Saturday bloody saturday....


Our hotel room was so nice that aaron thought he was "home". (Reference to a day 1 comment he made)

where are you guys stayin?

the new hilton it's awesome.

THE ARCHITECT: (main stage) these dudes are awesome. When we came in the sampple was playing and I told carina they were playing but she didn't get it. At the end of their set, I missed it but the drummer hucked his drum stool into the crowd and some kid caught it and lobbed it back at the stage. I should tell you at this point, Keith was walkin around like captain america or colbert with an american flag drapped around his body. I realized what was happenin when the drummers tool magially materialized into keith' face. The stool plopped to the ground. Don't worry about the stool, it was fine. Mr. Hell on the other hand was not so fine. proving once again that skin is no matched for metal as he spurted blood from his head. I think he ended up makin much more of a statement in the end than he had originally planned on. Nothing more movin than a blood soaked american flag. carina said he went out and shook the hand of the dude that tossed it back.

miles between, the: (second stage) wow, people were all dancin to them. They sounded a bit more like the acacia strain, imho.

beyond the embrace: (main stage) the singer cut his hair! I was told by some one that this made him look cutier. I think he looked more like a 70's pornstar. They played some new tracks that were heavier than some of the stuff they did on the last CD.

ALETHIAN: (second stage) reminded me of if hope dies. They are signed to ironclad too and the singer's got long hair. Coincidents abound.

hallows eve: (main stage) wow, I didn't know that this was THE hallows eve. Holy cow! I have plenty of their stuff on vinyl (well, mostly comps). I don't know if it's a one time thing or not but it was awesome (wll lillian axe do this ever?). they had a fill in from rigamortis.

epicurean: (second stage) no girl bass player anymore. Since they broke up and reformed, they look a lot more styling.

network, the: (main stage) friggin savages! Watching them on this big stage gave me goosebumps. I'm glad they have made it this far. Within the first song, all over pete's pedals were disconnected and by the second song, he was up on the krank cabs, kicked over one of the heads, and was smashing the crap out of his guitar. After being one of the only people to scream out "A PERFECT WORLD!!" I ran up real quickly to shoot epicurean and then get down start for the ending. As a gang of their friend stormed the stage screaming "what if we never wake up!" the stage went into the-network's own version of creative chaos. Mics topped, and everyone ended up on the floor.

See you before 4:00!

demiricous: (main stage) I don't know if I saw them with the current drummer, but he is a perfect fit. Sound-wise, appearance-wise, his metal falsetto, and he's got tons of energy. if you gave him a mic, he would probably scream the entire set. These guys rule no matter what anyone from the midwest tells me. I just wished I could see them in a closer, more personal space than this huge stage. Something like obriens. The pit in front of them sometimes seems like an impenetrable mote between them and the audience. It's a little hard to cross that devide while trying to play and sing at the same time.

hey rev. i wanna know what songs God dethroned play. Mainly what they still play off of The grand grimmoire

I love that album.

destro, the: (second stage) since th_network played downstairs, they got a super long set up time to keep the stage on time. I kept lookig out at they looked even less set up than the time before! Arg! by the time they were kicked off, STF had already been playing for 5 minutes so I snapped some quick shots and ran down stairs.

since the flood: (main stage) great performance. It's amazingg how many of their regular fans were rolling over people's heads. the security guard was just pushing people back into the crowd. I was afraid of gettting crowd punched over the barricade. They stopped play and left the stage after 24K, but then came back to everyone surprise and played in my way.

SHAI HALUD: (main stage) matt fox's birthday. Carina and I yelled it at him on stage. The new singer looks really familiar. He was a bit unsure of himself. I saw matt pointing him around. They still had the same drummer from versoma or LGS or whatever band he was in. Sounded really good and the crowd was climbing on each other to participate.

SONS OF AZREAL: (second stage) wtf! This band was a milder vital remains.. Yet the entire front row was all 15 year old kids looking at their neighbor to see what to do next. Is this the next insanely popular genre? Like christian core had it's year, deathcore had it's year and now it's time for blasphemy? The band was almost as tr00 and kvlt as one could be. Shirt-wise at least. They all had shirts from reputable metal bands. The music was excellent. Like I said, vital remains, but a little milder. There wasn't any of the over the top riffs or drumming. Just pure blackened deathmetal. Hail satan.

3 inches of blood: (main stage) carina said rush. I can see that, I really can. The band is fun to watch live, but I don't really like them. I'm oing to stick with the rush analogy.. But add that they have powermetal vocals at points. Drummer was high energy. At the end of the set, he jumped out of the kit. Managing to launch himself between the cymbols. he landed backwards and hit the last note as he landed.

apiary: (second stage) I missed them on the x dalla brawla tour. It was cool to see them, but I wasn't impressed. I think they need more crowd participation in their set and most people just stood there. Also the singer was mostly in the back with the drummer.

i refuse to support anything hilton...your room may very well pay for some stupid paris-related antics

oh mean, I wish I could have paid just to see The_Network and then left. Pete goes fucking nuts these days hahahahah

FUCKING FREE, FUCKING SOON, FUCKING AWESOME

FUCKING ALL AGES


FUCK


Thursday, May 3rd
6:30PM - ALL AGES - FREE
@ UMass Lowell VPAC, 3rd Floor
Fox Tower
Lowell, MA
www.uml.edu

GAZA (Black Market Activities, from SLC Utah)
The_Network (they will destroy everything in sight, I've seen it happen more than once)
Porphyria (New England's answer to Decapitated)
The Taste of Silver (New England's answer to Phillip Glass in a grind band)

http://myspace.com/GAZA
http://myspace.com/thenetworkmetal
http://myspace.com/porphyria
http://myspace.com/thetasteofsilver

forever in terror: (second stage) cool stuff. Hardcore with jow satriani riffs. There were tons of kids circle pitting, etc... The band's really high energy on stage.

goatwhore: (main stage) sammy's birth day. They were really good. it sucked at the end of their set when ben said they had one more son, but instead the lights went on. sucky. I wanted another story! afterwards, I text'd carina a lyric, but she didn't get it.

gaza: (second stage) gaza's got a posse in the_network. Kevin hoped on stage and threw the (unusually tall) singer asside and took over on the mic before flipping over into the crowd. This started a bunch of other crowd surfers. They still played the technical parts, but came across so much heavier live. They are playing 285585 times in the area in the comng month. I command thee to seek them out. Even the free show on may 3rd in lowell.

impious: (main stage) ok, why did I confused this band with the xtian hardcore band imperial? They were pure swedish deathmetal and reminded me a lot of dismember. Heck, the singer looks very similar to the singer for dismember. They tried to get some crowd participation, but they didn't play along. There was a big gapping hole where people should be yelling.

hahah thanks Aaron ;)

psyopus: (second stage) since when did psyopus envoke a hope conspiracy type crowd reaction. People were stage diving like it's nobody's business. Their set started off weird cause they had a fill in singer. Was that the same guy who filled in for FASSW? Looks similar. Still, the masterful work as they charmed the crowd into jumping off the stage. Lemmings trial jumping off the ledge.

god dethroned: (main stage) it was bascally all new songs. I was thinking "henry don't fail me!" but in the end, they didn't play the songs I wanted to here. Oh well. This makes their 3rd metalfest. The first time would have been the best, this the second best. The new songs are great, but I don't know them yet.

ANOMOSITY: (second stage) damn it, I came in after they were threw confetti (or possibly feathers) and got called down to the main stage for lizzy borden before I could snap off more that a couple pictures. And they had a trampoline on stae with them. Arg! Someone tell me it wasn't as good as I'm imagining it to be.

lizzy borden: (main stage) I ran down cause the first thing lizzy borden was doing was killing misstress julia (yeah!). They slit her throat and she lay dead on the stage until a stage hand took her away. Anyhow, that was after a super long set up time. I have no idea how they played that long and set up for that long. The sound in the mix for all the channels kept etting change while they played. They also killed a stripper on stage. Her shirt got ripped open and her neck bloodied. The singer went through more wardrobe chanes than paris hilton. Skulls, blood, axes, bats, and more fun! The singer poured fake blood from his palms out on people in the crowd. Oh yeah, jack frost played with them too. Does anyone know the other band he played in that I photo'd? anyone in the crowd (front row at least) got free passes to the strippers strip club. I doubt anyone in the front was old enough to go.

job for a cowboy: (main stage) now this is the band that I wished I had seen the other time I saw them. Much much tighter. Everyone in the audience seemed to have something important to yell at the band. They were evenly devided in "you suck" and "play knee deep". I got stuck in front of the constantly headbanging singer. His hair was wet so every bang of his head made a fine cool mist. It even smelled clean. I have a new motto for them JFAC: like a summers day. Anyone? Oh well. They ended with knee deep and it was picture perfect to the MP3 I heard on... Guess where. Myspace. all over a big surprise from them I guess they didn't like reading reviews that they sounded not so good so they got good.

red chord, the: (main stage) when I hit the bathroom afterwards, I heard many "I saw them for the for the first time last year at ozzy fest" ha! they also had a CD signing. Compared with all the other bands, metal fest gave them a lot of time. My 15-20 minute set ADD riddled brain even noticed it. standing in one place for more than 5 minutes makes me antsy. Speaking of ants, they ended their set with DIDY and not antman. All of those 30 minutes, I got an average of 1-2 crowd surfers landing on me. If you look at the pictures, you will see air fey in there again. Seems I snap all of his "last" shows. ha HA.

BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: (main stage) really heavey with shannon (ex-all that remains) on drums. He's tight, technical and crazy heavy. This is his first time he played with them. Their set was excellent. They even played a new song. My only complaint was with the hi-beam back-lighting. I couldn't get a focus on anything to save my life. The crowd got even more frenzied for BDM. This band sells out huge places now and by them selves would pack in 3/4 of this place.

the brought out brian slegal at the end and gave him an esp guitar signed by everyone. awsome dude.

the_reverend said:

HA!

carina's sidekick got smashed. the screen looks psychodelic, man.

cannibal corpse: (main stage) longish set list. They have such a huge collection to pull from that they could easily play a lot longer. The rumor going into this was that chris barnes would come out for stripped raped and strangled. We'll see. now that I finally noticed bass drops on a real bass, I noticed all the bass drops their songs have. I was really impressed with the last 4 songs. That's some damn fine CC. The surprise guest for the last song turned out to be trevor from black dalhia murder. Unfortunantely, I don't think he knew stripped rape and strangled at all. Goodtimes, but whatever.

the_reverend said:

That is actually the title of a song from the New Bedford band Brokeback Mountain.

the_reverend said:

bastards, i wanna see them play art of immolation. I wanna cover that song some day

the_reverend said:

I fucking love that band. I've been listening to them for a few years so I'm stoked to hear the new album. Basically them and Psyopus are the only bands I was looking forward to seeing that day. Everyone else I've seen a ton of times.

I'm finally home. I got like loads of pictures to go through.. 200 more than yesterday.

i cant believe i missed the network! ugh. i had no idea they were playing that early and was probably smoking cigarettes outside or walking to starbucks with pires.

the miles between were great this year. kids went pretty nuts for them. no voice for the voiceless though...kinda sad, i love that song.

overall since the flood and gaza were my two favs for the day. lizzy borden was actually wicked entertaining and much better than i thought they would have been.

shai hulud (pretty much the whole reason i went this year) played a pretty good set, id have to say the worst ive seen them though. that had to be the new singers first show with them. he seemed like he was nervous and unsure of himself. they also have a new second guitarist who was wearing an emperor shirt. he was good. they sounded good overall but it wasnt the explosion that hulud usually brings i think because of the singers lack of stage presence and delivery. i hope he gets better because i love this band. they also had to follow STF who killed it.

job for a cowboy...despite all the bs everyone talks about them, i think this band is pretty damn good. the singer is avoiding BREEs on the new songs which also sound way more death metal, way less death core. i was impressed with them overall.

the headlining special performance was so fucking lame...they did 2 metallica songs 2 slayer songs a thin lizzy song and some song i didnt know. pretty much everyone besides the bassist and drummer (the dude from as i lay dying) kept changing and were messing up parts like crazy. they also didnt figure out any kind of organization for it since we had to wait 5-10 minutes for everyone to find Buzz from Unearth and get him tuned up to play in the middle of the "set". i should have just left after cannibal.

overall it was a fun year though.
rev i saw the end of animositys set...i thought it was ok, nothing special. im also not a very big fan. by the way thanks for sporting that DC tee today!

Incredible show, I took off after Unearth, did anyone catch the "guest jam", I'd love the details.

processing second stage

JFAC were great, screw the haters.

The jam at the end was gay.

SacreligionNLI said:

we got hooked up

AUTOPSY_666 said:

where were you hanging out? we didn't see you!

I was around, mostly on the bar level downstairs and then in the balcony near the end, RED CHORD - to the end.

I met "Yummy" and saw a few other RTTPers, like Blue, Scott ZIRCON, Marsinator, MetalGeorge, Pam, etc.

Saw some GOREALITY, GODLESS RISING and a bunch of PORPHYRIA shirts walking around.

I was sitting directly across from where you and Aaron were sitting on the stage, up in the balcony.

I waved to you when the lights were bright once, you didn't see me.

blame canada!

Great shirt!

agreed. it probably looks sweet with the blood too

Aaron the question isn't what band did you shoot with Jack Frost... its what bands havent you shot with Jack Frost...

could have been Bronx Casket Company....could have been Seven Witches.......

seems like every show i go to he is filling in for someone

out of the past three years going to this thing this year was my favorite.

it was nice of meeting everyone as well.

The highlight for me saturday night was when I was waiting out front at the very end,and the Rev and carina come out and all the crowd starts screaming and clapping for them,you guys are like rock stars now. Also not to be forgotten some kid jumping on Rev and grabbing his nipples.....

Shannon nli said:

i swear im in virginia and had nothing to do with this.

Lynnetoolazytologin said:

BCC, that's it! I knew it had something to do with Dee Dee. thank you

did the_network have to pay for that $3000 head pete knocked over?

Talk about rocking out with his cock out.

Anyone know Lizzy Borden's set list? Looks like he put on his signature theatrics

wow. that's all I can say about that. easy access for the "oops I sat in gum" joke.

xax, I thought their set was over when that head came down. I don't think the front row of cabs were plugged in were they?

Im pissed i missed Lizzy. I just didn't have the time to spend another whole day in Worcester.

from what i noticed some bands used those heads/cabs if they didn't bring there own.
and if they did they were in back of the kranks to look like every band was playing a krank.
most of the cabs were used throughout the show i'm not sure about the networks set since they use mesa's i think.... but they were real and those do go for a lot of money

for instance colin of arabia were playing with kranks and having trouble dialing in the correct sound so they were playing around with the knobs

maslayer said:

I'm not sure... they played 2 songs that I knew, I'm not not sure what they were.

apparently the rev is very fond of snapping pictures of anthony simone.

the_reverend said:

I actually had a lot of fun this year.

That shit with The Architect was fucking hilarious. That drummer could have really hurt someone throwing his stool into the crowd, it should have been him that got his head split open. Quite a way to start the day, though!

BTE was pretty good, I liked the 2nd new song they played a lot. 12:30 is too early for them to play, you could tell they were kinda just wanting to get out of there and go back to sleep. And Shawn is a sexy bastard, Rev, you can admit it.

I'm pissed I missed The_Network, I was curious and my friend was playing with them. I had an hour to kill before they played so I went to get food with Jon at the Irish, big mistake. An hour and ten minutes later we finally got our cold, oxidized, food and then we had to wait for the check! Turns out I missed quite a bit. Sucks.

3 was fucking awesome, best surprise of the weekend for me. Nice to have something different to watch after 300 bands in girl shirts and crooked hats. The drummers were so cool to watch and the singer/guitar player was fucking sick. Jon bought the CD.

Impious was killer, never thought I'd see them live. I think George did an interview with them later. They smiled a lot while they were playing, it was great. Swedes are so happy.

Goatwhore kinda bores me. I like a handful of their songs a lot, but I think I've just seen them too many times. Seeing Sammy never gets old though, because he was in fucking Acid Bath. (I emphatically pointed this out to him later at the bar, because I'm a dork.) I didn't know it was HIS birthday. Shows how much I was paying attention I guess. The photopit was a nightmare during their set.

I didn't really watch God Dethroned, they've never been very good live, IMO. I prefer them on CD.

Lizzy Borden was silly. I had a great time chatting with Kevin Panko about how insane it was that we were about to see Lizzy Borden. We nearly laughed ourselves dead when they came out. I wish the knife was real that slit Juliya's neck open. She sucks. I guess I missed some tits when I was in the bathroom.

Uuuuh I think at this point there was a bunch of bands I hate, so I went back to the Irish for a couple beers. I think The Red Chord were on when I came back.

Cannibal Corpse was GREAT. Except for that idiot not knowing the words to Stripped, Raped, and Strangled. Fucking poser.

Speaking of posers...that all-star jam was atrocious. Those assholes should be ASHAMED of themselves. No one knew the fucking words to what they were singing, I was embarrassed for them. The worst part is, the goddamn lyrics for Black Magic were taped to the stage and they STILL didn't get them right. They didn't even know the fucking vocal patterns. It was horrible and they should all be killed.

All in all I had a lot fun. As weak as the line-ups at this fest can be, I usually have a really good time. Next year I'm going to be smart and print out the final schedule. Next year is the 10th year...that's fucking crazy.

This is the first metal fest I've been to in years. Not nearly as good as previous years but, hey what're you gonna do. It beat working or sitting at home wishing I could be doing something.

I made it up here for 2-ish. The first few bands on both stages were unimpressive to me so I just hung outside with people drinking and smoking. I was pissed that the network just got done when I walked in.
I'd say the 2nd stage was where it was at.

Sons of Azrael-they were ok, not anything I haven't heard before. Straight-up satanic death metal.

It was a toss up between Apiary and Shai Halud. Halud's new singer just wasn't doing it for me. Instead of ruining my memories of seeing them in the past I went up to see Apiary. Hmmm.....I don't wanna say everyone was just ok but they were too. Very long samples before their songs that occasionally cut out then restarted. 20 minute set guys. Let's go. I did like them live. Haven't heard a whole lot of them but enjoyed seeing them. I talked to them a few times throughout the day. Very nice guys who were just excited to be on this fest. No shit.

Forever in Terror-I liked them. Very energetic, good guitars, many circle pits.

3-wasn't diggin it.

Gaza- good stuff. The 2nd stage was starting to wake up when these guys played. Yeah, kids were going crazy.

God Dethroned-I think they only played one song I knew. But not the one I liked. Oh well, It's been a while seeing them again. maybe not long enough.ow.

Lizzy Borden-interesting to say the least. uninteresting to say the most. I couldn't even pay attenion to the music. Too busy trying to guess what else the singer was going to wave around next. I wonder if this guy hits for average or homeruns. skull licking and some blood spitting, but is it necessary to wave a huge flashlight? They were the judge.

Psyopus-Fun time. I think this was the singer from Fassw. Lots of fun was had. Crazy guitar work for one guitar player. Jumpers and divers galore.

Anomosity-possibly my favorite of the day. When the singer brought out the trampoline it was like waving heroin to a junkie. Everyone wanted some. Again....kids went completely crazy with good reason imho...they played incredibly. They blew feathers and confetti out. Feathers in the eyes were a casualty among many. good times.

Job For a Cowboy-Don't care what the latest word is....they were awesome. I wasn't sure what to expect with this being the first time seeing them. But, I was thinking this couldn't be the same band everyone dumps on. They were a lot of fun.

The Red Chord-ummm....not impressed. I'm not a fan of anything by them after the first album so my opinion is shit. They played a bunch of songs off of Clients that I barely knew and a couple new ones that noone knew. They ended with a song I liked. It's not gonna be alright. But it was.

Black Dahlia Murder-I guess majority of the people were here to see them. I thought the sound just sucked for them. I was happy to hear a couple songs but not a huge fan. I did rock my head some tho.

Cannible Corpse-Oh my...boring. and yet again....not much of a fan of the latest few albums. Fucked with a knife, Hammer Smashed Face, and Stripped, Raped, and Strangled were the only ones I cared for. I could have sang that song better than Trevor.

Unearth-the worst and least interesting time I've seen them. I know....why did I go?....well...to have some fun. These guys are not. I know it's typical to bash them here but understandebly(sp.) so. They played One Step Away. hip hip hooray for 2001. Buzz jumped off his cab 123 times and jumped at all appropriate transitions. good guitar playing (sorta) but just boring band.
THE JAM-fuck that jam. I left when it took BUzz a shitload of time to get ready. Thin Lizzy huh? lata.

many little kids this year, much discrepency in bands time slots, mostly drinking and smoking outside between it all. Blue, nice to see you again and sorry for the many rambles. I think there's something in their water. Rev, I saw you but never less than 10 feet away to say hi. Dwyer.....psoriasis motherfucker.

theaccursedvokillist said:

lol

he misquoted though "he was cute with long hair and cute with short hair"

yeah, what was up with the flashlight during lizzy borden? no clue. It looked like they stopped at walmart on the way there. Where do you find those huge batteres?

The flashlight was asinine, but people were still jumping on each to get their face in it.

pam said:
I ran into the rev as he was coming up from downstairs when the_network were coming on.. so i said hi and ran really fast. really good pete is an animal. destroying everything. damn plus the free shirts and hoodies were awesome although i got taken out when i grabbed one.....

3 is awesome GREAT break from the Tuff x mosh bands and BReeHrererer Oh EERrr

i didn't watch the jam band. but i predicted it was the as i lay dying unearth cover group.
and they didn't pay well cause they were thrashed i mean look at ken and buzzz in the pictures. and tims voice for oldschool metal sucksss like a mo-fo.

yummy said:

It's CANNIBAL, Mr. Spelling Bee.

Sorry I flunked your pop spelling quiz.

damn.

though not the worst serving I've ever seen... you did just get served

I accept that hostess.

best part of the night.....getting on the barricade and singing along to the end of 'dreaming in dog years' while working.

the_reverend said:

Shit, looks like they had a pretty fucking killer set list.

that's funny, I remember seeing the staff guy singing that part.

bouncers that are into the music are the best.

palladiumstaffguy said:

damn i look beat in that picture.

"IT'S NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE OKAY!"

the_reverend said:

well said rev, it's one of the reasons i love working there. i told the guys that you cant ask me to work metalfest and not get one sing-along, so i took it upon myself to sing 'dreaming in dog years' with Guy. good times.

my day two pics:
http://thephoenix.com/onthedownload/PermaL...f95d683-e253-4304-85ec-c2ff3a15fada

unearth: (main stage) they played a meatwad sample going into the ATHF song. the usual unearth theatrics. Hilarious. In the end, things were endless and blackhearts reigned then Buzz smashed his guitar. his guitar budget must be staggering.

metal blade jamstars: (main stage) roadrunner allstars? Nope, this is the metal blade jamstars. It was cool to see these people all on stage, but it was a jam sessions cause they didn't know the words or anything. The sound was pretty terrible, but the song selection was great and seeing those particular persons on the same stage at the same time was neat.

http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/whattakunt/NEMHF%202007/Saturday/

My pics from Saturday.

them some bigggg bubbies right there.

Motorboat-worthy, for sure.

keith's head wound

Wow, that's disgusting.

whoah...i told you my top kept going lower and lower..argh@@@!!!

anyhow...my pics are up
http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date=2007-04-28

Lizzy Borden looks like Mortiis

up
actually the phoenix issue out this week will have a pic of Behemoth I took!

the_reverend said:

how did that happen?

my day two pics:
http://thephoenix.com/onthedownload/PermaL...f95d683-e253-4304-85ec-c2ff3a15fada
^^^
read about it there

carina, did somefan girl write that?

the metal injection review of the fest can be found here
i saw those guys running around i may be in a video or two... one of which me sitting at a table by myself filled with leftover booze.... anyways i found their review not as in depth as the_rev's

and that head wound is br00tal

*YAWN*
Looks like they added a few more photos (about time). That review sucked, I agreew with the first comment posted on their site:
Donald
Apr 27th, 2007 at 9:04 pm

Real metal fans would be at the show, actually watching the bands, rather than sitting in some lame hotel box getting wasted, pretending to “interview” bands.

If you’re not in the Palladium, you’re not “at” Metalfest.

Do it right, or go home

the_reverend said:

Hey be sure to check out the drummer adding to the consensus on derek roddy's message board that I'm not only the shitiest drummer ever, but apparently I also wasn't on psyopus's new record. I wonder what I was doing at that time. Maybe I should ask the drummer from sons of azreal.

ha!