Highlights:
Abigail,
BOLT THROWER, Convulse, Benediction,
Repulsion,
CARCASS, Tragedy, Kommandant, Iniquity, Vinterland, Revenge,
Midnight, Pagan Altar, Sacred Reich,
MANILLA ROAD, Speedwolf, Pentagram,
VENOM.
I missed Deiphigo because I was dead tired from travelling and decided to nap. I caught Abigail after their three songs into the set. Bolt Thrower
crushed the thursday event. They fucking played Warmaster, World-Eater and IVth Crusade. The show was EXACTLY how I was picturing Bolt Thrower was gonna be like.
Convulse was cool, Benediction was good. Repulsion ruled! The drumming was just awesome. They covered Venom's
Schizo. And I gotta say, Carcass show was ALOT better than the show they played in ATL five years ago even when Amott is not in the band today.
[EDIT:] Caught Tragedy at the Soundstage. All I could say is, $20 well spent just to see them only.
Saturday wasnt pretty much. I caught the first few minutes of Kommandant. The drumming sound was really cool. Of course, the guitarist decided to abruptly leave almost at the end of their set, causing the whole band to leave the set despite they had a few songs left. Iniquity was Great. Though I was disappointed they said they are ignoring the
Grime album "out of respect for our new members." Vinterland ruled, like what Alyssa says, they were really like older Dissection. Revenge was just war. Im still wondering if the drummer is a witch or has hydrolics in his system, because his drumming was purely inhuman! Super fast for a big old man. Then they Surprised us covering Bathory's
Equimanthorn.
I missed the first Speedwolf set due to bullshit long ass line for people WITH passes (while the people with Sunday only tix line is super short). Fortunately, MDF was kind enough to let them play again during Sleep so I can forget the burden. Reed Wolf be like "Sleep.... versus ME!" (or was it what Knucklehead said?). then kick starts Speedwolf song. Midnight kicked serious ass! Giving us
Rip This Hell,
You Cant Stop Steel, and
All Hail Hell. I got a faceful of Witchbutt when
Endless Slut played. Pagan Altar was just total uplifting. Singing
Samhain,
Lords of Hypocrisy, and
Judgement of the Dead. Of course, I want to put my boot up the PA Operator's ass for screwing up Alan's (or was it Vince's?) guitar soloing. Sacred Reich was REALLY heavy.
One Nation,
Love... Hate,
Ignorance and such. And yes, Black Sabbath cover
Warpigs. Manilla Road was killer! And it seems like they decided not to play slow songs like
Crystal Logic,
Courts of Chaos, and
Mystification. So they played faster, Headbanging inciting tunes like
Road of Kings,
Stand your Ground, and
Flaming Metal System. I missed the first half of Pentagram because I had to make a quick run back to drop off the spoils to the hotel room. Yea, they were cut short, but they were granted to sing
Sign of the Wolf.
Venom was indeed Legendary live. It fucking sucks that the city ordinance decided to move the noise curfew from 12am to 11pm from what I read. It pissed me off especially when they cut off
Warhead short. But looking at the Setlist here, it looked like they merged songs together to cram as much as they can for a short timeslot.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/venom/201 ... 9a579.html
Though it sucks for I was expecting
Teacher's Pet and
Witching Hour. Ah well, at least they played the usual song highlights (Black Metal, Welcome To Hell, Antechrist). I guess having some Venom is better than no Venom at all. But fucking dammit at least let them finish Warhead!
