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!
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