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: post by poopshit at 2010-05-31 17:25:37
guitarists (or soundpeople) really need to start understanding that MIDRANGE frequencies are YOUR FRIEND at live shows. so many bands suffered from sub-par mixes which really reduced the impact of the performances.

some comments:

Autopsy: fucking amazing, shame that you couldn't hear any of the mindblowingly twisted guitar solos. i'm happy to say that i've finally seen Autopsy in my life.

Coffins: fucking awesome. end of story.

Eyehategod: of course fucking awesome. they also seemed to charm the pants of the crowd by being such genuinely nice scumbags. how is Mike Williams still alive? he puked on stage.

Entombed: at first, the single-guitar attack sounded a little thin but after a while they were so intense and tight that they won the whole place over. the guitarist was doing some fancy pedal shit to double the guitar in certain points (like cutting out the right channel on guitar breaks and simulating a second guitar coming in by turning on the right channel). his looping fucked up while doing the epic part of "Left Hand Path" but it wasn't enough to take away from the performance. it's crazy to think that he and the vocalist are the same age. it's interesting what time does to some people.

Blood Duster: if you didn't have fun during this you're a fucking asshole.

Romperprop: also a blast.

Nirvana 2002: shitty mix with ear-piercing guitars. one of the guys was out of tune for the ENTIRE set. obvious that they have not spent a lot of time playing shows. could've been mindblowing but was a letdown.

Obituary: as the years go on i like Obituary less and less and find them to be rather retarded on CD... but holy fuck, they are perfect for live shows! all of their simple riffs and shit go over really fucking well on a good loud system. it's really nice to be able to actually hear every instrument, and even John Tardy's vocals were screechy and insane and cool, much better than on CD. his fucking hair!!!!!!!! jesus.

Repulsion: awesome in theory, but unfortunately a little unintelligible live. i enjoyed it but it didn't exactly slay.

Gridlink: crazy, but again one of those sets that just didn't translate in a huge live setting. it just sounded like noise, bad mix so you only hear low end + cymbals and vocals.... would be much better in a smaller venue or on CD.

Sadistic Intent: better than i thought it would be.

Possessed i.e. Jeff Becerra and Sadistic Intent: nice feelgood set for the heads.

i haven't been to this fest before, so i was overwhelmed with the amount of uber-underground representation there. even the shittiest of crusties would seem to sport something like a Multilation patch or a Morbosidad patch or some Mortuary Drape logo next to their Amebix logo. little hot girls walking around in Blasphemy shirts. more Sarcofago repping than i have ever seen in my life. is this the same at ALL death metal shows these days or was it just because of the sheer undergroundness of this fest? how many of these little shitheads actually listen to this stuff?
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