Where are my metal heads?

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  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Ministry is coming to Atlanta in April!! I'm so frickin' excited!! It's like a 2.5 hr drive but so worth it!

    Yeah I have to drive 2-2.5 hours to get to Sydney to see any bands.

    I imagine if I was in Sydney I would be seeing many more bands.

    That is me. The closest town that had good shows is like an hour away. So we are always driving an hour or more. More for the bigger acts. They always go to Atlanta, Georgia!
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Ministry is coming to Atlanta in April!! I'm so frickin' excited!! It's like a 2.5 hr drive but so worth it!

    Yeah I have to drive 2-2.5 hours to get to Sydney to see any bands.

    I imagine if I was in Sydney I would be seeing many more bands.

    That is me. The closest town that had good shows is like an hour away. So we are always driving an hour or more. More for the bigger acts. They always go to Atlanta, Georgia!

    So 2.5 hours in total? For me it’s 2.5 hours one way :tongue:
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    edited December 2017
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Ministry is coming to Atlanta in April!! I'm so frickin' excited!! It's like a 2.5 hr drive but so worth it!

    Yeah I have to drive 2-2.5 hours to get to Sydney to see any bands.

    I imagine if I was in Sydney I would be seeing many more bands.

    That is me. The closest town that had good shows is like an hour away. So we are always driving an hour or more. More for the bigger acts. They always go to Atlanta, Georgia!

    So 2.5 hours in total? For me it’s 2.5 hours one way :tongue:

    Atlanta is 2.5 one way. The closest is 1 one way, but they hardly have national headliners.
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    In the last few months I've done Airbourne & Mastodon in Belfast, Metallica in London and Megadeth in Vegas.
    I have Maiden, Sepultura & Skid Row coming up in Belfast and Midnight Ghost Train in Edinburgh in the next few months.
    Missed out on Steel Panther tickets :-(
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    In the last few months I've done Airbourne & Mastodon in Belfast, Metallica in London and Megadeth in Vegas.
    I have Maiden, Sepultura & Skid Row coming up in Belfast and Midnight Ghost Train in Edinburgh in the next few months.
    Missed out on Steel Panther tickets :-(

    I seen Steel Panther a few years back. They opened for Judas Priest. They were so much fun!!
  • MrSith
    MrSith Posts: 1,636 Member
    I'm laughing here...... only 2.5hrs away......hell. I only wish I didn't have at least a 5hr trek to any place to see a decent band.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    edited December 2017
    I'm more of a Blues based classic rock kind of guy, but if you include AC/DC, Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath as Metal, then I like Metal.

    Once, around 1986 or so, I had a Tae Kwon Do school. It was in the evening and I was cleaning the studio after hours and had Led Zeppelin blasting on my ghetto blaster in the studio. A couple of my teen students were driving by and saw the lights on, so they pulled in to check it out. When they came in, they heard my music and one of them said "Wow. I didn't know you listened to Dinosaur Rock." I asked them what they were up to. They told me they were on the way to see a new band called Metallica.
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    MrSith wrote: »
    I'm laughing here...... only 2.5hrs away......hell. I only wish I didn't have at least a 5hr trek to any place to see a decent band.

    I would literally have to relocate. I've tried living somewhere once that was far away from music and that didn't last but like 3 months.
  • Azurite27
    Azurite27 Posts: 554 Member
    Best ever? Maybe Motograter back in 2003 with Kittie. Although Goatwhore was amazing when I saw them this year. Arch Enemy and Trivium put on a great show too. Drove from Alabama to Atlanta just to see them.
  • LeGaCyGiAnT91
    LeGaCyGiAnT91 Posts: 405 Member
    Hi.
  • MrSith
    MrSith Posts: 1,636 Member
    MrSith wrote: »
    I'm laughing here...... only 2.5hrs away......hell. I only wish I didn't have at least a 5hr trek to any place to see a decent band.

    I would literally have to relocate. I've tried living somewhere once that was far away from music and that didn't last but like 3 months.

    I have so many anchors here and none of them bad because it's family and work but at least I guess I get to travel and enjoy that at times.
  • doubleap77
    doubleap77 Posts: 47 Member
    My personal music chronology starts in the Numetal of the late nineties/early aughts. From there, my foundation was Rammstein, who are still one of my all time favorites, and they STILL put on a hell of a show.

    From there, I expanded into mostly melodeath: Children of Bodom, Norther, Kalmah, Disarmonia Mundi... I enjoy a lot of the bands that have already been mentioned as well: Ministry, Sabaton, Amon Amarth, essentially a scatter shot of metal bands spanning Europe.

    I don’t know exactly what it is, but I have never been blown away by much American heavy metal...

    Bonus: 70,000 Tons of Metal is my dream cruise. Maybe someday...
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    Azurite27 wrote: »
    Best ever? Maybe Motograter back in 2003 with Kittie. Although Goatwhore was amazing when I saw them this year. Arch Enemy and Trivium put on a great show too. Drove from Alabama to Atlanta just to see them.

    I've never seen Kittie. I would still go see them if they came here. I was so sad about missing that show show in Atlanta. They keep having some pretty gnarly shows lately. I miss Gwar and Cannibal Corpse too.
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    Hi.

    Helloooo!!
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    Ronnie James and Led Z. They define the genre and wield the POWER like no others.

    I'm jealous.
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    doubleap77 wrote: »
    My personal music chronology starts in the Numetal of the late nineties/early aughts. From there, my foundation was Rammstein, who are still one of my all time favorites, and they STILL put on a hell of a show.

    From there, I expanded into mostly melodeath: Children of Bodom, Norther, Kalmah, Disarmonia Mundi... I enjoy a lot of the bands that have already been mentioned as well: Ministry, Sabaton, Amon Amarth, essentially a scatter shot of metal bands spanning Europe.

    I don’t know exactly what it is, but I have never been blown away by much American heavy metal...

    Bonus: 70,000 Tons of Metal is my dream cruise. Maybe someday...

    I can understand about metal from the states. A lot of metal bands that I listen to do not originate from here. Rammstein is amazing and I wish I could see them live. I would travel across the damn country for them. My husband is huge fan of theirs.

    Also, that cruise would be amazing. So would Hellfest. The US never gets the good stuff. We never have the nice things. We get crap like Carolina Rebellion around here.
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    Ac/DC maybe 1982 back in black tour
  • kxbrown27
    kxbrown27 Posts: 769 Member
    I've been listening to a lot of black metal and doomy stuff lately. Gorgoroth, Belphegor, Watain, Behemoth along with Insomnium, and one of my all time favorites Swallow the Sun.

    I took a ride on the way back machine last week when I came across some old Anacrusis. That band was way ahead of their time. Underrated and underappreciated.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Unless I can’t be bothered making the trip, I should be seeing arch enemy tonight.

    Kind of tired, someone even commented on my my eyes looking tired.
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    I met Devin Townsend once in the late nineties after a gig.

    He was tired. My friend gave him her Mr.Happy watch. He put it on.

    He hugged us both and blew our little teenaged minds then the whole band signed my Strapping Young Lad poster in gold pen.

    A few months later someone stole the poster.

    I only really listen to metal when I’m in a certain mood these days.

    .......

    (cool story bro haha that’s all there is)

    .......
  • MarkSBarber
    MarkSBarber Posts: 89 Member
    I'm a big fan of Obituary, Bile, Slayer, Pantera
    The best show I saw but isn't metal was Chris Cornell unplugged
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Unless I can’t be bothered making the trip, I should be seeing arch enemy tonight.

    Kind of tired, someone even commented on my my eyes looking tired.

    I really got to stop buying tickets to these shows/concerts.

    I don’t live in the city so it’s like a 2hour trip there and back again. Maybe if I was going with other people it would be a different story.

    I am thinking I’m going to give it a pass, I am tired and might actually fall asleep behind the wheel on the way back.

    Waste of money but no point wasting more time and money now.
  • glammooreghoul
    glammooreghoul Posts: 75 Member
    Judas priest will be here in September and I feel like I might jump out of my skin right now. They are the most bad *kitten* live!