Devildriver- God damnit, who are these guys?? The lead vocalist looked like the biggest poser in the world. So did the bassist. The only guy who didnt look like a complete fucktard was this guy with really long hair who was shaking it all over the place and not really doing anything with his guitar---so I guess he did look like a complete fucktard
oh well.
Anyway, the guy went off on this spiel about how his parents were working in a blue collar job their entire lives and how hed been working in a blue collar job his entire life. I mean, just because you can mop a fucking floor doesnt mean you can start up a decent metal band and be all fucking angry because you mopped floors all your life. What a cunt.
And next up, there was Moonspell. The instrumentals were decent, and surprisingly the crowd wasnt really as enthusiastic during their show as they were during Devildriver. There was no question about it though, Moonspell was definetly better quality music. They were from Portugal, so the guys accent was a little awkward, but hey, I found it pretty cool. And besides, he was so goddamn enthusiastic about his music that I just had to jump around and yell out fuckyeah! while everyone else was nodding their heads to the beat. The atmosphere was awesome, the noise was fucking deafening, and I sure wouldve paid to kill my ears on Moonspell only, instead of Cockdriver (thats right, Cockdriver).
By the time Moonspells show came to the end, the crowd was going absolutely insane. people were screaming out OPETH! Mikael, Lindgren, Lopez and Mendez came onstage at long last, and everyone went wild and screaming. Including us. Unlike the first two bands, these guys were totally casual about their performance. They KNEW they were damn good. Here are the songs they played for us hardcore fans, in order:
Masters Apprentices
The Drapery Falls
In My Time Of Need
The Moor
Windowpane
April Ethereal
Deliverance
Blackwater Park
Between songs, Mikael chatted to the audience, showing his casual humor and witty trolling capabilities. While the lead vocalist from Devildriver ranted on about how the audience should go drink and mess themselves up, and end up in a bed with a stranger, obviously to look badass during their performance, Opeth didnt have to act like posers to get the audience roaring. Mikaels advice was more to the effect of:Dont drink and drive! *laughing with his bandmember Peter Lindgren afterwards*
Once the legendary masters of metal had to leave, the audience chanted for them to come back. The sound of Opeth! Opeth! Opeth! reverberated around the room. It was so goddamn amazing. After about a minute or so of that chanting, they did come back. It was so awesome! All of the audience, including us, screamed our lungs out in gratitude for those guys. We all wanted to hear Demon Of The Fall included in their performance, and thats precisely what they played for us.
Mikael: Here is a song that we recorded
while we were worshipping our lord
Audience: *silence*
Mikael:
Satan.
Audience: *goes completely wild cheering*
Carlos, Alex, Me: *lol*
And with that, they played Demon Of The Fall. It was the greatest performance ever, convincing me once and for all of the sheer talent of Mikael, Lindgren, Mendez and ESPECIALLY that crazy drummer mofo Lopez. He is truly Jesus at drumming.
that's my experience of that tour in a nutshell
