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Despite feeling pretty light-headed and feverish at times, it\u00a0was absolutely worth it to check these bands out.<\/p>\n
Exhumed wrecked it up there and brought all they had. In the middle of their set, my buddy and I started smelling gasoline. Since Vitus is sort of dingy, I figured it was exhaust from a garage nearby or something. But, from directly behind us in that back corner where the nasty seats are, a mask-wearing freak pulled out a chainsaw, pulled the cord a few times and let it rip. I had a few seconds to decide whether to disarm and probably kill him, or assume it was part of the show. It was a pretty sick spectacle because it was a real engine, screaming and spewing exhaust. While Exhumed was completely destroying their set with some of the lowest, growliest, filthiest distortion possible, the dude with the chainsaw started fighting his way through the crowd to the stage, holding the fucking chainsaw over his head, revving the engine. Coupled with the super brutal sound, and epic songs like “Torso”, it was awesome. He made his way on the stage and blasted the engine into the mic and it made a\u00a0deafening,\u00a0sick sound. The sight, the smell, the sound… awesome.<\/p>\n
For me it’s perfect. I genuinely just love the way extreme metal sounds.<\/p>\n Off to the races on another crazy day. My cold is gone and I’m ready to rip it. It’s 70s out and my two homes are the same today. One has ocean, one has energy. Since I’m in the energy one, let’s do it.<\/p>\n Friday my cold turned into something much worse. I had body aches all day and my voice sounded like Sam Elliott’s. By the end of the day I was ready to get flat. I wonder if my Hudson swim had … Continue reading <\/a>Suffocation did their usual thing, and it was great. Mullen was his crazy self, bouncing around the stage, hitting himself in the head and air chopping just like he’s done for nearly 20 years now. He’s got to be in his 40s now, still ripping it up. It was a little strange to see such a big name death metal band play such a tiny venue, and it was a sold out show, of course. We also learned that Mullen will basically only be singing in NY-area shows from now on because he has a full time job somewhere in long island– a good reminder that people who are into this art have it tough. Even if you’re one of the biggest death metal acts of all time, you still have a hard time making ends meet. Those who pursue it deserve our respect for making it happen. They’re basically volunteering their art for free, usually against their own best interests, and that’s awesome (and awesomely difficult to keep going).<\/p>\n