Opeth, Lamb Of God, Gwar, Strapping Young Lad, Chimaira, Clutch+more-New 18 Band Tour

[dorian gray]

This thread makes me want to kill someone. is this a FUCKING JOKE? Opeth are not playing with these shit bands. Most of these guys are fucking garage bands. never post anything with DevilDriver and Opeth in the same paragraph. Goddam you.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

SURPRISE FUCKFACE!!! Opeth arent underground anymore.

 

[dorian gray]

^haha! how does that apply to thread?

 

[gr1m and tr00]

what the hell? is this true? i want an Opeth headlining tour, bah.

 

[dorian gray]

*calmly awaits post from NFU*

 

[pistol_pete]

Strapping Young Lad should headline, playing City in full, which isn't too long..

 

[varnacht]

OPETH?!?!? GWAR?!?!? STRAPPING YOUNG LAD?!?!?!

Devin Townsend should play with Gwar, he'd fit in perfectly.

The rest of the bands suck. Especially Throwdown. ESPECIALLY.

 

[BurningSky]

Opeth have nothing in common with any of those bands. If i didn't like them so much, I would say it wouldn't be worth going, but alas.. I probably will go and suffer through the rest.

 

[Birkenau]

Lamb of God is headlining an underground metalfest?

WHAT???

Lamb of God isn't underground anymore.... they've got their record on sale at fucking hot topic for chrissake.

You're a dipshit, most (if not all) of those bands aren't underground (including Opeth), infact many of them are mainstream.

But I agree with other comments, Opeth has nothing to do with those bands, the majority of them are nu-metal. Opeth is the only band there that is remotely death metal.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

i would say any band with gene hoglan in it qualifies as "remotely death metal"

 

[Reign in Acai]

This might be the shittiest tour ever assembled (if it comes to fruition)

 

[Starless Dragon]

Someone mentioned Opeth and Strapping Young Lad as tour mates, I've actually seen that happen, lol. The first time I saw Opeth here in Dallas, the Line up was Opeth/Meshuggah/Strapping Young Lad/Lacuna Coil. It was when Opeth was touring the US with Lacuna, and SYL was touring with Meshuggah. Well for some reason they were both booked at the same city on the same day...at the same club. The Canyon Club, closed down sadly. Anyway they just put the two tours together, so you really got two shows for the price of one. I was there for Opeth of course, but it was nice to see Meshagguh and SYL open for them.

However, seeing Opeth playing a 30 minute set in front of a bunch of nu metal or metalcore kids is really gonna be a big dissapointment. If they play near, I'll go, just cause I want to see them again, and want to support them, but the rest of the show after they finish will be an even bigger letdown then it would have without them.

Still, if it gets them more money and exposure I guess that's a good thing. Mike and the others have to eat, right? And I don't think he's the kind of guy to ever sell out musically, even if a lot of metalcore and trendy kids start buying the albums lol.

Nonetheless. Another headlining US tour!

 

[gatedropper]

Someone mentioned Opeth and Strapping Young Lad as tour mates, I've actually seen that happen, lol. The first time I saw Opeth here in Dallas, the Line up was Opeth/Meshuggah/Strapping Young Lad/Lacuna Coil. QUOTE]

The Hell you say? Damn, that would be a dream come true in my eyes.
I saw Mesh and Strapping together and they kicked dat ass.

 

[buchkoba00]

I swear I get dumber every time I read this forum.

Nu-metal? What the hell are you people talking about? Those aren't nu-metal bands.

Don't like them? Fine. But they aren't f'ing nu-metal.

Any Tour with Opeth, SYL, Unearth and Lamb of God sounds pretty good to me.

 

[discouraged1]

gwar beats everybody with their outfits

 

[Reign in Acai]

Nu-metal, metalcore, hardcore, shitcore, fagcore, suckmydicktothecore!!! I don't respect those bands enough to bother getting their genre right. Do you bother giving a label to the different types of feces that get excreted from your bowels? Then why try to differentiate crap music from shitty music? It's all one big turd.

 

[NFU]

*calmly awaits post from NFU*

*cracks knuckles*


alright ladies... Im starting to get pretty sick of all this hypocritical nonsense you guys sling every which direction when tour news of Opeth pops up.

A good portion of you all say you are for more exposure for Opeth, and think they deserve success, blah blah blah....but VERY FEW of you are willing to see them tour with mainstream or non DeAtH AnD BlACk Br00Taul Bands. If Opeth continues to become more and more popular, and get a larger and larger fanbase, then how exactly do you expect them to continue to tour with small time bands like "novembre" or "woods of ypres" or even Katatonia or Agalloch for that matter? its not going to happen. All of you can pretty much right now FORGET the idea of Opeth continuing to do much touring with underground/european/extreme metal acts. Im sure they will still do occasional tours with bands like Nile, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir, etc etc...but for one of the up and coming highest grossing metal exports of all time to resort to touring with a bands like Agalloch is just not a reality...not for the band...not for their record label...not for their touring/revenue quota.

So any of you who arent willing to put up with these so called "nu metal" bands like throwdown, norma jean, lamb of god, unearth, etc etc (which by the way, they arent nu metal...get a clue)...need to start getting a grip on reality and re-evaluate where your priorities and support for this band lie.

Im not a fan of a single band other than Opeth listed on that tour...but as long as it doesnt cost me an arm and a leg, id go to see Opeth. Everyone has the right to do or not to do that same thing...but to continue to whine about it is pointless, childish and blatantly isnt going to change a thing.

 

[MasterOLightning]

This is really disappointing. If it's true, I'm sure that they'll follow it up with their own winter headlining tour. Opeth and Clutch are the only bands there I'll want to see, maybe SYL. Plus, it's going to mean a two hour drive out to the middle of nowhere to see this show.

I hope they pull out of this.

 

[TheButcher]

gwar beats everybody with their outfits

 

[Reign in Acai]

Next thing you know, Opeth will follow the way of Slayer, Lamb of God, KillSwitch Engaged. (Opening up for Slipknot)

I could care less about Mikael and Co's financial earnings. Music should be an Art, not a fucking business. (Good music anyways)