The Metal/Punk/Rock Thread

[TibBo]

9 hours ago, Merzbow said:

If anyone's gonna be in Brum while not going to the Sabbath show for whatever reason then good pals at Flesh Creep are playing on a free show the same night.

Spent about 2 minutes looking at that poster trying to figure-out what venue it was at. Thought Spoilers were the headliners.

[Merzbow]

Great bit of new black metal that pisses off all the right people just because of a front cover.

 

[wordsfromlee]

Biohazard have released their first song in 13 years and for a bunch of bloke pushing 60, they can still give any of the current hardcore bands a run for their money.

 

[WyattSheepMask]

Yeah I really enjoyed that. Wheel remaining firmly un-reinvented, they know what brought them to the dance

[Egg Shen]

Yep, didn't want anything else other than that.

[Merzbow]

The older I get the more I start enjoying the most ignorant sounding caveman Slam.

 

[Merzbow]

The new Haggus album is shockingly competent, I always liked them but there's such a huge move to well written grindcore with hardcore influences here and some genuinely good production. It still hits that caveman mincecore vibe I love a fair bit but I can see this getting them a whole new fanbase.

 

[Ironic Indie Lad]

I have secured a ticket to Back to the Beginning.

I will cover it live for the UKFF. 

[WyattSheepMask]

We’ve been trying to think which songs the guest singers will be doing.

Obviously there won’t be any Dio era or any other era songs, it will all be Ozzy era, but I reckon Papa V is singing ‘Changes’. Really suits his voice

[cobra_gordo]

I'll be going for a beer when David Draiman comes out I know that much.

I think I'm most looking forward to seeing Jake E Lee play Bark At The Moon with Ozzy.

[CTXRussomark]

3 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said:

Obviously there won’t be any Dio era or any other era songs, it will all be Ozzy era, but I reckon Papa V is singing ‘Changes’. Really suits his voice

When they originally announced Ozzy as doing some solo stuff ahead of the Sabbath set I just assumed he'd do Changes with Kelly.  Not that I really want to see it, but I wouldn't begrudge him wanting that moment with his daughter. 

[WyattSheepMask]

2 hours ago, CTXRussomark said:

When they originally announced Ozzy as doing some solo stuff ahead of the Sabbath set I just assumed he'd do Changes with Kelly.  Not that I really want to see it, but I wouldn't begrudge him wanting that moment with his daughter. 

You could well be right, but that thought hadn’t crossed my mind with it being a Sabbath song.

I know a lot of us baulked at the price initially, but anyone on here that is going to this I genuinely hope you have a great time. I’m not paying £25 for the stream as I do t think I’ll be able to get it watched in the 48hrs afterwards before it disappears, but if it were to appear on a torrent somewhere and I can make a separate donation I’ll do it that way instead 

[cobra_gordo]

I managed to get a ticket a couple of weeks ago when Ticketmaster released the production holdbacks. Don't mind admitting that I paid just over £400 for gold standing because I had a "fuck it" moment. I still feel sick at spending that much to go to a gig but it feels like a moment in time that I can't miss. I'll still be torrenting the gig though, fuck paying another £25 to relive it and only for a couple of days.

What I'm most gutted about is that I bought Slayer tickets for Cardiff as a consolation prize on the day they were released and they're now being sold for 20 quid with a discount code.

[waters44]

Has there been any announcements on what to expect on the day? When I got the ticket I thought I was an evening thing. Each guest doing a Sabbath song followed by the band doing a song or two, but now it’s a whole day thing!

[cobra_gordo]

26 minutes ago, waters44 said:

Has there been any announcements on what to expect on the day? When I got the ticket I thought I was an evening thing. Each guest doing a Sabbath song followed by the band doing a song or two, but now it’s a whole day thing!

It's always been a whole day thing. I'd hazard a guess at 20-30 minute sets, maybe longer as it gets to Tool, GnR, Slayer, Metallica.

Andy Copping did an interview recently where he's said they've got a revolving stage so one band can be setting up while another is playing, meaning we're looking at 10-12 minute changeovers between bands. He's also said to expect two or three surprise bands that aren't advertised, one is strongly rumoured to be Soundgarden. Hook it up to my fucking veins.