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The BIG 4 at SONISPHERE!!!
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Motley Crue wrote: »I'd be suprised if those two didn't come back, but you do not want to know what they were supposed to have been selling!
Yeah, you'll see a lot of that, just one more sleep and then we're off on the buses
i DO want to know
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lord lucan wrote: »Had a good nose around the venue prior to Anthrax. One band that caught my ear were an english band called Hammer of the Gods who were on the Jagermeister stage. Dressed like Roman Centurians and wearing toga's they cut quite a sight. Great sound,even if the singer was poor(imo.).
Another highlight was the Big 4 jam on 'Am i Evil?'. Having watched the DVD,Youtube videos etc i sort of thought it was a bit corny,maybe even contrived. But standing there watching many of my Metal heroes all on the same stage with smiling faces and rocking out i couldn't help but feel elated at an amazing sight and sound and it was truly something i'll always remember.
Glad i got to witness what was in my eyes an historic event.
Lucan I'm pretty much going to mirror what you said :-)
we were on the 6:25 Ryanair flight to Stansted, no hassles, even got to sit together, picked up the hire car and of to the Hotel (a couple of miles from Stansted) to make sure everything was ok for a 2am check-in.......lucky we did check as well as the place was booked out and had we not gone in we may have well had the room passed on in the afternoon..........anyway all sorted and off we go - with the exception of a slight naviational error (missed our turn off and 15 mins later see a sign saying "Congestion Charge in 500m" - no way, how the hell did we nearly end up in London) anyway, quick turn around and back on track, arrived nice and early, parked got ourselves together and were very happy with the organisation outside, picked up our tickets etc without a hitch..........had loads of time for a beer and a wander around the site, good layout, lots of food options etc.....
had intended to watch Hammer Of The Gods rather than Diamon Head as I'd liked what I'd heard on their MySpace, so we sat down around the Jager stage near 3 for them and have to say the singer and the gimmick put us off, thought he was a bit weak alright, band was solid though, just loose the cheap masks......they had decent sound I thought......stayed for a few songs and headed up to catch Diamond Head, who weren't nearly as bad as I was expecting, but nothing special either.....
I thought Anthrax were on top form, Joey may not be as quick as he used to be but he still covered every inch of that massive stage, his vocals were excellent and they seemed (as all 4 bands did) to be really enjoying the event....really liked the new song, and as with you was happy to see the kids getting into it.....nice to hear a bit of ChaosAD too :-)
Megadeth were excellent too, that's the best I've heard Dave live, he's not a great vocalist lets be honest but he was giving it socks on Friday, and the rest of the band were terrific, nice set starting with a slower song worked really well.......
for me Slayer were band of the day, they just crushed everything in site, 6th time seeing them and the last time on the Holy Alliance Tour they were really lacklustre and I wondered were they done - not a chance, Friday they were so powerful, Gary Holt was excellent, Kerry King was right on the money, Tom was having more fun than I've ever seen (even videoing the crowd from his iphone) and Dave Lombardo killed........we were 4-5 rows back from the barrier on the right side of the stage and business certainly picked up while they were on, but enjoyable and nearly all just friendly fun.......great to see loads of girls around us belting out the Slayer lyrics :-)
have to be honest, just before Metallica were due to come on (8:30) I have a huge energy crash, so decided to stay back and just chill, sent my mates back into the crowd, glad I did, wasn't 100% at that stage, but still, how can you not enjoy the Metallica set, although from where I was they were pretty sloppy at the start and I thought they made a balls of Fade To Black, that aside, great setlist and the Big4 Jam was like you said an historic moment to witness, I 100% agree, having seen it before you know what's coming and it's corny and the hugs may be for show, but who cares, look at them all on one stage belting out Am I Evil and grinning from ear to ear........Friday was a day that myself and my two mates will never forget - so glad we decided to go, was too wrecked after Metallica finished to hit Killing Joke and we knew we'd a 30min walk to the car anyway, got back to the hotel around 2:00am and back up for the flight just before 10..........at the end of the day - worth every minute of it - and I'd do it all again next week if I could
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Would just be repeating you all
Was just fantastic seeing the Big 4!! Something I'll never forget that just got us pumped for the rest of the weekend! Have seen Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica before, but they just seemed in great form, delighted and happy with everything, belting out awesome tunes
Don't know too much Diamond Head, but was fangirling and fancrushing on the lead singer
The rest of the weekend was just a great experience, seeing some amazing bands live and even got to go Rollin' with Limp Bizkit
Was on the first flight this morning and compltely wrecked, but would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
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lord lucan wrote: »Forgot to add,props to whoever was flying the Tricolour up front for most of friday.:)
Yeah, I was delighted to see it was the only flag that far front for Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica - beautiful to see....so I took this photo....
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Really did enjoy Megadeth this year. Seems like they actually enjoyed themselves!
Yes, I have to agree, the band did seem to have a great time performing. The only thing about their set was how quiet Mustaine was, I'm used to him talking on and on but he barely said a few words...still, great musician and great music from the band as a whole.0 -
Motley Crue wrote: »Yeah, I was delighted to see it was the only flag that far front for Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica - beautiful to see....so I took this photo....
wasn't many flags around alright - which is no bad thing in my book :-)
think the tricolour was just behind us, we were right up the front for Slayer (whch I've probably already mentioned) looks like you had a nice spot too Crue........
as for Mr.Mustaine, to be honest I was very happy that he just said a few words and concentrated on the job at hand, as mentioned before they seemed to be really enjoying it as was everyone else.........will throw in a couple of pics when I get a few minutes.....if that ever happens again in my life :-):D0 -
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Here's the end of Raining Blood and the start of Black Magic......sorry for the crappy sound, it sounded great standing there, odd.......
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Fantastic weekend.
Megadave and Slayer the best for me on Friday, wouldnt be the biggest Slayer fan but they were top notch.
Weezer really surprised me on the Sat by being one of the best bands of the festival, loads of tunes off the blue album and Paranoid Android cover was cool.
The Mars Volta were very energetic and I didnt know most of their tunes but hearing The Widow was class.
Great setlist from Paradise Lost and the usually bored looking Nick Holmes was in top form for a change, hopefully an Irish date will arise soon.
Up early on Sun for the amazing Volbeat who came on a quarter an hour earlier than announced, great varied setlist, roll on gig in Oct.
Opeth were face meltingly great as usual, the usual crowd banter from God, I was a bit surprised by the inclusion of Face of Melinda at a festival but happy to hear it all the same.
Not a fan of Slipknot or Limp Bizkit but I thought Limp Bizkit were deadly live, Slipknot not so, thought there was something missing from their performance(not meant as a bad joke)
Saw loads more, honourable mention for the brilliant Bill Bailey and I was told I really enjoyed the Cancer Bats set covering Black Sabbath, cant remember much of it tho.
Really well run festival, friendly and relaxed,will be back next year when hopefully Rush and Soundgarden will headline:D
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