Alright, just got back from the show, and all I have to say is WOW!
Into Eternity
Was alright, the drum sound was horrible but they're some good musicians none the less, they also commented on our smelly canadian weed
Other than the fact the drums where horrible and the singer fucked up a few times, pretty good
Epica
Well Epica is Epica, you get what you get, mediocre performance, lack of Simmone upset me. And after their first song one of their guitarists ran off stage, was sick to the stomache! I was rather disapointed with Epica's performance really.
Symphony X
The Setlist:
Encore:
EVE OF SEDUCTION
SEA OF LIES
Now it should be noted that Sea of Lies was not on the encore list, on the setlist they had...
Eve Of Seduction
Of Sins and Shadows
Out of The Ashes
The show was fucking amazing, everyone was on their top game, sound quality was close to perfect, romeo's amp could have been turned up a bit, but none the less fucking eh.
It was a very emotional night, since I don't know if anyone heard but Russell Allen has the flue
Which he shared with us, also said the doctor told him to not sing, but he said he loves his job to much. It was very teary to see him when he wasn't singing blowing his nose and coughing. In his words "I'm trying my hardest to share the love you guys are giving to me right now!"
Oh and for any Montrealers or Jax My question about them playing with Iron Maiden this summer, Russell Allen announced it
During Paradise Lost Allen had to stop to cough his brains out, so the crowd sung the chorus for him, he was very happy. Like I said, an emotional night!
Back on to the show, everyone was spot on and really cool. When they switched from Revelation to Divine I was the one to yell the song out lol, Romeo smiled and noded to me woot \m/ Russell Allen also did some stand up comedy based on his sickness lol.
Allen"God I wanna sing"
God"No"
Allen"Why?"
God"Because!"
Allen"And than Satans down there and he is like...."
Satan"ROCK ON MUTHAFUCKAH"
Not that I expect anyone to really care but I caught one of Allens water bottles WOOT
T'was a night to remember, and Symphony X obviously stole the show, perfect performance! Allen looked a little tired though, obviously because of the flue
At the end everyone was screaming for 'The Odyssey' as an encore and Allen replied...
"Are you trying to kill me? I love this place but I don't wan't my grave to be here!"
After it was all done the place emptied out I stuck around for a bit, got my digital camera back since it was conviscated. There was alot of moshers, everyone was singing, t'was great! I went out back to hang around their bus a bit. Met the Epica members and Into Eternity, and most of all I had a chat with Pinella and Lepond
Sadly I didn't get to see Romeo, Allen, or Rullo, perhaps if I stuck around a little longer but it was freezing and late, and I had a feeling Russell wasn't in the mood for seeing fans because of his flue!
As far as merchandise go, they had 3 t-shirts, 2 girlies, and a hat. No cds, no cups, no posters, no picks, ect. I just picked up two shirts in XL which glenn, fits amazingly well.
Thats that, just wanna say they blew me away, awesome performance, awesome meeting some of the guys, really cool!
PS: The hair in the face could not be helped, so much fucking wind lol!
And just for some added fun here is the line-up on both sides of me
And me and two of my buddies waiting at the bus
*it should be noted that in that last photo my buddy is standing on the sidewalk and I am NOT lol*
Into Eternity
Was alright, the drum sound was horrible but they're some good musicians none the less, they also commented on our smelly canadian weed
Other than the fact the drums where horrible and the singer fucked up a few times, pretty good Epica
Well Epica is Epica, you get what you get, mediocre performance, lack of Simmone upset me. And after their first song one of their guitarists ran off stage, was sick to the stomache! I was rather disapointed with Epica's performance really.
Symphony X
The Setlist:
Encore:
EVE OF SEDUCTION
SEA OF LIES
Now it should be noted that Sea of Lies was not on the encore list, on the setlist they had...
Eve Of Seduction
Of Sins and Shadows
Out of The Ashes
The show was fucking amazing, everyone was on their top game, sound quality was close to perfect, romeo's amp could have been turned up a bit, but none the less fucking eh.
It was a very emotional night, since I don't know if anyone heard but Russell Allen has the flue
Which he shared with us, also said the doctor told him to not sing, but he said he loves his job to much. It was very teary to see him when he wasn't singing blowing his nose and coughing. In his words "I'm trying my hardest to share the love you guys are giving to me right now!"Oh and for any Montrealers or Jax My question about them playing with Iron Maiden this summer, Russell Allen announced it
During Paradise Lost Allen had to stop to cough his brains out, so the crowd sung the chorus for him, he was very happy. Like I said, an emotional night!
Back on to the show, everyone was spot on and really cool. When they switched from Revelation to Divine I was the one to yell the song out lol, Romeo smiled and noded to me woot \m/ Russell Allen also did some stand up comedy based on his sickness lol.
Allen"God I wanna sing"
God"No"
Allen"Why?"
God"Because!"
Allen"And than Satans down there and he is like...."
Satan"ROCK ON MUTHAFUCKAH"
Not that I expect anyone to really care but I caught one of Allens water bottles WOOT
T'was a night to remember, and Symphony X obviously stole the show, perfect performance! Allen looked a little tired though, obviously because of the flue
At the end everyone was screaming for 'The Odyssey' as an encore and Allen replied...
"Are you trying to kill me? I love this place but I don't wan't my grave to be here!"
After it was all done the place emptied out I stuck around for a bit, got my digital camera back since it was conviscated. There was alot of moshers, everyone was singing, t'was great! I went out back to hang around their bus a bit. Met the Epica members and Into Eternity, and most of all I had a chat with Pinella and Lepond
Sadly I didn't get to see Romeo, Allen, or Rullo, perhaps if I stuck around a little longer but it was freezing and late, and I had a feeling Russell wasn't in the mood for seeing fans because of his flue!
As far as merchandise go, they had 3 t-shirts, 2 girlies, and a hat. No cds, no cups, no posters, no picks, ect. I just picked up two shirts in XL which glenn, fits amazingly well.
Thats that, just wanna say they blew me away, awesome performance, awesome meeting some of the guys, really cool!
PS: The hair in the face could not be helped, so much fucking wind lol!
And just for some added fun here is the line-up on both sides of me
And me and two of my buddies waiting at the bus
*it should be noted that in that last photo my buddy is standing on the sidewalk and I am NOT lol*
) at the end of the show I also got one of Jason's drumstick, but caught it at the same time as some fanboy who about to cry if I didn't let go, so I left it to him... 
uke:. 
), and talked to Lepond for a good while (he said that Sea Of Lies is one of his favorite song to play, maybe it's the reason it got on the set instead of Ashes and Sins). The other guys took about 1h to get out of the venue, I was freezing my ass off, but got to take a picture with all of them, except Russ who went directly to the bus (but said he was sorry not to be able to stay for us...).
