NEMHF day two the recap thread[views:20242][posts:75]the Palladium (Worcester, Ma) - [randomshots][100_demons][arch_enemy][at_all_cost][caliban][chimaira][embrace_the_end][exodus][god_forbid][hate_eternal][immolation][into_the_moat][ion_dissonance][on_broken_wings][overcast][scars_of_tomorrow][since_the_flood][skinless][suffocation][terror][colin_of_arabia][damnation_ad][death_threat][first_blood][full_blown_chaos][righteous_jams][shoot_to_kill][spitfire][sworn_enemy][the_human_abstract][the_jonbenet][turmoil] _______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 12:23pm - the_reverend ""] jonbenet, the: (secondstage) they had some nice groovey parts. Reminded me of lords, coliseum, or one of those bands. They thanked me for listening to music that wasn't the same old breakdown. they had a lot of space in their music that I guess made them different. embrace the end: (mainstage) duel singers, but they moved around so freaking much that I would get a focus lock on them and BANG! They would move before I snapped. This set was a lot better than the living room show they played. The sound guys were still working this out, but it sounded good. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 12:56pm - the_reverend ""] shoot to kill: (secondstage) there were a lot of people that knew this band personally so they had people pulling them into the crowd and stuff. This is the beginning of a wonderful day for sing alongs at the palladium's hardcore day. at all cost: (mainstage) when I came down, the singer was running around with a tamborine. word on the steets is that he got it from the partridge family. Lots of energy on stage. The singer gave a piggy back ride to the guitar player. He also had a separate mic for clean singing set up, but it kept clipping. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 1:24pm - the_reverend ""] subzero: (secondstage) stuck in TX or something. Had to cancelled. ion dissonance: (mainstage) geez, I ran in and right off hit a shot dead on of the singer in the foreground and the bassist jumping behind him. Their entire set was unrelenting. Their song are like a constant beatdown where the beat changes every 2 seconds. Kids were moving around the floor for them too. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 1:55pm - the_reverend ""] righteous jams: (secondstage) I ran in for their first song. It was their anthem, righteous jams. their wasn't as many people upstairs. The posi-kids that were there sang along, but OBW pulled some people away. on broken wings: (mainstage) I came downstairs think "who's this deathmetal band" nope. Their newer music has gotten do heavy. They also play their stuff so thick in the low end. During the "heartless" part, a couple kids came over the barricade. During their set, they pimp COA hard so the minute they finished, everyone turned and ran upstairs. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 2:01pm - succubus ""] Haha well aaron ran up so he missed seeing everyone rush to the front of the barricade and the 3 crowd surfers trying to get on the stage |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 2:32pm - the_reverend ""] no, I saw that from the balcony. hey carina, look up at the red lights, I'm watching you... </ creepy> colin of arabia: (secondstage) matt wasn't playing wth them it was some nice kid named eric or mark (i forgot, but he's like 16). they had 2 guest singers for them one was Justin (mind eraser) and another guy I didn't know. Colin shouted out to brockton and roman's. Chaos chaos chaos. COA sets are always awesome. I saw some guy in the back get dropped pretty hard, but the bouncers picked him up and he looked daze and confused. colin screamed into the faces of both bouncers. But then again, aren't we all? Who fucking cares? Who fucking cares. into the moat: (mainstage) their set had some long and absolutely quiet breaks between songs. I've show these guys for years and there always seems to be new members. this is the first time I've seen them since they had a accident or fire or flood or hurricane. Whatever it was, it was some sort of natural or otherwise disaster. They still sounded tight, just like the CDs and heckled back at people in the audience who were yelling at them. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 3:41pm - the_reverend ""] first blood: (secondstage) when I heard the voice, I knew I knew it. After running in the room, I recognized the bassist from terror instantly. He had sung once before for terror at hellfest and he's got a really strong voice. I was actually glad when he left terror (or whatw ever happened) cause he makes a great front man for this band. immolation: (mainstage) unholy cult of the undead. The whole front of the barricade was packed with the headbanging legions of metalheads who have come out for this fest. Amazing amounts of head. Carina turned to me and said "they sing that song you always sing to me" and then *bang* they went into no jesus, no beast. Their songs are long so they only got 4 or 5, but it was good to get that taste. Hit them up at death in the forest may 20th for more. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 3:43pm - the_reverend ""] spitfire: (secondstage) YEAH! If I'm not mistaken, that's the dude singer guy from scarlet. He rules. No space issues with that guy. He completely gets in everyone's face and did what he did when he was in scarlet, putting his hand up infront of the camera lens. These guys were awesome. The music strattles that fine line between noisiness, the_network and arty stuff like the chariot. I left right after the hand in front of my camera happen since he then dropped the mic on my crotch and I wasn't quite sure who should pick it up, but I surely wasn't going to do it. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 3:58pm - Cecchini ""] how much are evening tickets aaaaaaaaaron? |
| ____________________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 4:22pm - todayistheday nli ""] fuck i totally slept in.... |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 4:34pm - the_reverend ""] I'm not sure about evening tickets. they are running a bit early. since the flood: (mainstage) I yelled out "play 24K and get off the stage" to luke, but he didn't hear me. they bounced all over the stage. At one point, I saw daveSTF fall down. they played new stuff from the new CD. I'm very excited to hear the new CD. that one track on the digital pack/reissue thing was so good. scars of tomorrow: (mainstage) totally different members. Almost each time I see them. They sounded good, but I was a little preocupied while they were playing and went off to help carina/get air. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 5:29pm - the_reverend ""] human abstract, the: (secondstage) whoah, it's like I'm their official photographer. I've seen them so many times lately. I ran in run at the exact end of their set and saw the singer and the bassplayer shoving each other and falling off the stage. sworn enemy: (secondstage) IMHO, this is a band that has refocused it's direction into positive areas. Their old stuff was so good. The big label stuff wasn't, but their new material? Forgeddaboutit. It's so different and so metal. there as a track on satillite radio that was so slayer. on stage, they keep it really real. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 5:42pm - the_reverend ""] skinless: (mainstage) people went apeshit for them. Horns, crowd surfing, etc.. It's so awesome that they did that well on their return to worcester. Noah cut his hair! At some point, jayskin got the crowd to push back and charge forward in a tsumani of destruction. 100 Demons: (mainstage) the rumor was that pete was going to come out and sing for them. Unfortunately he never showed up at the mic, just sat on the side of the stage. The new old singer filled the spot, but all the cleanish vocals had to be done by the two guitarists. turmoil: (secondstage) funny that these guys reunited and started playing shows again only to be one up'd by 100 demons on the mainstage. The people that were there really got into it. They even played some new songs that they are going to release. Abacus has their discography on a 2xCD that I need to pic up. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 5:47pm - the_reverend ""] caliban: (mainstage) I ran in during their set and snapped a few pictures. I sang along to the only song that they played that I knew from shadow hearts and ran out. I've been into these german dudes for a long time now, but I can't get into the newer stuff so I didn't. I just ran upstairs. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 5:54pm - succubus ""] I saw a dwyer clone..as I was outside waiting to do a photoshoot with skinless, this guy who looked a lot like autopsy 666 came walking towards me..I was about to say hello when he stopped next to me and didn't say a word...so I turned to look at him but then I noticed his arms full of tattooes and I don't think john has any tats...I would have asked to take his photo but I had to go to the photoshoot...ah well..weird! |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 5:56pm - the_reverend ""] full blown chaos: (secondstage) awesome dudes, awesome tunes. I've been seeing this guys since way back when my camera gear was subpar along with my camera skillz. Their set is nothing but a hardcore slug fest with metal riffage. when they play older track, the crowd goes crazy. they played some new material that quieted people down since they didn't know the words. After that, they went back to older stuff and I started getting elbows in the back again. before I had to leave, they started off a track for something new. the kick drums were so blasty that it was near pulverizing. I'm not sure what it was, but it had one of the fastest and heaviest breakdowns at the end. these guys are getting pushed big time, constantly touring, and getting put on huge tours. I have a feeling in a year, people are going to hate even more of their newer fans because of who some of their music is being marketed to (ie: hatebreed), but these guys are awesome and deserve the success. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 7:29pm - the_reverend ""] hate eternal: (mainstage) I looked and sae kevin talley behind the drum kit. His playing is very different from derek roddy. Derek is very techy, every beat has a fast attack and fast drop off. Talley, well, check out the early dying fetus CDs. they come in slower and have a slower drop off which makes for a heavier sound. whether it works on CD or not.. We will probably never know. The set sounded a bit muddy down there on the mainstage, but that's to be expected. Again, the metal band plays and it's all horns and head banging. damnation ad: (secondstage) a loooooong time ago (multiple o's to denote years) a PR company from NY sent me on of their CDs. Honestly, I didn't know what to make of it. There were some good tracks and then some weird stuff. they had all the live weird stuff too. I except their set to be a lot more scary than it was. Still, seeing them makes me want to recheck out that disc. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 7:49pm - the_reverend ""] God Forbid: (mainstage) I only caught a few minutes of their set. Kids went apeshit for them. Lookss like their new CD has been well received too. The crowd was singing along to all their songs. The photo-pit got really crowded with all the photo people AND crowd surfers AND people catching the crowd surfers. death threat: (secondstage) I don't kno how many times I've seen this band, but it's been a lot. From all their shows, they never cease to deliver for the crowd. The crowd up here was packed. I'm sure people got turned away from up there. the best thing about their set is how positive the crowd is. No fights, just people piling up, stage diving, etc... |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 7:50pm - the_reverend ""] suffocation: (mainstage) yeah, they play two old songs right at the beginning. after that the hand-wave head-bang hatchet came out. and they played some of the new stuff, plus a track that I don't think I knew so it might not be released. frank said "one mor..." and the mic was cut out. The guy at the sound booth cut them off. Fortunatelly, they just looked confused, decided on a song and then played that one more song. I was typing why it was playing so I don't know which song it was. Glad they didn't get screwed. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 8:00pm - the_reverend ""] terror: (mainstage) with in the first note played on the stage sent a monitor right flying which I caught in the stomach and pushed back in place. There was a ton of surfers. A lot of the noob security guards were stressing about all the surfers. the singer, scott, went down into the crowd for all the "key" parts of their popular songs to let the kids sing along with him. Towards the end of their setm they played a new song from an upcoming CD, but ended with spit my rage and overcome. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 8:33pm - insipidzombie ""] So was there no one to fill Cryptopsy's spot? Or did they give any bands longer sets? |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 8:43pm - inject-now ""] no ramallah pics? |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 8:47pm - the_reverend ""] longer sets I think. suffocation got off when they were suppose to go on. Overcast: (mainstage) the sound was much better and clearer here. Being able to hear the songs makes it easier to enjoy them. What was missing was the small club feeling and family love. So the previous set in that regards was so much better. the setlist and it's the same set list from the other show except I think (if memory serves me) that they cut two songs off the end and for indifference. I would have swarn they played in difference, but it think it was just me listenting to it during the week. The new #1 will be called "root bound apollo" and actually sounds like an early shadows fall song. it just needs the off-key melodic singing over it. I think that the dude that got "teabagged" at the other show was up on stage. during grifter, brian stay a float on people, continuing to sing even when he was side lined by a stage diver. he rolled around on top of the crowd, singing a lot of the time upside down and was eventually brought back to the stage, turned right side up and all while singing. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 9:43pm - insipidzombie ""] root bound apollo is shadows fall, from of one blood, i think |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 10:12pm - the_reverend ""] ahahahaha, that's why he said that. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 10:20pm - anonymousnli ""] all these bands suck! i hope noone paid for this crap! granted immolation and suffocation used to kick ass but other than that there is nothing here at all,?????? robin am i wrong? |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 11:14pm - anonymous ""] please tell me unearth didn't play cause i left..... |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 11:37pm - the_reverend ""] no they didn't. arch enemy is about to go on. they are the last band, no flash. time for horrible pictures. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 29,2006 11:45pm - anonymous ""] your camera skillz are much greater than your equipment even now so the pictures will come out fine... |
| _______________________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:09am - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] Are they wheeling out the platform they're bolted too right now? |
| _______________________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:23am - pam at the DAYS INN ""] Back at the hotel. Didn't stay for Arch Enemy because Angela is a talentless whore that looks like Golum and can't scream for shit.... Today was OK. Not many familiar faces, no one comes out for the fest anymore (not that I blame them). Today's highlight was Exodus, but they played NOTHING I wanted to hear. I could have come up with about 10 awesome setlists for them...I mean, you can't even throw me Toxic Waltz? However, they were still awesome. Brian Fair hit me in the eye ball with a renegade dreadlock during Overcast's set. It hurt a lot. It stank of patchouli and schmetal. I pulled off the ultimate tune-out during Chimaira. I was captured in a high-intensity game of Tetris on my cell phone and I was playing the Tetris song in my head while I did it. George apparently told me about some shit going down with the singer for Chimaira "killing" someone, but I didn't hear him...cause Tetris is awesome. Hey Aaron, try and keep count of how many times Angela says "fuck", I dare ya. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:27am - brian_dc ""] pam at the DAYS INN said:Back at the hotel. Didn't stay for Arch Enemy because Angela is a talentless whore that looks like Golum and can't scream for shit.... hahaha...you're awesome just for that. |
| _______________________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:31am - pam at the DAYS INN ""] brian_dc said:pam at the DAYS INN said:Back at the hotel. Didn't stay for Arch Enemy because Angela is a talentless whore that looks like Golum and can't scream for shit.... hahaha...you're awesome just for that. ;) I'm bitter from getting compared to her all the time. )And from her ruining Arch Enemy) I can outscream that slampig any day of the week. I don't need to drown my voice in effects and fuck guitar players to get in bands. Suck it, whore. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:42am - brian_dc ""] I don't care if you are bitter...you just said "slampig" and anyone who says that is A-OK in my book. |
| _______________________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:44am - pam at the DAYS INN ""] lol. thanks. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 12:55am - the_reverend ""] pictures uploading |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 3:11am - the_reverend ""] the above mention nailing [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 5:22am - AUTOPSY_666 ""] succubus said: I don't think john has any tats... [img] I was there from 3pm to 1am, didn't see you Carina. I need to sleeve my left arm soon. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 8:07am - maslayer ""] no exodus review?? |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 9:49am - anonymous ""] i didnt know righteous jams and terror had the same guitar player or was he just filling in? |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 11:00am - the_reverend ""] whoah, good catch. I thought he was in firstblood and terror, but he was in righteous jams. weird. that's the dude from donnybrook so I asume he's n terror and just filling in for rj. |
| __________________________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 11:03am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] [img] I pray that dog shit or pisses somewhere |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 11:07am - the_reverend ""] that dog has a NEMHF dog tag. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 1:14pm - dyingmuse ""] that was a pretty lame day, with ass loads of gay bands and gay scensters!!!! some sweet asses though! thank christ i didn't pay to be there. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 2:51pm - BornSoVile ""] skinless made it all worth while. suffocation fucking destroyed, the best sounding set I've ever heard from them, plus they playded fucking JESUS WEPT! I missed every other band I wanted to see because of the stages being a head of schedule, thank god I didn't have to pay. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 3:03pm - the_reverend ""] why hasn't josh looked at the skinless pictures yet and commented on the shot of him. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 3:15pm - BornSoVile ""] i saw it! what a goofy bastard i am!! at least i got to lead the tsunami! [img] jason kicked adam in the face too, he's got a mint scar going across his face, top and bottom of his eye, would look sweet with an eye patch! |
| _______________________________ [Apr 30,2006 3:16pm - eddie ""] did exodus play toxic waltz? |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 3:28pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] Nope. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 30,2006 4:02pm - anonymous ""] IMMOLATION ARE THE KINGS OF ALL U.S. DEATH METAL. |