2009 Best Performances...so far

[overkiller]

Originally Posted by mankvill

I hope so. I might be out of town.

Ahh, sucks. I'm almost surely going to see them in NYC on Friday.

[Spiral_Slave]

Iron Maiden
Exodus / Kreator
SuidAkrA / Alestorm / Tyr
Amon Amarth / Skeletonwitch

[SomewhereInTime72]

I've seen a total of two concerts so far this year. I'll just rate the 4 bands then.

Hiromi's Sonicbloom - 10/10
Tombs - 6.5/10
Pelican - 8/10
Isis - 9/10

[powerslave_85]

Originally Posted by SomewhereInTime72

I've seen a total of two concerts so far this year.

Same. There might be one I'm forgetting, but I'm not sure. Both were great though: I'd give Bad Religion a 9/10, and Propagandhi a 10/10.

[Natrlhi]

OK, but I have to cheat by two days so that I can include Clutch...

Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH - 1/30/08
Viking Skull - 6/10
Russian Circles - 9/10
Clutch - 8/10

House of Blues - Chicago, IL - 2/15/09
The Faceless - 6/10
Cynic - 7/10
Meshuggah - 9/10

Peabody's - Cleveland, OH - 3/14/09
Psycroptic - 7/10
Suicide Silence - 5/10
Samael - 7/10
Carcass - 10/10

Dark Lord Day - Three Floyd's Brewery - Munster, IN - 4/25/09
[a bunch of local bands that weren't that intesting to me] - 3/10
Pelican - 9/10

Beachland Ballrom - Cleveland, OH - 5/2/09
Mastodon - 10/10
Kylesa - 9/10
IntrOnaut - 9/10

Maryland Death Fest (Saturday only)
Hail of Bullets - 7/10
Brutal Truth - 8/10
Birdflesh - 7/10
Pig Destroyer - 8/10
Napalm Death - 8/10
Bolt Thrower - 9/10
General Surgery - 6/10

Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH - 6/9/09
Keelhaul - 7/10
Pelican - 9/10
Isis - 10/10

...and I saw Chimaira for a free, MySpace Secret Show at the Grog Shop on June 10. The show gets 8/10, but I have reached my smiley limit for this post. [BIG GRIN]

[Natrlhi]

Originally Posted by TonyD

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

That was me last December - long time fan, but had never seen 'em. I had a blast.

Surprisingly, it was one of the most brutal pits I've ever seen, and I've been in many a mosh pit dating all the way back to the Slayer / Anthrax / Exodus / M.O.D. days of the early-to-mid 80's! Those Clutch fans were either hammered drunk, criminally insane, or just plain had nothing to lose (or maybe all three). Lots of bloody noses and the like. Crazy.

But yeah, Clutch put on a hell of a good show. I think it's a much better experience if you're thoroughly familiar with their material, though.

Nat

P.S. - Now, Baroness...well they are going to rock your nuts clean off.

[ravenheart]

Edguy - 2009-1-8
Andre Matos - 3/5
Edguy - 4/5

Lordi - 2009-2-12
Fatal Smile - 3/5
Lordi - 4/5

Overkill - 2009-2-20
Torture Squad - 5/5
Gama Bomb - 2/5
Exodus - 4/5
Overkill - 5/5

Judas Priest - 2009-2-21
Megadeth - 5/5
Judas Priest - 5/5

Metallica - 2009-3-2
The Sword - 1/5
Machine Head - 2/5
Metallica - 4/5

Testament - 2009-3-25
Sylosis - 2/5
Testament - 5/5

Kamelot - 2009-3-29
Amberian Dawn - 2/5
Dream Evil - 3/5
Kamelot - 3/5

Wednesday 13 - 2009-4-3
The Chelsea Smiles - 3/5
Wednesday 13 - 3/5

AC/DC - 2009-4-14
AC/DC - 5/5

Sweden Rock Festival - 2009-6-3
Innocent Rosie - 3/5
Deathstars - 2/5
Sevendust - 2/5
Torch - 3/5
Witchcraft - 2/5
Amon Amarth - 4/5

Sweden Rock Festival - 2009-6-4
Rage - 5/5
Grand Magus - 3/5
Volbeat - 3/5
Candlemass - 4/5
ZZ Top - 4/5

Sweden Rock Festival - 2009-6-5
Jon Oliva's Pain - 5/5
Voivod - 3/5
Demon - 4/5
Enforcer - 3/5
Eric Sardinas - 5/5

Sweden Rock Festival - 2009-6-6
Tim Ripper Owens - 5/5
Impellitteri - 3/5
Blackfoot - 3/5
Forbidden - 5/5
Dream Theater - 3/5

Which I guess makes the best: AC/DC, Tim Ripper Owens, Forbidden, Jon Oliva's Pain, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Testament, Eric Sardinas, Rage, Overkill and Torture Squad.

[makethemsuffer12]

Let's see...

Metallica - 1/29
The Sword (7/10)
Machine Head (7.5/10, only cuz of their crappy sound, they were awesome the other four times I've seen 'em.)
Metallica (9.5/10)

Glenn Hughes - 3/28
Luke Mulholland (7/10)
Glenn Hughes (7.5/10)

Kreator - 4/8
Epicurean (4/10)
Warbringer (8.5/10)
Belphegor (5.5/10)
Exodus (9.5/10)
Kreator(9/10)

Lamb Of God - 5/8
Municipal Waste (8/10)
God Forbid (8/10)
Children Of Bodom (Okay, so this was the night where they couldn't finish their set because Alexi was in too much pain, so I can't really give 'em a score. They kicked ass when I saw them last year though.)
As I Lay Dying (8/10)
Lamb Of God (9.5/10)

Testament - 5/22
DTA (7/10)
Lazarus A.D. (8/10)
Unearth (7.5/10)
Testament (9/10)

[DethMaiden]

Nat, we were at the same Clutch and Carcass shows. If I would have counted the Clutch show in '09, I certainly would have given full marks to Clutch (first time I'd seen them do Spacegrass!) and Russian Circles wouldn't have been far behind. I just wish I could have seen the stage through the fog.

[ImmortalEmperor]

Been to a lot of great shows this year - I guess I'll try to narrow it to the top 15:

(Best band of the year in CAPS)

01. 05/24 - AURA NOIR/Bolt Thrower (Inside)/Absu/Sigh/Destroyer 666/Abscess
02. 03/24 - Tom Morello/Wayne Kramer/Steve Earle/Mark Arm/Tadgarden
03. 01/27 - Amebix
04. 04/14 - Anvil
05. 05/23 - Atheist/Bolt Thrower (Outside)/General Surgery/WITTR/Immolation
06. 06/10 - Absu
07. 05/14 - Primordial/Moonsorrow
08. 01/25 - Rotting Christ
09. 03/21 - Destruction
10. 04/26 - Kreator/Exodus/Belphegor
11. 02/06 - Cynic
12. 02/03 - Satyricon
13. 03/31 - Pelican/WITTR
14. 04/13 - Turbonegro
15. 05/22 - Asphyx/Mayhem/Cattle Decapitation

Can't wait for the second half of the year...*