GH0STrider
Resident Gangsta
First off let me give mad props to Machinehead. Holy fuck. They played nothing but material of their last two albums which are their best imo. Those guys are seriously underrated guitar players. Man can they play and thier tone was fucking to kill for. So yeah, Machinehead- getting things started the right way. The sword played before Machinehead but I really couldn't get into them at all.
SO onto the big show-
Metallica!
They had these massive coffins hanging from the ceiling that had all their lighting attached to them. There was a laser show and of course a healthy dose of pyro.
As for the band. They were pretty spot on. It was a very tight show. Lars didn't get off beat or speed things up either. They probably played at least 5 or 6 songs from death magnetic. I have to say I didn't really care much for the record itself but these songs were awesome live. They have so much energy and great dynamics for a live song. It really makes me look at that record a bit diferently now. There was no bullshit medly stuff either. Every song that they started they played in it's entirty. There was a good amount of older material; bells, one, master, sanatarium, sandman, sad but true, unforgiven, seek and destroy, ect.
All in all I couldn't believe, especially after all the bad reviews, how much ass these guys were able to kick. The only dark spot on the night was a screw up on kirk's part. During the chorus for "Sad but true" he came in with the medlody a tad bit late. I think only die hard musicians/fans could have picked it up. but whatev, not a big deal.
Tone- Their tone was very remonicent of the earlier metallica records I thought. I bit gainier and tighter but all in all good. I really thought James' clean tone was impressive too. Crystal clear. The one thing I want to point out ,which I thought was hilarious, is that they sounded their best when they were playing guitars that were not ESP. They both had a few Gibsons with them too. In fact, Kirk probably played half the set with either a LP custom or a flying V. James brought out the old white explorer for a few spots too. But man they just killed the esp's. Kind of interesting I thought.
I must say, give these guys a shot. Go see them for yourselves and ignore the crappy reviews. They fuckin slayed. I felt there was a lot of emotion and passion put into every song too. Maybe they aren't as "angry" as people want them to be or whatever. But they all looked they were having a blast playing music and it was just an inspiring sight. A+ and worth every fucking dime spent.
SO onto the big show-
Metallica!
They had these massive coffins hanging from the ceiling that had all their lighting attached to them. There was a laser show and of course a healthy dose of pyro.
As for the band. They were pretty spot on. It was a very tight show. Lars didn't get off beat or speed things up either. They probably played at least 5 or 6 songs from death magnetic. I have to say I didn't really care much for the record itself but these songs were awesome live. They have so much energy and great dynamics for a live song. It really makes me look at that record a bit diferently now. There was no bullshit medly stuff either. Every song that they started they played in it's entirty. There was a good amount of older material; bells, one, master, sanatarium, sandman, sad but true, unforgiven, seek and destroy, ect.
All in all I couldn't believe, especially after all the bad reviews, how much ass these guys were able to kick. The only dark spot on the night was a screw up on kirk's part. During the chorus for "Sad but true" he came in with the medlody a tad bit late. I think only die hard musicians/fans could have picked it up. but whatev, not a big deal.
Tone- Their tone was very remonicent of the earlier metallica records I thought. I bit gainier and tighter but all in all good. I really thought James' clean tone was impressive too. Crystal clear. The one thing I want to point out ,which I thought was hilarious, is that they sounded their best when they were playing guitars that were not ESP. They both had a few Gibsons with them too. In fact, Kirk probably played half the set with either a LP custom or a flying V. James brought out the old white explorer for a few spots too. But man they just killed the esp's. Kind of interesting I thought.
I must say, give these guys a shot. Go see them for yourselves and ignore the crappy reviews. They fuckin slayed. I felt there was a lot of emotion and passion put into every song too. Maybe they aren't as "angry" as people want them to be or whatever. But they all looked they were having a blast playing music and it was just an inspiring sight. A+ and worth every fucking dime spent.
