takotakumi
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Awesome dude! Im catching them up here this weekend on Atlanta...probably going to be my show of the year.
So, I caught the DILUVIUM tour that rolled through Worcester last night. From headliner to opener it went: Obscura > Beyond Creation > Archspire > Inferni > Exist > The Last King > Beget of Nephilim (I think that was their name, I forgot honestly). Tech death is rad and all, but no concert should be six bands, this thing was ABSURDLY long, specifically SIX HOURS LONG. Got in at 6 with doors, didn't leave till 12:30 on a Tues night. I knew I was taking today as a "work from home" but I pity anyone who didn't.
The first two bands did their thing, typical "we're small bands trying to get our name out" I just wish more of them would play to their strengths and not try do this overly "Get those fucking hands in the AIR!" bit when the entire crowd is like, 1/10th of the total audience by the end of the night.
Exist ran into some problems with their cables somewhere, but they got it sorted out and did a solid set; vocals reminded me of the Tampa FL scene.
Inferni came on afterwards, no issues, just came on and rocked it.
Archspire is a band I know more for their technical aspect than their song writing chops, and I still stand by that - lots of stuff going on, none of it really making a dent in me.
Beyond Creation, bias I'm sure, but absolutely crushed it like you'd want and expect them to. They did two of the new songs, I think three off of Earthborn Evolution, and Omnipresent Perception from their first album. Just absolutely crushing and I was lucky enough to make my way to the 2nd row to avoid all the circle pit shit that came from before with Archspire.
Obscura, this one's an odd-ball as no one else should realistically see the show that we and the Canadian audiences saw, as Steffan had his passport stolen and couldn't be there - so they rotated vocalists from all the openers and Rafael carried the guitar work on his own. HUGE credit to him, like, seriously, he's a young dude put in a tough spot with everything that's gone on with the Obscura 2nd guitarist spot but he's owning it. Linus looks so god damn happy to be on stage, it's really refreshing to see given how much of metal seems to be "black clothes, black guitars, look badass" but he's just up there killing it on the fretless. Warning to anyone who is right up close to the stage, depending on the venue, you MAY get hit with a headstock if you're not careful.
All around, it was rad as shit to see Obscura AND Beyond Creation together, despite the overall aches and pains from a six hour tech-death concert, and about two of that was without plugs to get the full "I'm seeing Obscura and Beyond Creation together in one night" effect
I'm also convinced that the secret to being great at tech-death is having long hair being blown by a small fan while playing, it's got to be
I've seen Exist and Archispire before and their live perfomances are unrealll
I have been dying to see Obscura and Beyond creation for years...you have no idea how pumped I am haha
...on another note Diluvium has grown on me after various listens haha
I am enjoying this album far more than when the first songs were teased.
Diluvium is still the worst title track for me though haha
Ekpyrosis is classic/textbook Obscura, definitively my favorite of the album, which Etherial skies being my favorite solo.
