Members satannica Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 I know you guys like gig reports. Especially ones written by a drunk Irishman. Septic flesh opened and they are immense. Their albums have grown musically over the years and the last disk they out out is definitely their best. This is the first I've seen them live and apart from needing slightly more experience in playing the larger crowds, do not disappoint. The duo of engl amps dominated the sound and the drummer is just phenomenal. Super tight and thoroughly good. The lead bloke/bassist had a rediculously long strap. As I lay dying sucked balls. There is no other way to say it. And I didn't see a single amp either. I am entirely sure they were using modellers. There was definitely a fizz over the entire guitar sound and I found it difficult to make anything out. It's a shame as the musicians seemed very accomplished, but what they played just sucked. I got drunk during this lot. Amon Amarth are always awesome. A pair of very cool looking gibson explorers with flamey paint jobs into what I think were peavey 6505 type amps. Clear and powerful and a good solid set. Standard favourites like Ride for Vengeance and Asgaard. A slightly frightening moment when it was announced that Brian Slagel was in the audience and nobody seemed to know who he was. Sacrilege! I also see the HMV Forun has invested in some very swanky digital mixers. Couldn't see a brand name but there was a hardware component and a bunch of monitors with what looked like fader groups. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eschatologist Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'm jealous you got to see SF, I hope I can catch em next time they're in NA. As for the other two bands, I've seen em and pretty much agree with your assessments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rey Gato Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 Saw Amon Amarth this summer. They played for almost 3 hours straight, and didn't miss a beat. Just an epic live band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members this is paul Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 I saw AILD about 6 years ago and they were unreal. Maybe things have changed, or it was an off night. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted October 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 AILD played well, and were great musicians. I just thought they sucked ass. Septic Flesh were one of the bands I've wanted to see for a while. I think when they do their own headlining tour, they'll be a force to be reckoned with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ManofWar55 Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 I saw Septic Flesh with Behemoth maybe 2 years back. Freaking amazing show. I've also seen Amon Amarth twice; got a concussion in one of the pits. They rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 You didn't notice anything................off........about Septic Flesh's performance? ...or lack thereof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OceansBetweenUs Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 You didn't notice anything................off........about Septic Flesh's performance?...or lack thereof. Elaborate? As I Lay Dying are the only metalcore band I like that I haven't seen live. Surprised they weren't running 6505's like Amon (who definitely use 6505+'s live). I've never had the pleasure of Amon - and can't rightfully go see them with such a weak library of their music. I only have like 3 of their CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PDbyS Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 You didn't notice anything................off........about Septic Flesh's performance?...or lack thereof. Are you talking about the fact that they don't move around much on stage? I saw them open on a smaller stage during the Devin/CoB tour and they played their parts. There was headbanging but they weren't trying to run or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted October 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 Well the lead singer needs to get a shorted strap for his bass. Other than the backing tracks for some of the synth and clean vocal parts, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The lead bloke moved around plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 I saw them open on a smaller stage during the Devin/CoB tour and they played their parts. They did? Didn't look like it when I saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted October 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 It certainly looked live to me, if thats what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 That's what I mean. When I saw them there were very clearly guitar tracks that didn't sync up to what the guitarists were playing, and they were FAR louder in the mix than anything they may have been actually playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted October 24, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 Well the bass was certainly live as it reacted to his cocking about. I did think the drums were very perfect, but I didn't get a sense that there was any shenanigans, though they did have a backing track for the synth parts. The mix of the backing track was kinda low and some of the parts particularly towards the end didn't come over, so maybe that's what you heard? Also, the breakdown style at the end where the instruments peeled off one by one, that was definitely live. I think therefore all is above board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members this is paul Posted October 24, 2011 Members Share Posted October 24, 2011 Elaborate?As I Lay Dying are the only metalcore band I like that I haven't seen live. Surprised they weren't running 6505's like Amon (who definitely use 6505+'s live). I've never had the pleasure of Amon - and can't rightfully go see them with such a weak library of their music. I only have like 3 of their CDs. They haven't been running Peaveys since Frail Words Collapse. Rectos/Kranks for a while....Shadows specifically. Not sure about now. When I saw them they sounded HUGE. It was outdoors in like 05 or 06 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted October 25, 2011 Members Share Posted October 25, 2011 Well the bass was certainly live as it reacted to his cocking about. I did think the drums were very perfect, but I didn't get a sense that there was any shenanigans, though they did have a backing track for the synth parts. The mix of the backing track was kinda low and some of the parts particularly towards the end didn't come over, so maybe that's what you heard? Also, the breakdown style at the end where the instruments peeled off one by one, that was definitely live. I think therefore all is above board... Maybe they were only faking it for the US gigs or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted October 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2011 Surprised to hear that. It all seemed live to me. I even saw a duo of rather tasty engls hiding behind the silk screens. Aild im sure were not running amps as far as I could see and it did sound fizzy as he'll. But they were {censored} anyway. Amon ruled and they were definitely peaveys of some description, I guess the 6505+ as you say. They were side filled so didn't get a great view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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