Metal Mondays In Kansas City

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

I started doing Metal Mondays at Revolver Rock Bar off 80th and Metcalf in Overland Park, Kansas at the beginning of April. Attendance has been good only about 1/4 of the time, so I am trying to improve that.

Revolver has a music video system so I play 90 minutes,which starts at 930, of music videos featuring Glam, Hard Rock, Metal that you can find on the radio. Then at about 11 I play a mix cd of the stuff that I have been listening to. Of course I do take requests for the following week in person at the club or advance requests via email or pm.

I have been sending out Myspace bulletins giving a little insight to what I will be playing so each week in this thread I will make a post to give people an idea of what I will be playing.

Monday July 9 2007

In honor of me attending TEXAS MADFEST. this coming weekend I will be playing select songs from the bands that I have a recording of as well as some other stuff. As of right now I only have recordings from DARK EMPIRE, MEYVN, and OUTWORLD. If the other bands would like their music played shoot me an email with a MP3 attached.

DARK EMPIRE - features Matt Moliti (Yngvai X) on guitar and Jens Carlsson (SAVAGE CIRCUS, PERSUADER) on vocals. A great mix of Power, Thrash, and Prog.

MEVYN - a fairly new band that will be a force to be reckoned with for sure. They are playing PROGPOWER EUROPE this year and have just released a great album "Splintered Skies"

OUTWORLD - features Rusty Cooley on guitar and new vocalist Carlos Zema (VOUGAN). Played the PROGPOWER PRE-PARTY 2005 and totally blew me away.

Some other bands that I playing are:

NUCLEAR BLAST ALL STARS - an album like the ROADRUNNER UNITED, but with Peavy Wagner (RAGE) doing the music. The question is which vocalist have I chosen?

TURISAS - they define themselves as Battle Metal, which basically is comprised of a little bit of Folk with Death Metal vocals. I think they sound quite similar to any of the Viking Metal acts such as AMON AMARTH or THYRFING.

VAINGLORY - a female fronted Heavy Metal/Power Metal band with an unbelievably strong voice. They just played Swordlord's FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES FESTIVAL in Minneapolis.


So let me know what you guys think about what I have selected and if u happen to live in the area please let me if you need directions to the club.

 

[vikk]

too much words in 1 post

 

[-[chop]-]

^ what he said....

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

So should it have just said "Metal in Kansas City". Gotta give people the info, they dont have to read it.

 

[CliffBurton]

gotta give who the info?
Why not use a local message board?

Vast majority of people here are either Canadian, or from outside somewhere North America. Your time would be much better spent advertising with posters or getting on local radio.

There is really nothing special about what you are doing, I used to be apart of a group that used to do this crap, playing metal in a bar over the CD player hoping people will care. No one is going to go listen to a CD at a bar when they can go see a real band.

P.S. Amon Amarth is Melodic Death metal with Viking influenced Lyrics, they sound nothing like Turisas and aren't even viking or folk metal at all, and the vocals in Turisas don't sound like death at all .

Woo, shaping up to be a good show.

 

[666laiho_4evacobhc]

(Yngvai X) .

What the fuck is that?

 

[Nikki]

Actually, there's quite a few from North America here who would love to listen to this radio show.


Well, at least myself and Ptah like Dark Empire, but Ptah doesn't come here much anymore

 

[CliffBurton]

its not a radio show, its just playing songs on a CD player inside a bar

 

[Nikki]

its not a radio show, its just playing songs on a CD player inside a bar

oops. Sorry, just had a Nikki moment.

In that case, then count me out, and give me two more years

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

What the fuck is that?

his UltimateMetal handle

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

gotta give who the info?
Why not use a local message board?

Vast majority of people here are either Canadian, or from outside somewhere North America. Your time would be much better spent advertising with posters or getting on local radio.

There is really nothing special about what you are doing, I used to be apart of a group that used to do this crap, playing metal in a bar over the CD player hoping people will care. No one is going to go listen to a CD at a bar when they can go see a real band.

P.S. Amon Amarth is Melodic Death metal with Viking influenced Lyrics, they sound nothing like Turisas and aren't even viking or folk metal at all, and the vocals in Turisas don't sound like death at all .

Woo, shaping up to be a good show.

Well see thats the problem is that I am looking for other ways to promote it. I am working on the flyers, but I am having a problem finding someone to do it in my area. Radio I am afraid will cost too much.

Regarding hearing live or a cd, well I LOVE live music, but I also love listening to new and different kinds of metal and thats what my evening is supposed to be about it showing bands that may not know and enjoy the evening with beer and friends. Though it looks like me and my one of my friends are the only Metal Dorks in the area.

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

Here is the set list from last night:

1. Outworld – The Never
2. Nuclear Blast All Stars – A Perfect Day (ft. Andi Deris)
3. Mindflow – Upload - Spirit
4. Vainglory – Burndead
5. Meyvn – Answer Me
6. Turisas – Cursed By Iron
7. Six Minute Century – Under The Moonlight
8. Aghora – Moksha
9. Prymary – Oceans of Insolence
10. Division By Zero – Arachion
11. Krucible – Reborn
12. At Vance - Shiver
13. Dark Empire – Distant Tides
14. Falconer – Northwind

I will work on next weeks set tomorrow.

 

[CliffBurton]

Its not a set, its a burnt Mix CD, or an MP3 player....Playlist if you will.

Really, the only difference between your bar and where I am right now, is cheaper beer and more selection of music, and I'm going to assume less people if you don't count yourself and the bartender .

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

Actually the beer is cheap $2 for draw and last week I had 20 people show up so there.

 

[CliffBurton]

People will do anything for cheap beer now wont they.
ANyway, in this thread I see 5 people posting not including you. 2 of them are from different Continents, 2 are Canadian.

I don't think anyone from here is going.

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

But if it is not to big of a deal to just leave the thread then maybe I can pick up some lurkers.

 

[CliffBurton]

Fair enough I guess, but there is a VERY small chance anyone from your area will see it.

Try doing crap like a Facebook group, or even make a Myspace page. It may be lame, but it gets people to notice you and you can send people news pretty quickly. The n00bs I knew who did the same thing had their own Forum...However they allowed guests to post in topics, and didn't check the boards often....soo much cheap viagra

Its time better spent really, no harm is done spamming here, at least this thread has a purpose unlike most of them here, but you won't get much/any responce.

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

Well, a little less than a week of promoting for last weeks show and while there werent but a few new folks, the threads I started got a total of about 300-400 hits which isnt too bad I dont think.

This week will go back to normal as far as the mix is concerned:

930-1045 Videos of Hair Metal, Radio Rock/Metal, Metal, Classic Rock and Hard Rock

1045-1200 A mix of the best in Power, Thrash, Progressive, Folk, Avant Garde, Black, Melodic, Melodic Death, and some Death (not Brutal/Gore)

$2 pints of domestic beer as a special

Here is a little taste of what will be going on this week:

July 16 2007

BLACK MAJESTY - Australian Melodic Power Metal. I dont think they really sound like any other Power Metal band and have an excellent vocalist

BEHEMOTH - Their new album "The Apostasy" is going to be one of the heaviest albums to come next year so make sure you check out this the track to be played as well as the album. If you havent heard of them they are a great blend of Black and Death from Poland.

RIVERSIDE - Melodic Experimental Prog Metal. They create really epic soundscapes without being cheesy kind of reminds of later day ANATHEMA

AMORPHIS - They are getting ready to release their new album and second with their latest and in my opinion best singer Tomi Joutsen. AMORPHIS blends Death, Folk, and Doom all together into one hell of a sound. Their latest releases having been getting away from the Death and Doom and focusing more on the Folk.

Not new stuff, but good stuff:

POISONBLACK - features the ex singer from SENTENCED and they have I suppose you could call it gothic or dark sound. I think they sound basically like SENTENCED with a more mainstream side.

STAR ONE - one of the various projects done by AYREON's mastermind Arjen Lucassen.

KALMAH - I would say that they are comparable to CHILDREN OF BODOM, but with more Prog influences which doesnt mean more or better keyboards as well as rougher vocals.

 

[Knarfi]

TURISAS - they define themselves as Battle Metal, which basically is comprised of a little bit of Folk with Death Metal vocals. I think they sound quite similar to any of the Viking Metal acts such as AMON AMARTH or THYRFING.

I mean...






just....

 

[enjoi17]

KALMAH - I would say that they are comparable to CHILDREN OF BODOM, but with more Prog influences which doesnt mean more or better keyboards as well as rougher vocals.

that doesn't even make sense.