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Do Not Resuscitate posted:Nowadays you'll see me standing way in the back, seething with jealousy along with the rest of the old farts. You're part of the bar squad too?
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I hope it's ok that I put this here. My band, Ever Circling Wolves, just put out a new track, which we recorded live in studio during the drum sessions for our upcoming album. Listen to it on our soundcloud page, if death/doom/sludge rattles your fancy.
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After I turned the legal drinking age, I basically said "gently caress it" to pits.Frank Caskelot posted:I hope it's ok that I put this here. Pretty solid groove and good sound quality for being recorded live. I think it sounds pretty good! Vargatron fucked around with this message at 21:39 on May 17, 2012 |
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May 17, 2012 21:35
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Dr Tran posted:Scored pit tickets for Lamb of God/Dethklok at the Gibson in LA. Gonna stand in the back, I'm too old for moshing. Don't worry, knowing that crowd, it will be a bunch of fat guys walking slowly around menacingly and pushing each other.
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May 17, 2012 21:40
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:I'll have to be placed on life support. Good luck with that.
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May 17, 2012 22:52
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Watching Converge open for Dethklok and Mastodon was awesome, Kurt Ballou walked out alone and started rocking out and playing "Plagues" and a bunch of people started saying things to each other, then the full band starts playing the floor opens up as a mosh pit starts and hundreds of young kids and their parents run away. The evacuation of the area was more hectic than if a fire alarm was pulled.
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May 17, 2012 23:46
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This Agalloch box set is the most gorgeous thing, holy poo poo.
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May 17, 2012 23:54
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:Nowadays you'll see me standing way in the back, seething with jealousy along with the rest of the old farts. One more hit like that and I'll have to be placed on life support. I'm 35 and have been standing at the edges/back for years now  Hi-fiving all the other dads and being able to drink at the shows still owns though  Plus you get to hone your "the first time I saw these dudes back in '93" stories
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May 18, 2012 00:32
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Zodijackylite posted:Kurt Ballou walked out alone and started rocking out and playing "Plagues" and a bunch of people started saying things to each other, then the full band starts playing the floor opens up as a mosh pit starts and hundreds of young kids and their parents run away. This sounds loving amazing. I hope I get to see those guys before they (or I) hang it up for good.
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May 18, 2012 00:36
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By "pit tickets" do you mean standing tickets, or do they have a separate area down the front for mosh pits in the US?
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May 18, 2012 00:43
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nomapple posted:By "pit tickets" do you mean standing tickets, or do they have a separate area down the front for mosh pits in the US? Standing area, which is generally the significant portion in front of the stage. There's usually tiered seating/standing behind that that's covered by "general admission" tickets or seated tix.
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May 18, 2012 03:00
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Defleshed posted:I'm 35 and have been standing at the edges/back for years now I believe ~27 is the right age to join the bar club. So, went to see Hate Eternal in Dubai a couple of weeks ago (big ups for coming down dudes). Local opening band Perversion Perversion rocked my balls. Great to see the place full, even better given the half-full Avenged Sevenfold the following weekend. I left mid-way through Hate's set though, my ears literally hurt. Hope to see more bands like Hate make their way down.
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May 18, 2012 07:17
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Seated metal concerts is the strangest phenomenon ever and I don't think I've ever encountered it anywhere in Europe. Other than when Opeth came rolling around with their Damnation tour, where it actually made sense other than their opening band playing a normal metal set.
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May 18, 2012 08:01
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The only time I've ever seen people sitting at a metal concert was when Sonic Syndicate opened for Amon Amarth in 2007. If you're not familiar with this particular incident (and apparently it happened at multiple venues), Sonic Syndicate is an unbelievably lovely metalcore band and this was to be the tour with Decapitated, before Vitek died. Sonic Syndicate could not have been more out of place on that tour. So when they came on stage and started doing that stupid pop-punk thing where they bounce up and down, and just generally being awful, the entire pit just collectively decided "gently caress these guys" and sat the gently caress down. Nobody moshed, nobody headbanged, and there were more middle fingers in the air than horns. People yelled "get off the stage" between songs. They really were that bad. On the upside I met Johann Hegg and he dedicated Fate of Norns to Vitek and the pit went nuts.
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May 18, 2012 08:14
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I never got into the whole idea behind moshing. I have always, even as a teenager, tried to find a place to sit, lean, or otherwise stand comfortably. I've always been a bit of a curmudgeon about that sort of thing I guess. The only show I went to that was entirely seated was for Opeth when they toured just after Ghost Reveries came out.
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May 18, 2012 08:48
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BjornOfBorg posted:Seated metal concerts is the strangest phenomenon ever and I don't think I've ever encountered it anywhere in Europe. Other than when Opeth came rolling around with their Damnation tour, where it actually made sense other than their opening band playing a normal metal set. These are the types of shows I love to go to where people slowly begin to lose it. I love it each and every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpvwCUmH34Q
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May 18, 2012 08:52
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That reminds me of a quote of some random crust band I saw a while ago, playing at a really small venue like that as well: "We will play two more songs. It will sound like half a song and you'll be very unimpressed. Thank you." Forgot which band it was, though.
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Houseplant posted:I never got into the whole idea behind moshing. I have always, even as a teenager, tried to find a place to sit, lean, or otherwise stand comfortably. I've always been a bit of a curmudgeon about that sort of thing I guess. I'm the same really. I am still in the flower of my youth at 23, but for years now I haven't really had the inclination to watch a concert in a space where some fat bearded shirtless gently caress will feel justified in crashing into me because he temporarily thinks he's a viking or something. I'd rather just rock out peacefully 
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Yeah, I like to enjoy the show from a reasonably close distance, where I can drink my beer and watch the band perform, away from sweaty people trying to shove me. I guess that makes me boring!
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May 18, 2012 09:37
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I don't like to do pits anymore and I am in my mid-20s, but I will still get up at the front of the stage and just headbang like a maniac rather than stand there anemically. It's just the way I prefer to experience shows.
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May 18, 2012 09:45
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Zodijackylite posted:Standing area, which is generally the significant portion in front of the stage. There's usually tiered seating/standing behind that that's covered by "general admission" tickets or seated tix. Oh yeah I see what you mean. I think I've done every concert I've been to standing other than Rush in 07 and Maiden in 08. Even though I don't always go in for it, I find a metal show without a pit somehow lacking. Nothing worse than a stagnant crowd to kill the atmosphere. I like that if I lose my mind to one of my favourite songs then I can jump in and have a push around and let my energy out. That said, nothing annoys me more than a pit where it's clearly not wanted/needed (case in point: people trying to pit at Anathema a couple of weeks ago). People who ruin pits by feeling the need to assert their dominance by being unnecessarily rough to everyone else also annoy me, as well as those who try to drag in people who clearly don't want to be there.
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May 18, 2012 10:51
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I've never sat at a metal show but the primary metal venue in my area doesn't have any seating anyway. There's a lower floor area where the pit is and then upper standing space with railings and a bar to stand at. I don't get too much into moshing anymore because most of the time it's meatheads trying to hurt people or start fights now instead of people having a good time. It's still funny to see dudes who don't know what they're getting into when they go down a level though. Guy walks down with his beer, song starts, the cup is immediately destroyed and spilled all over him. Or guys desperately trying to protect their girlfriend or 12 year son that they brought along.
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Turk February posted:These are the types of shows I love to go to where people slowly begin to lose it. I love it each and every time. gently caress yes, I saw these dudes about 3 weeks ago and some guy got hit in the face w/ the mic stand and bled all over. It ruled.
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I'm way too short to be moshing at 5'5, but I still get in there. Most of the time tho I just get as close as possible and headbang all night. Im surprised my neck isn't crazy like Corpsegrinder. I always feel it the next day tho, where it hurts to raise le neck.
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BjornOfBorg posted:Seated metal concerts is the strangest phenomenon ever and I don't think I've ever encountered it anywhere in Europe. Other than when Opeth came rolling around with their Damnation tour, where it actually made sense other than their opening band playing a normal metal set. I saw Saxon in some small town in Illinois late last year and it was the same thing. Worst part is that it was enforced! They kicked out some drunk dude because an older guy was offended. Dude just wanted to rock out. Saxon ruled, but the venue blew.
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I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I can't find discussion about this anywhere. Is anyone listening to Brendon Small's(Home Movies, Metalacolypse) new album Galaktikon? It's billed as a "High Stakes Intergalactic Extreme Rock Album" and an "audio comic book". I've had it on heavy repeat the past 3 days and I just need someone else to validate that this is really cool. Apparently the whole things is streaming here, but I don't know if my popup blocker is loving it up or what. Regardless, he has the 30-second sample thing of all the tracks going at his website.
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What Fun posted:Galaktikon I've had this on heavy rotation too. You can hear a lot of similarities to Dethklok but its really a very different project altogether. I really dig it.
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What Fun posted:I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I can't find discussion about this anywhere. Is anyone listening to Brendon Small's(Home Movies, Metalacolypse) new album Galaktikon?
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Vintersorg posted:I'm way too short to be moshing No such thing! I saw a five foot tall old guy hold his own at a Cannibal show. However, he was ripped and had a giant Slayer tattoo on his shoulders.
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I've never really understood the great appeal of "moshing". I mean, it wasn't even really a metal thing to begin with. Why it has ever gone beyond the original hardcore punk scene surprises me? I can see bands on stage getting a rise out of it seeing a whirlpool fans just reacting to their performance, but as a fan, what in the hell makes you want to roll around with a bunch of sweaty dudes? Hardcore dancing? It's lame and you look like a gay power ranger doing it. You say that you've got all this pent up negative energy you need to release? Get laid or go run around the block 5 times. Most of the meatheads I've seen "moshing" at shows don't look like they would even know who's playing on the stage. They're just there to get their "mosh" on. Maybe it just proves to be a good opportunity to grope other sweaty guys.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:I've never really understood the great appeal of "moshing". I mean, it wasn't even really a metal thing to begin with. Why it has ever gone beyond the original hardcore punk scene surprises me? I can see bands on stage getting a rise out of it seeing a whirlpool fans just reacting to their performance, but as a fan, what in the hell makes you want to roll around with a bunch of sweaty dudes? Hardcore dancing? It's lame and you look like a gay power ranger doing it. You say that you've got all this pent up negative energy you need to release? Get laid or go run around the block 5 times. Most of the meatheads I've seen "moshing" at shows don't look like they would even know who's playing on the stage. They're just there to get their "mosh" on. Maybe it just proves to be a good opportunity to grope other sweaty guys. I mistakenly (a fan club purchase instead of through the venue) bought floor tickets for a Hatebreed show. I have to say, as sore as I was the next day, being in the middle of a pit like that was pretty loving fun. It's kind of a unique experience to be in the middle of a mass of surging people. I wouldn't do it again because I walked with a limp for a week, but as a one-time experience it was great.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:I've never really understood the great appeal of "moshing". I mean, it wasn't even really a metal thing to begin with. Why it has ever gone beyond the original hardcore punk scene surprises me? I can see bands on stage getting a rise out of it seeing a whirlpool fans just reacting to their performance, but as a fan, what in the hell makes you want to roll around with a bunch of sweaty dudes? Hardcore dancing? It's lame and you look like a gay power ranger doing it. You say that you've got all this pent up negative energy you need to release? Get laid or go run around the block 5 times. Most of the meatheads I've seen "moshing" at shows don't look like they would even know who's playing on the stage. They're just there to get their "mosh" on. Maybe it just proves to be a good opportunity to grope other sweaty guys.  go to a good Thrash show, like Toxic Holocaust or something, and get in the circle pit and you'll understand.
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last circle pit I was anywhere near was at a Cryptopsy show. The pit consisted of one huge, 6 1/2 ft, long haired, tattooed, drugged up looking scary monster of a man. Literally nobody went in. He was stomping back and forth pointing at people. Not going to lie, I thought he might rip the first person in half that accepted his challenge.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:I've never really understood the great appeal of "moshing". I mean, it wasn't even really a metal thing to begin with. Why it has ever gone beyond the original hardcore punk scene surprises me? I can see bands on stage getting a rise out of it seeing a whirlpool fans just reacting to their performance, but as a fan, what in the hell makes you want to roll around with a bunch of sweaty dudes? Hardcore dancing? It's lame and you look like a gay power ranger doing it. You say that you've got all this pent up negative energy you need to release? Get laid or go run around the block 5 times. Most of the meatheads I've seen "moshing" at shows don't look like they would even know who's playing on the stage. They're just there to get their "mosh" on. Maybe it just proves to be a good opportunity to grope other sweaty guys. What kind of metal do you listen to? The poo poo makes you want to go crazy, no need for drugs or pent up energy. It sounds gay but most of the stuff I listen too just unleashes something inside that no other genre can create. Tell me this doesn't make you want to loving run around and scream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkG8PRazlcs
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het posted:I like Brendon Small a whole lot and think he's a really funny guy and talented musician, but I find it really difficult to take his music as much more than novelty music. I totally understand, I didn't want to step on any toes here - I just needed to gush about it somewhere and didn't think it warranted a thread. I think he knows it's a novelty act, I watched one interview with him and he was just gushing about how cool it was that he gets to play guitar in front of people! And for what it's worth, he also said that this is a self-financed thing that he did with the Dethklok band while waiting for contracts to happen.
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Got my tickets for the Gojira/LOG/Dethklok show in Seattle. Can't wait. poo poo is going to be awesome.
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Vintersorg posted:What kind of metal do you listen to? The poo poo makes you want to go crazy, no need for drugs or pent up energy. It sounds gay but most of the stuff I listen too just unleashes something inside that no other genre can create. Tears. I wish Iced Earth still put out material to this caliber. Night of the Stormrider and Burnt Offerings are two of my all time favorite metal albums.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:I've never really understood the great appeal of "moshing". I mean, it wasn't even really a metal thing to begin with. Why it has ever gone beyond the original hardcore punk scene surprises me? I can see bands on stage getting a rise out of it seeing a whirlpool fans just reacting to their performance, but as a fan, what in the hell makes you want to roll around with a bunch of sweaty dudes? Hardcore dancing? It's lame and you look like a gay power ranger doing it. You say that you've got all this pent up negative energy you need to release? Get laid or go run around the block 5 times. Most of the meatheads I've seen "moshing" at shows don't look like they would even know who's playing on the stage. They're just there to get their "mosh" on. Maybe it just proves to be a good opportunity to grope other sweaty guys. I like to knock around with other people while loud music I like plays. Fighting is too needlessly aggressive, tackle football is too dangerous, and sex is too intimate, so moshing fits in a nice spot. It's just a thing I enjoy. I don't think I can. Some cool homophobia in there though. TOUCHING DUDES? LOL GAY go sex a lady instead you gays.
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Baron Von Ghoulosh posted:I've never really understood the great appeal of "moshing". I mean, it wasn't even really a metal thing to begin with. Why it has ever gone beyond the original hardcore punk scene surprises me? I can see bands on stage getting a rise out of it seeing a whirlpool fans just reacting to their performance, but as a fan, what in the hell makes you want to roll around with a bunch of sweaty dudes? Hardcore dancing? It's lame and you look like a gay power ranger doing it. You say that you've got all this pent up negative energy you need to release? Get laid or go run around the block 5 times. Most of the meatheads I've seen "moshing" at shows don't look like they would even know who's playing on the stage. They're just there to get their "mosh" on. Maybe it just proves to be a good opportunity to grope other sweaty guys. Not that I'm experienced in man-groping, but moshing is a lovely way of really getting in to the music if that's your thing. Jumping into a pit with a bunch of strangers and bumping in to eachother can actually be quite positive! It's a bit of fun that gets you exhausted, kinda like excercise only not really. Get pumped.
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