Damnation Angels drew an impressive crowd for the hour They did! Usually the earlier acts have a smaller draw and get bigger throughout the day (like any concert, save the headliners for last), and many years the theatre seems half-empty for the first act or two... not this year. The place seemed to stay pretty packed for the entire day! I was impressed. Though much like Rowyn, I don't remember much about them, beyond "well, they seemed fun."
Myrath seemed to be the crowd favorite for the entire show -- I've seen comment after comment in various places on just how much people were surprised by them and loved them. I was, and I did! They do what they classify as "oriental metal" and certainly have a lot of that type of influence in their music. And their singer is really cute! Piccie (click through for more Myrath pics):
Xandria was fun, mostly because I have a soft spot for female-fronted metal. They are, truthfully, not one of my favorite metal acts in general, but I'm still quite happy to listen and take pics! Here is my gallery for those.
Corset pic!
(Rowyn is on the left, a couple of people up from the front)
[Soilwork] had the instruments cranked up to 11 Yeah, these guys were unreasonably loud -- I suspect they used their own sound tech. Most bands let the house sound guy (who has been doing the same venue for ~20 years, and is quite good at it) do the sound, and it sounds great, but some bands just don't want to play that game, and they always end up way too loud. I wish they'd stop it!
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Myrath seemed to be the crowd favorite for the entire show -- I've seen comment after comment in various places on just how much people were surprised by them and loved them. I was, and I did! They do what they classify as "oriental metal" and certainly have a lot of that type of influence in their music. And their singer is really cute! Piccie (click through for more Myrath pics):
Xandria was fun, mostly because I have a soft spot for female-fronted metal. They are, truthfully, not one of my favorite metal acts in general, but I'm still quite happy to listen and take pics! Here is my gallery for those.
Corset pic!
(Rowyn is on the left, a couple of people up from the front)
[Soilwork] had the instruments cranked up to 11 Yeah, these guys were unreasonably loud -- I suspect they used their own sound tech. Most bands let the house sound guy (who has been doing the same venue for ~20 years, and is quite good at it) do the sound, and it sounds great, but some bands just don't want to play that game, and they always end up way too loud. I wish they'd stop it!