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other than those two headlining bands, there also played legion of the damned (ex occult) and grimfist.
at the beginning i had some trouble as apparentely the promoter had to randomly cut the guest lists, and guess who's name was dropped
buying a ticket was not an option, as the show was sold out - dammit, that club was PACKED. managed to get in anyways, with like 1h delay but at least i got in
as a result, i only saw like the last 10sec of grimfist.... they suck anyway....
next came legion of the damned. i'm not familiar with their material, but what i heared started off great and ended up being mediocre thrash metal. they have a few really nice ideas, but their song structures get boring, not enough variety. good show anyways. they also had a good sound (like every band that night)
next came kataklysm...they opened with shadows and dust, and played like angels weeping as the 2nd song?! kinda weird, but well....
their show was great. imo they should have cut back on the shadows and dust songs in favor of serenity in fire and the new record, as well as other songs off serenity in fire, so as you can see imho the setlist wasn't really my cup of tea. their show was high energy, though. very tight playing, except for the drummer who was constantly struggling with those hyperblast beats. even though his snare was triggered to hell he often missed a few beats during those blast sections.
unfortunately i couldn't see JF's amp rig, but i can assure you his sound was killer. exactly like the new record - probably the line 6 he's been using for quite some time now.
last but not least, cannibal corpse. lemme just say that this was a very special night for us german fans. they opened with time to kill is now, went right into disfigured, and then death walking terror. jesus christ, talk about groove
anyway, after this song, he asked the crowd whether we wanted to hear some OLD stuff...particulary from the first 3 records (as you surely know, this shit is/was banned in germany).....of course, between EVERY song there were the "hammer smashed face" screams, so keep that in mind. well, they didn't play hammer (yet), but next came covered with sores....i think i just broke my neck
anyways, they played VERY tight, with a good and really heavy sound, george doing his usual windmill headbanging which must be pretty intense to perform...paul seemed to have some pain in his arms and hands, but his playing was spot on nevertheless.
and yeah, they closed with hammer smashed face and stripped, raped, and strangled. i thought i was gonna die in that pit
gear wise, pat played his 2 custom bc rich V's, starting off with the red striped one which is downtuned even further to A i think, and after 3 songs switched to his normal black 6 string V. he had a jackson rhoads but didn't use it....backup only. it's a shame, really. such a cool looking guitar. as for amps, it was their usual setup. 3 ch dual rectos, set to channel 2 modern, boosted by a boss mt2, and a floor tuner. BEST-RECTO-SOUND-EVER.
setlists (in no particular order, can't remember this kinda stuff....)
kataklysm: in shadows and dust, the resurrected, crippled and broken, to reign again, the ambassador of pain, like angels weeping, let them burn, as i slither, as well as two other shadows and dust songs i can't recall right now.
corpse: time to kill is now, disfigured, death walking terror, make them suffer, dormant bodies bursting, pit of zombies (best live song ever), unleashing the bloodthirsty, stripped raped and strangled, fucked with a knife, the wretched spawn, muder worship, 5 nails through the neck, decency defied, devoured by vermin, and as a super bonus covered with sores, disposal of the body, and hammer smashed fucking face.
gotta love the corpse....
at the beginning i had some trouble as apparentely the promoter had to randomly cut the guest lists, and guess who's name was dropped
buying a ticket was not an option, as the show was sold out - dammit, that club was PACKED. managed to get in anyways, with like 1h delay but at least i got in as a result, i only saw like the last 10sec of grimfist.... they suck anyway....
next came legion of the damned. i'm not familiar with their material, but what i heared started off great and ended up being mediocre thrash metal. they have a few really nice ideas, but their song structures get boring, not enough variety. good show anyways. they also had a good sound (like every band that night)
next came kataklysm...they opened with shadows and dust, and played like angels weeping as the 2nd song?! kinda weird, but well....
their show was great. imo they should have cut back on the shadows and dust songs in favor of serenity in fire and the new record, as well as other songs off serenity in fire, so as you can see imho the setlist wasn't really my cup of tea. their show was high energy, though. very tight playing, except for the drummer who was constantly struggling with those hyperblast beats. even though his snare was triggered to hell he often missed a few beats during those blast sections.
unfortunately i couldn't see JF's amp rig, but i can assure you his sound was killer. exactly like the new record - probably the line 6 he's been using for quite some time now.
last but not least, cannibal corpse. lemme just say that this was a very special night for us german fans. they opened with time to kill is now, went right into disfigured, and then death walking terror. jesus christ, talk about groove
anyway, after this song, he asked the crowd whether we wanted to hear some OLD stuff...particulary from the first 3 records (as you surely know, this shit is/was banned in germany).....of course, between EVERY song there were the "hammer smashed face" screams, so keep that in mind. well, they didn't play hammer (yet), but next came covered with sores....i think i just broke my neck anyways, they played VERY tight, with a good and really heavy sound, george doing his usual windmill headbanging which must be pretty intense to perform...paul seemed to have some pain in his arms and hands, but his playing was spot on nevertheless.
and yeah, they closed with hammer smashed face and stripped, raped, and strangled. i thought i was gonna die in that pit
gear wise, pat played his 2 custom bc rich V's, starting off with the red striped one which is downtuned even further to A i think, and after 3 songs switched to his normal black 6 string V. he had a jackson rhoads but didn't use it....backup only. it's a shame, really. such a cool looking guitar. as for amps, it was their usual setup. 3 ch dual rectos, set to channel 2 modern, boosted by a boss mt2, and a floor tuner. BEST-RECTO-SOUND-EVER.
setlists (in no particular order, can't remember this kinda stuff....)
kataklysm: in shadows and dust, the resurrected, crippled and broken, to reign again, the ambassador of pain, like angels weeping, let them burn, as i slither, as well as two other shadows and dust songs i can't recall right now.
corpse: time to kill is now, disfigured, death walking terror, make them suffer, dormant bodies bursting, pit of zombies (best live song ever), unleashing the bloodthirsty, stripped raped and strangled, fucked with a knife, the wretched spawn, muder worship, 5 nails through the neck, decency defied, devoured by vermin, and as a super bonus covered with sores, disposal of the body, and hammer smashed fucking face.
gotta love the corpse....
what time is it over there, 6 am or what...man, are you high? 
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