this year will be my first ProgPower USA show, i'm really excited about it. even though i'm not quite as crazy about this year's lineup as some of the previous ones, still seems like it should be a great time. i'm expecting that the audience for this show should be much better than the last power metal type show i went to (Blind Guardian/Leaves' Eyes), which i felt was ruined b/c of the number of assholes in the audience (i blame Dragonforce for this....when i saw BG in 2002, there was much more of a sense of Metal brotherhood and respect between people at the show.
anyway, my name is Ari, and i currently live in Boston, MA (i'm originally from the DC area) and i'm into most types of metal, but power/prog metal seems to be my main calling....particularly the heavier stuff, and the bands who use 7-strings. Nocturnal Rites (esp. around Afterlife), Persuader, Beyond Twilight, Outworld, etc. have been some particular favorites of mine lately. I'm also really into stuff like Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Nevermore, and a good bit of black, death, and other metal....as well as the ridiculously epic symphonic stuff (as long as it's well-executed), and a lot of orchestral/"classical" music. I'm one of the guitarists in Recently Vacated Graves: True Zombie Metal and I played guitar in a melodic/power metal band called Requia for a year or so (although we only played one show in that time), and i'm working on starting up a new band, which I'll hopefully have some stuff ready to show people by the time ProgPower comes around in October.
anyway, my name is Ari, and i currently live in Boston, MA (i'm originally from the DC area) and i'm into most types of metal, but power/prog metal seems to be my main calling....particularly the heavier stuff, and the bands who use 7-strings. Nocturnal Rites (esp. around Afterlife), Persuader, Beyond Twilight, Outworld, etc. have been some particular favorites of mine lately. I'm also really into stuff like Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Nevermore, and a good bit of black, death, and other metal....as well as the ridiculously epic symphonic stuff (as long as it's well-executed), and a lot of orchestral/"classical" music. I'm one of the guitarists in Recently Vacated Graves: True Zombie Metal and I played guitar in a melodic/power metal band called Requia for a year or so (although we only played one show in that time), and i'm working on starting up a new band, which I'll hopefully have some stuff ready to show people by the time ProgPower comes around in October.
