Live shows

[Anom@nder Rake]

I finally went to a show post-coronavirus for the Decibel Beer and Metal fest. I was lucky to get a ticket off some guy on reddit that had the beer tasting included. I was not expecting the beers to be as strong as they were as like half of the beers available were imperial stouts at 10%+ abv . It was nice to see live music again as it was over 2 years since the last show I went to. Highlights were Eternal Champion and Immolation playing most of Dawn of Possession. It was cool to see old friends again and actually talk about metal in person.

 

[elohimeth]

Hopefully going to see Tiamat on the 30th of October. The show kept getting postponed due to Covid restrictions and now I'm just hoping they won't cancel it for good. It would be the third time I missed them.

 

[Bourbon]

Last night ruled:

 

[Bloopy]

Parody band Black Metal Sabbath doing exactly what their name suggests. Good to see they're still around - I only saw them the once in 2012 and didn't make it to this.

 

[EternalMetal]

I haven't been to a concert since the cove, I hope it is not too much longer before the scene opens up again. Glad to see at least something going on.

This post was made 2 fucking years ago. Finally broke the fast last night with Exodus and Testament at Starland in Sayreville NJ. Missed Death Angel, but I couldn't give a shit about them. Show was sold out, and even then oversold (hard to reschedule an event). We had to park on the side of the road instead of in a lot, which sucked at the time but thinking back it's nice not to have had to shell out any extra cash.

I went to the show thinking I was too old (34 is young dammit) to mosh and I was just going to sit back with the old fags and drink beer. Finished my beer two songs into Exodus and just dove into the pit. I think ill live in a nursing home before I stop going in the pit. Some dude handed me a water after moshing to Deathamphetamine and Blacklist back to back, and it was a godsend. I thought it was my buddy, so I thanked him when we were getting beers before Testament and he was like, "nope, not me". Some stranger then, thanks again dude. Pounded two beers and moshed basically the entire time to Testament. Was a good time, feels like home again.

Now im primed and ready for what might be the last MDF this month. Ive basically seen all of these guys before (aside from Destruction), and it will be great. Any of you guys taking the trek this year? Cause after this MDF is no more unless someone else starts it back up.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

@CiG I'm thinking about going to that Lombard show

 

[CiG]

I'm furious with jealousy right now.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

I'm furious with jealousy right now.

I've seen them live more then any other band i think. Always a good show

 

[CiG]

Damn that's awesome. What's the earliest you've ever caught them?

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Damn that's awesome. What's the earliest you've ever caught them?

Mid 90's. Still have the original nightstalker shirt from the show somewhere. I remember it glows in the dark

 

[CiG]

Fucking sick!

 

[Bloopy]

I've seen plenty of NZ bands but the last international band I saw tour here was still Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats in March 2020. Finally bought a ticket to something though. Vader/Thy Disease playing venues with capacities of about 200 people here, that'll be madness. Might possibly see Nebula before that.



Then there's this:

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Anyone going? Haven't been to a show in while but I might check this one out.

 

[Baroque]

That’s a killer line up, not sure if I can make it that day. Maybe.

 

[zerostatic]

Saw Exciter and Coroner a few nights back. A small club in Cambridge with a crowd size of around 200-350. Exciter played for about an hour and songs like Violence & Force, Stand up and Fight, and Iron Dogs got the crowd moving in the moshpit with plenty of crowd surfing and some stage divers.

Quick turnover and Coroner played for about an hour. Sound was amazing and it was such a treat to see them perform. I never thought I would see Coroner live and they played a great show including the songs Semtex Revolution, Masked Jackal, Serpent Moves, Divine Step, and others I can't remember. Reborn Through Hate was the encore! It was a great show and my first live metal show since seeing Slayer in the fall of 2019.

Not my live video but a little taste of what you missed:

 

[EternalMetal]

Just got back from MDF (well yesterday, but ive been sleeping ever since), and it absolutely crushed! Highlights from day one for me were moshing to Primitive Man, moshing to Skeletal Remains, skipped Mortician cause ive seen them like 5 times already, and moshing to and getting on stage to headband with the band for Pyrexia.

Day 2, moshing to Massacre, watching Atheist, Monstrosity, and Suffocation, and moshing to the entire set of Demolition Hammer (major highlight of the fest for me). Missed most of Obituary because they moved to the Power Plant lot because of thunderstorms, but Carcass was a crowded shitshow. Moshed to Vio-lence of course and it kicked ass.

Day 3, actually got down early enough to catch Drawn and Quartered at 1PM, and the rest of the lineup was consistently great, with Enforced, Cerebral Rot, Imprecation, Onslaught, Cancer, and finally moshed to Coroner. Cancer and maybe Coroner were the best Edison lot bands of the day. Autopsy and the Beneath the Remains set were both good too. Tryptikon was ok, but we bailed early to mosh to Suffering Hour. I kinda died at this point and just chilled drinking beers until going to mosh for Necrophobic, which was sick.

Got a slow start for day 4, but was able to make it for Nunslaughter. Blood Incantation kind of underwhelmed me, but ive seen them before and they were great, so im just chalking it up to not being good middle of the day parking lot music. Demilich were fucking killer, and I moshed for Destruction's entire set, which was damn near the highlight of the fest for me. Immolation, Hellhammer and Hypocrisy all kicked ass, and I got to mosh to a few songs from Deicide before heading down for Exhorder, which was kinda shit. Finished up the night to mosh to Birdflesh and Cephalic Carnage, skipped out on Sacramentum's Far Away From the Sun set though.

Just woke up after sleeping for 16 hours and still feel like I got hit by a truck. I really hope someone starts up another fest in the Baltimore or preferably the Philly area like MDF was.

 

[SonOfNun]

Sounds like fun. I'd love to go to something like that if it were remotely feasible.

 

[zerostatic]

I moshed for Destruction's entire set, which was damn near the highlight of the fest for me.

Are you that much of a Destruction fan or was their live set that good? The lineup change seems to have reinvigorated the band, their new album, Diabolical, is killer!

 

[EternalMetal]

Are you that much of a Destruction fan or was their live set that good? The lineup change seems to have reinvigorated the band, their new album, Diabolical, is killer!

I admit to being quite into them before the fest (though im more of a death metal guy), but ive seen hundreds of bands before and these guys definitely killed it. Better than Overkill, who are better live than Exodus now.

 

[Oliverleo76]

I'm looking for a new Wilbur soot t-shirt for my friends who are performing on a live concert next week. And can someone tell me if this brand is decent or not?