First off, excellent gig. Suffocation was amazing. Cryptopsy was good, Despised Icon sent me up to the bar for a tasty beverage, and Aborted was a nice suprise. Each band used triggers on the kicks.
Aborted. Both guitarists were running Madison Divinity heads with Despised Icon's cabinets (no names / brands in sight). They had a very pleasing tone, too. One guitarist used an LTD Viper, the other a Gibson Explorer. The bassist ran a Trace Elliot rackmount bass head of some sort, into a SWR cab. He played on one of the LTD "F" basses. They had a great sound and their drummer was very easy to hear.
Despised Icon had really poor tone. Both guitarists were running the rackmount Boss GX-700 into 5150's, one guitarist was using a Behringer Compressor in his rig too. Their tones were just a big muddy mess and didn't sound anything like the 5150's. One guitarist was using an Ibanez SZ320 (in my opinion an excellent value axe), and the other was running some sort of Fender Strat with different pickups, not really sure.Couldn't really tell what the bassist was running. They had two vocalists (for no reason, as there was never an instance where there was any overlapping vocals and their vocal stylings didn't sound that much different - there was plenty of breathing time between vocal parts too). Their entire mix was just a big bunch of mud and their drummer was having some trouble with his kick pedals.
Cryptopsy's sound was much better. One guitarist was running the Dimebag guitar that he's used every single time I've seen them into a Meas Boogie Rectifier (Triple, if I remember correctly). He was using some effects on the floor, I think, but I couldn't tell what. The other guitarist (the new guy) started off on an Ibanez RG of some sort, then stopped playing that during the first of second song and jumped onto an RR3 with the neck pickup removed for the rest of the set. He was running a Mesa Triaxis into a Peavey 120 Classic power amp (I think that's what it is called). Bassist was using his usual white 5 string Carvin for the whole set and the SWR equivilant of Ampeg's SVT4 Pro (sorry don't know SWR gear).
Suffocation was up last and they had excellent tone. Both guitarists were running Peavey Triple XXX's into two Vader Cabs (side by side, not in a fullstack setup). Terrance was running his usual reverse headstock BC Rich Warlock and guy was running his usual single pickup BC Rich Warlock with the reverse strat head. Derek was running his Tobias 4 string into some sort of rig (it was hidden behind one of Terrance's Vader cabs), into 2 Kustom 4x10's. His bass tone is perfect for Suffocation's music.
Aborted. Both guitarists were running Madison Divinity heads with Despised Icon's cabinets (no names / brands in sight). They had a very pleasing tone, too. One guitarist used an LTD Viper, the other a Gibson Explorer. The bassist ran a Trace Elliot rackmount bass head of some sort, into a SWR cab. He played on one of the LTD "F" basses. They had a great sound and their drummer was very easy to hear.
Despised Icon had really poor tone. Both guitarists were running the rackmount Boss GX-700 into 5150's, one guitarist was using a Behringer Compressor in his rig too. Their tones were just a big muddy mess and didn't sound anything like the 5150's. One guitarist was using an Ibanez SZ320 (in my opinion an excellent value axe), and the other was running some sort of Fender Strat with different pickups, not really sure.Couldn't really tell what the bassist was running. They had two vocalists (for no reason, as there was never an instance where there was any overlapping vocals and their vocal stylings didn't sound that much different - there was plenty of breathing time between vocal parts too). Their entire mix was just a big bunch of mud and their drummer was having some trouble with his kick pedals.
Cryptopsy's sound was much better. One guitarist was running the Dimebag guitar that he's used every single time I've seen them into a Meas Boogie Rectifier (Triple, if I remember correctly). He was using some effects on the floor, I think, but I couldn't tell what. The other guitarist (the new guy) started off on an Ibanez RG of some sort, then stopped playing that during the first of second song and jumped onto an RR3 with the neck pickup removed for the rest of the set. He was running a Mesa Triaxis into a Peavey 120 Classic power amp (I think that's what it is called). Bassist was using his usual white 5 string Carvin for the whole set and the SWR equivilant of Ampeg's SVT4 Pro (sorry don't know SWR gear).
Suffocation was up last and they had excellent tone. Both guitarists were running Peavey Triple XXX's into two Vader Cabs (side by side, not in a fullstack setup). Terrance was running his usual reverse headstock BC Rich Warlock and guy was running his usual single pickup BC Rich Warlock with the reverse strat head. Derek was running his Tobias 4 string into some sort of rig (it was hidden behind one of Terrance's Vader cabs), into 2 Kustom 4x10's. His bass tone is perfect for Suffocation's music.
Comment