Into Eternity/ All Shall Perish
Des Moines 6-10
Set list not in exact order but as close as I can remember
Splintered Visions
Embraced By Desolation
Elysium Dream
3 Dimensional Aperture
Beginning of The End
Point of Uncertainty
Selling God
New Song
Spiralling into Depression
Distant Pale Future
Identify
Scattering the Ashes new song
I have a whole new amount of respect for Into Eternity. First they still have the same Van from their 2003 tour! And they werent in the back or on a bus getting drunk like most musicians do before shows, but they sitting around with the fans waiting to set up. Then do they have ANYONE to help them do anything? No I watched them stretch in the venue before getting ready, and then they moved all their own equipment on the stage. Then they moved all their equipment off and somehow got it all in their trailer by themselves. Then they hit the road about an hour after they left the stage. It seems really ruff to go through this routine day in and out nothing but work, but they were all super nice and seemed to be in a great mood and be glad to be playing.
The other reason I respect them more is well look at their tour schedule its rough, very few dates off. So I am from Lawrence Kansas and I drove from my town through a tornado warning and heavy rain. Only to get rained on the whole way to Des Moines. On the way back I hit a lightning/hale storm. I drove 11 hours and went through five separate storms while driving on this one day alone, and it sucked horribly. My point is Into Eternity must hit a shitload of storms but they always make their shows, and its them actually driving too. I do wonder when in doing all this do they have time to sleep?
Highlights
-Splintered Visions intro is amazing to hear live.
-New songs were great cant wait to get them on CD.
-3 Dimensional Aperture Tim, Rob, and Stu each have distinct but really strong singing parts on this song.
-Spiralling into Depression and Beginning of the End really get the crowd going.
-Troys Bass parts in Identify
-Tims hands were so cool to watch, he could have been as fast as maybe even faster than buckethead
What sucked about the show
-The show only had 50 people. Now I know Slipknot is from Des Moines, but a month ago 10,000 saw slipknot, so where are all the metal heads now?
-They switched Tim and Troys microphone and I couldnt hear troy at all!
Songs I would like to hear live
Unholy (Fields of the dead)
Shallow
Black Sea Of Agony
Into Eternity
I got to meet all the members and got Tim to sign the first Into Eternity CD for me. My point is they are all really nice and approachable people, no matter how nervous you are they are cool and seem to really want and enjoy to meet fans. On all the reviews that I have read they same thing, Rob is really nice, and he fucking is, but on the mailing list they ask you to pick a favorite member. After meeting and seeing them all I cant say who is nicer, or who was more fun to watch live. Get out and see them it will be well worth your time. I thought it was really funny that Adam said he hasnt heard the first CD, he doesnt know what he is missing. Anyway I will have to get a copy and give it to him next time in Omaha.
And to all those posts who say are the new members good? Or I hope they dont ruin My favorite band. This is a very strong and complete line up, and I really like and hope that this lineup stay together for a long time. Stu can really do vocals at a pitch that I dont know if any other singers Into Eternity has had could do. He adds his own touch to the very end of selling god and its so 80s sounding, but the range and power of his vocals are awesome. Then you really hear range of his vocals and what he could do on the new songs, it could be the best into eternity to date. Thats great too; I hate it when your favorite band just starts sucking. That will not be happening here. Adam was really tight playing and the new songs rocked so he can play and into eternity rocks more than ever now.
All Shall Perish- was really good for hardcore too. It may be hardcore but it was really heavy, and good. It was like hatebreed, just not so god damn weak. I had never heard of them before, but they will be an act you will want to get there early to catch them with into eternity soon too.
If you can I dont care how go see into eternity they are fucking amazing live, tim and rob can shred like no other. The 4 different vocalist really adds alot and it was so much fun, I can't wait till the next time. Of course its only 18 days till they are in the midwest again!!!