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Manic Ferocity
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EspaDa
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Here's my earnest opinions on those three bands' live performances.
Ares Kingdom ripped. They gave 200% on stage and they were sweating like pigs but they played a great set. They played stuff from every album without much fluff between songs other than introducing them. They even played a cover of Slaughter Lord's "Die by Power" during their set as a nod to their covers album. Chuck Keller was very friendly with the audience after their set and the band seemed like very cool people.
Deströyer 666 had to walk right past me to get to and from the stage and K.K. Warslut smelled really bad. He really seemed to enjoy interacting with the audience even though he wasn't sure what city we were in. They played songs from every era, with "Satan's Hammer" being a huge surprise and "I Am the Wargod" being the overall highlight of their performance. They played two songs from Call of the Wild and I bought it for $5 at their merch booth after their set ended. They played a cover of "Iron Fist" and they dedicated "Trialed by Fire" to the late Selim Lemouchi of The Devil's Blood.
Watain played their songs well, but they put way less energy into their performances than the other two bands. Erik Danielsson looked like he was high and the other band members looked like they were bored and just going through the motions. They didn't play any songs that I found annoying or offensive, but I didn't find their performance to be as earnest as the other bands. Being a vegetarian, I also found their gimmick of throwing animal blood on the audience to be pretty gross.
Ares Kingdom ripped. They gave 200% on stage and they were sweating like pigs but they played a great set. They played stuff from every album without much fluff between songs other than introducing them. They even played a cover of Slaughter Lord's "Die by Power" during their set as a nod to their covers album. Chuck Keller was very friendly with the audience after their set and the band seemed like very cool people.
Deströyer 666 had to walk right past me to get to and from the stage and K.K. Warslut smelled really bad. He really seemed to enjoy interacting with the audience even though he wasn't sure what city we were in. They played songs from every era, with "Satan's Hammer" being a huge surprise and "I Am the Wargod" being the overall highlight of their performance. They played two songs from Call of the Wild and I bought it for $5 at their merch booth after their set ended. They played a cover of "Iron Fist" and they dedicated "Trialed by Fire" to the late Selim Lemouchi of The Devil's Blood.
Watain played their songs well, but they put way less energy into their performances than the other two bands. Erik Danielsson looked like he was high and the other band members looked like they were bored and just going through the motions. They didn't play any songs that I found annoying or offensive, but I didn't find their performance to be as earnest as the other bands. Being a vegetarian, I also found their gimmick of throwing animal blood on the audience to be pretty gross.
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I know I've mentioned this to you before but Ares Kingdom could've done without Chuck Keller trying to pump up the audience for the rest of the bands playing. Such a cheesy opening band thing to do. I agree that they ripped though.
EspaDa
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I've just come back from a Tribulation / Insomnium gig. It was definitely a great experience. Both bands were great, and I lost myself when Insomnium played Ephemeral.
Krow
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Decided to jump on the Demilich show. Will be there in Pittsburgh. I have everything full length by the bands playing except for Scorched so I’ll just be hoping to get a couple shirts at the show.
Anom@nder Rake
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Picked up a ticket for Demilich tour in NYC. Artificial Brain is a pretty cool opener. Blood Incantation is the only one I have not seen yet. I've been trying to find any info for the Philly date as well but there's just the venue listed on the poster but no further info on where to buy tickets. Anyways I have a pretty nice heavy metal weekend with Incantation tomorrow and Malokarpatan / Negative Plane on saturday 
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I forgot they were coming to toronto next weekend, let me know how the show is
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Saw Enslaved/Wolves in the Throne Room/Myrkur a few weeks back. I’d never heard Myrkur before but had heard a lot of bad things. I was very pleasantly surprised. She has a majestic voice and a cool sound. The songwriting is a little basic at times, but overall she’s doing something interesting.
This was my third time seeing Wolves in the Throne Room and I’ve learned that they are as good as their set. This was a strong set, so I enjoyed the performance.
As for Enslaved, I’ve seen them twice before, but it’s been a long time. I forgot how great of stage presence they have. Was super stoked to hear them play Vatarnott. A black metal masterpiece.
Upcoming shows in the near and distant future:
Dying Fetus
Satyricon (maybe)
Nightwish
Kamelot
Judas Priest (maybe)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Helloween
This was my third time seeing Wolves in the Throne Room and I’ve learned that they are as good as their set. This was a strong set, so I enjoyed the performance.
As for Enslaved, I’ve seen them twice before, but it’s been a long time. I forgot how great of stage presence they have. Was super stoked to hear them play Vatarnott. A black metal masterpiece.
Upcoming shows in the near and distant future:
Dying Fetus
Satyricon (maybe)
Nightwish
Kamelot
Judas Priest (maybe)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Helloween
EspaDa
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I've just come back from Metalmania Festival. Fucking great fest, man. Dead Congregation, D666, Napalm Death, Emperor, and motherfucking ASPHYX! All the bands were fucking great. Asphyx is fucking spotless live! I wish D666 got a longer set, K.K. is such a rad dude! As far as Emperor is concerned, this band is just magic live, it's like a spiritual experience. Feel so bad for people moshing during their set. Bunch of fucktards.
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So fucking jealous of that lineup! Especially Asphyx, as it seems like they never come to the US, and havent to the east coast in even longer. One of my favorite bands and I cant even remember one instance of them touring remotely close to where I live in the past 10 years (someone is going to bring up a show I missed I bet). My friend caught D666 like a week or so ago and didnt even let me know!
As for the moshing, dude idk. You may think you enjoy it more while standing there with a beer in hand, but moshing and letting yourself go wild can bring about an enjoyment that standing there and banging your head can't quite deliver. Some moshers are just dumb fucktards as you say, but usually a bit of moshing during a good set maximizes my enjoyment.
As for my recent shows, I saw Conan for the second time at a dive bar in Philly last month. Then last weekend I went to the Philadelphia metal and beer fest with Horrendous, Pallbearer, At the Gates, Sumerlands, Incantation, Repulsion, Mayhem, and Carcass. I never saw AtG or Carcass before, and they were both fucking amazing. Found the guys from Horrendous in the pit during Mayhem, and they said they have a new album coming towards the fall of this year, which I didnt know about and is awesome to hear. I injured my knee in the Carcass pit, but fortunately I dont think it is anything serious. Got tons of free stickers from the beer vendors; the Amber Smashed Face beer that Cannibal Corpse sponsored or whatever tasted great and I grabbed a handful of badass looking stickers.
After the fest we smoked a bowl and went down to the aftershow at the Kung fu necktie and saw Primitive Man play a quick set. The small dive bar was the perfect location for such an intense savage sludge band, great stuff.
EspaDa
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Man I love moshing, but to moshable bands like Napalm, D666, or Asphyx. To me moshing on Emperor is just plain stupid as it's like I said, a spiritual experience. Too beautiful music to run around like a fucking headless chicken. Moshing to black metal is just wrong to me. Yesterday, Napalm was playing just after Emperor, so I went for a rest on Emperor and just admired the beauty of their performance. Then I went nuts on ND.
Satanstoenail
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Moshing to a good grindcore band in a good pit full of non-wankers is the best thing ever.
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I don't usually have a set rule for moshing based on genre, as a lot of the times my decision to mosh is based on a combination of the energy of the band and the crowd. A shit crowd and/or opening set = no moshing regardless of how compelling the band is making it. You are probably right though, I don't really envision Emperor as the best moshing band.
It definitely ranks high, that is for sure. Then again some of my best moshing experiences were actually not with grind bands at all. Demolition Hammer, Venom, Inquisition, Overkill, etc were all bands in which the moshing experience was absolute top notch. The crowd has a lot to do with it too though.
