At 7/8/07 11:14 PM, StealThisAlias wrote:
so, i just got back from summer slaughter
So did I, except unlike you, I stayed for the whole show. It ended sometime around 12:11 AM. Alas, it was not as good as I was hoping for it to be. Overall, I'd give it a 5/10. I left the show more exhausted than I've ever been in my whole life, and I'm still extremely tired right now. The first three bands (Beneath the Massacre, Ion Dissonance and As Blood Runs Black) were pretty much shit. The Faceless was actually a bit better than I thought they'd be, but that's not really saying much. Necrophagist was the best (and unfortunately, last) band to perform tonight, and they ended the show with Fermented Offal Discharge, a brilliant song. The second best band that played tonight was Cattle Decapitation. I was pretty disappointed with Decapitated and Cephalic Carnage, though I still enjoy listening to their albums.
Before the show began, I was standing in the front of the line in the humid weather for several hours. I spotted Muhammed (vocalist and guitarist of Necrophagist) wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette outside the tour bus. I shook his hand, had a brief conversation, and had him sign my ticket along with my brother's and my friend's. We also had our picture taken with him, but it's on my friend's cell phone, not my camera, so if he sends it to me tomorrow, I'll post it here.
I was standing in the front row and center until Decapitated's set began, because at that point, the moshers went completely out of control. I tried manhandling them aggressively, and that really wore me out after a while. I really tried to enjoy Decapitated while they were on stage, but instead I ended up having to elbow all of the scene kids behind me and shove away those who were next to me. Fucking assholes. After Decapitated played their last song, I left the front and moved all the way to the back behind the balcony, and that's where I saw Necrophagist from.
Anyway, the bands played in this order:
Beneath the Massacre, Ion Dissonance, As Blood Runs Black, The Faceless, Cattle Decapitation, Cephalic Carnage, Decapitated and Necrophagist.
I took 8 pics in all, one for each band. I'll post them in the morning, because I'm too tired now.