Bands I've Seen In The Last Year
These are all the bands I've had the chance to see over the last year after returning to the US from Japan. I tried to put them in order by how enjoyable and talented each band was. While some bands were just fun or had a great pit (Foxy Shazam, Emmure) others had so much talent that my jaw remained open for the entirety of the set (Tera Melos, Protest the Hero). The ones at the top of my list had a good mix of everything that keeps me coming back for more. |
| 1 | The Black Dahlia Murder
One of my all time favorites since high school. Saw them twice this year. Great band, great show, awesome solos, awesome pit, always fun! If you haven't seen them do yourself a favor and find out when they're playing near you. |
| 2 | Protest the Hero
Saw them before they released Fortress and wasn't too excited to hear them tbh. I had heard Kezia and while it wasn't bad I only went to see The Acacia Strain. Protest the Hero stole the show and won my heart over just before releasing one of my all time favorite CDs. Incredible and entertaining vocalist, stunning guitar work! |
| 3 | The Fall of Troy
Long set, wide variety of old and new music, and holyshitballs Thomas is good. After the show they went to a bar across the street and played another show, they were pretty wasted by this point but it was still pretty cool. |
| 4 | A Life Once Lost
Relentless set, crazy ass pit, giant strobe lights on stage, good times. |
| 5 | Whitechapel
Kicked the shit out of nearly every band they opened for on the Summer Slaughter Tour. Powerful live performance for such a young band. |
| 6 | Through the Eyes of the Dead
Love the new singer! Flawless performance, fun pit. |
| 7 | August Burns Red
Can't wait to see these guys again. |
| 8 | Aborted
Never could get into these guys, but seeing them live completely changed my perspective. Total Insanity! Wall of death FTW! |
| 9 | Emmure
STFU I like these guys. The Respect Issue is a bit on the boring side but their first 2 albums are straight made for the pit. Band was fucking amazing live. Only complaint (which is a big one for me) every fan there knew the words and were singing along while they were pummeling everyone around them and you can clearly hear every word he says in the album, but on stage the singer just weant "RAWR RAWR GRRRRR" and then held the mic to the crowd for them to sing the chorus...a bit upsetting. Then he pranced around the stage like a rapper holding his crotch. LOL |
| 10 | Every Time I Die
One of my all time favorite bands, although their new album turned me off to them a bit. Didn't disappoint live. Shotgunning beers on stage, cracking jokes in between songs, played all their best songs, and just had a lot of fun. |
| 11 | Tera Melos
This was my first encounter with this band and it was an interesting experience. Like a cross between Hella and Genghis Tron. These guys are nut jobs! The guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist was so animated on stage, like he was in another world. In between songs he wouldnt speak in the mic as he said he didn't like microphones and asked everyone to be quit so he could talk. I found this hilarious. Very talented and creative bunch. |
| 12 | The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Big fan of these guys in the first place, and they still managed to exceed my expectations on stage. Good shit. |
| 13 | Despised Icon
I like their older work better but they were still good. |
| 14 | The Acacia Strain
TBH not as good as I thought they would be, but still a great show. Sun Poison and Skin Cancer was awesome. |
| 15 | The Faceless
All around good show. |
| 16 | Cryptopsy
Brootal. |
| 17 | Beneath the Massacre
Had never even heard of them before the show and they blew me away. Good show, good pit. |
| 18 | The Bled
Definitely an entertaining show. Another band I've been listening to for years, but they didn't play enough old stuff for me to really get excited about it. |
| 19 | The Breathing Process
Brand new band that got added to the roster at the last second. Alot of energy but you could tell they weren't too experienced on stage. |
| 20 | Foxy Shazam
HAHA Got a good laugh out of these guys. Fun show. Between lighting a handful of cigarettes and shoving them in his mouth, hanging upside down from the ceiling while screaming, the keyboardist's excitement, and the band deciding that a song was so good that they wanted to play it again, this show was alot of fun. |
| 21 | Ion Dissonance
Astounding technicality. |
| 22 | As Blood Runs Black
Would have been better had their bassist not been in the hospital. |
| 23 | All that Remains
Really expected more out of these guys. I guess you can only do so much when following Protest the Hero. |
| 24 | The Dear Hunter
Best band I've seen live that wasn't some form of metal. The whole band sings and they do it well. |
| 25 | 3 Inches of Blood
DESTROY THE ORCS, DESTROY THE ORCS! A modern Iron Maiden. Good band, hilarious lyrics. |
| 26 | Psychroptic
Meh... |
| 27 | Born of Osirus
Played right after Whitechapel...everyone was still upset that their set was over. |
| 28 | Veil of Maya
Played in between 2 local bands. Seemed to fit. |
| 29 | Hate Eternal
Not really my thing...maybe if i had longer hair. |
| 30 | Vader
Boring...I nearly fell asleep standing up...Think I was just beat after Aborted heh. |
| 31 | The Human Abstract
Band was pretty kick ass but the singer was horrible... |
| 32 | Too Pure to Die
Trustkill band...outgrew this stuff years ago. |
| 33 | Kataklysm
Painful listen, I left... |
| 34 | From First to Last
Crapola. Everyone left... |
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