| Now Find a show to go to! Jun 15 (Sat) - THE 2013 CONNECTICUT METALFEST w/SUICIDE DREAM, Lightsbane, Fear Apparent, Forsake The Sun, Imperium Mortis, Agrippa93, Art of Kanly, Lords Anointed - Food Included - Tickets Half Price In Advance - Contact shadowsd@snet.net for tickets - The Outdoor Pavilion (Windham, CT) 6/15 - The 2013 Connecticut MetalFest in Windham: SUICIDE DREAM, LIGHTSBANE, FEAR APPARENT, FORSAKE THE SUN, IMPERIUM MORTIS, AGRIPPA93, ART OF KANLY, LORDS ANOINTED[views:23145][posts:80][show listing] __________________________________ [May 28,2013 9:13pm - ShadowSD ""] The 2013 Connecticut MetalFest Saturday, June 15 at The Outdoor Pavilion in Windham, CT SUICIDE DREAM http://www.suicide-dream.com LIGHTSBANE http://lightsbane.com/ FEAR APPARENT https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fear-Apparent/153456528021990 FORSAKE THE SUN http://forsakethesun.stereokiller.com IMPERIUM MORTIS https://www.facebook.com/ImperiumMortis AGRIPPA93 http://www.agrippa93.com/ ART OF KANLY https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-of-Kanly/270227866352384 LORDS ANOINTED https://www.facebook.com/LordsAnointed All Ages/21+ to drink, 5 pm, Food Included In Price of Admission, $30/dr, $15/adv, Contact shadowsd@snet.net for tickets 116 Club Road, Windham, CT (all the way up the driveway) |
| ________________________________________________ [May 28,2013 10:57pm - HTML DOESN'T WORK HERE ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________________________________________ [May 29,2013 8:14am - the construction worker from the Village People ""] Nor does D-list 90s Hot Topic snoozefest metal. |
| __________________________________ [May 29,2013 3:58pm - ShadowSD ""] I don't see how that applies to any of these bands, the line-up is a broad range of styles from death metal to thrash to various other styles of metal, but absolutely no hot topic mallcore allowed. Although somehow I doubt you listened to all these bands on your way back from the YMCA, Village Person. The hot dog post is strangely on topic, though, as fresh grilled hot dogs are included with the price of admission. |
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| ______________________________________ [May 29,2013 6:24pm - 1997 called ""] they want their flyer back |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 2:24am - ShadowSD ""] Everyone's a critic |
| __________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 8:38am - A Satisfied Legionnaire ""] Honestly I can't wait for this! |
| ______________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:11am - alcks cskot ""] Bfor 1996 is Arl tiem, oold hazbens thet dnot go tO shoe forr 4 yreas 1997 is futor Htis shoe is futor |
| ___________________________________ [May 30,2013 12:40pm - ShadowSD ""] Parking is free and venue is very 4:20 friendly, where else can you see an eight band metalfest, eat, have parking covered, and practically be guaranteed to get smoked up all for $15? Best of all, CTMetalFest is as always a DIY/by the bands show with no outside "promoter", so all money after expenses goes to the bands. This is the sixth year we've headlined CTMetalFest, and all but one year had paid attendance in the 150 - 300 people range, which we like to think is a hell of an accomplishment for a DIY fest with no nationals at a venue with no walk-in draw; we want to make this year the biggest ever, please come out and support \m/ |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 12:48pm - I Have A Question ""] Who are these bands and why would anyone pay $30 to see them? |
| ____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 1:10pm - AndrewBastard NLI ""] Good luck 'Forsaking the Sun' at the mid summer outdoor metal fest, bro |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 1:57pm - ShadowSD ""] True, it'll still be light out by the time they go on, too, d'oh. Won't be hot though, this is more like late spring than midsummer so we won't all be sweating our balls off. |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 2:37pm - ShadowSD ""] I%20Have%20A%20Question said:Who are these bands 1. There's these things called websites on these intertubez here where you get to click on a band's music and listen to it. 2. For starters, Lords Anointed are from MA not where I live in CT, Lightsbane is from southern CT near NY but they were just on NEMHF this year in Worcester, and Suicide Dream (my band) has headlined over a hundred shows across MA, CT, and RI and been regularly performing in the northeastern metal scene for well over a decade, playing shows with Crowbar Overkill Type O Negative Exodus Moonspell Mastodon Doro Pesche too many to list blah blah blah and going from Maine to Indiana. It's one thing not to like us, that's fine, but if you haven't even heard of our name, you don't appear to be very familiar with the northeastern metal scene to the point where I'm surprised you would even be posting on a site like this. But maybe you're new. I've only been posting Suicide Dream shows here on rttp for ten years now. I%20Have%20A%20Question said:and why would anyone pay $30 to see them? 1. the idea is that people will be encouraged to buy half price tickets in advance instead, committing a large crowd to the show investing in going instead of flying by the seat of our pants the night of and seeing which way the wind blows - it's especially important to know the draw for a big show like this where you have to get the right amount of food in order to not totally overshoot or undershoot it. 2. all the bands on the bill are hard working bands in the New England metal scene that get out there often and play originals, and they identify as metal - not metalcore - and there's no promoter taking a cut. 3. there's this really cool thing called going out and watching new bands that are writing and performing metal in case you might like some of them, and supporting the New England metal scene. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 2:59pm - basically everyone ""] ShadowSD said: I%20Have%20A%20Question said:Who are these bands 1. There's these things called websites on these intertubez here where you get to click on a band's music and listen to it. 2. For starters, Lords Anointed are from MA not where I live in CT, Lightsbane is from southern CT near NY but they were just on NEMHF this year in Worcester, and Suicide Dream (my band) has headlined over a hundred shows across MA, CT, and RI and been regularly performing in the northeastern metal scene for well over a decade, playing shows with Crowbar Overkill Type O Negative Exodus Moonspell Mastodon Doro Pesche too many to list blah blah blah and going from Maine to Indiana. It's one thing not to like us, that's fine, but if you haven't even heard of our name, you don't appear to be very familiar with the northeastern metal scene to the point where I'm surprised you would even be posting on a site like this. But maybe you're new. I've only been posting Suicide Dream shows here on rttp for ten years now. I%20Have%20A%20Question said:and why would anyone pay $30 to see them? 1. the idea is that people will be encouraged to buy half price tickets in advance instead, committing a large crowd to the show investing in going instead of flying by the seat of our pants the night of and seeing which way the wind blows - it's especially important to know the draw for a big show like this where you have to get the right amount of food in order to not totally overshoot or undershoot it. 2. all of them are hard working bands in the New England metal scene that get out there often and play originals, and they identify as metal - not metalcore - and there's no promoter taking a cut. 3. there's this really cool thing called going out and watching new bands that are writing and performing metal in case you might like some of them, and supporting the New England metal scene. no thanks |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 3:00pm - basically everyone ""] Pay to open for Type O Negative and then brag about it, about it. |
| __________________________________________ [May 30,2013 3:11pm - BOSS PedalBoard ""] basically%20everyone said:Pay to open for Type O Negative and then brag about it, about it. I like the reverb/echo in this post ^^ |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 3:18pm - ShadowSD ""] basically%20everyone said:Pay to open for Type O Negative and then brag about it, about it. Wrong. We made a profit on that show. They gave us 30 tickets. We sold 33 (buying none ourselves, fuck that shit, and having a couple people who bought tickets not making it to will call and we resold those tickets at the last minute) so we ended up walking out of there with over a hundred bucks, beating the Webster ticket system which made the maximum we could have made $30. Fuck paying to play and buying your own tickets. No bands on this show are permitted to buy their own tickets, we want people to see the bands not a bunch of bullshit. |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 4:23pm - ShadowSD ""] It really wasn't that hard selling tickets for Type O at all, FWIW, the Webster gave us a week and $23 tickets so I was worried at first, but people really didn't want to miss that show (and they were right, that was their last tour and Peter died only months later). |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 4:35pm - ShadowSD ""] basically%20everyone said: ShadowSD said:3. there's this really cool thing called going out and watching new bands that are writing and performing metal in case you might like some of them, and supporting the New England metal scene. no thanks Haha, true for many I'm sure, but fortunately most of us who read and post here go to metal shows and don't just complain about their very existence online. Don't be one of those people who complains there are no good live shows/new bands out there and then refuses to ever check out new bands for the first time. You might actually really like a band you're not already familiar with. |
| ______________________________________ [May 30,2013 5:08pm - Oh my gawd! ""] Your band made $100 dollars on a show?????? Fucking rock star over here. Quit your day job and pay to play every day. |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 5:13pm - ShadowSD ""] Just pointing out that it wasn't pay to play if we made $100 (you can't have it both ways) - and I'm not saying $100 is a lot, we got $650 to headline Beltane Festival earlier this month and we'll probably get at least as much for this fest, if not more. Just settle down, Beavis, go to a show and get baked, it's more fun. |
| ____________________________________ [May 30,2013 6:31pm - Barren_Oak ""] Nothing but Aril being a hater in this thread. Hope this fest is a success, it's good to make new fests instead of living in the past |
| ______________________________________________ [May 30,2013 6:50pm - Alex_from_heliofight ""] Yo bro, will there be a lot of hot bitches with them titties hanging out? Maybe a wet t-shirt contest? I got some dudes from Framingham who want to hunt for some fresh muff and I hear the Ct. Bitches are total sluts? You kind of sound like a pussy so if you hook us up with some loose twats I'll watch ya back I'm the pit. Let me know. We can pound some Bud Limes. |
| ______________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 8:19pm - RTTP Promotional Consultant ""] Trying to bully people into buying tickets in advance by DOUBLING the door cost for a 4th rate local band fest is maybe the dumbest idea anyone could suicide dream up. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 8:42pm - I Have A Question ""] Did the mentally challenged person who designed the flyer get paid for their work or was it a charity thing? |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 8:45pm - I Have A Question ""] Also, in ten years with that rock start resume you've only made it as far as... Indiana? |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 8:48pm - ShadowSD ""] Bully people? It's just making it easier for the bands to sell their $15 tickets, how can you feel bullied to buy an advance ticket to a show because it's half price? That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. If a fest with 150 - 300 people paid attendance five out of six years it was held is a fourth rate local band fest, I have to find these first, second, and third rate local band fests where eight bands draw several hundred people instead of a measly two or three hundred. Let me know when you play one of those, I will gladly come and support (not joking at all), I'll make sure to pay at the door and not buy an advance ticket so as to not feel bullied by you. |
| ______________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 8:50pm - RTTP Promotional Consultant ""] I'm only here as a consultant. You've been doing this for 10 years and still have to tell people who your band is. You obviously don't need my help. |
| ________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:01pm - Truth ""] So every band needs to sell 20 - 30 tickets to get on this? |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:15pm - ShadowSD ""] Hey Question Guy, whining about the flyer was two days ago. Solo I've played in DC, Sweden, and Iran, our singer/bassist has played out in Europe. As for our band we've always been self-managed and never opted to invest the time and money in going further out touring to the degree that's required of a metal band that doesn't have label backing, in great part because we didn't have a full length CD and shirts/other merch completed to make such an investment make sense at the time; we did do a demo as a four-piece that sold out and turned down some indie deal offers that came from it plus some offers to do some shows in NC and elsewhere, because we were opting to wait for something bigger to come along, but by the time we were really hitting a peak and about to record something new with our updated three piece line-up, I went and had a kid while our singer also took a hiatus, and then once you have a wife and kids you REALLY can't rough it across the country hoping to break even on the travel and send home little to no money - so yeah, but finally our full-length CD is almost done and we can actually mail it to labels, something we never actually did yet (the indies I mentioned came to us after hearing the music online or seeing us live) so we can finally see if we can get a good enough deal to record and tour on terms that work for us. |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:18pm - ShadowSD ""] RTTP%20Promotional%20Consultant said:You've been doing this for 10 years and still have to tell people who your band is. Ha ha seems a good burn - except when you stop to think that bands never have to stop promoting if they continue playing out, no matter how big they get. Good try though, consultant, 9 out of 10 for effort, your job at rttp is safe. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:25pm - Full-Leafed Maple ""] tl;dr |
| ________________________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:25pm - Good luck Lacuna Coil's retarded sister ""] I'm sure you'll be playing stadiums once that full length drops. |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:44pm - ShadowSD ""] Truth said:So every band needs to sell 20 - 30 tickets to get on this? We ask every band to shoot for at least 40 advance tickets and we hold ourselves to the same standard, there's no penalty for not hitting that mark but we ask each band to aim high. All the bands that play this with us each get all their money after twenty tickets sold, plus a hundred dollar bonus at forty tickets sold, plus an even cut of 100% of the money from people who pay at the door, plus all band members eat for free, plus if we end up ahead enough at the end of the night we pay more on top of that (we have in the past paid an extra twenty-five to a hundred bucks to a band on top of all the agreed upon stuff if there was enough money left over). In previous years, some bands have made $300 - $500 on just the advance ticket sales part of it: Invictus, Mornalir, Dwell, On The Rocks come to mind just off the top of my head. We all know those kinds of numbers are normally unheard of for a multi-band local show, so it's a great gig if you're willing to work hard and beats counting on some non-musician and self-proclaimed "promoter" to get people to the show who in most cases brings no one and then takes a bigger cut than any band member who performs. |
| __________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:45pm - ShadowSD ""] Good%20luck%20Lacuna%20Coil‘s%20retarded%20sister said:I'm sure you'll be playing stadiums once that full length drops. And I know you'll be in the front row cheering for us. |
| ___________________________________ [May 30,2013 10:01pm - ShadowSD ""] Good%20luck%20Lacuna%20Coil‘s%20retarded%20sister said: I have no regrets, man, the last ten plus years all I have done for a living is music: mostly playing guitar and teaching guitar. That's not easy to pull off. Just the ability to be even do that and to be able to play with the caliber of musicians I get to play with in this band is a real gift that I'd be ungrateful to gripe about; stadiums can come with time, the road to getting to that point is as important as the road from then, and the path we've taken so far has given us the chance to play with some great bands here in the scene that we wouldn't even have met otherwise. I wouldn't change a thing. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 10:03pm - Cool story fagget ""] Cool story fagget |
| _____________________________________ [May 30,2013 10:24pm - WifedowSD ""] Can you faggets just buy tickets to this stupid fest so my useless fagget of a husband can pull his weight with bills for fucking once? |
| ____________________________________________ [May 30,2013 11:11pm - futtup shaggett ""] Make your suicide dream a reality now kthx |
| ____________________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 11:35pm - Big bag of assorted nigger parts ""] I give Shadow points for tenacity. He loves his band and can't shut up about it, and that's pretty American for an Iranian. His bassist also has that intriguing Sandra Bernhard thing going, where she's alternately hot / terrifying depending on the angle or light or something. And that has entertainment value itself. CT is a different world than MA. Case in point, if you live in CT, this show is actually something to might consider going to, because there's fuckin NOTHING going on otherwise. I hate this kind of music but according to shit-eating videos I've posted here, it takes all types. Apparently, some people think shit tastes like cake. Follow that dream, Shadow, just remember to nod and say "yup" when I post something involving willful AIDS transmission. I do hope the show is successful. |
| ___________________________________ [May 30,2013 11:52pm - ShadowSD ""] A+ post and thanks dude. First line made me LOL it is so true, good observation. We have a update on our site I keep forgetting to post a thread about including new promo photos of our singer/bassist where they all were really great photos, I'll probably post that thread tomorrow, and you're absolutely right that very little does happen here in CT that's for damn sure. |
| _________________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 11:54pm - society of the shutup faggets ""] Big%20bag%20of%20assorted%20nigger%20parts said:I give Shadow points for tenacity. He loves his band and can't shut up about it, and that's pretty American for an Iranian. His bassist also has that intriguing Sandra Bernhard thing going, where she's alternately hot / terrifying depending on the angle or light or something. And that has entertainment value itself. CT is a different world than MA. Case in point, if you live in CT, this show is actually something to might consider going to, because there's fuckin NOTHING going on otherwise. I hate this kind of music but according to shit-eating videos I've posted here, it takes all types. Apparently, some people think shit tastes like cake. Follow that dream, Shadow, just remember to nod and say "yup" when I post something involving willful AIDS transmission. I do hope the show is successful. On behalf of the secret fraternity of Shutup Faggets, we humbly invite you to SHUTUP FAGGET. |
| ___________________________________ [May 31,2013 12:11am - ShadowSD ""] A%20Satisfied%20Legionnaire said:Honestly I can't wait for this! Me too, I always look forward to playing this place more than any other, sound quality is off the charts good (it's the one venue where my ears aren't ringing for the whole rest of the night after the show ends) |
| ___________________________________ [May 31,2013 12:12am - ShadowSD ""] Barren_Oak said:Hope this fest is a success Thanks, appreciate it. |
| ______________________________________________ [May 31,2013 12:31am - this entire thread ""] [img] For these waters, you wanna use a spoon lure with a 8- to 20-lb. test main line. Use a sinker weight if you wanna fish deeper in the thread. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 12:40am - Alx_Casket ""] ShadowSD said: Barren_Oak said:Hope this fest is a success Thanks, appreciate it. That wasn't me, but it expresses my sentiments accurately. Mannerly troll. |
| ______________________________________ [May 31,2013 6:27am - Shutup Aril ""] Shutup Aril |
| ______________________________ [May 31,2013 8:47am - Yeti ""] Big%20bag%20of%20assorted%20nigger%20parts said:I give Shadow points for tenacity. He loves his band and can't shut up about it, and that's pretty American for an Iranian. His bassist also has that intriguing Sandra Bernhard thing going, where she's alternately hot / terrifying depending on the angle or light or something. And that has entertainment value itself. CT is a different world than MA. Case in point, if you live in CT, this show is actually something to might consider going to, because there's fuckin NOTHING going on otherwise. I hate this kind of music but according to shit-eating videos I've posted here, it takes all types. Apparently, some people think shit tastes like cake. Follow that dream, Shadow, just remember to nod and say "yup" when I post something involving willful AIDS transmission. I do hope the show is successful. bravo. as probably the longest-running Suicide Dream fan, play on I say, play on. I would love to hear that first EP re-recorded. only Suicide Dream and Sacreligion twice a weekend at the Springdale Turnhall is real. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 31,2013 8:59am - Ancient Master nli ""] I wonder if the nazi's will be there seig heiling again like they did when we played this in 2004? My opinion of CT? CHISEL IT OFF |