2009 Best Performances...so far

mankvill · #1 06-15-2009, 03:41 PM

These are my mid-year (basically) best performances of 2009 so far:

1. Testament
2. mc chris
3. Quo Vadis
4. Skeletonwitch
5. Hammerlord (2nd time)
6. Cattle Decapitation
7. Revocation
8. Ben Folds
9. GWAR
10. Exodus

Special Mention: Styx

JuuKun · #2 06-15-2009, 03:49 PM

Nice list. Some good bands on there, pissed I didn't get to see Quo Vadis.

Personally:

1. Destruction
And then, a far way behind
2. Primordial
3. Darkane
4. Moonsorrow
5. Children of Bodom
6. Korpiklaani
7. Wolves in the Throne Room
8. Rotting Christ
9. Swallow the Sun
10. Municipal Waste

Haven't seen too many shows so far this year. But the Destruction show, when you include everything - the setlist, the INSANE crowd, the band's performance, the atmosphere in the venue, it's above and beyond the best show I've seen so far this year, and one of my favorites from the few years I've been going to shows.

TonyD · #3 06-15-2009, 03:57 PM

Kylesa
Mastodon
Meshuggah
Lamb of God (seriously)

Still looking forward to see if Clutch lives up to the hype

DethMaiden · #4 06-15-2009, 05:12 PM

Let's see, I'll just list the national shows I've been to this year and give /10 ratings for each band:

Carcass (10/10), Suicide Silence (0/10), Samael (7.5/10), Psycroptic (3/10)
DragonForce (8.5/10), Cynic (9.5/10), Daath (5/10)
Opeth (10/10 as always), Enslaved (7/10)
The Decemberists (8/10), Blind Pilot (8/10)
Isis (8/10), Pelican (8/10), Keelhaul (7/10)

So Carcass and Opeth.

overkiller · #5 06-15-2009, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mankvill

These are my mid-year (basically) best performances of 2009 so far:

1. Testament
2. mc chris
3. Quo Vadis
4. Skeletonwitch
5. Hammerlord (2nd time)
6. Cattle Decapitation
7. Revocation
8. Ben Folds
9. GWAR
10. Exodus

Special Mention: Styx

You're going to see Bone Awl!?

Wizzbang11 · #6 06-15-2009, 06:03 PM

Ghoul
Cattle Decapitation
Toxic Holocaust
General Surgery
3 Inches of Blood
Phobia
Toxic Holocaust
A Band of Orcs
Call the Paramedics
Gigan

I've only been to 5 shows this year, so at the end of the year I'm betting only half of those bands will still be on the list. Some of them were definitely a stretch.

ADD · #7 06-15-2009, 06:04 PM

Death Angel and Peligro Social are the best performances I've seen this year so far. YOB and Pentagram are coming up in the next couple weeks though

b_halperin · #8 06-15-2009, 06:24 PM

Edit: Updated

I'll do the same thing Dethmaiden did by rating all the bands I saw.

Taste of Chaos
Cancer Bats: 9/10
Pierce The Veil: 0/10
Bring Me The Horizon: 0/10
Four Year Strong: 2/10
Thursday: 1/10

Slipknot Headline Show
Trivium: 9/10
Coheed & Cambria: 1/10
Slipknot: 8.5/10

No Fear Energy Music Tour
Municipal Waste: 8/10
God Forbid: 7/10
DevilDriver: 9/10
Children of Bodom: 6/10
Lamb of God: 10/10

Golden Gods Revolver Show
Killswitch Engage: 8.5/10
Suicide Silence: 0/10
Hatebreed: 9/10
All That Remains: 9/10
Megadeth: 9.5/10

Goatwhore Headlining
Burning at the Stake: 9/10
Infernal Damnation: 0/10
Ascension: 5/10
Crematorium: 8.5/10
Goatwhore: 9.5/10

Murderfest
Burning at the Stake: 9/10
Dia De Los Muertos: 4/10
Crematorium: 8.5/10
Ghoul: 9.5/10
General Surgery: 9.5/10
Dying Fetus: 8/10

Gojira
Car Bomb: 0/10
The Chariot: 3/10
Gojira: 10/10

Summer Slaughter 2009
Blackguard: 9/10
Decrepit Birth: 9/10
After the Burial: 0/10
Origin: 0/10
Dying Fetus: 9.5/10
Darkest Hour: 8/10
Ensiferum: 8.5/10
Suffocation: 9/10

Mayhem Festival 2009
Job for a Cowboy: 0/10
God Forbid: 8/10
Behemoth: 9/10
All That Remains: 8/10
Trivium: 8.5/10
Cannibal Corpse: 9/10
Bullet For My Valentine: 1/10
Killswitch Engage: 4/10
Slayer: 9.5/10

Conquer and Curse Tour 2009
S.W.W.A.A.T.S: 7/10
Abysmal Dawn: 9.5/10
Daath: 9/10
Goatwhore: 9/10

Thrash And Burn Tour 2009
Emmure: 0/10
Devildriver: 9.5/10

Decimation of the Nation Tour
Toxic Holocaust: 8.5/10
Dying Fetus: 9.75/10
Winds of Plague: 0/10
Chimaira: 8/10
Hatebreed: 9.5/10

Therefore:

1. Lamb of God/Gojira
2. Dying Fetus
3. Slayer
4. Devildriver
5. Hatebreed (both times)
6. Ghoul
7. General Surgery
8. Abysmal Dawn
9. Burning at the Stake
10. Megadeth

whew, that took a while.

Wizzbang11 · #9 06-15-2009, 06:52 PM

Ok, I'll do it too.

Thrashing the West Coast Tour:
A Band of Orcs :7/10
Early Man: 6/10
Toxic Holocaust: 9/10
3 Inches of Blood: 9.5/10

Killing Till Oblivion Tour:
Warscythe: 5/10
Gigan: 7/10
Book of Black Earth: 5/10
Psyopus: 6.5/10
Cattle Decapitation: 10/10

Toxic Holocaust Free Show:
Toxic Holocaust: 10/10

Murderfest:
Burning at the Stake: 7/10
Die De Los Muertos: 3/10
Call the Paramedics: 8/10
Stormcrow: 6/10
Massgrave: 7/10
Phobia: 9/10
Meat Shits: 0/10
Ghoul: 10/10
General Surgery: 9.5/10

A Band of Orcs/Exmortus Tour:
Fiends at Feast: 7/10
Blasphemous Creation: 7.5/10
Savage Machine: 6.5/10
Exmortus: 7/10
A Band of Orcs: 9/10

mankvill · #10 06-15-2009, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by overkiller

You're going to see Bone Awl!?

I hope so. I might be out of town.