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Offline pyro-manic

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So who's going, then? :)

www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Highlights include:

Black Sabbath (with Ozzy!)
System of a Down
Slayer
Motorhead
Megadeth
In Flames
Mastodon
Velvet Revolver
Nightwish (having them on stage before Slayer probably wasn't a good move, though...)
Anthrax
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It's too bad eight of thoser I never heard of, and the other two I hate.  Just my tastes, though. :blah:
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Velvet Revolver and Nightwish would be good enough reason to go. Unfortunately, I can't.
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Shock-rockers Society 1 are preparing to make history yet again by breaking the world record for the longest set performed while a lead-singer is hung up by meat hooks!


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Yep, it's gruesome. They stick half a dozen meathooks through the flesh of his shoulders and hang him up by them. Then he sings. Kind of stupid, but good shock value....
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I saw something similar to that at the live act just before the Suicide Girls came on at Reading last year. This girl was hung up by hooks through her skin and did various ballet like moves. It actually took me a while for it to click that I was seeing someone impaled on a load of hooks. Captivating in a slightly disturbing way.

As for Download, I'd go if I could afford it. Unfortunately I've very little money so I'll just be going to Reading this year as usual.

 

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Aw man, Nightwish! They're my favorite band, and half of those aren't bad. Wish I could go :(

 

Offline phreak

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I'm probably going to see Gigantour when it comes around

Megadeth
Dream Theater
Nevermore
Symphony X

Too bad ozzfest isn't coming around to cleveland since Sabbath, BLS, Shad Fall, Maiden and In Flames are headlining.
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id go just for motorhead, but fat chance.
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I´ve seen Anthrax live, some 15 years ago. I didn´t know they were still around.
They were the opening act for an Iron Maiden tour concert, the best live band EVER!!

I never heard these before, though:
In Flames
Mastodon
Velvet Revolver
Nightwish
No Freespace 3 ?!? Oh, bugger...

 

Offline Nuke

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mastadon and in flames are doom metal iirc, velvet revolver is neo-grunge (with the guy froom stp?), nightwish is finish power metal with a chick vocalist, and one of the few power metal bands i actually listen to.
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mastadon and in flames are doom metal iirc, velvet revolver is neo-grunge (with the guy froom stp?), nightwish is finish power metal with a chick vocalist, and one of the few power metal bands i actually listen to.


In Flames can be considered as Melodic Death Metal, though. One of my favourites :D

 

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in flames = doom metal :wtf:?  They kick some ass.  I'll consider them prog metal, with harsh vocals and the occasional blast beat
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Flogging Molly is going to be there. If you like Irish folk, or just a lot of craziness, go. If you like some very nice ballads too, make sure you go.
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Offline pyro-manic

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Mastodon are the "latest thing" in metal apparently - the music press has been wetting itself over them since their second album (Leviathan, which is bloody good by the way) came out last year. They mix trad metal, grindcore and a bit of hardcore. Their stuff is actually really good. They're great musicians (the drummer is f*cking brilliant) and they have some excellent songs. Well worth finding their albums: Remission and Leviathan

Velvet Revolver is basically G'n'R (Slash, Duff McKagan or however you spell it and someone else) with Scott Weiland from STP on vocals. I haven't heard any of their stuff, but they're meant to be pretty tidy.

In Flames are/were part of the "Gothenburg" death metal scene, but they've gone more melodic/proggy in recent years. Great band.

Nightwish are something of a phenomenon. They're a "symphonic" metal band - guitar/bass/drums, lotsa synths and a classically trained singer. They've just got "big" in the last year or so with their most recent album "Once", which has sold massive numbers of copies (it might even have gone platinum in Finland). They've spawned a string of mostly crap imitators, and they tend to polarise opinion - people either love them or hate them. I think they're pretty tidy. Best albums IMO are Century Child, Once and Oceanborn.


Incidentally, doom is the genre that is grossly underrepresented at the festival ('cept for Sabbath, obviously), along with black metal (none at all :doubt: )

Kalfireth: I want to go to Reading as well (MAIDEN!!!!!11one :eek: *wets himself*), but finding tickets is proving rather tricky.... :(

Oh, and Suicide Girls - niiice... ;7 Have you seen the Probot video for the "Shake Your Blood" single? That was cool...
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Offline Mad Bomber

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Man. Awesomeness.

I have to admit I'd go just for In Flames alone, but they never seem to make it to the US. (Or at least, not anywhere near where I am.)

Can't ignore Lamb of God, Chimaira, or Unearth either. All have surpassing awesomeness. :cool: :nod:
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Meh. I don't like their stuff to be honest - metalcore / nu-thrash / Slayer-type stuff really doesn't do it for me...
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Motorhead... :) It's actually Motörhead (it's a Swedish band, hence the ö). The 'other' Motorhead is a very nice arcade racing game by Digital Illusion (a Swedish games company...coincidence?). It was released at about the same time Freespace 1 was. I think that Motorhead is immeasurably better than Freespace, especially the graphics. Sorry for going a bit off-topic. ;)

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Offline Nuke

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yea yr right about inflames, i kinda thought they were doom but it is more of a melo-death. doom metal is one of my favorite genres, second to black. so i wasnt trying to dis the band or anything, just remembered wrong.
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Motorhead... :) It's actually Motörhead (it's a Swedish band, hence the ö). The 'other' Motorhead is a very nice arcade racing game by Digital Illusion (a Swedish games company...coincidence?). It was released at about the same time Freespace 1 was. I think that Motorhead is immeasurably better than Freespace, especially the graphics. Sorry for going a bit off-topic. ;)


Erm, no. The drummer is a Swede, but Lemmy's English, and the guitarist is Welsh. ;) And they got their name because Lemmy got kicked out of his previous band (the mighty Hawkwind no less) because of his Speed habit. Motorhead is a slang term for a Speed addict in some city in America (Detroit IIRC, though I may be wrong), so that was used.


Nuke: talking of doom, have you got the new Candlemass? It's bloody good. :nod: Also, get some Grand Magus if you haven't already. Awesome. www.grandmagus.com :cool: The site's a bit out of date, but there are some sample clips on there to listen to. Ulvaskall (Vargr) is a great one - heavy as hell. :nod: Their vocalist (JB, formerly of Spiritual Beggar) is fantastic.
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