Concert Review - Killfest 2010

Venue: The Rave/Eagles Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I've never been here before, but I've heard really good things about it, and it wasn't a bad venue after all! They don't care if you crowd surf or do anything really, so that was good for me, especially during Warbringer! However, cups of water were $1 each which was pretty lame in my opinion, considering that most places give out water for free. Also, it's still legal to smoke inside public buildings in Wisconsin until July (I think July), so I reeked of cigarette smoke after the show, causing my car to smell like one big ash tray for a day after. But aside from those two, the venue was great!

Bands (in order of when they played from first to last): Woe of Tyrants, Evile, Warbringer, God Dethroned, Vader, Overkill. Lazarus A.D. were supposed to play but they had to drop off a bunch of dates for some reason that I don't know, this date included. The show's last.fm page also said that a band called Lightning Swords of Death were supposed to play, but there was no sign of them at all.

Woe of Tyrants: I had never listened to WoT before, but they put on a good show. There were a few people that were really into them, but for the most part no one really did much. They did get a good response from the crowd though, myself included.

Evile: This was my second time seeing Evile, and once again, they put on a hell of a show! The frontman's mic wasn't working so the bassist was nice enough to give him his working mic. There were sound problems galore throughout the show. But aside from that, they are much better live than in studio in my opinion. What was better was that pits were actually going on during their set! This was great because when I saw them with Kreator about a month ago, no one did shit for them, despite them kicking ass live. After their set they were chilling at their merchandise booth signing stuff and taking pictures. I got a patch from them and a picture with the band!

Warbringer: To be honest, this was the one band that I wanted to see the most out of the entire lineup, and dear God did they put on one hell of a performance! People were going crazy in the pit and all around during their set, myself included! Me and one other person were the only people to crowd surf during their set, but I was the first to actually make it up to the front! The first time I did was during Severed Reality, and right when I got to the front, the song got to the point where the singer does a long scream at the beginning, so I was being stared in the eye by John Kevill screaming about an inch away from me. Crazy shit! They are also much better live than in studio and always put on one hell of a show! I met John Kevill (singer) and John Laux (guitarist) after they played. They were really nice guys!

God Dethroned: At this point in the show I was exhausted as hell from Evile and Warbringer, so I just chilled in the back during their set. They had good stage presence and all, but kind of bored me. Maybe it was just me being tired.

Vader: I was anticipating them as well, and what I got was very disappointing. Now, they did have amazing stage presence, they did play loud and fast as expected, the pits were great for them (I was chilling right outside of them for the rest of the show), so overall they were great live. The disappointing part? THEY PLAYED FIVE, 5 FUCKING SONGS. What the hell? They were the the 2nd to last band and the fucking openers play longer than they do? And there was no word why! It could have been sound problems for all I know. Hopefully on their next tour they'll play a full set. I've seen them once before when they headlined so I've already experienced it, but god damn, this was a let down.

Overkill: And the moment everyone was waiting for! As expected, they were louder and faster than in studio live, and holy crap was it amazing! It's amazing how after 25 years they can still perform better than on records! The set list was a wide range of material, from Feel the Fire to Ironbound and in between. The pits were as crazy as they could have got and there was a huge rise in crowd surfers. They were probably going to play more after their "last song," but my friend and I left so we could just get out of there early before the traffic really hits. But from what we watched, it was one hell of a performance! If they ever tour again in the future, I'm definitely going back!

So overall, the show was amazing! It was probably one of the best I've been to, what with meeting bands, new people and just having a hell of a good time the whole time! Next concert for me: Cannibal Corpse on April 29th!

Another hiatus of posting

It's become obvious that I've gotten lazy with this blog, but I'm bored now and I don't have class until an hour from now, so I figured I'd write something.

Freshman year of college is almost over! I just have a dumb Geography exam tomorrow morning and then it's finals next week. What I'm really excited for though is the Cannibal Corpse concert tomorrow! I've been waiting for while to see Cannibal Corpse and Skeletonwitch live again, so I'm glad it's finally here! It's not supposed to rain tomorrow in Chicago, but here's to hoping that doesn't change. I plan on picking up Cannibal Corpse and Skeletonwitch patches there, and maybe a shirt if I like what I see and it's $20 or less.

I'm gonna link this blog in my signature on the Metal Archives forum in hope that people will read this. I MIGHT link this on facebook, not that anyone would look, but it's a thought. There's another forum board I'm debating on going back to, but I'm not sure about that yet. These aren't big decisions at all, but if I do get really bored one day I'll consider doing it. And starting tomorrow, I (hopefully) don't think I'll be bored for a while.

Starting off with Cannibal Corpse tomorrow, I'm working on Friday and Sunday, and hanging out with people on Saturday. The next week is finals, so I'll be busy studying then. I'm only going on campus on Monday for about 2 hours for my math final and then going back home because I have no finals on Tuesday, but I have 2 on Wednesday, at 8 A.M. and another one at 10 A.M. I also have to drop off a portfolio for English which shouldn't take long at all. Provided I do good on my Geography exam tomorrow, which I'm going all out to study for, I'm not taking the final. Other than that, I just have my Theater final at noon (I believe) that day, which my teacher basically gave to the class, so that's a guaranteed A there. After that's done, I'm taking whatever I have left back home and I am done!

So that's basically all next week. After that, it's summer for me! The only May concert I have planned out is Mastodon. I'm going with a friend, maybe another to that, so that's good for me. I plan on going to Dying Fetus on the 26th as well. I don't have the ticket yet, but it's only $19 for it, so it's definitely worth going. It's at the Clearwater Theater, which is a horrible venue, but it's only a straight shot from my house, so it's not a bad drive. Hopefully it won't be raining like the last time I went.

That's about it for now. I'm gonna post concert reviews on here as well as on my Facebook, so I'll post the Overkill review on here next. Maybe I'll post more stuff like this on here, but we'll have to see.

Now Playing:
Artist: Arsis
Song: I Speak Through Shadows
Album: United in Regret

Haven't updated this in a while...

As the title says, I haven't really been up to date with this blog. I've really gotten lazy and not feeling like writing in here, but now is an exception.

The past week was utter shit. It went by so slow, and all my homework, tests and quizzes hit me in the fucking head Thursday and Friday. The only good thing about it was that the weather was amazing. This week is supposed to have mixed weather, but I shall see. Hopefully it goes by fast because I'm finally seeing Overkill this Saturday! I remember counting down the days since they were in the hundreds. The weather there is supposed to be decent, but I just checked it now, so it may change.

This week hopefully won't be bad. The weather being shitty may or may not have an impact, but at least I don't have any huge homework projects or tests this week.

One thing I've been thinking about in my mind is relationships. I have never had a girlfriend before, and as pessimistic as this sounds, I've concluded that it's very improbable that I'll ever have one. This is entirely my fault. To sum it up, I basically used to be a try hard bitch the first 17 years of my life. It took me until the summer to realize that I shouldn't cry about everything and not care about what people think of me, which is what always got in the way of what's important. I sometimes wish that I could go back in time with my mindset now and change my future, bettering or making it worse, but now that I think about it, who I was back then made who I am now.

How does that have to do with relationships. Well obviously, no girl would want who I was back then, and me having short hair making me look like a pedophile terrorist didn't make me good looking at all. It didn't help that I was desperate for a girlfriend too. Now, I and many of my close friends have seen improvement in me altogether, and I've just dropped the need for a girlfriend. Why? I like being single to be honest, I like having money whenever I have it, and who knows what will happen if I do happen to find someone. It's a huge risk that I don't think I'm ready to take. But here are the big obstacles: I have incredibly high standards with women, and girls probably would not see anything with me.

My standards with women: I want someone I can talk to, someone that understands me and I can understand them, someone that won't judge me, but rather accept me for who I am. I don't want some dumb broad that uses her looks for attention and would try to just make me spend all my money on her. I don't want someone who drinks all the time, it's been a huge trend in what I've seen so far in women at college, and it's pretty disgusting in my opinion. Looks aren't everything, but I don't want some repulsive girl that doesn't take care of herself, is orange, or tries too hard to be good looking. Weird enough, being the music nerd that I am, I'd rather not want a girl that listens to metal, but something different. It'd be pretty boring now that I think about it. A girl that would go with me to metal concerts would be amazing too, but that is also very improbable with the other standards I have.

Now, onto me. I wear band shirts on a near daily basis, I'm cynical at times, I am very shy, I'm always listening to music, I listen to mostly metal, I tend to be alone a lot, I'm leaning towards the chubby side with my weight/appearance, and I'm not the best looking either. Maybe that's me just being very pessimistic and self conscious to an extent, but that's what I think. I have grown out my hair since the summer, and it's not long or anything, but I look better than I ever did before. I basically don't look like a pedophile terrorist anymore, which is good.

To sum it up, if I do find a woman to have a relationship, I'll be very surprised with myself. Girls may have liked me throughout my life, maybe now as well, but if I don't see some notification of that, I just think that girls think I'm repulsive. That may also be true. I think that girls see the opposite of who I am, but I've come to this: I'm not changing who I am for anyone. Even if who I am doesn't get me any girls whatsoever, I'm happy with who I am. I have very close friends and family that understand and accept who I am, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Even if I am alone at Northern now since some of my good friends here withdrew from the school, I'm still having a fun time. As long as I have my music, I'm in a whole other world where nothing else matters and I'm just having a good time.

If the surprising event that a relationship opportunity comes up with someone that can suit some of my standards, there is no way I'm letting it pass by. But until then, I will continue to enjoy life, even if it means being single. If there's anything I've learned from wasting away the first 17 years of my life playing video games and crying all day, it's to live life to it's fullest and never take it for granted. I do that now, and ever since the summer, I've been having a blast, even if some days or weeks just shit on me. The concerts I go to are a good way to relieve myself since I'm with people that share the same interests as me, and I continue to meet and reunite with new and awesome people there.

This is just something I wanted to get out. Maybe one day I'll find someone, but if I don't, I'm not letting it get in the way with my life. I'm lucky enough to be in college now and have an awesome family that loves me and supports my life and have great friends that accept me for who I am. I don't know what I'd do without these people, even if I don't see them throughout the week while I'm at college.

Looking back, I used to think of suicide and just bitch about how life sucks. Now, I love life and look forward to tomorrow everyday. I wake up every morning saying, "Today is going to be a good day," and even if I know something coming up that day is going to shit all over it, it's not getting to me and ruining my day.

I will end this with one of the many great quotes from one of the most talented and smartest musicians of all time.

"There are no limits, you are only limited by however far you want to be limited." - Chuck Schuldiner

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Artist: Warbringer
Song: Total War
Album: War Without End