I saw this tour at the end of may. Great show....Saw the Slayer tour yesterday, it was great.
Testament I've never seen before, they were as good as I could hope for being a casual fan. I need to listen to them more, nothing I've heard is bad.
Behemoth is always entertaining and despite being a bit of an outlier on the bill they got a solid response. I've probably seen them 5-6x at festivals and have never seen them in the dark. I'd imagine doing so would add to the overall feel quite a bit. I wonder how overboard their headlining sets get...
Anthrax - if I never heard them again I'd be just happy with that. We left the pit during their set but did catch about 1/3 of it. They sound good and do what they do well (I'll give em that) - I just can't get into their songs at all. I keep having to put up w/them every year or two as they end up playing with other bands I want to see.
Lamb of God - tremendous energy, great set with no newer clean-vocal songs. Many felt they stole the show
Slayer - they never falter. I've seen them around 15x and they are always the same: Kick ass, no messing around, and (at least in recent years) straight through the set w/no time wasted/encore. Setlist had a couple songs I haven't heard on recent tours plus all the obvious choices. Tons of pyro, almost through the entire show it felt like.
If my job keeps me on the road through next weekend, I'll go see it again on Sunday though I'll only see LOG/Slayer which is fine by me. Otherwise I'll be home and will see The Black Dahlia Murder (with Whitechapel, though I'm not a fan) instead. Either way, next weekend will be fun!
Because they're fairly generic norsecore. I'm surprised you've found anyone with a strong opinion about them in any direction. They're largely forgettable.Why are Dark Funeral frowned upon or scorned or ridiculed by so many in the Black metal community??
Because they're fairly generic norsecore. I'm surprised you've found anyone with a strong opinion about them in any direction. They're largely forgettable.
About damn time that this album came out. Been waiting 7 years since his first EP for a full length.
By not always playing live with the bands they record with (most of which have pretty rare live appearances anyway).How the hell do Radigan and DeTore find the time to work on so many projects?
By not always playing live with the bands they record with (most of which have pretty rare live appearances anyway).
They aren't always the creative force behind the project, either.Still, I'd think that that the creative process would take its toll; especially with the diversity of their projects and the quality of them.
They aren't always the creative force behind the project, either.
Why are Dark Funeral frowned upon or scorned or ridiculed by so many in the Black metal community??
On the other end of the spectrum, Meshuggah try so hard to be hypnotic by removing everything BUT the polyryhthm that they just become tedious to listen to.
Meshuggah are one of those bands where it's hard to imagine how they could ever appeal to a non-musician. They have some interesting ideas about rhythm, repetition and subtle variation in heavy music, and even some intriguing thematic concepts - but holy **** is it ever dull to listen to.
Jazz dudes love them for some reason.