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TFitz said:
Oh, and I like all the music suggestions here. I'll give them a listen.
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~hard look at user name~ I can't tell if this is 100% genuine, or you 100% have never and will never listen to music. It has to be one or the other.
 
Damien said:
~hard look at user name~ I can't tell if this is 100% genuine, or you 100% have never and will never listen to music. It has to be one or the other.
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I'm old now, so it can be true that I may want to listen to new musical acts, but not remember this thread where they are posted and therefore never listen to them.
 
TFitz said:
Headed up to Grand Rapids in about an hour to see Shinedown. This will be my third time seeing them. Openers are Beartooth (very heavy) and Morgan Wade - a female country singer. I gave both a couple song listen during lunch. Not sure either will ever make my playlist, but that's fine. I'm there for the main course.
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So the concert was amazing! I expected nothing less from Shinedown. Morgan played her music with a rock guitar sound so it totally changed what I expected from her, but in a good way. Beartooth, while def. still heavier than I prefer, has an amazing front man that kept the crowd engaged their whole show. A friend at work heard I saw them and freaked. Turns out he's a big fan of theirs.

Shinedown used more pyro than I think I've ever seen at a show. Fireworks, too. This tour they are doing a "we are playing this part by ear" on the small front stage (even a smaller drum kit moved up there) for a few songs. They played Atlas Falls for the first time ever live, so that was cool. Brent first pulled out his phone to remember the lyrics and the other guys messed with him, so he tried it without the phone, Got 1/4 through and messed up the lyrics. Made them restart and used his phone this time. Their comradery is still so great.

3 years in a row of being able to see these guys, and I'm always wowed.
 
As some may have read a few pages back, my eight year old daughter is really into Seven Spires and their vocalist, Adrienne Cowan. Well, they recently were added to the show headline by Epica in NYC. After thinking it over and talking about it with my wife, I decided to ask my daughter if she wanted to take the train from Boston to go see the show and she emphatically said "YES!" Just bought tickets and booked a hotel so looks like I'm heading to New York on Tuesday with my kid in tow. I already reached out to Adrienne via Discord and she's excited my daughter is coming. Hopefully she has a little time to say "hi" because it will make her day, if not her year.
 
Misfit said:
As some may have read a few pages back, my eight year old daughter is really into Seven Spires and their vocalist, Adrienne Cowan. Well, they recently were added to the show headline by Epica in NYC. After thinking it over and talking about it with my wife, I decided to ask my daughter if she wanted to take the train from Boston to go see the show and she emphatically said "YES!" Just bought tickets and booked a hotel so looks like I'm heading to New York on Tuesday with my kid in tow. I already reached out to Adrienne via Discord and she's excited my daughter is coming. Hopefully she has a little time to say "hi" because it will make her day, if not her year.
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Making forever memories with your daughter. Can't beat that.
 
While on the topic of female, Metal singers; I also recently discovered Burning Witches and Laura Guldemond (as well as their previous singer Seraina) and I love this band. I haven't been able to get into all-female Metal bands until them. They remind me of '90s Judas Priest song structure (from Painkiller album on) w/characteristic influences of the more extreme Metal and catchy hooks. I saw them live and was shocked how tight they played and what a great show they put on. They added Courtney Cox--possibly the best female guitarist I've heard--to their ranks after their last album, so I look forward to more with her in the studio.

Here's the 1st song I heard from them off their last album which quickly wove deeply into my ear. They have a promo video for the song, but it has some gore in it, so I figured this sing-through video may be more work appropriate not to mention you get to see Laura go through a bunch of vocal techniques live which is always impressive to me.
 
I absolutely love Burning Witches.
But then, I actually have a weirdly strong appreciation for female vocals in hard rock and metal. Everything from your Halestorms to your Spiritboxes to your Arch Enemies. I like all of it.
 
Gave my son a Crosley for his 12th birthday and let him try it out with my 7” collection. He gravitated to these. Like me, he loves a lot of different genres, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love sitting on his bed with him jamming out to some punk.

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If anyone here likes TestAmenT and can, you must see them on this current tour. One of the best concert going experiences of my life! I'll preface this by saying they are my favorite band since the '90s (sorry Maiden, but you dropped the ball big time after "Seventh Son..."), so there is a slight bias here, but if all bands did what they are doing on this tour their credit would shoot up with me.

It's hard to figure how to write this for people who don't like set spoilers like I don't. So apart from saying this is the anniversary of the "Practice What You Preach" album (my favorite classic album from them and 2nd favorite album overall) and they play a lot of deep cuts in unique sets the rest will be in spoiler tags. Note: I will not mention specific song titles to keep it minor spoiler-y for those who are curious.

They start with the Practice... set, then an instrumental/acoustic set, then deep cuts set. The show was peppered with ballads and songs that have only been played on one tour or never played at all--including a couple different versions of songs then what we know and also several stories about the songs. They only played 4 or 5 songs off their standard setlist which was incredibly refreshing.

Our show was over 2 hours long! The longest Thrash set I've ever seen from a band!

Apart from Chuck having moments of struggling a bit to sing like he did in the '80s (sometimes he hit/held the notes, sometimes not) he sounded fantastic. Still the best growl and vocal fry in the business as far as I'm concerned. I think he just could've used some/better vocal warm up before the show. Then again this was only the 3rd show on the tour and perhaps he'll work the kinks out as they progress. The rest of the band sound phenomenal as they always do. People were recording and cheering Alex as much if not more than Chuck. He has long been the best guitarist in Thrash to me, so it was nice to see him get so much adulation from the crowd this night.

On a personal note, I also got to dance (never thought I'd say that about a Testament show, LOL), headbang and mosh with a pair of cuties I met that night depending on the type of song being played. I've never seen so many stag women at a Metal show before--it was like I was in an alternate universe. If I was closer to home I would've tried to get their numbers. Ha!

To think I almost skipped out on seeing them because I saw them at a much better venue in Oct and was dreading the hour + drive. I'm so glad I saw this show.
 
That's awesome you had a good time at Testament. I just saw Chris Dovas' former band Tuesday, Seven Spires, and the trip from Boston to NYC was worth it. My daughter had a blast. She dressed up in her Adrienne Cowan outfit and I sprung for the fast lane admission so we could get as close to the stage as possible. We ended up about 3 people deep and when Spires hit the stage I put her up on my shoulders. She was able to rock out up there for 3 songs before a bouncer asked me to put her down. It kind of bummed her out, but I held her the old-fashioned way for the rest of the set so she could still see the stage, just not as well as she would have from my shoulders. She's 8 so holding her for a 45 minute set wasn't the easiest thing, but I powered through. On the way down, I had messaged Adrienne through Discord we were coming and shared a picture of my daughter in her getup. She told me to take her over to merch after the show. Ordinarily, she'd change and shower and all that after, but she wanted to get a picture of her and my daughter in their matching outfits. A super nice, super sweet, person and she and the band chatted with us for a bit and we took some pictures. A great night, indeed and I really believed Adrienne when she told me she'd never forget this. If there was any downside to the evening it's that all of the excitement and travel definitely wore my little girl down so she was not the least bit interested in staying to watch Epica's set. I got her to let me see one song, then we went back to the hotel.

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Wow, Testament,. That's a blast from the past.

I saw Sepultura, Testament and Slayer at Nassau Coliseum back in the 90's. My friends father was the building manager, supervisor or some shit. We were able to go downstairs during/after the show and hang out with the bands.

We sat at a table with Tom Araya, Chuck Billy and a few others smoking joints. Tom asked if I wanted an autograph, I refused. I hate being a fanboy. Hanging out with them was more than memorable.
 
A very happy 20th (!!) anniversary to Demon Days by Gorillaz. That was probably the album that really changed what music is and can be for me- how, in addition to the catchy tunes, it can be a storytelling device and a messenger. It was the first album I ever actually asked for as a gift, and my parents were happy to oblige, since it meant I was moving away from kiddy action figures (joke was on them, of course). To this day, not a week goes by where I don't listen to at least one song from it; Feel Good, Inc. can still get me White Boy Dancing any time it comes on.
 
I had the privilege of seeing Devin Townsend perform last night in Boston. He always puts on a killer show. I highly recommend if you've ever liked his stuff to get out and see him on this tour as he sounds like a guy considering retirement. He's already said he probably won't go on tour again for the foreseeable future. Musicians are obviously notoriously bad at retirement, but he seems genuine so at least right now that's his mindset.
 
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