Carcass is actually coming here and alot of you are now bitching about the masquerade? at least they're playing here! and besides, bands with higher stature generally have better sound there anyways. Sure it's not Center Stage but its not like they skipped Atlanta for once. so quit bitching.
i'm super stoked that Carcass is coming and coming with Suffocation at that but i still hate the masquerade. and i've seen plenty of great bands have horrible sound at the masquerade......the majority actually. I'd have to say that the only two shows i've seen at the masquerade in years that actually sounded good were Cryptopsy with Lord Worm and Morbid Angel with David Vincent.
The last time I saw Nile at the Masquerade it sounded terrible. Same goes for Hate Eternal on their last stop here.
yeah, when Nile came through on the Annihilation of the Wicked tour, with Hypocrisy you could literally talk at normal volume to the people around you while they were playing. it seriously sounded like they were playing in a fishtank.
and Hate Eternal has always sounded like turds at the masquerade.....all 4 or 5 times i've seen them there.
Do you honestly think that this tour package would even hit half capacity at the Tabernacle? That's 1300 tickets -- more than a sold out Heaven show at the Masquerade. Dimmu/Unearth/Devildriver/Kataklysm barely did half IIRC since they didn't even open up the top balcony for that show. And like it or not, that tour package draws a whole lot more than this tour package. So why would Live Nation waste their money paying for the package, paying the workers at the venue, etc for a show that would barely have any attendance (in comparison to the size of the venue)?
The Masquerade doesn't have the best sound but I like the atmosphere. It fits a metal show much more than the Tabernacle, Roxy, and Center Stage. And really, who gives a damn. It's fucking Carcass!
you might be surprised at the amount of people that come out of the woodwork for bands like Carcass who haven't played here in many many years.
I'd be willing to bet that this show will outdo at least half of what is scheduled at CenterStage in the coming months. take a look at their schedule and let me know what you think. do bands like Clutch, Opeth and Extreme really have that much more of a draw than Carcass? i doubt it.
but all this isn't really the point. the point is that the powers that be at the masquerade have tried to get rid of it for years and years. they can't so they basically don't give a shit anymore. and we can't really compare places like CenterStage and The Tabernacle to a place like the Masquerade now can we? CenterStage and the Tabernacle are concert halls and the masquerade is an over the hill club that prices everything like its one of the big boys but takes no pride in its rotting corpse.
