Jormungandr and the Earl of Metal made a trip to Seattle to see Opeth with guests High on Fire. The show was unbelievable. High on Fire's set was solid. Pike knows how to get the crowd into his show and his guitar work is unmatched in today's scene. The large crowd at Seatlle,s Showbox was pumped and energetic which added to the anticipation of the night. Opeth played a killer set with only a few boring or what I call, "Lets-go-buy-a-t-shirt" moments. The rifs were thunderous, the vocals were both bludgeoning and melodic, and the band was as tight as any band I've ever seen (I'd put them up with Rush and Dream Theater). I could go on and on about this band. The audience went crazy for the new songs off of Watershed, "the Lotus Eater" and "Heir Apparent". Its good times when a band that has put out 10 albums is still producing albums that their fans appreciate. I wouldn't have minded if they would have played the entire album.
The only unfortunate part about the show was the hour long wait outside in the wind with a bunch of metalheads. However, this started a conversation about concert t-shirts that might be useful for anyone attending a metal show in the future.
Jormungandr and the Earl started to compile a list of t-shirts that we saw people wearing at the concert. We started rating the appropriateness of the shirts. We looked at how new the shirt looked, the Metal Poser factor, the "I have no clue what good metal really is" factor, the true metal historian, true fan, the don't wear the shirt of the band factor, and a few other things. Here is a list of a few of the shirts that we spotted and how MetalShow appropriate they are:
Mastodon--9/10
Still a fairly underground band. With an almost "un-listenable" quality which is cool. The Earl of Metal scored this lower because he thinks they are "mainstream" now. However, I run the blog and have the last word.
Ramones--2/10
I spotted this t-shirt being sold at Target and Wal-mart, enough said.
Black Sabbath-- 4/10
Shiny and new. Obviously a poser shirt. Much cooler than the Ramones though.
Dimmu Borgir-- 1/10
Please.
Rush-- 9/10
Did I mention that they are my favorite band? -1 for the cheese factor.
Opeth-- 7/10
You don't wear the shirt of the band you are seeing, however, it does show support and puts money into Opeth's pockets.
Weedeater--10/10
They are an underground fuzzy metal band that is in it for the music. The dude that bought this shirt must have gone to their show, well done.
St. Anger--6/10
Started off as a "zero" but after everyone beat up the guy wearing it just to show their ill-will for the album, the shirt was blood stained and torn--very metal!
Black Dahlia--4/10
They have some good tunes but are a bit trendy and "bubblegumetal".
Burzum--11/10
Worn by some teenager. The fact that he knows who Burzum is, boggles the mind. For those of you who are blessed enough NOT to know who Burzum is, they are a murdering, church burning, black metal band from Norway.
"Enemies of Metal, your death is our reward."
3 comments:
You forgot a couple. The guy that had a Dimmu Borgir sweatshirt also had a Pink Floyd shirt underneath. I give the entire combo a 3. While it's not as bad as St. Anger it still feels a little too much like he bought it at Hot Gothic the day before.
As for St. Anger, I give it a 2, while not the worst shirt you could wear, still pretty terrible.
Finally, Jormungandr himself wore a forest green "Lewis and Clark Law School" sweatshirt to the show, which I give a 1.5.
Jormungandr-- Stoich thet steotch, "lewis and clark". Fulchech sen 4/10!
Black Dahlia: bubble gum metal? seriously? Their music and vocals are brutal. I'm not saying they are awesome or original, but are not very accessible by general public.
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