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What bands did you see live in 2017?


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I started going to lots of gigs at the start of 2016 and i went to over 50 in 2017! I went to a lot of hard rock and metal gigs and saw a lot of legends such as Don Henley and Paul McCartney.

 

My 2017 Metal/Hard Rock gigs were: (Openers in Brackets)

 

Opeth (Caligula's Horse)

 

Thrash, Blast, Grind fest:

King Parrot

Revocation

Psycroptic

 

Nuclear Assault (Hidden Intent, Desecrator)

Meshuggah (Thy Art is Murder)

Cog

Helmet (2 Sets)

Insomnium (Myridian, Orpheus Omega)

Dragonforce

Dream Theater (2 Sets)

Max and Iggor Cavellera playing Roots (Skindred)

Haken

Melvins (Redd Kross)

ORB

Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress

 

So far in 2018 Hard Rock/Metal:

 

Parkway Drive

Laporus

Thy Art is Murder

Over Kill

Download Australia

 

Who did you see in 2017? And how many gigs do you have lined up for 2018?

 

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I forgot about this, I'll need to do some research on my calendar.

Mayhem playing DMDS (3rd time seeing them)
Inquisition (2nd time seeing them)
Rotten Sound
Ringworm (2nd time seeing them)
Archgoat
Castle (2nd time seeing them)
Cryptopsy playing None So Vile
Xasthur (acoustic "country" set)
SubRosa (clean set)
Morbid Angel (2nd time seeing them)
Suffocation (2nd time seeing them)
Revocation (twice)
Jungle Rot (3rd time seeing them)
Overkill (3rd time seeing them)
Crowbar (3rd time seeing them)
Immolation (3rd time seeing them)
Blood Incantation
Uada
Antichrist


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Jeez... who did I see? It's in the dark past now. I won't bother listing local gigs. 

Mayhem performing 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas', and not a single second more thank you very much Necromoneybagsbutcher. Pretty boring, with Harry Potter theatrics - fake candles, purple velvet tablecloths etc. It was about as authentic as an overweight teenage goth girl's Halloween party. (5th time seeing them)

Sebastian Bach. Nostalgic, fun, and he sounded great. Amazing crowd in Melbourne's best venue (The Forum). (1st time)

Wintersun. Amazing, one of the best shows I've seen. (1st time)

Insomnium. Amazing, one of the best shows I've seen. (1st time)

Paradise Lost. Look, I love these guys, but man, it was pretty boring. A bunch of motionless 50 year-olds standing on a dark stage with no backdrop or lights show. Pretty hard to keep excited after 20 minutes when they lost interest after 5. (3rd time)

Primordial. No one takes himself more seriously than good old Alan, and I stood in disbelief as I saw his mic cord fall out of the mic at least five times in the first song. It was a mixture of funny and disappointing because the atmosphere was ruined. Why doesn't he shell out for a cordless? I left early. Where greater mic-cords have fallen. (2nd time)

Can't remember any others. If I think of them I'll edit. 

 

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Devin Townsend Project live @ Belgrade, Serbia (August 15th). Good show, crowd was really into it, some song were a bit boring but in general it was great. I had the opportunity to shake Devin's hand and I was so happy about that.

Devin again in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (September 22th) - that special show since the celebration of 20 years of "Ocean Machine", his first solo record. Also, they played "By request" set with Bulgarian orchestra and choir. It was cut in two parts, one was "By request" material, hour and half with orchestra nad then break. After the break, he played the whole "Ocean Machine" just as a band. Three hours of playing, no mistakes at all, incredible. I'd say that orchestra and choir was a bit too silent, couldn't hear their parts because of band, but in general, it was awesome.  

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Goatwhore w/ Anciients & Scythra

Gojira w/ Pallbearer

Metallica w/ Avenged Sevenfold & Gojira

Comeback Kid w/ Counterparts, Stray From The Path, Gideon & Stepping Stone

Every Time I Die w/ Knocked Loose & Hollow Earth

Cattle Decapitation w/ Revocation, Full Of Hell & Artificial Brain

The Black Dahlia Murder w/ Suffocation, Necrot & Wormwitch

 

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