The Metal Thread Mark II

**banjokazooie** · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1704

On the topic of Mastodon albums, I have all of them but Crack the Skye, and I love all three of them that I own. Remission is a sludgy, riff driven metal record and it's really fun to listen to when you're in the mood for it. Leviathan started moving into the more progressive territory with stuff like Seabeast, but has some nice Remission-esque tunes as well, not to mention some great guitar playing on stuff like I Am Ahab. Blood Mountain is awesome too, much less self-indulgent (though Brann is still flashy and awesome as ever) and every song kicks ass. Bladecatcher has a sweet riff, and that solo on Crystal Skull is just awesome. I plan on getting Crack the Skye soon, all I've heard is Divinations and Oblivion, but i like both of those.

Anyway, MAYHEM FEST LOWDOWN!!!

I'll break this into parts-

Atmosphere/Experience
Great venue (Superpages.com Center in Dallas, TX), and it was set up really well. After waiting in line I went to scope out all the booths, downed a free Rockstar, and went and watched BDM. After that I skipped some of the -core bands that went on and purchased Cannibal Corpse's "Evisceration Plague" (if you bought the little CC gift bag they were selling that included the album you got to skip ahead in line to meet the band) and got it signed by the members of the band and shook their hands. It was a really nice set up, and it all went smoothly.

The Bands- I'll review those that I watched, which means no Whitechapel (got there too late), JFAC, God Forbid, Trivium, ATR, or BFMV.

Black Dahlia Murder-
Set (from what I can remember)- Statutory Ape, Everything Went Black, A Vulgar Picture, What A Horrible Night to Have a Curse, Necropolis, a couple others

Impressions- Fantastic show. The lead guitarist was playing this baby blue Ibanez which was pretty funny, and the singer was all over the place and got the crowd involved. There were great solos on most every track, all of them improvised. You watch the guitarists and bassists, and their hands are always moving. There's very little basic power chord riffs, and the bass player was sick. I got a spot very close to the band while most everyone else was watching the Jager band on the other stage, so I saw it all close up. They played well, and I'm a bigger fan than I already was beforehand.

Behemoth-
Set- I'm not too familiar with these guys, the only song I knew was Conquer All

Impressions- Great performance. I don't know their music well, but they put on a great show. A few guitar solos, and they were pretty good. A lot of headbanging and devil horns, especially during Conquer All. They came on for an encore and spat blood, and the crowd went nuts. A good set, I'll definitely look into these guys.

Cannibal Corpse-
Set- Evisceration Plague, Priests of Sodom, Mummified in Barbed Wire (I'm not sure on that one, I thinkt that's what it was), Make them Suffer, Hammer Smashed Face, Stripped, Raped, and Strangled

Holy FUCK what a show. Brutal pits, epic bass fills, and some great overall playing. Corpsegrinder did his thing and got everyone to go nuts. I stood in the back for Evisceration Plague, but realized I needed to get to the front and by Priests of Sodom I got to the pit and slammed around for the next couple songs. During Make them Suffer I stood on the edge and banged my head, and then Corpsegrinder goes on his little monologue and says the next song is the last one and to make the entire crowd a giant pit. They played Hammer Smashed Face, and while it wasn't quite that the pit did get pretty huge, and I slammed for the whole song, I didn't have much of a choice. Then Corpsegrinder says "You know when I said that was our last song?" and the crowd screams as he lets out a devilish "I LIEEEEED!!" and they go into Stripped, Raped, and Strangled to end it. Great set.

Killswitch Engage-
Set- All I remember are My Curse and Holy Diver

Impressions- Didn't enjoy it. I only watched because they came on before Slayer, and they weren't very good. The singer was a douche too.

FUCKIN SLAYER!-
Set (I'm forgetting a couple)- Disciple, Jihad, War Ensemble, Mandatory Suicide, Born of Fire, Psychopathy Red, Angel of Death, Hell Awaits, Dead Skin Mask, South of Heaven, Raining Blood

Impressions- Immortal. Incredible performance. From the intro of The Darkness of Christ to the Flood!, they didn't miss a beat. Disciple got the crowd on their feet and the jarring intro of Jihad kept them there. War Ensemble's epic yell into Kerry's solo was awesome, and Mandatory Suicide had great vocals. Born of Fire was cool, a classic live tune. Pyschopathy Red had great solos and Tom pulled it off nicely, the new album is sounding better and better. Angel of Death had an awesome solo that Jeff and Kerry went back and forth on, and Tom shined again. Hell Awaits was a huge highlight, I didn't think they'd play it and there was tons of crazy pyro during the intro and Tom pulled of that fast vocal refrain beautifully. Dead Skin Mask, my favorite Slayer song, was the high point. Tom intro'd it, and pulled of the vocals perfectly, Jeff and Kerry pulled off another great back and forth solo, and I sang along the whole time. South of Heaven was nuts, the whole crowd sang along and the roof shook with the epic yells of "ON AND ON SOUTH OF HEAV-EN!" Raining Blood closed it in a great way.

I also have videos of Mandatory Suicide (missing about 10 seconds of the intro) and all of Hell Awaits, so if you want to see them I can put them on Youtube.
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So what are your thoughts on all this Anthrax debauchery? I wasn't a Dan Nelson fan, so I'm somewhat glad that he's out, but I still want to at the very least hear this new album. For me, the best case scenario in this one (barring a Joey Belladonna return), would be to have John Bush come back and re-record Nelson's vocals, as I'm a fan of John Bush. I thought the rerecords they did with him on Anthrology were very high quality, even if their studio work with him wasn't so good. I'm a huge fan of old school Spreading the Disease through Persistence of Time 'thrax, so I really hope they can pull this together.
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**b.vicious** · Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 2075 Location: Internet

megadeth's new song was sickk =)

i can't wait to see children of bodom on 9/20 then all that remains two days later on the 22nd, atr was awesome when i saw them at mayhem, and i got to meet them =D
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**buttfaceninja** · Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 1567 Location: Springfield OH

Im seeing Mastodon and Dethklok in Columbus in October and im beyond excited. This will be my first metal concert since Megadeth two years ago so it will be an experience for me.

Im also not really familiar with High on Fire or Converge so can anybody recommend some stuff from them?
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**Eastwinn** · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject:

Converge is an extremely early metalcore band -- I recommend Jane Doe, but Nixxin would probably recommend No Heroes. They are bound to play mostly from those albums -- No Heroes is their latest and Jane Doe is their most successful album. I've never listened to High on Fire.
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**iggnsthe** · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Olathe KS

I, too, will be attending a Mastodon/Dethklok concert this October, and while I'm sure it will be a great show, I'm really excited for this January. Nile is playing a show on the 24th along with Krisiun, Immolation, Dreaming Dead and Abigail Williams. All in all it looks to be a pretty awesome show, and while Abigail Williams might not be my favorite band I'm sure the rest of the bands will be awesome. Especially Nile and Immolation

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**tornintwo** · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1524 Location: Vancouver, B.C.

High On Fire is a stoner metal band that takes more influence from Eyehategod and Melvins than from Kyuss. Singer/guitarist Matt Pike was also a member of stoner metal legends Sleep. This one snippet from a review on MA sums them up perfectly. If you're looking for an album, get their latest, Death Is This Communion.

**turbo** · Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:45 am Post subject:

No Heroes is my favorite Converge album. Heartache, Vengeance, and Plagues are all amazing songs.

I tried brutal truth, and didn't like it at all.

High on Fire is a band made for smaller stages, where the energy really comes out.
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**Fishmoose345** · Joined: 28 Sep 2008 Posts: 69

Just discovered this band, Empyrium, and they sound a lot like Agalloch to me, vocals just sound different. I downloaded their album Songs of Moors and Misty Fields off of a recommendation from a friend and I'm really liking it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_VNAmmlsAo Probably my favorite song on the album so far, only listened to it once through though on kind of a low volume because I was doing homework. Still though, check them out.

**Subrick** · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1382 Location: Terryville, CT

One little thing about No Heroes that was the only hangup I had with the album: the vocals are kinda weird sounding. It's kinda hard to describe the vocals. You'll hafta listen to the album to get what I mean.
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