I'll get flamed for this. Fuck it.
I was... um... treated? to seeing Mastodon live. I've never HATED a live performance so much since seeing Black Dahlia Murder open up for Symphony X and Blind Guardian. The worst part of that show, was everyone in Detroit was genuinely booing BDM and considering the bands, they sure weren't there to hear a really amateur death metal/hardcore band. Especially one with no stage presence! Fuckin stared at the ground and their instruments their whole show. We really treated em like shit. The heckling between songs was Grade A. And when I saw Mastodon, it wasn't even heckling... it was an entire crowd staring and thinking... "This is the most boring shit ever!"
But for purchases... at Prog Power IV I bought HammerFall's Crimson Thunder. Now, I've got a BIG grudge against this Anders drumming guy. He just sucks ass. I've been hoping that Renegade was just a bad album, and that he'll get his drumming back up to par with a good power metal band's typical double bass drummer. NOPE! Even bigger letdown, cuz on Crimson Thunder, even the songs couldn't save this album! The whole thing was mediocre, average, and uninspiring. When I heard Legacy Of Kings, I totally changed the way I looked at music! My drummer completely dedicated himself to building up his endurance to drum all the way through that album and get his feet accurate and fast. We really did think HammerFall was gonna be a huge thing. And then they lost Patrick Rafling and went SOFTER THAN PUDDING. Suffice it to say I'll never buy another HammerFall product again. Almost depressed me how wimpy they turned!
And don't even ask me about when we were shocked and depressed by seing them open up for Dio and Kings X.... holy gawd... Anders ruined all the old good songs too! ARGH!!!
But I can gladly say that we were NOT disappointed by any purchases this year, only in the purchases we didn't make cuz we waited too long and everything was gone! Fuckin Blind Guardian dvd... shoulda grabbed it without question!
