Seen any good concerts lately?

[ThoughtLeech]

i'm in withdrawal, i haven't seen any since september, when i saw three in the same week: Megadeth, Sonata Arctica/The Agonist, and Heaven and Hell/Alice Cooper/Queensryche....


luckily i have Behemoth coming up this Sunday.... don't really care for them too much, but for $15, how can you say no?

 

[noble savage]

Unfortunately, my last concert was The Flower Kings in Pittsburgh last October (2006). I will hopefully be catching Dream Theater and Opeth on the Progressive Nation tour next year.

 

[progmetaldan]

my last one was the G3 last December...

Hoping to catch Dream Theater and Symphony X sometime in th new year...

 

[Turm]

I saw Oceansize on Saturday and they were unbelievably awesome

 

[ThoughtLeech]

i cannot wait for the dream theater/opeth tour.... and for those of you who aren't familiar with 3, they also rule.... i saw them open for porcupine tree.

 

[Travis]

I've got Suffocation and Tentacles next weekend, then Obituary in December...!

 

[ElephantTalk]

The last big gig I saw was Dream Theater + Symphony X in Madrid, third time I see them (D.T.) live and maybe the best of all.

If you live in the United States, I think you should take into account the Progressive Nation Tour of Dream Theater, in this chance they will be touring with Opeth, Three, and Between The Buried And Me. I hope to see them when I go to live in Florida, next month. Also happens with Symphony X, they have new dates in their Myspace profile, I'll see them on April 2008. Take a look to the Cynic Reunion Myspace, I heard they will tour soon in the USA, that would be fantastic.

 

[progmetaldan]

^ lucky guy seeing DT and SymX, not just once but multiple times...

 

[Go Now Your Lord Is Dead]

Last big show was Oct. 29 Behemoth and Job For A Cowboy

 

[ThoughtLeech]

well... the US, in addition to the dream theater/opeth/3/between the buried and me, also has symphony x/epica/into eternity in the spring.

too bad buffalo isn't a bigger market for metal. i always have to drive two hours to toronto or three to cleveland to see the good shows.

 

[Dark Lord]

The last concert i watched was Gods of Metal 2008 in Bologna, Italy on June the 27th, 28th, and 29th. The major Metal Gods there were:

- Iron Maiden
- Judas Priest
- Slayer
- Iced Earth
- Testament
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Carcass
- At The Gates
- Meshuggah
- Apocalyptica
- Between The Buried And Me
- Morbid Angel
- Obituary
... and the list goes on...

 

[ThoughtLeech]

oh man... i cannot wait to go to one of the european festivals. someday...


but i still got to see some pretty decent bands recently:

Behold... the Arctopus (wow!)
and
Opeth

and coming up next tuesday is Iced Earth and Into Eternity. Iced Earth is definitely in my top 10 bands.

 

[Dark Lord]

Behold... the Arctopus (wow!)

I can only imagine how great these guys perform live !!

I envy you dude ... the closest thing i saw to a band or someone shredding live was Yngwie Malmsteen

 

[progmetaldan]

I saw Opeth a couple of weeks ago, that was fantastic! In February we've got the '5 Peace Band' (Corea/McLaughlin/Garrett/McBride/Coliuta) coming that will be incredible!

 

[ThoughtLeech]

eh... unfortunately i couldn't go to the iced earth show.


i really would've loved to see barlow in action (i saw them previously with ripper), but my car is junk.

 

[ThoughtLeech]

I can only imagine how great these guys perform live !!

I envy you dude ... the closest thing i saw to a band or someone shredding live was Yngwie Malmsteen

i was surprised they came to buffalo! there were only like 20 - 25 people there, and i was shocked that there were that many, but i guess the local bands on the bill brought them. they only played about eight tunes, and they opened for intronaut (also amazing, not quite technical, but i met a few and they were really cool). but arctopus can pull it off live.

i also learned from that show that i need to get me a warr guitar.

 

[ThoughtLeech]

i just don't believe it. i'm going to see Cynic tomorrow! ohhhhh it will be a great concert indeed!

 

[DrainHook]

I just saw Cynic on Tue. , after waiting over a decade for an opportunity, 25 minute set was just not enough...

 

[progmetaldan]

I went and saw Zappa plays Zappa the other week, that was good fun!

 

[ThoughtLeech]

well the cynic set was superb albeit short. they played about a half-hour here as well. but they were tight. sounded incredible. would definitely love to see them in a headlining set though.

let's see.... what's next on my itinerary:

Yes with Asia

ooh.... and Kings X with Porcupine Tree will be EXCELLENT. i've seen porcupine tree twice already, and i'm dying to catch Kings X live. that will most likely be THE show of the summer for me this year.