I was in a cover band many years ago, we called ourselves Sackrash. All two shows we played were legendary…amongst us. We played stuff like AIC, Metallica, STP and Down. Stone The Crow was our bread and butter.
These kids may sound way better than we ever did, but at least I’m old enough to buy beer!
Why Michael Angelo is better than you:
Finally! It’s been a long time coming, but I finally got to see Nile. Actually, it seems like everyone got to see Nile – it was a sold out show! I really wanted to see Krisiun as well, so I got to kill to birds with one stone.
Nile were crushing. I love how epic and thematic their shows are. Dallas needs a little work on his stage banter between songs, but otherwise they worked the crowd into nothing less than a voracious frenzy. Immolation were pretty awesome, but admittedly, I don’t know as much about them as I probably should. Krisiun were just as heavy as I thought they’d be, although the crowd wasn’t at capacity at this point and wasn’t as loud as it could’ve been. Dreaming Dead I missed because I’m always showing up friggin’ late, but I heard some folks talking about them outside and they were pretty stoked.
As usual, here are some bootlegs to remember the occasion:
So, I came across some website where Dave Ellefson (Megadeth, Hail) is promoting some product called BEAMZ. Apparently it’s an “instrument” composed of a bunch of laser beams (ohh, I get the name now) that allow you play pre-recorded music.
Sounds cool, right? Lasers! Music! DAVE ELLEFSON! What more do you need!?!
Cue token white family!
On second thought, maybe I’ll just save up money for Rock Band.
The legendary Cynic live in Berkeley during the summer of 1994 (06/24/94) on their tour-support for Cannibal Corpse and Sinister (keyboards/growls by Dana Cosley).
Watch the video, you’ll understand.
That’s right fuckers! Arsis is coming through town on the 8th with Arch Enemy, Exodus and Mutiny Within. We will undoubtedly be forced to rock our sacks off.
I can’t get enough of these guys.
Notice the credits at the end? I wonder if these vids were pieced together from California shows…
What, don’t tell me you’re never heard of Dream Pop!?!
… but I’m a fan of this kid:
Brazilian death metal 3-piece Krisiun are rolling through San Francisco on January 30th in support of Nile on the Those Whom the Gods Detest Tour. Hopefully the city won’t be left in ruins after they crush everything into oblivion. They just released a video for the track Sentenced Morning from the Southern Storm album and, as you’ll see, is pretty much like all of Krisiun’s other videos: loud, fast and with a nod to the old-school.
You gotta love Chuck Billy, “METAL FOREVER!” Get tickets here.