Having seen CoB with nevermore and Dimmu earlier and being horribly disappointed, I was expecting them to get blown off the stage from both directions that night, but quite the opposite happened. they were amazing. I was totally astoundedl; it was like watching a completely different band. Evergrey was great but CoB really stepped it up to a level that I don't think Iced Earth managed to come close to during their set, which i had multiple unfortunate problems during and with. (personally, i was about to collapse i was so tired, my shoulder was killing me, and i was starving, and otherwise i also was disappointed greatly with Ripper's stage presence having seen him be an great frontman for priest a year or so ago, i thought that he failed to fill barlowe's shoes on some of the more emotional stuff (my opinon i guess), didn't like their setlist choices for the most part (also my opinon), and found out after moving around during the encore that i was standing in the worst possible spot in the masquerade for sound during most of the set... so, yeah, i was disappointed to say the least.)Pellaz said:Great show in Atlanta last night, too. Iced Earth drew a few more than CoB, but CoB's crowd was more "intense." Evergrey went on a half-hour after doors opened, so no worries there -- and a good thing, as a friend o' mine from Tennessee came down mostly to see Evergrey and was toward the back of the line. Evergrey's new CD is selling out regularly at tour-stops, so they're making some friends on this tour, and hanging out in the venue chatting with fans after their set (as CoB did also) helps, too.
We had a special guest appearance from Glenn, too.
Yeah, that's how I felt, too. I think it was partly IE's setlist choice; there was lots of slow-tempo stuff there.Se7enChurches said:
Where were you standing? The Masquerade isn't known for great sound at the best of times.
Yeah, i really wasn't thrilled with the setlist, as i said. i had tons of songs i wanted to hear going in, and the only two they played off my "must-hear" list were Angel's Holocaust and Dracula. They also played nearly every damn song off of The Glorious Burden EXCEPT The Reckoning, which is by far my favorite from the album.Pellaz said:
I was smashed to the front, a little to the right of center where you were.Pellaz said:
Likewise!Pellaz said:BTW, nice to meet ya at the show.
Wow, you're right, they didn't play it, and it was "the radio single" -- which means diddly for prog/power bands in general, but it's the song from Glorious Burden we played first (and most often) on WREKage. We played it earlier tonight and I was thinking "y'know, I don't remember them playing this."Se7enChurches said:
That was my assumption, given how many vocal tracks are in that song. but still, it remains by far my favorite on the album musically as well, and I wish they had figured out how to play it.Daybreaker said:
