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GLaDOS

Been waiting 10 years to see Blind Guardian and they were every bit as good as I had hoped

Passenger

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Been waiting 10 years to see Blind Guardian and they were every bit as good as I had hoped

Had a feeling you'd be there alright.

GLaDOS

Wasn't a chance I was going to miss it

Wrongway1985

Gutted I'd to miss Guardian work , DME announced 3 shows today Vektor,Blue Oyster Cult & Delain/Evergrey/Kobra & the Lotus. A ticket to Blue Oyster Cult may cheer me up! DME also have some more announcements Monday I believe.

Links234

I was too broke to see Blind Guardian, thankfully I'd seen them before, but still a kick in the guts to miss them, especially with Gloryhammer supporting.

Ronan|Raven

I was in town that evening and decided to give it a miss, I really have no idea WTF I was thinking.

Jelle1880

http://manowar.com/message-to-all-manowarriors-nachricht-an-alle-manowarrior/

End of an era

GLaDOS

Anyone here going to Hans Zimmer tonight? Really looking forward to it.

Wurzelbert

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Been waiting 10 years to see Blind Guardian and they were every bit as good as I had hoped

totally, my metal show of the year so far…awesome songs, awesome playing, awesome sound…

Angron

Ghost and Meshuggah doing gigs here, and I'm still waiting for anyone I like to come over

Zwillinge

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Anyone here going to Hans Zimmer tonight? Really looking forward to it.

Was a fantastic show!!
Possibly one of the greatest events I've been to


Also, hi, been awhile o/

GLaDOS

I'd agree, one of the best shows I've been at, completely blown away by it.

Wrongway1985

Angron wrote: »

Ghost and Meshuggah doing gigs here, and I'm still waiting for anyone I like to come over

Not heard anything bout Ghost, Meshuggah ya some friends went nuts for that announcement not my cup gave them a few chances at various times genuinely don't get the fuss in fact the Djent thing in general just doesn't seem to wet my appetite.

GLaDOS

DME are sick of people asking for Ghost by all accounts :pac:

Passenger

Angron wrote: »

Ghost and Meshuggah doing gigs here, and I'm still waiting for anyone I like to come over

Where did you see about Ghost playing a gig?

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Not heard anything bout Ghost, Meshuggah ya some friends went nuts for that announcement not my cup gave them a few chances at various times genuinely don't get the fuss in fact the Djent thing in general just doesn't seem to wet my appetite.

ScienceNerd wrote: »

DME are sick of people asking for Ghost by all accounts :pac:

Been waiting years to see Meshuggah. One of my must-see bands tbh. Can't wait for that.

Passenger

No surprise Meshuggah is selling fast. Ticket got anyway.

gucci

Prophets of Rage (Tim C, Tom Morello and Brad Wilk from Rage Against the Machine, Chuck D from Public Enemy and B-Real from Cyprus Hill) have announced a big US Tour:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prophets-of-rage-to-make-america-rage-again-with-summer-tour-20160606

Not sure if they will venture this side of the Atlantic, I guess it depends on what the commercials of their "project" is once they have made their political statement to coincide with the US Elections. Also not sure why Zach De La Rocha is absent from the line up, but I am sure these gigs will go down a storm.

Somnus

Anyone going to Sigur Rós in Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Haven't picked up a ticket yet, luckily they're still on sale. What's that place like as a venue? Never seen anyone there.

PTH2009

https://play.spotify.com/track/02ukgbTiBNxzmoVbaaPDHh

ill leave this hear

Terrible but if philio was alive he prob love it lol

Lyaiera

Dino Metal! \o/

Musical groups targeted at kids tend to be pretty safe and silly, with lighthearted pop music and matching t-shirts, but a band from Finland called Hevisaurus has found a way to appeal to children and be totally badass at the same time by playing heavy metal while dressed as dinosaurs. This comes from Consequence Of Sound, which put together a quick introduction on Hevisaurus and interviewed the group’s producer Nino Laurenne and its frontman “Mr. Hevisaurus.” The band has sold 200,000 copies of its albums and even appeared in its own feature film, so clearly the whole dinosaur act is working pretty well.

As for why that is, Laurenne suggests that Hevisaurus’ appeal comes from the fact that it doesn’t try to teach lessons to the kids listening, preferring instead to just let them have fun and introduce them to the world of heavy metal music. The goal is that kids will listen to Hevisaurus, then move on to more traditional metal bands when they get older, and then return to Hevisaurus when they realize that the music is still pretty cool—something that The Wiggles or whatever probably don’t count on.

http://www.avclub.com/article/finnish-band-teaches-kids-about-heavy-metal-while--239037

Lyaiera

This is pretty cool. A data analysis of the natural language in lyrics of metal bands.

http://www.degeneratestate.org/posts/2016/Apr/20/heavy-metal-and-natural-language-processing-part-1/

It takes metal as a whole body of work, doesn't split down to genre, or time period, and I don't know if he only used songs written in English (I doubt it) or used any lyrics even if they had been sung in another language and were translated to English for the site he got he data from (more probable.)

PTH2009

watching Disturbed live at Rock Am Ring 2016 on youtube

why oh why dont they ever play Ireland ?? love to see them

As Motley Crue never played Ireland, i had to travel to Manchester to see them last year, i mite have to do the same for Disturbed.

If Alter Bridge played Ireland id go but dont like them enough to go abroad to see them. Savage line up for there Autumn euro tour this year in fairness (Them, Volbeat and Gorja)

Wrongway1985

I saw Disturbed at Graspop and tbh they were fairly underwhelming, having never seen them before previous to this would have probably bought a ticket to their own show but they wouldn't have sold me one based on that now. The set only really gained momentum when Nikki Sixx and DJ Ashba joined for Shout At The Devil but 3 songs later they were finished.

Alter Bridge/Volbeat/Gojira is just 30(+fees) bargain tbf

PTH2009

2017 looks like it will be an expensive year for me (no girlfriend, no expensive TVs etc for me in 2017 lol)

Jan- A7X and Disturbed In the 3arena and then Black Sabbath there a few days later

Possibly U2, GNR, Metallica, Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi Irish dates too

I'll be 27 then few regreats (not having kids, another girlfriend, more stable job, degree) but gigs keep me going in life TBH

Wrongway1985

PTH2009 wrote: »

I'll be 27 then few regreats (not having kids, another girlfriend, more stable job, degree) but gigs keep me going in life TBH

You are 26......more gigs than kids is surely the way to go :cool:

Gunslinger92

Anyone at mastodon in the academy last night? It was my second time seeing time it was great

GLaDOS

Missed it unfortunately Very busy this summer so having to forgo most gigs. May go to Yob, but other than that I'm gigless until November

Mr. CooL ICE

Sick Of It All tomorrow and Yob in October. Oh yeah!

Thought SOIA was Thursday. Facebook reminders actually have some use.

Gunslinger92

GLaDOS wrote: »

Missed it unfortunately Very busy this summer so having to forgo most gigs. May go to Yob, but other than that I'm gigless until November

They said they'd be back next year touring a new album

GLaDOS

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

They said they'd be back next year touring a new album

Nice one One of the band has Irish roots I believe so they always do a gig here. Seen them 2 years ago but be good to see them with a new album out.

Zwillinge

Hi o/

Was at Mastodon the other evening - what an experience!

I got laser eye surgery over the last month and that was my first ever concert without glasses - just fantastic how much I could see and appreciate While also the odd head bang and shuffle without fear of losing them :)

Hope everyone is well in here!

Wrongway1985

GLaDOS wrote: »

Nice one One of the band has Irish roots I believe so they always do a gig here. Seen them 2 years ago but be good to see them with a new album out.

Yeah Bill Kelliher I believe has roots in Cork or Kerry, Saw them at Brutal Assault this day last week bloody love those guys! hopefully we do get something when they tour a new album

flasher0030

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Sick Of It All tomorrow and Yob in October. Oh yeah!

Thought SOIA was Thursday. Facebook reminders actually have some use.

Didn't even know they were still going. I had quick look on ticketmaster there. Said none available. Anyone any ideas where to get a ticket?

Mr. CooL ICE

flasher0030 wrote: »

Didn't even know they were still going. I had quick look on ticketmaster there. Said none available. Anyone any ideas where to get a ticket?

Sorry, only saw this now. It wasn't sold out and you could pay at the door.

It was awesome though. Opened with Take The Night Off, Injustice System and Its Clobberin Time. I stood back a bit but there seemed to be a small pit going.

GLaDOS

Today I discovered there's a metal band with a slug theme. They're called Slugdge. And they're actually pretty decent!

Slug metal, what a world we live in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kni1H2idKOs

Angron

Give me whale metal with Ahab any day :pac:

Mr. CooL ICE

Seems like there is an abundance of slug metal about

xerces

Whale metal /m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ypHHW2ET0

Knifey Spoony

xerces wrote: »

Whale metal /m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Su1YXQYek

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Seems like there is an abundance of slug metal about

Funnily enough, these lads are playing a gig I'm heading to tonight.

PTH2009

Possible System of a down Euro tour next summer. Saw they will headline download France next year

Lithium93_

Rolling Stones to release their 25th album Blue & Lonesome in December.

Wrongway1985

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Rolling Stones to release their 25th album Blue & Lonesome in December.

Wouldn't fuss too much it's a covers album

Somnus

PTH2009 wrote: »

Possible System of a down Euro tour next summer. Saw they will headline download France next year

Interesting. Probably unlikely that they'd come over here, but I'd probably go to see them out of nostalgias sake if they did. One of the first metal bands I got into when I was younger.

Lithium93_

New Kreator album Gods Of Violence available for pre-order in 13 days time..

http://godsofviolence.com/

rednik

Good interview with Mikey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OierqoiHpSs

Lithium93_

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Wouldn't fuss too much it's a covers album

Still a studio release :pac:

Wrongway1985

Delain/Evergrey & Kobra and the Lotus later

Passenger

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Delain/Evergrey & Kobra and the Lotus later

I'll be there. Only for Evergrey though.

Wrongway1985

Passenger wrote: »

I'll be there. Only for Evergrey though.

You're not the only one for sure there , cheesy as they are I do like a bit of Delain meself.

Mr. CooL ICE

Was anyone else at Lordi last week? It was my 2nd time seeing them and they are great craic live. Don't envy them having to wear those costumes and almost dying from the heat every night.