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Necrophagist...
Muhammed - BC Rich Stealth, TC Electronic G-Force (with Necrophagist scrolling across), Peavey 5150 II (a friend of mine took a snapshot of the settings I will get it from him and post them), ISP Decimator was in his rack but turned off, Vader 4x12 Fullstack. Muhammad didn't use a noisegate, just switched to his clean channel whenever he wasn't playing. Interestingly enough Stefan (bass) switched between Muhammed's different effects patches for him (at least tonight).
Sami - Amfisound Custom RR, ISP Decimator, TC Electronic G-Major, ENGL SE, Vader 4x12 Fullstack
All other touring bands used the Vader Fullstacks for their cabs.
Arsis.
Jim - Rocktron Voodoo Valve (whatever it is called) and a QSC power amp, Pink RG550 w/EMGs (with a hairtie at the locking nut to help mute the strings)
Other guy - Rocktron Voodoo Valve, some other rack gear, but I didn't get a good look at it
Neuraxis
Will - Jackson Professional Dinky, Boss GT-6 into Muhammed's 5150II.
Rob - Neckthru BC Rich with a normal body shape (not sure the model), 5150.
Alarum
Guy #1 - Steinberger of some sort, Digitech 2120 into a 5150II
Guy #2 - No clue on his gear, but he was running into a 5150
Show had two local openers, one which was not my thing at all (metalcore with some nice guitar work), one which was a great local death metal band.
Alarum was pretty boring. I'm into Atheist and Cynic but honestly they didn't really do anything for me. They covered Death's Flattening Of Emotions as their last song which got them a positive response from the crowd. Otherwise it was sort of boring with some awesome solos in each song.
Neuraxis was quality. Very enjoyable set. One thing I like about all those Montreal bands is that they all sound totally different. Very aggressive with interesting changes over their music. Their vocalist was a bit of a goofball on stage, but they definitely put on a good show. The bassist pretty much headbanged nonstop from the beginning of every song until the end.
Arsis was great as well. They sound exactly like the album live, maybe with just a little bit of differences in the vocal performance. Jim did some pretty wacky parts where he was doing some very fast tapping (and switching between two strings) while doing vocals at a totally different pace with significantly different phrasing too. Very cool.
Necrophagist delivered the goods as well. Very tight performance and relentless. They, too, sound identicle to the album as well. No resting during their set. One slightly disappointing bit was that they played only around 45 minutes.
Necrophagist...
Muhammed - BC Rich Stealth, TC Electronic G-Force (with Necrophagist scrolling across), Peavey 5150 II (a friend of mine took a snapshot of the settings I will get it from him and post them), ISP Decimator was in his rack but turned off, Vader 4x12 Fullstack. Muhammad didn't use a noisegate, just switched to his clean channel whenever he wasn't playing. Interestingly enough Stefan (bass) switched between Muhammed's different effects patches for him (at least tonight).
Sami - Amfisound Custom RR, ISP Decimator, TC Electronic G-Major, ENGL SE, Vader 4x12 Fullstack
All other touring bands used the Vader Fullstacks for their cabs.
Arsis.
Jim - Rocktron Voodoo Valve (whatever it is called) and a QSC power amp, Pink RG550 w/EMGs (with a hairtie at the locking nut to help mute the strings)
Other guy - Rocktron Voodoo Valve, some other rack gear, but I didn't get a good look at it
Neuraxis
Will - Jackson Professional Dinky, Boss GT-6 into Muhammed's 5150II.
Rob - Neckthru BC Rich with a normal body shape (not sure the model), 5150.
Alarum
Guy #1 - Steinberger of some sort, Digitech 2120 into a 5150II
Guy #2 - No clue on his gear, but he was running into a 5150
Show had two local openers, one which was not my thing at all (metalcore with some nice guitar work), one which was a great local death metal band.
Alarum was pretty boring. I'm into Atheist and Cynic but honestly they didn't really do anything for me. They covered Death's Flattening Of Emotions as their last song which got them a positive response from the crowd. Otherwise it was sort of boring with some awesome solos in each song.
Neuraxis was quality. Very enjoyable set. One thing I like about all those Montreal bands is that they all sound totally different. Very aggressive with interesting changes over their music. Their vocalist was a bit of a goofball on stage, but they definitely put on a good show. The bassist pretty much headbanged nonstop from the beginning of every song until the end.
Arsis was great as well. They sound exactly like the album live, maybe with just a little bit of differences in the vocal performance. Jim did some pretty wacky parts where he was doing some very fast tapping (and switching between two strings) while doing vocals at a totally different pace with significantly different phrasing too. Very cool.
Necrophagist delivered the goods as well. Very tight performance and relentless. They, too, sound identicle to the album as well. No resting during their set. One slightly disappointing bit was that they played only around 45 minutes.
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