Hello everyone!
I have just awoken after a long night of metal at the unholy alliance tour in Lowell Massachusetts. Here's how it went.
The Crowd: About 2/3 mallgoths and hardcore kids, but the real metalheads were out in force in the form of people wearing thrash and death metal shirts. I got a few compliments on my Pierced From Within T-Shirt. Anyway they were fine, although it was a different atmosphere than I was used to from the smaller venue I've been to.
Thine Eyes Bleed: Good for an opening band. Had a few good moments, but nothing special. If you like thrash with metalcore vocals you probably will like them.
Mastodon: This band blew me away... by how completely and utterly bad they were. I can't even describe how terrible this band was. They descended into realms of suckery I didn't even know existed. Needless to say I was happy when Children of Bodom came on.
Children of Bodom: Pretty meh for me, but Zephyrus liked it. They were good for what they were and put on a nice show, and seemed like cool guys.
Lamb of God: Really boring for me. Not bad, as I can see what they're trying to do, it just didn't work for me. The vocalist shaved off his goofy devilock and seemed to channel Lord Worm at times, but always went back to his crappy scream thing. The Shadows Fall singer, the dude with the long dreadlocks, made a guest appearance as well. The hardcore/mallgoths loved this set.
Slayer: Slayer came on at 9:45 and I had been there for 4 and a half hours and had had to sit through 4 bands to see them. As soon as the first notes of South of Heaven came on, all was forgiven. It was amazing. They only played 2 songs past season, and one was Cult which I kind of like. Toms vocals seemed very good, and the guitar playing was very good. Dave Lombardo was of course amazing. The only thing that was odd was that Tom stopped singing and let the audience sing a lot of the parts, and no one could hear anything the audience said. They also had a projection screen above them theat showed images depending on the song. The best part of the show was the last song, Angel of Death. Zephyrus and I were just standing up singing along the whole song. It was amazing. All in all, Slayer was worth every penny and being forced to sit through four other bands of questionable quality.
Setlist from what I can remember:
South of Heaven
Silent Scream
War Ensemble
Cult
Disciple
Dead Skin Mask
Mandatory Suicide
Seasons in the Abyss
Raining Blood
Chemical Warfare
Hell Awaits
The Antichrist
Angel of Death
I have just awoken after a long night of metal at the unholy alliance tour in Lowell Massachusetts. Here's how it went.
The Crowd: About 2/3 mallgoths and hardcore kids, but the real metalheads were out in force in the form of people wearing thrash and death metal shirts. I got a few compliments on my Pierced From Within T-Shirt. Anyway they were fine, although it was a different atmosphere than I was used to from the smaller venue I've been to.
Thine Eyes Bleed: Good for an opening band. Had a few good moments, but nothing special. If you like thrash with metalcore vocals you probably will like them.
Mastodon: This band blew me away... by how completely and utterly bad they were. I can't even describe how terrible this band was. They descended into realms of suckery I didn't even know existed. Needless to say I was happy when Children of Bodom came on.
Children of Bodom: Pretty meh for me, but Zephyrus liked it. They were good for what they were and put on a nice show, and seemed like cool guys.
Lamb of God: Really boring for me. Not bad, as I can see what they're trying to do, it just didn't work for me. The vocalist shaved off his goofy devilock and seemed to channel Lord Worm at times, but always went back to his crappy scream thing. The Shadows Fall singer, the dude with the long dreadlocks, made a guest appearance as well. The hardcore/mallgoths loved this set.
Slayer: Slayer came on at 9:45 and I had been there for 4 and a half hours and had had to sit through 4 bands to see them. As soon as the first notes of South of Heaven came on, all was forgiven. It was amazing. They only played 2 songs past season, and one was Cult which I kind of like. Toms vocals seemed very good, and the guitar playing was very good. Dave Lombardo was of course amazing. The only thing that was odd was that Tom stopped singing and let the audience sing a lot of the parts, and no one could hear anything the audience said. They also had a projection screen above them theat showed images depending on the song. The best part of the show was the last song, Angel of Death. Zephyrus and I were just standing up singing along the whole song. It was amazing. All in all, Slayer was worth every penny and being forced to sit through four other bands of questionable quality.
Setlist from what I can remember:
South of Heaven
Silent Scream
War Ensemble
Cult
Disciple
Dead Skin Mask
Mandatory Suicide
Seasons in the Abyss
Raining Blood
Chemical Warfare
Hell Awaits
The Antichrist
Angel of Death
