Live shows

You've never seen Megadeth before? Kind of a surprise since they tour all the time. They definitely kick ass live, but Dave's voice hasnt been aging too well in the past 5-10 years. The musicianship is as tight as ever though, definitely one of if not the best mainstream metal acts still doing it.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/days-of-darkness-festival-tickets-31832083619#tickets

anyone going to this? just spotted a nice 25$ hostel 10m walk from the venue

Yup, just bought tickets and a hotel room last week for Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
 
WITTR/Pillorian tonight! I don't go to many shows but that's a ticket I couldn't pass up. Must delve into the clusterfuck that is the city of Atlanta.
 
BLS/Corrosion of Conformity announced a tour for January/February and it is coming to Cincy. Relevant to my interests!

Been wanting to catch BLS live for years. This will be my third time catching CoC live.
 
You've never seen Megadeth before? Kind of a surprise since they tour all the time. They definitely kick ass live, but Dave's voice hasnt been aging too well in the past 5-10 years. The musicianship is as tight as ever though, definitely one of if not the best mainstream metal acts still doing it.
I've only seen them once, in 1991 on the Rust in Peace tour
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Also @EternalMetal please post more, this place is overrun with idiocy of late.
 
Post your reaction. I'm on the fence about goig when they come to LA.

Pillorian was meh. They had so much distortion and the drums were so loud you could barely make out the guitar melodies. That said, the drumming was on point. I found myself following the drums most of their set and there were some really fun parts. Wouldn't hurt to skip them if you don't like just following a drumline.

Wolves was great. One of my favorite shows behind maybe an Opeth show and Slayer on the Reign In Blood full album tour they did in '04. Setlist matches prior shows:
  1. Born From the Serpent's Eye
  2. Dea Artio
  3. Vastness and Sorrow
  4. The Old Ones Are With Us
  5. Queen of the Borrowed Light
  6. I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots
They especially nailed it on Serpents Eye & Vastness And Sorrow. Afterwards I spoke with the drummer Aaron briefly at the bar about the before-set music. They were playing some great moody ambient/folky shit. He said he would see about getting the playlist posted on their website or something since folks have asked about it before. Hoping he does, was a nice guy!
 
I saw Megadeth on their recent tour with Meshuggah as support. They are tight as ever as musicians but yeah, Dave's voice is hanging on by a thread at this point. Mustaine will always be one of my favorite guitar players.
 
Nice little handful of shows lately. Overkill/Crowbar then Perturbator then Saxon/UFO last night. WitTR on Saturday then Gost/Dance With The Dead next week and Mayhem/Immolation next month.

I saw Overkill earlier this year and they fucking killed it. What struck me the most was how fucking good Bobby Blitz's vocals were. Top notch live band without a doubt, and probably the most complete band still doing out of the classic thrash scene.

I didnt even know Mayhem was touring again, as it feels like I just saw them with Inquisition (earlier this year). Turns out they are still doing the DMDS set, lol. If I go to the show in NY it would be the 3rd time I see them do the same set. It might be worth it to see Immolation though.
 
@EternalMetal @Anom@nder Rake you guys know any of lesser billed bands at the show? anyone worth checking out? Mostly going for Elder, Warning, Cirith, Night Demon and Captain Beyond
you'd probably like Crypt Sermon. they're a HM/doom band on Dark Descent records. there are a few electronic/synthwave projects on the lineup but i'm only familiar with Perturbator, Dance With the Dead and GosT. i have no idea what those will be like live
 
Perturbator is really, really good live. So much heavier than on the albums.

Ill still probably take their set as an opportunity to get a cheeseburger and a beer.

@rms - As for other good bands at this fest, most of the good ones (imo) are concentrated towards the end of nights. Ill second Crypt Sermon as being good, as ive already seen them twice. Also, Boris' Heavy Rocks set is something I am expecting to be pretty great. Unearthly Trance and Bongripper might be good too, especially cause ill probably be stoned for them. Otherwise there are a lot of synth bands that im not really hyped for.
 
Saw Dillinger Escape Plan play their last ever show in Melbourne last night. Say what you will about these guys being not metal enough or whatever but they brought an unparalleled intensity to the stage imo. Sad to see them go but better with a bang than a whimper.

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