Testament / Overkill / Flotsam & Jetsam / 4ARM USA tour
[views:14488][posts:68]the Palladium (Worcester, MA) - [flotsam_and_jetsam][fourarm][lich_king][overkill][randomshots][testament]
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[Feb 16,2013 11:04pm - KEVORD ""]
the_reverend said:I ran into some funderground gangsters. They wanted me to have a good time and Almost shot me in the face with silly string. Wtf! Just ask them basic metal trivia and when they go to look it up on their phones just walk away.
[Feb 17,2013 1:05am - Thunderstool ""]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
[Feb 17,2013 1:28am - the_reverend ""]
pictures
[Feb 17,2013 2:13am - Spence ""]
I ended up winning two tickets to this, so I ended up sitting on one of those couchbooth things for 4ARM and F&J. 4ARM were mediocre but not anything offensive to listen to, Flotsam & Jetsam were awesome despite the shortness of their set. (although those two newer songs they played were mih, and the lack of overall crowd interest was kind of discouraging - especially after the singer proclaimed the Worcester date to be one of the "best shows of the tour.")
Moved up to the balcony for Overkill and Testament. Overkill were cool, but man their 00's songs are all WAY longer than they should be. Definitely enjoyed them a lot less than when I saw them with Vader at the palladium in 2010, but then again, at that show Bobby Blitz wasn't sick and I wasn't in massive amounts of pain.
Then Testament blew. It wasn't even that THEY blew, it was just that the mix was so fucking terrible and the bassdrums were so fucking loud that it made everything miserable and shit. And the fact they played, what, two or three songs off The Gathering and a bunch off the new album didn't help either.
As a whole, i'm glad I went for Flotsam & Jetsam and the few minutes of Lich King I saw, but could've totally passed on Overkill and Testament. Maybe if I was on the barrier or by the soundboard it would've been better. Oh well, at the end of the day the show was free for me so I guess I can be happy I didn't spend 25 bucks.
[Feb 17,2013 2:22am - the_reverend ""]
the sound system was messed up.
[Feb 17,2013 2:44am - Spence ""]
Makes sense. Doesn't make my experience during Testament anymore enjoyable though. Do you know what was wrong with it?
[Feb 17,2013 7:35am - NEGROTIC OVERLORD ""]
trioxin245 said:bay area thrash is a particular style, not just a way of identifying where the band is from.
LIKE "SWEDISH DEATH METAL"
[Feb 17,2013 11:22am - Big bag of assorted nigger parts ""]
LOL @ 4arm, the chink with the Moe Howard haircut is hilarious. Numetal still eats dicks all day long.
[Feb 17,2013 11:38am - NEGROTIC OVERLORD ""]
YOU HAVE THE BEST USERNAME ON HERE
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
[Feb 17,2013 12:20pm - Chuck Billy's Lite Brite air guitar ""]
That guy from 4arm wishes he had something as cool as me to play around with on stage.
[Feb 17,2013 2:16pm - Lizzy D. ""]
what a kook. who isn't psyched to thrash their face off on a saturday night at testament with a bunch of other weirdos? i guess it's hard to enjoy when you are sitting up in a balcony being cranky and hating life
[Feb 17,2013 2:23pm - Thunderstool ""]
HAHAHAHAHA anyone who went to this is a dipshit stuck in the 80s like HookedonMetal!
[Feb 17,2013 3:10pm - the_reverend ""]
Sick of thunderstool troll. Anyhow, the kieth said the Atlas month's set blew the pa. It was perfectly fine for all the bands until testament. Then it sounded like wet farts. Instead of bass. I think it was during practice what you preach that they finally turned it down.
[Feb 17,2013 3:12pm - the_reverend ""]
2 other things
1) I learned of 2 tours that are coming and are awesome
2) seeing Gina up on the balcony loving overkill was one of the best parts of the night.
[Feb 17,2013 6:07pm - NEGROTIC OVERLORD ""]
WHY IS
"THE YEARS OF DECAY"
SO MUCH MORE INTENSE
THAN THE OTHER OVERKILL ALBUMS?
[Feb 17,2013 6:49pm - the_reverend ""]
no deny the cross :(
[Feb 17,2013 11:01pm - JUDAIC OVERLORD ""]
THAT'S PRETTY COOL TOO
BUT THE WHOLE PACKAGE ON TYOD IS AMAZING
IT HAS GREAT INTERNAL VARIETY
AN ALMOST CONCEPTUAL INTENSITY CURVE
IT'S CHEESY, BUT FUCK, THAT ALBUM IS AMAZING
[Feb 20,2013 5:49pm - Spence ""]
Setlists according to Setlist.FM in case anyone cares.
Flotsam & Jetsam:
01. Ugly Noise
02. Iron Tears
03. Escape from Within
04. Hammerhead
05. Gitty Up
06. No Place for Disgrace
Overkill:
01. Come and Get It
02. Rotten to the Core
03. Wrecking Crew
04. Bring Me the Night
05. Electric Rattlesnake
06. Ironbound
07. Elimination
08. Fuck You (The Subhumans cover)
Testament:
01. Rise Up
02. More Than Meets the Eye
03. Burnt Offerings
04. Into the Pit
05. Practice What You Preach
06. Riding the Snake
07. Eyes of Wrath
08. Trial By Fire
09. The Haunting
10. The New Order
11. Over the Wall
12. Disciples of the Watch
13. D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate)
14. 3 Days in Darkness
15. The Formation of Damnation
As a whole, Testament's setlist was really odd. They only played one song off their recent album and yet they played four whole songs off The Gathering. Weird.
[Feb 20,2013 7:24pm - MASONIC OVERLORD ""]
C.O.T.L.O.D. AND OVER THE WALL ARE THE BEST 10 MINUTES OF TOASTYMINT EVER