Death Angel -- San Francisco, CA -- February 26th, 2011

[Onioner]

Quite simply, WOW. This was downright amazing. I ran into Andrew Metalhead, and hung around and chatted with him throughout the show. (If you read this Andrew, sorry if I slammed into you too much man!) During Bonded By Blood's set, Mauro shoved the mic into peoples' faces to sing the chorus of Feed the Beast. It was fucking fun to scream Feed the Beast into the mic twice, it really made me feel like a part of the performance. Bonded By Blood and Lazarus A.D. thrashed as expected, but Death Angel tore Slim's to shreds. Throughout Death Angel's entire performance the crowd went nuts (a Death Angel chant started after every fricken song!). Mark gave a few speeches on how great it was to be home, and he meant it. Dude was almost crying a couple times. Ted and Rob were absolute maniacs, and were all over the place and being total guitar badasses throughout the night. We didn't get any thing special set-list wise, even though the crowd chanted Kill As One a bunch of times. Thanks to Mark's little chats, the 90 minute set became 2 hours flat. No complaints here! Also, during Thrashers, the band invited every member of Bonded By Blood and Lazarus A.D. to help sing and just fuck around on stage. It was easily one of the craziest, most nutshit experiences I've ever had. The place erupted like there was no tomorrow, and I banged my head as much as I possibly could without being off-time. On a side note, during Thrashers, the singer from Lazarus threw a beer in my hair and I headbanged it off, making my hair pretty much a beer grenade. It was pretty sweet. Also, Mark had a bottle of vodka in hand in between songs. During a moment of a little quietness, I yelled "CHUG, CHUG, CHUG!" and he said "Alright, who was the kid that just yelled chug?" and my buddies all pointed at me. He then gave a little spiel on how he had to keep his voice up for the set. This was another neat way I got to participate in the concert. The set flowed really well, and the new songs were just as well received as the warhorses. Veil of Deception was a nice break from the insanity, and it's a great song in its own right. The cover of Purgatory was great, but it was a shame that Mark didn't sing any of it. I can imagine him singing the "Pleeeaase, take me awahaay, take me awahay so fah AWAY" bit perfectly. He also did a damn fine job on Heaven and Hell. Dio would have been proud. River of Rapture was surpisingly a great encore song; it has live classic written all over it. This Hate was also another standout new song. Seemingly Endless Time was pretty odd in the set. It was far less heavy live compared to pretty much everything else. I guess they felt they needed to sufficiently represent Act III with two songs. At least Veil of Deception was fantastic, and Seemingly Endless Time was still played well. It just stood out because of its musical uniqueness I suppose.

All in all, this was a fantastic show on all accounts. I had an absolute blast, and I'm so happy I got to share in Death Angel's joy and energy in coming home to their family and friends.

Well done guys, well done.
1. I Chose the Sky
2. Evil Priest
3. Buried Alive
4. Mistress of Pain
5. Claws In So Deep
6. Seemingly Endless Time
7. This Hate
8. Relentless Revolution
9. Truce
10. Purgatory
11. Veil of Deception
12. Opponents at Sides
13. Bored/Heaven and Hell/Bored
14.Thrashers (w/ everyone from Bonded By Blood and Lazarus A.D.)
ENCORE
15. Lord of Hate
16. River of Rapture
17. Thrown to the Wolves

Come to think of it, they're probably having their after-party right now at some club at 8th and Folsom. Goddamn me for being under 21. Oh well.

[larvtard]

wow, sounds like you really missed out wine.

[idrinkwine732]

Originally Posted by loganarchy

wow, sounds like you really missed out wine.

Y'know, I could have had a great time at this, but I went out and had an awesome time last night anyway.

[Wizard in Black 666]

Originally Posted by idrinkwine732

Y'know, I could have had a great time at this, but I went out and had an awesome time last night anyway.

In the end That's all that matter my brother

Does this mean you'll try to see them at Scion rock fest?

[idrinkwine732]

Originally Posted by Sepultura69

In the end That's all that matter my brother

Does this mean you'll try to see them at Scion rock fest?

I probably would, assuming I go. God sure as hell doesn't want me to see them though.

[Metal375]

Sounds like an even better show then the one I saw at Key Club on the 22nd!

Here's a vid of the "Thrashers" get-together I found:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okyKJZEAxFE

Looks like a crazy good time!

[andrew_metalhead]

Simply amazing. Totally worth my 8-hour bus ride from LA to SF. Loved being part of that crowd. Will do a proper write-up very soon. I saw this tour in Anaheim, Hollywood, San Diego and SF, with SF easily being the best of the four.

"Thrashers" was easily the highlight. Here's my video. It offers a different perspective from the video posted above. I was in the 2nd row in the center of the stage, directly facing Mark. I just couldn't bring myself to record the whole song. I wanted to head bang so bad. So I stopped after Mark's speech but still got a few seconds of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3_A3A8TQYE

Hung out with the DA guys and chatted with Rob Flynn at the after-party. Epicness all around.

Pics: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=c042e54f2b

@Onioner Great review dude. Nice to meet you. See you again soon \m/

Can't wait for March 5th

[Wizard in Black 666]

Originally Posted by andrew_metalhead

Simply amazing. Totally worth my 8-hour bus ride from LA to SF. Loved being part of that crowd. Will do a proper write-up very soon. I saw this tour in Anaheim, Hollywood, San Diego and SF, with SF easily being the best of the four.

How would you rank the other shows?
Would you place the Anahiem show as the second best?

[andrew_metalhead]

Originally Posted by Sepultura69

How would you rank the other shows?
Would you place the Anahiem show as the second best?

Yeah definitely. Anaheim was very close to being just about as good as SF, but SF venue was much bigger and the show was sold out.

I would rank them as SF>Anaheim>San Diego>Hollywood

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by andrew_metalhead

Yeah definitely. Anaheim was very close to being just about as good as SF, but SF venue was much bigger and the show was sold out.

I would rank them as KC>SF>Anaheim>San Diego>Hollywood

fixed!