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Supreme Being
Group: LFM Metal DB
Last Login: 11/25/2008 3:00:42 PM
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| I'm lucky enough to live in a city thats not to far away from the nightlife of 6th street and Austin. So I try to get out and see as many shows as I can and this past saturday was no exception. Heading into Austin for saturday show I was pretty much clueless as to whom the opening band was. I had not seen them before and I knew very little of them except for their name which I thought was pretty different at most. Little did I know HOW different. Upon arriving in Austin and finding Parking near the venue and then finding out the club would not open till 9 .We spent the bit of time we had wandering up and down 6th street and enjoying the clubs which were all jammed packed with fans watching the longhorn and ohio game on the big screens. All the clubs were packed for this game so we just made our way back to the club,Waited till 9,paid our 8 bucks cover and went in. Beers were 3 bucks and I Had to grab one of course. First up was Shaolin Deathsquad whose music was as very much different as their stage presence. The band came out fully clothed in Shaolin munk robes and white kabuki looking masks as the drummer (who happens to play with King Daimond by the way) came up bashing the skins in a full Ninja outfit. To say that the show was Visual is to say the least. The band mixes a combination of prerecorded samples and effects that make a sort of ambient and technical background of music which is layered with some pretty unique guitar patterns and riffs . Overall they create a sort of Soundtrack like Music except there is no movie . At times they do get heavy and the frontmans vocals drift in and out of low range vocals to smooth melodic ranges. Lots of rhythmic changes found here .This band is something new for everyones taste. And honestly I find it difficult to lump them in any style. It was a whole new sound for me. Very cool though . For more info and samples check out their Myspace:http://www.myspace.com/shaolindeathsquad Up next was Vesparian Sorrow whom I had seen open up for Helstar a while back . They had a much better sound at the Helstar show. They mix a style of Black Metal with a lot of pre recorded symphonic music layered underneath their music. The Lead guitarist is a very Shredding young guitarist who plays a lot of sonic speed arpeggios all finger swept with great technique.. BUt unfortunantly much of it gets to sound very similar and the songs all pretty much end up sounding the same. Donn Donni seemed a bit unresponsive during the set ..walking off during every break or solo and not getting into the show as I'd remembered him being at the Helstar show. Finally Sad Wings took the Stage And Jason's Vocals were every bit as killer as they have always proven to be. Donning his best Halford Leather apperal complete with Sunglasses and Hat ,Jason tore into "Exciter" and they followed up with A full set off of " Unleashed in the east" . "The Ripper" was one of the best songs of the night ,with Jason nailing the song and the band playing each note to a T. The Band stuck to OLD school Priest tunes and Jason even announced That they were only playing tunes from the Pre Turbo lover era. Covering "The Green Manalishi",Genocide",Tyrant",Diamonds and rust" and "Delivering the goods " to name but a few. The crowd was especially thrilled to hear Jason doing "Victim of changes". BUt the stand out moment of the night Was when he brought out his 150 dollar chopper bicycle to the background sample of a roaring harley ! And the band breaking into "Hell bent for leather" as Jason sang sitting upon his roaring monster of a bike.The band was having a really good time and Jason was very into singing these songs. Both Stuart(IGNITOR) and Jason(Buried in Fire) played the songs as well as Tipton and Downing ever could. Stoney and Binks pounded out the bottom end on bass and drums with superb musicianship and I have to admit very few bassists have a Tone as Killer as Stoney does. Finishing of the set was "Electric eye" and the band had a blast jamming that last tune as the crowd screamed along. The sound was excellent as was the band and their fans.This is a band for all PRIEST FANS to see and watch live. I look forward to seeing them Jam again soon somewhere in the near future !
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Supreme Being
Group: LFM Reviewer
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| While I do enjoy listening to some Preist now and then I am not a huge fan. However it sounds like the show was killer. And I do love a good show. To hear Electric Eye as a closer would have been mighty cool. Thanks for posting your thoughts, DZ.
As long as I got Rock n Roll I'm forever young
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