Live shows

[ApparatusUnearth]

Slayer's farewell tour came to Cleveland on Thursday. Support was Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament, none of which I've ever seen.

All five bands were great, Anthrax and Testament could have been louder but that's not their fault, they sounded good. Lamb of God is legitimately the best band I've ever seen live, even this far into their career they still absolutely bring it. I feel like they even upstaged Slayer. Slayer were phenomenal though.

 

[The Ozzman]

Got tickets to see Trivium here for Oct 8. Havent't seen the band since Ascendancy came out so I'm pretty excited.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Saw Field at a local Fest yesterday, they were great. Proper good stoner doom with awesome vocals. They deserve bigger things.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

anybody remember swizzlenuts? dude man just doxxed a diy venue on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/8pwcw8/gate_keeping_is_an_issues_in_metal_tomb_mold/

 

[EspaDa]

look at this, man. Exodus were fucking ace

 

[EternalMetal]

Fuck you upstate New York metal scene. I spent the weekend driving up to go see Skinless and a handful of other death/thrash bands, and to me it seemed like a good moshing lineup. Instead the hillbillies who like to hardcore flail and practice bariatric martial arts showed up. I tried to get a pit going during Skinless and not a single person was game for a good mosh. Ive never been to a show where absolutely nobody else wanted to rid the pit of hardcore faggotry. It almost seemed like these rednecks have never even seen a mosh before, and im pretty sure the fist I took to my left eye was a deliberate sucker punch. Maybe it was just hardcore douchebaggery, but god damn did that crowd suck. Ill take my split eyelid and black eye as a souvenir and reminder to never visit that shitty scene ever again.

 

[Satanstoenail]

anybody remember swizzlenuts? dude man just doxxed a diy venue on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/8pwcw8/gate_keeping_is_an_issues_in_metal_tomb_mold/

I remember him. I never thought he was that much of a douche, but there you go.

Fuck you upstate New York metal scene. I spent the weekend driving up to go see Skinless and a handful of other death/thrash bands, and to me it seemed like a good moshing lineup. Instead the hillbillies who like to hardcore flail and practice bariatric martial arts showed up. I tried to get a pit going during Skinless and not a single person was game for a good mosh. Ive never been to a show where absolutely nobody else wanted to rid the pit of hardcore faggotry. It almost seemed like these rednecks have never even seen a mosh before, and im pretty sure the fist I took to my left eye was a deliberate sucker punch. Maybe it was just hardcore douchebaggery, but god damn did that crowd suck. Ill take my split eyelid and black eye as a souvenir and reminder to never visit that shitty scene ever again.

That’s fucked. Hardcore flailing needs to be stopped. There should be some sort of forum about it where venues universally implement a rule that any flailing fucktards are ejected immediately.

 

[EternalMetal]

That’s fucked. Hardcore flailing needs to be stopped. There should be some sort of forum about it where venues universally implement a rule that any flailing fucktards are ejected immediately.

Usually it just takes a couple of guys to dispatch them by starting a real pit, but both me and my friend were not successful. We just got weird looks and he also took a shot to the face, but I had to leave the pit immediately because my eyelid got slashed and started bleeding profusely. I never took such a hard shot to the eye. I felt like a boxer who was forced to forfeit the match; im still kind of mad over it. Those fucking hardcore fags deserve to be slaughtered for ruining such a good show. I usually go to Philly for shows, and those fuckers would have been beat to submission within seconds if they were to pull that shit there. Even the bands seemed to be a bit weary of the shitty crowd, but they played on anyways of course.

 

[Omni]

Wow swizzlenuts was being a huge [banned word] in that link.

 

[EternalMetal]

Faggot?

 

[Satanstoenail]

Usually it just takes a couple of guys to dispatch them by starting a real pit, but both me and my friend were not successful. We just got weird looks and he also took a shot to the face, but I had to leave the pit immediately because my eyelid got slashed and started bleeding profusely. I never took such a hard shot to the eye. I felt like a boxer who was forced to forfeit the match; im still kind of mad over it. Those fucking hardcore fags deserve to be slaughtered for ruining such a good show. I usually go to Philly for shows, and those fuckers would have been beat to submission within seconds if they were to pull that shit there. Even the bands seemed to be a bit weary of the shitty crowd, but they played on anyways of course.

It really shouldn’t be the responsibility of other punters to stop these dickheads when there are security guards actually being paid to keep things under control. Obviously security can be pretty stupid but it’s really not difficult to distinguish between people moshing and idiots throwing haymakers and roundhouses.

 

[EternalMetal]

It really shouldn’t be the responsibility of other punters to stop these dickheads when there are security guards actually being paid to keep things under control. Obviously security can be pretty stupid but it’s really not difficult to distinguish between people moshing and idiots throwing haymakers and roundhouses.

The problem was that this show was ass-backwards; The crowd seemed to accept the hardcore ninjas and deny the push pit my friend and I were attempting to generate. Im not sure if I approve of the idea of kicking people out just because I hate their idea of a good time, but I was at least hoping that people would embrace real moshing over bullshit. NOBODY wanted to mosh. They didnt, it wasnt my scene, and im not inclined to visit the area for another concert because of it. I did my duty as a mosh trooper and that is about all I can do. Ive been to venues that kick out anyone who wants to start a mosh, so id rather there not be security trying to enforce justice on what is supposed to be a good time. The scene should decide on this shit and this is what they judged. Fuck them though, hardcore "dancers" deserve to be tackled with alacrity and hopefully break some limbs. Im sure some of those faggots washing out cuts in the bathroom were there because of me. I wish they had to resort to an ambulance instead (I broke an ankle in a pit so I know how it can get). Ill just go to Philly for now on since we know how to have a good time already.

 

[Bloopy]

Sounds shit. They seem to keep it to their own cruddy bands here, if they even put in the effort any more. Probably the most I've seen was when Bury Your Dead and The Faceless got paired on a free* show scraped together at the last minute. But the windmilling was more like a tranquil Dutch meadow than anything violent and the BYD fans knew when to stop!

*for ticket holders to a cancelled gig, that is

 

[Phylactery]

I'm going to see Slayer in November for what's supposed to be their final tour. They're touring with Lamb of God, Anthrax and Obituary. I don't care for LoG and Anthrax is even worse but looking forward to hearing CHOPPPPPEEDDDD IN HAAAULLLFEUGHHH live.

Not expecting that much from Slayer, as they're 30 years past their prime, but hoping for lots of cuts from their first 3 albums.

 

[The Ozzman]

I don't know why people expect Slayer to play more than one song from the debut anymore. I would rather they just play all of Seasons in the Abyss

 

[EspaDa]

Coming to the Czech Republic to experience the mighty Brutal Assault within 8 days! @Onder are you going?

 

[Onder]

Coming to the Czech Republic to experience the mighty Brutal Assault within 8 days! @Onder are you going?

I am not. I'll be in Berlin from today to 8th and then back to work.

What will be your highlights on BA? What bands will you make sure not to miss?

There's Dead Congregation iirc?

 

[EspaDa]

I am not. I'll be in Berlin from today to 8th and then back to work.

What will be your highlights on BA? What bands will you make sure not to miss?

There's Dead Congregation iirc?

Yes, Dead Congregation are playing on Friday. It's gonna be fucking great, the second time I get to see them live.

I'm most eagerly looking forward to seeing Converge, Blood Incantation, At the Gates, Malokarpatan, and Misthyrming. It's going to be a great couple of days.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Runemagick make their US debut in November in NYC.

 

[challenge_everything]

Wow that would be awesome to see.

Has anyone seen Enslaved play recently? I'm debating whether to go. I really don't care for their proggy phase.