Saw the Nile show on Thursday night in Louisville!
WARBRINGERInstead of Warbringer, there were 2 local area bands(Behind the Beheaded, and Goddamage) in their place. They weren't bad. Would have really liked to see Warbringer. I just heard their debut album and it is some really cool thrash! Anyway, the 2 bands in their place were pretty good. Behind the Beheaded had dual vocalists, which was a neat twist. It gave a nice layered effect to the vocals. Nothing else really stood out, though. Goddamage was a 3 piece with the bassist handling the vocal duties. The guitarist was pretty good. They will be releasing their first demo on April 1st, I believe. Neither of the these 2 bands would make you say "man, I've got to see them again", but they still put on a good show.
UNEXPECTI didn't care for Unexpect. I think this is most likely one of those bands that has no "so-so" fans. You either love them or you like them much at all. I fall into the latter. Just didn't get into it. Yes, they were definitely different(male vocals and female vocals, violin, keyboards and just their stage presence), but I just didn't care for them.
FACELESSI saw The Faceless last year on the Summer Slaughter Tour. I liked them enough to buy their album based on that performance. This year's entry was even better. Really enjoyed them. Will definitely be seeking out their new album. The lead guitarist is really polished. They have some real nice rhythm playing and the leads are played quite well.
SUICIDE SILENCEI'm in complete agreement with most in saying that Suicide Silence sucks. Not exactly sure what the purpose of themon this tour was. Not only was the music boring and the vocalist completely annoying after about 30 seconds, but the crowd that was there to see them was a bunch of middle school goons that wanted to do their flailing around and swinging their arms and kicking crap. Every single song had the same EXACT breakdown so the "mosh pit", if you can call it that, would start up. Like Uncreator said, this band being the last act before Nile is "a major disgrace".
NILEAnyway, the only reason I went was obviously Nile. They are my favorite band, by far! The last time I saw them was on the In Their Darkened Shrines tour at Bogart's in Cincinnati(w/ Vader, Kreator, Chimaira and Goatwhore, IIRC). Awesome show then, even better show this time around! Nile got on stage a little before 11pm and played for about an hour and a half, which I thought was awesome. Would have loved for them to play for over 2 hours!! Awesome, awesome show, nonetheless.
I can't remember the whole setlist or order, but they played:
Ramses Bringer Of War, Black Seeds Of Vengeance, Cast Down The Heretic, Sacrifice Unto Sebek, Lashed To The Slave Stick, Annihilation Of The Wicked, Ithyphallic, Papyrus Containing..., Eat Of The Dead, The Essential Salts(my favorite on the new album) and a couple of others. They ended the show with Unas, Slayer Of The Gods, too. What a song!
You can listen to a Nile album and tell the songs are complex and require great agility to play, but seeing them live and how they move their fingers around the fretboard is amazing. Not only that, they nailed EVERY song.
Someone mentioned it already, but the downtuned guitar sound made the entire club rumble. That is one of the coolest things at a concert is feeling your chest thump with the sound of the low end guitars!
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