i love helmet. from what i have heard of the new disc it sucks. john tempesta sucks as a drummer compared to john stranier formerly of helmet currently with tomahawk and a touring club dj (go figure....)
i could only go see them if they play with good bands(which i doubt they will) or promise to play all older songs.
i am going to this show. helmet is one of my all time favorite bands. aftertaste was my favorite album by them, so i hope they play alot off that. i love all their albums, even the new one. it took me a while to get into it, but i like it.
Helmet was down right brutal when I saw them live, yeeeears ago. I have to say, the new Helmet rules and is way better than Aftertaste. Size Matters has some songs that aren't the Helmet norm, but hey, so did Betty and Aftertaste and Betty just killed (though Meantime is their pinnacle). I think Size Matters is more of a "return to form" as compared to Aftertaste. Songs like Crashing foreign cars and Druglords are total Meantime-esque. Agreed that Stranier kills Tempesta; his beats and snare sound just cripple him.
