Um... half-assed concert review time? First band up was Suicide City.
Well, that accurately describes my feeling about their performance. Sucked my left nut. That's 45 minutes of my life I won't get back. God, I was nearly falling asleep. It was only slightly better than when I saw Avenged Sevenfold because the lead singer tried to crowd surf and nobody caught him, and then he couldn't get back on stage. Point and laugh time, point and laugh.
Then came Trash Vision whatserface. Also sucked, but less than Suicide City. Two songs were mildly decent because they had solos and that meant that something actually happened in a song instead of BOREDOM. And the lead singer wore a military hat, and that's always hot.
Then after a million years, Despairs Ray came on. They wore some white H.Naoto bandage-y stuff. The lead singer constantly yelled some gibberish that I guess was supposed to be English and everyone kinda stared at him, so he started pumping his fist in the air and there was a collective lightbulb moment, and then the audience did the same. Also, whatshisface's bandages were starting to come undone, so he stopped playing and had a roadie fix it. I thought the roadie was tying his shoes at first though. As far as music goes, they played 2 good songs, a string of really crappy nu-rock songs (think Slipknot-esque or newer Deg), and then went back to good songs. Then they left the stage and I went down from the balcony to the floor to see the encore up close, cos I guess people left when they thought it was over. Watched the encore with Zero's crotch in my face, which I guess was alright since he's my favorite. Pictures make him look badass, but he looks like a cute little girl in person. They played two really excellent songs that smelled of thrash influence (guess how happy I was, as a metalhead :D) and Zero spit water on me twice and smiled, which I guess in Japan means appreciation?
I have a ringing in my ears because fangirls scream collectively at a high pitch that almost made me deaf. And there was a considerable amount of crotch-grabbing by the fans in the front row of the band. And there were far too many "lesbians" that were really awkward and made me sneer, because it looked so forced.
Oh yeah, and I saw Nekura and her hot friend for like, 5.6 seconds and then continued smoking 300+ cigarettes. And when the band started to play, I dialed like 3 people's numbers and left a message of the band playing. I expect many "WTF"s today.
I kick myself for not recharging my cam's batteries to get a suitable picture of Zero's crotch. Especially since if he saw you taking his picture, he stopped and smiled.
Hey, wtf you guys, why does everyone already have a DespairsRay ticket? Makes me think I should get mine already, because it looks like it could possibly sell out. LAME.
Here are shows that, for all intents and purposes, you might catch me at. Varying levels of interest in each show, but I'd go to all if I had lots of money and time. But since I have neither, I probably won't be at all of them. I will, however, die trying to get to the ones with the *'s. I wish I could make it to Heathen Crusade though! But no money for travel, tickets and accomodations at the moment. ='(
January 28 :
Municipal Waste, Caustic Christ
8pm North Six 66 North 6th St., Brooklyn , NY $8
February 20 :
Overkill, Prong
BB King's Blues Club & Grill 237 W42nd St (Times Square) 8pm $22.00 Advance $25.00 Day of Show
February 26 :
Kreator & Napalm Death
BB King's Blues Club & Grill 237 W42nd St (Times Square) 7pm $20.00 Advance $22.00 Day of Show
March 26 :
Loudness
BB King's Blues Club & Grill 237 W42nd St (Times Square) 8pm $25.00 Advance $28.00 Day of Show
April 9 :
MORBID ANGEL w/Sp. Guests BEHEMOTH & KRISIUN
7:00PM BB King's Blues Club & Grill 237 W42nd St (Times Square) $30.00
April 30 :
EXODUS * CRYPTOPSY * SUFFOCATION Featuring: Special Guests IMMOLATION, SKINLESS, FULL BLOWN CHAOS, CLASSIC STRUGGLE
BB King's Blues Club & Grill 237 W42nd St (Times Square) Doors @ 4:30PM $32.50 Advance $35.00 Day of Show
May 27 and May 28 :
****Maryland Death Fest Shitload of bands, most importantly DEMILICH WILL BE PERFORMING AND IT'S ONE OF THEIR LAST SHOWS EVER. :D
Sonar 407 E. Saratoga St Baltimore, MD $55.00 - 2 Day Pass $35.00 - Individual Day****
May 29 :
****"METAL CRUSADERS WORLD TOUR 2006" featuring Vader, Kataklysm, Nuclear Assualt, Speed Kill Hate, Graveworm, The Absence
Knitting Factory Main Performance Space 74 Leonard Street New York City , NY 10013 212-219-3132 Price: ADV $18.00 | DOS $22.00 Start Time: 6:30 PM****
September 14 or September 15:
Celtic Frost, guests TBA
BB King's Blues Club & Grill 237 W42nd St (Times Square) 7pm $45.00 Advance $50.00 Day of Show
And possibly interested in trekking to Illinois for the Chicago Powerfest to catch Biomechanical. So little time!
HEY WESLEY, THIS ENTRY IS DEDICATED TO YOUR XANGA.
[Love] Faith has come to warn That you far too long forsaken her heart
Move to the truth Breath the sunlight burning in her open arms
Break the chains that Bind you to a past that feeds this bitter days
Seize your only chance Follow the stars that beckon you through blackened skies
[Wife] Can you feel me touch your aching heart I can sense how much you're missing me...
Give me a sign, show me you're there I am sure you'll find a way back to me
[Me] I can't believe I turned so vile How could I've ignored her smile? She was always there to ease my pain I am so ashamed
I wonder why she stayed with me How she endured my vanity I wish I could go back and mend my ways Is it too late?
[Wife] Can you see, I swear it's true, a teardrop trickling down his cheek? [Best Friend] Yes, indeed, I see it too, could it be he's hurting inside? [Wife] Don't you think we should be glad he feels anything at all? [Best Friend] It could well be he cries because of us [Wife] Does it matter why he cries? [Best Friend] What's going on in his mind? [Wife] Has he's given us a sign?
[Wife] Can you see, I swear it's true, him clenching his right hand into a fist? [Best Friend] Yes, indeed, I see it too, could it be that he's raging inside? [Wife] Don't you think we should be glad he has any thoughts at all? [Best Friend] It could well be he angry because of us [Wife] Does it matter if he is? [Best Friend] What's going on in his mind? [Wife] Has he's given us a sign?
Emotional lyrics done correctly! No emo "My girlfriend broke up with me *cut cut* *3 power chords* *scream*"
This whole album is great and I'm now going to own it physically, finally.
Kids, I don't need the comments of "I DIDN'T DO THAT" regarding my last entry. I was thinking of very specific people. In fact, I actually like some of you. I'm just annoyed with drama. WHY OH WHY DO PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN DRAMA??? WHAT IS THE ALLURE OF THE EMO??? SOMEONE ANSWER ME!
Bah, emo.
Back in my own little world, I was just asked to model for a painting or something. POOP, I say. POOP.
And in anticipation for the upcoming show, I spam you with :
I need to go shizzopping, fo shizzle pizzle. Peacizzle.
