Metal Up Your Ass and all that Jazz Room V2

Went to see this lineup last night:

Arch Enemy

Behemoth

Carcass

Unto Others

I unfortunately missed Unto Others, as my buddies would rather drink more beers than go to the venue early, so Carcass was the first band up for us. They delivered the best show I´ve seen from them, but they are generally not the most interesting live act IMO. Behemoth put on a huge show with customes and all, and it was a good quality show, but one day I´d like to see them at a small venue without all the customes and lightning, and hear what they actually bring. I´m not a huge fan of these big stage productions. I only saw maybe four Arch Enemy songs before we decided to go home (we primarily came for Carcass and Behemoth). They deliver a polished but also boring show, just as I remember it from the last time I saw them. It´s the same as with Behemoth...too much focus on everything else but the music...and damn what a loss to have a guitarist like Loomis playing in a band like that.

I went to see this lineup last night:

Paradise Lost

Hangman´s Chair

I thought the latter was a little boring, but Paradise Lost brougt a good show. I haven´t seen a Paradise Lost show since 1994, so it was nice seing them again. They only played two pre-Icon songs though, which was maybe one or two less than I expected, but the remaining songs where great too. One of the things I could have been without is their constant use of backing tracks. I realise there are a lot of keyboards/piano and even female vocals in their music, but there is just something a little dishonest about using backing tracks. I´d much rather hear a more stripped down version of a band´s music, if that´s what they can muster on stage.

Bosh66 wrote: we’re never too old to get star struck 🤩 Did he seem decent enough?

Oh yeah, but he´s a big guy. Much taller than I remember, and I just saw him with Benediction on this year´s CopenHell Festival, so I should know, but I guess beers have clouded my memory .

I was completely starstruck yesterday at the local builders merchant, as suddenly Dave Ingram (Benediction, Bolt Thrower...etc.) stood there with his wife/girlfriend. Now I know he lives in Denmark, but I wasn´t prepared to actually meet him.

Heard from my mom that Joe Biden may be pardoning all drug offenders who had sold marijuana. Also heard he'll be pushing marijuana to be legal on a federal level. To this I say...

Our Queen too in New Zealand.

Started listening to a lot of grindcore favorites I hadn't heard in years over the summer and got a random urge to login here and start posting again. How are things going here?