Slayer recap thread
[views:39373][posts:168]Tsongas Arena (Lowell, Ma) - [children_of_bodom][lamb_of_god][mastodon][randomshots][slayer][thine_eyes_bleed]
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[Jun 17,2006 11:39pm - the_reverend ""]
back and working on some terrible f'n pictures
[Jun 17,2006 11:47pm - Cecchini ""]
i watched you from afar aaron mmmmmm.
it looked like they would only let you guys shoot for 5 mins of each band then give you the boot.
[Jun 17,2006 11:49pm - powerkok ""]
Its fuckin over already?
[Jun 17,2006 11:49pm - RichHorror ""]
How phat were Tom Araya's rhymes?
[Jun 17,2006 11:51pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""]
how horrible was their set and how amazing was MASTODON's
[Jun 17,2006 11:51pm - everpessimistnow ""]
hmmm yes, that does seem early, even for Lowell. Sorry to hear the night was not as fruitful as you had hoped Rev, but i am sure the shots came out great >:-D
[Jun 17,2006 11:57pm - the_reverend ""]
the pictures are terrible...
they will be uploading in a couple minutes
[Jun 18,2006 12:10am - LtdEc-1000 ""]
The lighting was shitty. Did that guy even know what he was doing?
[Jun 18,2006 12:12am - the_reverend ""]
it was terrible except for COB and slayer.
[Jun 18,2006 12:16am - Cecchini ""]
the_reverend said:it was terrible except for COB and slayer.
exactly
[Jun 18,2006 12:32am - succubus ""]
i disagree on lighting...but way too much smoke during slayer, THAT sucked...of course my pics were great...then during COB my card died..and i lost all my photos..
yay
[Jun 18,2006 12:35am - todayistheday nli ""]
worth the 40 plus bucks? i would have went but it was too early for me to actually go to
[Jun 18,2006 12:40am - LtdEc-1000 ""]
thats what i meant. thine eyes bleed's lighting was awful. it was straight blacklight for almost an entire song.
[Jun 18,2006 1:02am - the_reverend ""]
yeah
[Jun 18,2006 1:13am - everpessimistnow ""]
succubus said:of course my pics were great...then during COB my card died..and i lost all my photos..
yay
i don't know how a card works, but i know how losing photos does. OUCH.
[Jun 18,2006 1:15am - tool rulez ""]
why is this stupid fucking site called returntothepit.com when theres NO PICTURES OF THE FUCKING PIT, goddamit nobody took pictures of people moshing, you guys are miserable failures at life
[Jun 18,2006 1:23am - everpessimistnow ""]
there does appear to be an excess of smoke in these shots, man thats rough.
and as for pitting, when i saw Slayer with Pantera (also at the Tsongas), there seemed to be good pits about 20 feet behind me, but i was pressed against the barricades (which had tiny holes in them, providing a fanFuckenTastic cheese grating effect). but i dunno if you would be able to get a decent photograph of them ;-)
hmm sounds like a rough night, still wish i could have gone though, but i had to work. gay.
[Jun 18,2006 1:48am - the_reverend ""]
this site is also about posting things about having anal sex with dudes.
that is also considered "returning to the pit".
from where I was there was no way to shoot the mosh pit. that's another problem with arena shows.
[Jun 18,2006 1:51am - the_reverend ""]
thine eyes bleed: I've heard several CDs from them (well 2). but this is the first time I've seen them playing. At NEHMF, I was excited to see them, but they canceled. their songs are long so they only got to play 5 songs, but I'm sure the slayer crowd was happy to get the metalcore band out of the way. I'm sure that they would have been much better with out a barricade.
[Jun 18,2006 2:17am - the_reverend ""]
mastodon: these guys have gone really far since playing at exit 23. funny just how many people realize how inovative these guys are. so one of the guitar players has a little sampler. That played a bunch of clips and drum tracks. one of the samples was about "brown" vampires who can only be killed with a steak the color of white skin. I wonder if that's a new track since I didn't know it. bet warner bros will love that! People seemed to know them cause the crowd surfing picked up when their set started. Also, after the first 5 tracks, they announced the title of the last track "blood & trunder" and got a huge cheer from the crowd.
[Jun 18,2006 2:23am - the_reverend ""]
children of bodom: unless I missed the memo, I find it weird that an indie label band played after a major label band. I knew at once that the lighting would be much better for alexi. I always think he's a princess so the lighting would have to be nice and bright. Which it was. During their set, for some unknown reason, crowd surfers did a hi-five line down the front row. I would have found that annoying being in the front row. They played 6 songs all of which used the word "fuck" in a similar way (usual about giving or not giving it). The keyboard dude sat back at the cabs playing. He looked bored when he wasn't playing, but then alexi would run back there and act all cheesey with him. he spent a lot more time flipping his hair than he did flipping the goat off. Speaking of middle fingers, for their last song, they asked everyone to put up their middle fingers. Most of the audience was confused and put up the horns. Not the same meaning at all.
[Jun 18,2006 2:24am - RichHorror ""]
I would have no problem flipping off COB, and would probably have been doing so long before he made a request.
[Jun 18,2006 2:47am - inject-now ""]
slayer was amazing. awesome set.
SILENT SCREAM!!!
[Jun 18,2006 3:02am - the_reverend ""]
lamb of god: honestly, this band has some seriously great dudes in it. they are all wicked nice and randy, even though he's typically wicked drunk, has an awesome memory for people. the 2nd to last time I was here @ the tsongas arena, I saw LOG headlining last year's SOTU. the house lights went out, but they took probably another 15 minutes to come out. Randy was sporting the bruce willis style. at some point, during their 5th song, randy sent it out to all the mass bands, brain fair (shadows fall) came out and yelled something. people cheered. They asked all the girls to turn around and show the sound guy they tits, but this isn't meathead fest so no one did.
[Jun 18,2006 3:39am - random dude ""]
does anyone know slayers setlist and if they mixed up their songs well?
[Jun 18,2006 4:48am - xmikex ""]
tool rulez said:why is this stupid fucking site called returntothepit.com when theres NO PICTURES OF THE FUCKING PIT, goddamit nobody took pictures of people moshing, you guys are miserable failures at life
from what I observed this "no pictures of the pit" situation can be remedied pretty easily.
1. Make sure you're built like a hefty bag full of salt pork. if not, gain 100 lbs.
2. Take your shirt off
3. Stop around like you're one of the Bushwackers. Flail your arms around in a manner that makes no sense. If there's anyone smaller than you in the room shove them on the ground. Act like you own the whole Tsongas Arena despite having found out about Slayer 2 years ago through a Hot Topic sampler cd.
4. Take a fucking picture of it. Ass.
There are no "you guys". There is 1 guy - The Rev - who takes pictures at 2 or 3 shows a week (all over New England), hosts a radio show, and runs a website all in his spare time and with more or less his own money. If you're unhappy with the area one guy at a huge show like that was able to cover, maybe you should donate some money to get the RTTP photo blimp built so he can get some arial shots of you rubbing up against shirtless men.
you're welcome for the free education.
[Jun 18,2006 8:25am - litacore ""]
heh heh, awesome
[Jun 18,2006 8:29am - succubus ""]
tool rulez said:why is this stupid fucking site called returntothepit.com when theres NO PICTURES OF THE FUCKING PIT, goddamit nobody took pictures of people moshing, you guys are miserable failures at life
listen retard, there are PLENTY of pics of people moshing on here...since you have no clue of how things work at "LARGE" shows, you know, shows at big venues like the tsongas arena, there are a lot of rules when it comes to taking photos...first of all, you're only allowed to take photos for the first 3 songs if every band..then you have to put your equipment away and stand in a particular spot. if you look at the randomshots, you will see people and a lot of crowd shots, but since you're not allowed to walk around with your camera you can't go into the crowd.
so read and get a clue because you call a site stupid you ignorant piece of crap. the reverend spends a lot of time and money on this site so show somew fuckin respect
[Jun 18,2006 9:00am - Kevord not logged in ""]
If he took pit shots all they would have been were guys standing around with there arms folded in there brand new Dimebag Darrel and Trivium shirts. I didn't even see anyone singing along to Angel of Death besides me. Last night was the worst Slayer crowd ever.
[Jun 18,2006 9:33am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I sense an IP about to be blocked!
[Jun 18,2006 10:38am - Johnny Hardcore ""]
Rev is backed HARD!
[Jun 18,2006 10:43am - Jugulator ""]
Cool show last night but Slayer's set was to short.This is the only time Ive seen them play for less than 90 minutes.Thats disapointing since I paid $50 for a ticket.The only opener I caught was Lamb of God and they sucked balls.Heres Slayer's setlist(not in exact order):
Silent Scream
Cult
Disciple
Raining Blood
Angel of Death
Mandatory Suicide
Hell Awaits
South of Heaven
Antichrist
Blood Red
War Ensemble
Dead skin mask
Chemical Warfare
Seasons in the Abyss
Im really hoping when Slayer tour here again they play with better bands and have lower ticket prices.Because if they dont,I wont be seeing them.
[Jun 18,2006 10:58am - chris_from_shit_fuck ""]
I would have gone just to hear Slayer's set list. At eveyr show I've been yelling out "Antichrist" and "Blood Red". Those are 2 of my favorite songs. I think other than "Disciple" (which isn't too bad of a song in my opinion) and "Cult" (ehh?) that was a damn good set list, though I wish they'd play more off of Show No Mercy.
[Jun 18,2006 11:05am - Kinslayer ""]
Wow...that setlist is epic.
[Jun 18,2006 11:22am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Jugulator said:
Silent Scream
*bathroom break*
*stop for a hot dog*
Raining Blood
Angel of Death
Mandatory Suicide
Hell Awaits
South of Heaven
Antichrist
Blood Red
War Ensemble
Dead skin mask
Chemical Warfare
Seasons in the Abyss
Corrected set list
[Jun 18,2006 11:31am - AUTOPSY_666 ""]
I always thought "the pit" meant the photo pit, "Aaron has to return to the pit to take more pictures."
[Jun 18,2006 11:46am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
'tool rulez'
ahahah, whoever that was (i assume it was a regular poster)
brilliant
[Jun 18,2006 11:53am - kevord ""]
I actually don't mind disciple but cult was at least good so I could catch my breath before the next song. When they tour for Christ illusion though it's gonna suck. I don't need that many breaks.
[Jun 18,2006 12:28pm - pam ""]
I'd like to say this was the worst crowd I've ever seen. They left the house lights off for like 7 or 8 minutes at the end giving people ample time to scream for an encore, and no one did. I mean even if we weren't getting one...at least try you red hat wearing nu metal faggots.
[Jun 18,2006 12:42pm - Boppsta ""]
did anyone get a high five from that big happy guy with the red football jersey? he was fucking metal, no lie. i saw him runnin through the slayer pit giving hugs and high fives. I hope i see him at more shows, it makes me happy.
Lamb of God rocked hard.
[Jun 18,2006 12:44pm - dreadkill ""]
uh, hugs and high fives, and expecially football jerseys, aren't metal.
[Jun 18,2006 12:46pm - RichHorror ""]
pam said:I'd like to say this was the worst crowd I've ever seen. They left the house lights off for like 7 or 8 minutes at the end giving people ample time to scream for an encore, and no one did.
Maybe that's because Slayer are faggots that haven't been good for at least a decade and should be killed.
[Jun 18,2006 12:47pm - xmikex ""]
Kevord not logged in said:Last night was the worst Slayer crowd ever.
seconded. i was in the seats, house left. it was my girlfriend's first slayer show ever. we rocked out harder than our entire section. there were people SITTING DOWN. you have to me a grade A mega puss to sit down during Slayer.
And since when do people leave when Slayer says they're done? Just about every Slayer show I've ever been to up to this one Slayer says they're done, everyone stays and goes nuts and they come out and play another song or two. Everybody just got up and left like they'd been dismissed.
[Jun 18,2006 12:48pm - kevord ""]
Slayer is still an amazing live band. But the crowd did suck balls.
[Jun 18,2006 12:50pm - anonymous ""]
did anyone see that dood w/ the richard seymour jersey who must have shook 20 thousnad peoples hands.. what a fag
[Jun 18,2006 12:50pm - kevord ""]
PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR WERE STANDING THERE WITH THERE ARMS FOLDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was pissed. Slayer is my favorite band and I was bangin my head and singing along to every song. Who the fuck doesn't know at least the chorus to Angel of Death.
[Jun 18,2006 12:51pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Wow, a lot of sports jerseys at the Slayer gig...
[Jun 18,2006 12:55pm - kevord ""]
Alot of Dime bag Darrel Shirts, Trivium shirts and the Eagle slayer shirt they sell at hot topic. I actually saw a group of four guys together all wearing the Hot topic slayer shirt. Fuckin gay.
[Jun 18,2006 12:56pm - xmikex ""]
the most involved anyone in my section got was the guy who kept turning around to ask me "Dude.... dude when are they gonna play South of Heaven??!" Despite the fact that they opened with South of Heaven
[Jun 18,2006 12:56pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Hey. Come on.
Guns don't kill people.
PEOPLE kill people.