I know I posted about this before, but I don't feel like finding the thread (which is probably like 4th from the top :)). Anyway, here's the bands I saw, in alphabetical order:
As I Lay Dying
Behemoth
The Black Dahlia Murder
Cannibal Corpse
Chariot -- Cancelled
Evergreen Terrace
Gwar
In Flames
Terror
Through the Eyes of the Dead
Trivium
Of all bands, I liked As I Lay Dying's music the best, in a close tie with Black Dahlia Murder, and I liked Trivium the least, although they were all really good. There's a couple metalcore bands in there, which I liked, although I know a lot of you here don't like the metalcore. The music may not be the best, but they put on a cool show :P
We spent the full 8 hours of the show at the front against the barricade, so that was pretty cool. And tiring, but eh? It was fun!
Here's a couple highpoints, in no particular order:
Behemoth is probably the closest to a black-metal band I've ever seen, although they sounded more death-ish than they should have. They were actually really creepy and fun.
The guys from Black Dahlia Murder were deparately begging the audience to give them free weed, since they'd just crossed the border. This kid right in front of me (I let him stand in front because he's really small) was waving his little baggie around, right in front of security, which was pretty dumb. But they didn't do anything about it, probably because the band was asking for it. Then after the show, they came down to thank him and we all got to talk to him. Although that band is nothing really special, it still felt cool :)
Cannibal Corpse was probably the wildest, I nearly lost my spot during them. The guy I was right beside (some stranger) and me had to work together to get rid of some pusher-inners, but we did it!
Gwar was also really wild, but I had a huge guy standing beside me, and we're pretty much immobile. I was wearing a white shirt, so of course I got totally soaked with their blood. Last time I saw Gwar they had an hour set (this time was 1/2 hour), so they didn't get to do as much as I would have liked, but it was still a lot of fun. Afterwards we went to Boston Pizza and the waitress though we were hurt. But some other patrons of the restaurant recognized the fake blood and it was allll good. And that crap doesn't wash off hands very well, it was stuck in my fingernails for days.
Here's a picture of my friend, who wasn't wiping his face off or anything (it looked worse than it does in the picture, but I did the best I could):
http://www.javaop.com/~ron/images/pictures/will-gwar.jpg
And here's my shirt/pants, my face was clean:
http://www.javaop.com/~ron/images/pictures/ron-gwar.jpg
(The reason I'm posting this a week late, incidentally, is that I wanted to get my pictures folder going before I started uploading stuff)
Hehehe, sounds awesome. My friend Kenny went to that, too. I would love to see Behemoth, and Gwar.
Can't wait 'til Gigantour.
You like As I Lay Dying? Die! Die! Die!
Behemoth is pretty blackened death metal. More death metal than they are black metal.
And lol @ the guy waving weed around. There really can't do anything since there were probably so many people with weed...
Quote from: Newby on August 12, 2006, 09:15:10 PM
You like As I Lay Dying? Die! Die! Die!
Hey, I've always said I like metalcore, it's got so much more energy and it's fun! Plus, they were the loudest and heaviest-sounding there, probably because they were headlining. But yeah, I likes the metalcore so screw you :P
Quote from: Newby on August 12, 2006, 09:15:10 PM
Behemoth is pretty blackened death metal. More death metal than they are black metal.
And lol @ the guy waving weed around. There really can't do anything since there were probably so many people with weed...
No, they could take it away and kick you out. I saw them pull a couple people over the barricade and kick them out for weed, but it only matters if you're in the front 3-4 feet where security can reach you.
Quote from: Newby on August 12, 2006, 09:15:10 PM
You like As I Lay Dying? Die! Die! Die!
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!??!!?!As I Lay Dying is my absolute favorite band.
Quote from: Sidoh on August 13, 2006, 05:02:16 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 12, 2006, 09:15:10 PM
You like As I Lay Dying? Die! Die! Die!
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!??!!?!
As I Lay Dying is my absolute favorite band.
You suck at metal
Quote from: Hitmen on August 13, 2006, 11:33:58 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on August 13, 2006, 05:02:16 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 12, 2006, 09:15:10 PM
You like As I Lay Dying? Die! Die! Die!
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!??!!?!
As I Lay Dying is my absolute favorite band.
You suck at metal
/signed. Well, there's always room for change. I suppose As I Lay Crying is a start, perhaps an entrance into something better.
Sidoh does listen to some metal, though! Exodus, Carcass, etc...
So he just has some bad habits that need to die. :)
Quote from: Newby on August 13, 2006, 01:11:59 PM
Sidoh does listen to some metal, though! Exodus, Carcass, etc...
So he just has some bad habits that need to die. :)
Awesome! Go Sidoh!
But, work on that.
Quote from: Newby on August 13, 2006, 01:11:59 PM
Sidoh does listen to some metal, though! Exodus, Carcass, etc...
So he just has some bad habits that need to die. :)
Haha, I think it's more important to listen to a variety of music. Having more open tastes is great. And I can safely say, it's
often a lot more fun to go to metalcore/hardcore shows than it is going to death/thrash shows. I mean sure, I like the death metal music more, but there just isn't the same energy or connection. Sorry, but it's true! :P
(disclaimer: not always)
Quote from: Hitmen on August 13, 2006, 11:33:58 AM
You suck at metal
Thank you for the insight on a subjective issue. I'll make sure I consider it. </sarcasm>
stfu. :p
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 13, 2006, 01:09:26 PM
/signed. Well, there's always room for change. I suppose As I Lay Crying is a start, perhaps an entrance into something better.
... ::)
Quote from: Newby on August 13, 2006, 01:11:59 PM
Sidoh does listen to some metal, though! Exodus, Carcass, etc...
So he just has some bad habits that need to die. :)
::)
Hey, you listen to 80's pop music.
I don't really care what you think. I love AILD and it doesn't matter at all what you think of them. :P
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 13, 2006, 01:28:59 PM
Awesome! Go Sidoh!
But, work on that.
... ::)
80's pop music RULES.
Quote from: Sidoh on August 14, 2006, 12:31:27 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 14, 2006, 12:08:15 AM
80's pop music RULES.
As I Lay Dying RULES.
Cool. I always thought they just stuck to crying. Well, As I Lay Dying respect +1.