Mayhemfest -- Mountainview, CA -- July 11th, 2009

[Wizzbang11]

Setlists first...review to come. Slayer is probably kind of wrong, but I don't listen to them that much so I dont know. JFAC played Embedded and Entombment, I don't know any of the others. BDM played Miasma, that's all I remember.

Last half of Behemoth:
At the Left Hand Ov God
Conquer All
Demigod
Ov Fire and the Void
Chant for Ezkaton

Cannibal Corpse (start and end in order, not sure about the middle but these are the songs played):
Evisceration Plague
Fucked With a Knife
Unleashing the Bloodthirsty
Make Them Suffer
The Time to Kill is Now
Priests of Sodom
Hammer Smashed Face
Stripped Raped and Strangled

Slayer:
God Hates Us All
War Ensemble
Jihad
???
Psychopathy Red
???
Mandatory Suicide
???
Chemical Warfare
Dead Skin Mask
???
South of Heaven
Angel of Death
Raining Blood

[metal01]

looks ok. Opening with god hates us all? weird but cool. Any info on what trivium, bullet all that remains or killswitch played?

[Wizzbang11]

I'll do this kind of out of order, I'm pretty tired but I know a lot of people wanted info....so here it is.

Merch was fuckin expensive for Slayer, Mayhemfest and all the headliners etc. (like 30-35$ for a T shirt.)
I got a Cannibal shirt, they have all the shirts on their webstore plus an Evisceration Plague tour shirt, all are 21$. The comic/CD is 20$ and comes with a wristband so you can get priority in meeting the band. I don't know about any of the other bands.

There was initially a very long line, but these best buy people gave me and my friends free "vip" passes for singing up for their rewards program (which was totally worth it because we got in with a 10 person line in about 5 minutes)
Went straight to the Cannibal booth and got an Eaten Back to Life shirt, then the Hot Topic and got the comic. Drank some rockstar, then went to meet Cannibal. That was awesome, but I guess they switched Behemoth to earlier in the day, which sucked because they were one of the reasons I went. Missed half their set. Nergal wears a new mask and the bass player spits blood, no bible tearing. They are always great though.
I didn't really pay attention to many of the other bands, but I sat through BDM and JFAC in the front so I could get a front spot for Cannibal. Cannibal were amazing, but they had a pretty short set. I think the crowd got mor e into them then anyone else.
The rest of the time between CC and Slayer was spent just goin around and talking to people.
Slayer were pretty good. I don't love them, and it was sad that they didn't play anything of SNM. Oh well. They have a lot of energy and everyone loved them. They had lots of fire and "evil" looking things (pentagrams etc), but it didn't really work and looked kinda cheesy. But maybe that's the point.
I made it about half way through Manson's set and gave up, I don't care at all about him.
That was brief,but I'm tired. If you've got specific questions about anything I'll see if I can remember.

[Butcher of Birth]

Few Questions: (sorry haha)

Are all 2nd Stage Bands doing signing? And if so, are they free?

When was Cannibal Corpse's signing?

How badass is the comic? hehe

That's all man, thanks for the post!!!!

[Wizzbang11]

Originally Posted by Butcher of Birth

Few Questions: (sorry haha)

Are all 2nd Stage Bands doing signing? And if so, are they free?

When was Cannibal Corpse's signing?

How badass is the comic? hehe

That's all man, thanks for the post!!!!

A. As far as I know, yes. They are free, but for KSE and CC (maybe others, don't know) if you buy their CD (for Cannibal the comic/CD) you get wristbands, and get priority. They hurry you along though, so no time for photos.
Actually, my friend and I were first in line, and before the signing started he asked Pat if he could get a picture, Pat said yes. For the picture my friend touched his nose. Yeah, it was weird to experience.

B. 3:00 for us.

C. It's kinda cool. I mean the novelty value is worth more than anything. It's not bad by any means, but I kinda expected more from the art with Vincent Locke doing it. The first 5 pages are porn, the rest is guys killing chicks in various ways.

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by metal01

Opening with god hates us all? weird

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Awesome review, man. Check the Tentative Mayhem Set Times thread for some info on the setlists.

Also: I hope CC keep changing up their shit. It's going to be AWESOME.

[mankvill]

Here's a question: If I already have Evisceration Plague, should I get the Comic/CD combo? O:

[Wizzbang11]

Originally Posted by mankvill

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Awesome review, man. Check the Tentative Mayhem Set Times thread for some info on the setlists.

Also: I hope CC keep changing up their shit. It's going to be AWESOME.

I don't know if it was the song God Hates Us All, but at multiple points in it he said God Hates Us All....I just guessed

[Wizzbang11]

Originally Posted by mankvill

Here's a question: If I already have Evisceration Plague, should I get the Comic/CD combo? O:

If you are really into Cannibal, are really into comics, or reeeallly want to be the first to meet them then yes.
Otherwise, I dunno.

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by Wizzbang11

I don't know if it was the song God Hates Us All, but at multiple points in it he said God Hates Us All....I just guessed

Yeah, that's GHUA.

I was " "ing at the guy who thought it was weird they opened with it.