Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 23, 2010 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 you was at the Manchester show? crusty old folks everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew187 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I was indeed at the manchester show & your right lots fo old fellas in saxon t shirts & also alot of people in KISS t shirts which was a bit mad like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) I went to see the "big four" Sonisphere webcast from Bulgaria in the cinema last night. In short, it was fucking awesome.  In slightly more words.....  Anthrax  We discussed Anthrax a few pages back in this thread and I said I really prefer them with John Bush. They had Joey Belladonna back, who quite frankly looks ridiculous these days. Either way, he sang well and the rest of the band always have a lot of energy. Charlie brought his A game for sure, he's a great drummer. They did a nice tribute to Dio by busting into a verse or so of Heaven and Hell during Indians which was pretty cool. Thier set list was:  Caught In A Mosh Got The Time Madhouse Antisocial Indians/Heaven And Hell I Am The Law  Megadeth  Just as Megadeth came on it started totally pissing it down in Sofia, there was a great shot of Mustaine's face looking up at the sky and being glad he had a nice cosy stage roof. They ripped right into Holy Wars and the band sounded tight as fuck. The current line up is so technically proficent and well drilled, maybe too much so in the case of new lead guitar player Chris Broderick who, while a great player, is a little too robotic for me. They sounded fucking awesome anyway. However, I have no idea whats happened to Dave's voice. We all know he was never a great singer to begin with, but he really can't hit the high notes at all, it sounds like someone doing a parady of Mustaine. Either way, it didn't bother me too much, Megadeth has always been about the riffs and guitar work more than anything else. Setlist was great, they did Hook In Mouth which I love and at the end of Peace Sells they went into a Holy Wars reprise to end which was killer. Thier setlist was:  Holy Wars Hangar 18 Head Crusher In My Darkest Hour Skin Of My Teeth Hook In Mouth Sweating Bullets Symphony Of Destruction Peace Sells Holy Wars Reprise  Slayer  Now, when I was like 17 I used to love Slayer. Turns out, I'm far less angry now and they're just not for me really. Especially not being there and just watching them on a screen. Jeff Hanneman has really piled on the pounds, he's fucking massive now! Kerry King came on looking totally ridiculous with the biggest spiked armguard you've ever seen. They were alright, I don't think much of thier newer material, but when you can bust out tracks like Angel of Death, South of Heaven and Raining Blood you must still be doing something right. Special mention, although it goes without saying really, to Dave Lombardo who is a fucking beast on the skins. Their setlist was:  World Painted Blood War Ensemble Hate Worldwide Seasons In The Abyss Angel Of Death Mandatory Suicide Chemical Warfare South Of Heaven Raining Blood  Metallica  Now, I'm obviously biased here as Metallica is my favourite band, but there's a reason they're so much bigger than the other 3 and it showed tonight. They were totally on form (as they have been live for several years now) and had the crowd in the palm of thier hand. Its around this time in the broadcast I really wished I was actually there to see them for my 22nd time. The undoubted highlight of the set, and the whole night, was when members from the other 3 bands joined them in the encore for a pounding version of Diamond Head's Am I Evil? with Hetfield, Belladonna and Mustaine taking turns on the vocals. It was truely a sight to behold for all metal fans and the cinema was buzzing. For me, just to see James hetfield and Dave Mustaine jamming side by side again was just incredible. Then after that Tallica finnished off the night with Kill Em All classics Hit The Lights and Seek and Destroy. They all looked like they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was a great night. Thier setlist was:  Creeping Death For Whom The Bell Tolls Harvester Of Sorrow Fade To Black Cyanide One Master Of Puppets Nothing Else Matters Enter Sandman Am I Evil? w/ The Big Four Hit The Lights Seek and Destroy  Here's a video of Am I Evil? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdzqU4I1MM  It was a great experience all in all, and for those that didn't see if there's a DVD coming. What I've written for the setlists were what was actually broadcast, all the bands had a few songs cut off. More metal than you can shake a stick at.   Edited June 23, 2010 by Harvey Dent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I went to see the "big four" Sonisphere webcast from Bulgaria in the cinema last night. In short, it was fucking awesome.  In slightly more words.....  Anthrax  We discussed Anthrax a few pages back in this thread and I said I really prefer them with John Bush. They had Joey Belladonna back, who quite frankly looks ridiculous these days. Either way, he sang well and the rest of the band always have a lot of energy. Charlie brought his A game for sure, he's a great drummer. They did a nice tribute to Dio by busting into a verse or so of Heaven and Hell during Indians which was pretty cool. Thier set list was:  Caught In A Mosh Got The Time Madhouse Antisocial Indians/Heaven And Hell I Am The Law  Megadeth  Just as Megadeth came on it started totally pissing it down in Sofia, there was a great shot of Mustaine's face looking up at the sky and being glad he had a nice cosy stage roof. They ripped right into Holy Wars and the band sounded tight as fuck. The current line up is so technically proficent and well drilled, maybe too much so in the case of new lead guitar player Chris Broderick who, while a great player, is a little too robotic for me. They sounded fucking awesome anyway. However, I have no idea whats happened to Dave's voice. We all know he was never a great singer to begin with, but he really can't hit the high notes at all, it sounds like someone doing a parady of Mustaine. Either way, it didn't bother me too much, Megadeth has always been about the riffs and guitar work more than anything else. Setlist was great, they did Hook In Mouth which I love and at the end of Peace Sells they went into a Holy Wars reprise to end which was killer. Thier setlist was:  Holy Wars Hanger 18 Head Crusher In My Darkest Hour Skin Of My Teeth Hook In Mouth Sweating Bullets Symphony Of Destruction Peace Sells Holy Wars Reprise  Slayer  Now, when I was like 17 I used to love Slayer. Turns out, I'm far less angry now and they're just not for me really. Especially not being there and just watching them on a screen. Jeff Hanneman has really piled on the pounds, he's fucking massive now! Kerry King came on looking totally ridiculous with the biggest spiked armguard you've ever seen. They were alright, I don't think much of thier newer material, but when you can bust out tracks like Angel of Death, South of Heaven and Raining Blood you must still be doing something right. Special mention, although it goes without saying really, to Dave Lombardo who is a fucking beast on the skins. Their setlist was:  World Painted Blood War Ensemble Hate Worldwide Seasons In The Abyss Angel Of Death Mandatory Suicide Chemical Warfare South Of Heaven Raining Blood  Metallica  Now, I'm obviously biased here as Metallica is my favourite band, but there's a reason they're so much bigger than the other 3 and it showed tonight. They were totally on form (as they have been live for several years now) and had the crowd in the palm of thier hand. Its around this time in the broadcast I really wished I was actually there to see them for my 22nd time. The undoubted highlight of the set, and the whole night, was when members from the other 3 bands joined them in the encore for a pounding version of Diamond Head's Am I Evil? with Hetfield, Belladonna and Mustaine taking turns on the vocals. It was truely a sight to behold for all metal fans and the cinema was buzzing. For me, just to see James hetfield and Dave Mustaine jamming side by side again was just incredible. Then after that Tallica finnished off the night with Kill Em All classics Hit The Lights and Seek and Destroy. They all looked like they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was a great night. Thier setlist was:  Creeping Death For Whom The Bell Tolls Harvester Of Sorrow Fade To Black Cyanide One Master Of Puppets Nothing Else Matters Enter Sandman Am I Evil? w/ The Big Four Hit The Lights Seek and Destroy  Here's a video of Am I Evil? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdzqU4I1MM  It was a great experience all in all, and for those that didn't see if there's a DVD coming. What I've written for the setlists were what was actually broadcast, all the bands had a few songs cut off. More metal than you can shake a stick at.    Bastards. Fucking bastards. I saw the big four at Sonisphere in Warsaw last Wednesday and they didn't play together. I at least expected Mustaine with Metallica. We also got a Queen cover. Ugh. but nonetheless it was an awesome gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew187 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 The Big Four live was great but mustaine sounded like hed had a stroke at the start of Megadeths set but after sweating bullets seemed to get going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members martyngnr Posted June 23, 2010 Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 The Big Four live was great but mustaine sounded like hed had a stroke at the start of Megadeths set but after sweating bullets seemed to get going He was the same at Download. takes a few songs for him to get going. Â It was absolutely fantastic though. The cinema completely erupted during the shot of Hetfield and Mustaine just standing together on the same stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew187 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 yeah cinema was really good my neck is sore & my voice is horse & I was sober the whole time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 23, 2010 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2010 how long did it last in the cinema then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 how long did it last in the cinema then? Â It was about 4 hours give or take. No breaks between bands, although there was a nice bit of the band members talking about Ronnie James Dio between Slayer and Metallica for about 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_driver Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 What's the reasoning for Slayer not on the stage with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 What's the reasoning for Slayer not on the stage with them? Â Dave Lombardo was and then Jeff and Tom came out for the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_driver Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 That kinda sucks. Glad you had fun though! Was it a packed cinema, how loud were the crowd in the cinema? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 As much as i'd have liked to see this in the cinema, i'm happy enough waiting on the DVD release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members seph Posted June 24, 2010 Paid Members Share Posted June 24, 2010 Was there a cinema cast in Bristol? I'd hang my head in shame if I'd known and missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted June 25, 2010 Paid Members Share Posted June 25, 2010 Anybody else going to the High Voltage Festival? In warm up I've mainly been listening to DOWN this week. You gotta love them. To be honest I've not heard much from the other bands at HVF but I've been dying to see DOWN live for ages. Â Any recommendations on new earphones? I want a pair with better sound quality than my old regular Ipod set that the wife broke. I've been using awful JVC Gummy ear phones that are so terrible I've only used them for podcasts. Need to get the music going again when I'm out and about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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