Vader/Decapitated/Dew Scented show. First off, I have to say that all the bands were great. But apparently one of the guys from Vader didn't want any local bands on the show and was throwing a Polish hissy fit the whole time, scoffing at the local support as he walked to and from his gigantic tour bus through the alley behind the venue. I was fortunate enough to get back there since my friend's were one of the bands playing that night, and I was their "PR guy", heh.
The guys from Decapitated put on a great show. The guitarist used a JCM2000 TSL full stack with a Ran guitar that was basically a Dimebag signature model rip-off or whatever. The JCM didn't sound *too* bad except that the sound guy had him a little too quiet in the mix. The guitars sounded basically like they do on the album, that very round, mid-rangey plastic-esque sound. He's such a rediculous guitar player, I was considering just quitting playing after seeing him. The drummer was cool too except a few occasions when I noticed his double-bass was getting off here and there *BUT* they were playing the songs very noticeably faster than on the albums so I didn't mind too much. They were hauling ass. His picking hand looked like it was in two places at once at all times because of how fast he was picking, and he does mostly downstroke chugging, but it's fast as shit. His lead playing was spot on. One thing that amazed me was how he was head-banging like crazy while playing that stuff.
Vader and Decapitated shared everything, drum set, guitar, guitar amp, bass, bass rig. Vader sounded exactly the same only different music. They were kinda boring. The kick was triggered, which was cool, perfect death metal kick sound. I just got distracted and lost where I was going with this post. Anyway, I'm sure someone on here will appreciate the "review".
~006
The guys from Decapitated put on a great show. The guitarist used a JCM2000 TSL full stack with a Ran guitar that was basically a Dimebag signature model rip-off or whatever. The JCM didn't sound *too* bad except that the sound guy had him a little too quiet in the mix. The guitars sounded basically like they do on the album, that very round, mid-rangey plastic-esque sound. He's such a rediculous guitar player, I was considering just quitting playing after seeing him. The drummer was cool too except a few occasions when I noticed his double-bass was getting off here and there *BUT* they were playing the songs very noticeably faster than on the albums so I didn't mind too much. They were hauling ass. His picking hand looked like it was in two places at once at all times because of how fast he was picking, and he does mostly downstroke chugging, but it's fast as shit. His lead playing was spot on. One thing that amazed me was how he was head-banging like crazy while playing that stuff.
Vader and Decapitated shared everything, drum set, guitar, guitar amp, bass, bass rig. Vader sounded exactly the same only different music. They were kinda boring. The kick was triggered, which was cool, perfect death metal kick sound. I just got distracted and lost where I was going with this post. Anyway, I'm sure someone on here will appreciate the "review".
~006
