yeah a lot of the 90s metalcore bands were just punk vocalists & drummers with guitarists playing slayer riffs lol

converge descrived themselves as playing 'leftover slayer riffs' early on in their career i believe

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However KL murdered it, the set was great and they sounded massive, pretty much exactly how they sound on their records. Bryan and Isaac sounded incredible. Nicko did Poppies' parts on Suffocate and it sounded great. Not too many injuries but I kind of strategically avoided the worst pit areas. Show was packed and everyone had a blast.



Fuck yeah man thx for reporting back. I gotta check tour dates, I’m in LA.

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whoever came up with that album title has clearly never had a vindaloo

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You won’t go before you throw in a chew

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a random lady on a plane came up with that title weirdly enough. It was in reference to Bryan's fear of flying

I'm kinda sad I don't love this as much as everyone else. Still good, just don't think it's my preferred brand of heavy music.

Really glad to see them getting so much success though, and i'm kinda jealous of everyone seeing them live too. Feels like that is the kind of setting this band would thrive in.

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Don't be jealous of everyone seeing them live, less medical bills for you

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Don't be jealous... the show was so fucking packed, I actually picked up bed bugs somehow... Woke up with 9 bites the next day. Am hating my life right now lol. Am considering just lighting my bedroom on fire at this point.



I fucking know who it was too... I kept seeing this one chick with welts all over her back and wondering wtf was up with her. She got too close to me and they must have got on me. I'm regretting not dropkicking her in the wall of death at the end

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Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude no. Hope it's not too bad for you to get rid of them. My wife still has PTSD from when her brother brought them into her house a decade ago.

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Shit I’ll take the concussion over that art jesus that fucking sucks

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Damn bro, I've heard of broken bones and bloody noses in the pit, but that pit was so brutal it followed you home and attacked you m///



But for real, that sucks man

that fucking sucks man damn.

pit hygiene needs a psa

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Can relate, I got ringworm at a TUI show the one time I took my shirt off. Gross as hell

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"I actually picked up bed bugs somehow..."

New fear unlocked. As if I needed something else to worry about at shows smh. That's horrible bro I'm so sorry to hear that.

jesus christ was that the toronto show??

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like that kind of shit makes me take a long look at myself and go hey, maybe I’m doing alright. Like I’ll get fucked up and say dumb shit that I’ll get embarrassed about but never in my fucking life would I go to a show if I had fucking bed bugs or fuckin ringworm. Some mfs really have absolutely no shame



Like I shower before every show because I don’t wanna be *that* guy

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Lmao crazy thread.

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Damn art that's pretty metal lol



Idk how people can go out being so disgusting. I feel like a total greaseball if I go out in public after not showering for one day

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Crazy shows crazy thread

rly tho that might be the most violent shit I’ve ever seen at a show. They had to stop twice cause kids got knocked the fuck out in the pit

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update on the bed bugs… i had my place fumagated and no bugs were found. i have 3 theories. 1) i rubbed up against something with caustic chems on it and didn’t notice somehow. this is the least likely one. 2) i was there for 5 hours and the bugs from that chick just feasted on me without me noticing, but they didn’t follow me home like i had assumed, the bites just got enflamed the next day. or 3) the show was just so brutal that i broke out in hives and lesions the next day cause that shit was just so heavy.



i will get checked out first chance i get to confirm wtf happened there, but my money is on 3. i literally told my mom about this and now she thinks i just got herpes from a whore. thanks mum…



the whole experience was an ordeal, but kind of fucking funny. the whole last page of the thread made me laugh so hard. the outpouring of support and condolences! i also kind of wish i just got a concussion like Wildcard, this is way more confusing and embarrassing. at least he was crowdsurfing like a badass. i just got eaten alive while trying to keep my distance from pit activities like a pussy.



you truly haven’t had the true Knocked Loose experience if you didn’t wake up with AIDS the next day, can confirm!