Bands I've Seen/will See Soon
Tried to go in reverse chronological order as much as my memory served
me. |
| 1 |  | Black Sabbath
Master Of Reality
Seeing them April 13th |
| 2 |  | Fuck The Facts
Disgorge Mexico
Seeing them April 12th |
| 3 |  | Yes
Close To The Edge
Seeing them March 30th |
| 4 |  | Gorguts
Colored Sands
Second favourite live show so far |
| 5 |  | Origin
Antithesis
Kind of bland on record but fun and energetic live. Opened for Gorguts. |
| 6 |  | Nero Di Marte
Nero Di Marte
Opened for Gorguts. Had never heard of them and they made me a fan that night. |
| 7 |  | Opeth
Still Life
Best live band |
| 8 |  | Katatonia
Dead End Kings
Opened for Opeth. Couldn't believe how perfectly executed their vocal harmonies
were. |
| 9 |  | Alestorm
Back Through Time
Fun band to drink and mosh to what can I say |
| 10 | | Trollfest
Meh
Opened for Alestorm. Couldn't really tell what was going on musically. Whole set
sounded like noise. Meh |
| 11 | | Gypsyhawk
Revelry & Resilience
Opened for Alestorm. Sounded and looked like they were straight out of the LA glam
scene and it was a surprisingly fun set. |
| 12 |  | Finntroll
Blodsvept
Ridiculously fun set. Granted the beer had been flowing freely that night |
| 13 |  | Blackguard
Firefight
Opened for Finntroll. Another band that is pretty bland on record but energetic
enough to almost make you forget about it live. |
| 14 | | Metsatoll
Aio
Opened for Finntroll. Had never heard much of these guys but they put on a really
powerful performance although the music itself is pretty simple. |
| 15 |  | Eluveitie
Helvetios
Played Helvetios in full plus a few other songs. Really tight performers |
| 16 |  | Wintersun
Wintersun
Opened for Eluveitie. Played Time I in full and a few songs from the S/t. Would've
prefered more s/t but a satisfying set nonetheless. |
| 17 |  | Varg
Wolfszeit
Opened for Eluveite. I know I didn't hate them but I really can't remember their
performance. |
| 18 |  | Alestorm
Black Sails At Midnight
Yup, I've seen these guys more than once. What can I say, I like drinking and
moshing and they are the perfect band for such an activity. |
| 19 |  | Insomnium
Above The Weeping World
Opened for Alestorm. Solid performance. Mortal Share was super sweet live. |
| 20 |  | Kreator
Pleasure To Kill
Yup, these guys came to our shitty 300-person venue and nearly destroyed the
place. Awesome show |
| 21 |  | Swallow The Sun
The Morning Never Came
Opened For Kreator. Weird choice for an opener but I was happy. Almost a sort of
calm before the storm that was Kreator. |
| 22 |  | Protest The Hero
Kezia
Didn't list the opening bands for these guys because I have a hard time
remembering who they were they made such a small impression on me (I think
Today I Caught The Plague was one of them). PtH however were solid and precise
and lived up to their reputation as funny, chill dudes. |
| 23 |  | Korpiklaani
Korven Kuningas
Disapointed. Setlist was kind of strange (no Wooden Pints?? no Bring Us Pints Of
Beer?? etc), the singer kind of looked like he thought he was better than everyone
there and we ran into some grade-A douchebags. Vodka was a blast though |
| 24 |  | Moonsorrow
V: Havitetty
Opened for Korpiklaani. Great opener although too short a set for a band like
Moonsorrow. They only played 4 songs and one of them was from one of their
demos which was kind of a weird pick. |
| 25 |  | Tyr
By The Light Of The Northern Star
Opened for Korpiklaani. Sound was spot on. Got there a little late and missed Regin
Smidur though :( |
| 26 |  | Iron Maiden
The Number Of The Beast
They didn't play anything newer than Fear Of The Dark. So needless to say it was
an amazing set. I even forgive them for no Hallowed Be Thy Name |
| 27 |  | Alice Cooper
Billion Dollar Babies
Opened for Iron Maiden. Still a force to be reckoned with in his old age. Did the
guillotine trick which was cool of him considering he was just an opener. |
| 28 |  | Marduk
Fuck Me Jesus
Brutal show, great night. |
| 29 |  | 1349
Hellfire
Opened for Marduk. Great performance from these guys. |
| 30 |  | Withered
Memento Mori
Opened for Marduk. Another band I had heard nothing from that really impressed me
with their live performance. |
| 31 |  | Weapon
From The Devil's Tomb
Opened for Marduk. Very glad I got to see them before they disbanded. |
| 32 |  | Converge
Jane Doe
Opened with Jane Doe which was a weird vibe to start with but they made it work.
No Homewrecker :( :( :( |
| 33 | | Burning Love
Burning Love
Opened for Converge. Nothing extraordinary on record but lots of energy and I truly
enjoyed the performance. |
| 34 | | Loma Prieta
IV
Opened for Converge. SO. MUCH. EMOSHUNZ. UUUUUGH. These guys rule hard live. |
| 35 |  | Turisas
Battle Metal
Had to leave halfway through the set due to a bus we had to catch but we heard
To Holmguard and Beyond so I was happy enough. |
| 36 |  | Alestorm
Captain Morgan's Revenge
Opened for Turisas. Yup here they are again! First time seeing them and the
funnest of them all. Crowd was more pumped for them than for Turisas |
| 37 |  | Ex Deo
Romulus
Opened for Turisas. These guys don't tour much so it was cool to get to see them.
Had the crowd do a cheesy as fuck roman-themed wall of death but fuck it, it was
great. |
| 38 | | Arkona
Goi, Rode, Goi
Opened for Turisas. First experience of this band and I was very impressed. Their
vocalist is a force onstage. |
| 39 | | Huntress
??
Opened for Turisas. Bland. Vocalist didn't move much other than when she licked
the guitarist which was kind of weird. |
| 40 |  | Beyond Creation
The Aura
Doesn't get more precise than these guys. Great set in a tiny ass venue |
| 41 |  | Eluveitie
Slania
First metal show in a long ass time and it was a lot of fun. Once again, I can't
stress just how well coordinated they all are |
| 42 |  | Deadmau5
For Lack Of A Better Name
When he closed his set with Strobe I might have creamed myself a little (ok maybe
a lot) |
| 43 |  | Excision
X Rated
Opened for Deadmau5. Bro-ed hard here. Had a blast. |
| 44 | | Zedd
???
Opened for Deadmau5. Wasn't the big name he is now so he was mixing together a
lot of stuff from all over the place and it was a pretty fun set. |
| 45 |  | Blink-182
Dude Ranch
Caught them on their reunion tour before Neighbourhoods came out so I didn't have
to sit through any of that BS thankfully. Fun, nostalgic, almost brings a tear to your
eye. |
| 46 | | Fall Out Boy
Something about a cork tree
Opened for Blink-182. Would've happily not shown up for these guys but my gf at
the time (now ex) liked them so ugh |
| 47 |  | Planet Smashers
???
Opened for Blink-182. Really bland ska. |
| 48 |  | Rush
Hemispheres
Played a 3 hour set that included all of Moving Pictures and much more. Fan-
fucking-tastic and I hope to catch them once more before they call it quits. |
| 49 |  | Iron Maiden
Powerslave
Setlist could've been better (played a lot of newer stuff) but at least they played
HAllowed Be Thy Name This Time. |
| 50 |  | Dream Theater
Octavarium
Opened for Iron Maiden. Didn't like them then, still don't like them now. They were
almost as boring as the wait time between bands. |
| 51 |  | NOFX
Punk In Drublic
Very fun band. |
| 52 |  | Metallica
Ride The Lightning
James can't sing but fuck it I really wanted to see them at least once. |
| 53 |  | Lamb Of God
Sacrament
Opened for Metallica. Lots of energy and a solid setlist. Very enjoyable performance |
| 54 | | Volbeat
Meh
Opened for Metallica. Sucked |
| 55 |  | Billy Talent
Billy Talent
First concert back in 2007. Had a blast |
| 56 |  | Rise Against
Siren Song Of The COunter Culture
Opened for Billy Talent. Fun and energetic |
| 57 |  | Anti-Flag
Underground Network
Opened for Billy Talent. Still the only time I've seen someone throw their bass (at a
roadie, not in the crowd). Very energetic and lots of fun. Just remembered Moneen
played before Anti-Flag at this show but they were awful so fuck those guys. |
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