The show was Amazing. I had heard of all but the openersm “Thine Eyes Bleed”, and I wasn’t disappointed with any part of the show. Thine Eyes Bleed had some good music and now I may need to acquire it for myself, hard music with deep singing. Then Came Mastodon, I hadnt’ heard much of their stuff but that is going to change, because there set was awesome, their music was great and the energy they had was awesome. Both Mastodon and Thine Eyes Bleed had about a half hour set. Next we had about a 10 minute wait while they set up for Children Of Bodom!! Now I’ve known about this band for a while but have heard only some of their stuff, and some of what I had heard was their joke covers (i.e. The Final Countdown, Some Britney Spears song [hilarious as it was]) but I must say they kicked ass, definitely knew how to put on a good show. Again we had a 10-15 minute wait (which annoyed many people but it was quickly forgotten when the next band came on) and then LAMB OF GOD came on , one of my favorite bands. Their set was Fucking AWESOME!, of course. They played my favorite song by them VIGIL, I went insane, it was awesome, I knew nearly every song they played except for the one thats coming out on their new CD either next month or in August! KICK ASS! So as usual they finished off their set with Black Label, but sadly only mosh pits no wall of Death . After their kick ass set there was another long wait I’ll say closer to 20 minutes for Slayer to come on, and since it was my first time seeing slayer I wanted to watch most of it, and I didn’t do much in the mosh pits, and their set was Frigian Great The songs were awesome (they played dance with devil Raining Blood and a few others I can’t think of at moment) The visuals behind them for each song were cool as well, because instead of having a backdrop with a picture it was a white backdrop they had stuff projected on to it.

Times for bands
5:30 ish for Thine Eyes Bleed
6:15 ish for Mastodon
7:00 ish for Children Of Bodom
8:20 ish for Lamb Of God
9:45 ish for Slayer

I also got out of their with minimal markings, injuries. Now It is the morning after and my neck is sore as hell, but it was definitely worth it, and to top it off I ran into two old friends during the pits for Bodom, Geoff Karasic, and Shanye Murray, it was kool shit. I’ve run into them before at shows its weird, I never see them then all of sudden we see eachother at a concert. Last time I saw them at a show I beleive was Ozzfest 2005. It’s always cool running into old friends.

All in all it was a great time and I’m glad I went.

And now a picture of what I looked like after the show.

Always Remeber, Keep on Rockin’
~Sincely Your Emperor,
Animalistic

Ah yes an unholy alliance has been formed between great powers: the SLAYERs of Beast, the LAMBs OF GOD, all CHILDREN OF BODOM, the great beast MASTODON, and all those  who claim that THINE EYES BLEED. They will be congregating in a place once known as Tsongas Arena in an area that once was known as Lowell, MA. I will be attending this gathering to watch over them and get some enjoyment, and they have even proposed an entertainment session during this gathering, I forsee this being an excellent show of power. I shall update later with what I thought of this gathering.
Sincerely Your Emperor,
Animalistic