MABB v6.6.6

How disappointed will I be?



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They are still pretty good live.

:horns: you will have an awesome fucking time :horns:

I'm really excited. I'm going late to that Summer Slaughter tour by myself, cus my GF is visiting family out of town. Don't care about any of the other bands, I don't mind paying $30 just to see Morbid Angel. Hoping to get a shirt and the best thing to happen would be a pic with Trey.



Also the venue they're playing at has theater seating... so I won't have to deal with moshing cockbags, I'll be able to watch while seated, playing full attention to their performance...



In my opinion that's the ideal way in which to see MA perform.

$30 to watch leather cowboy, androgynous model, half-bald pirate and trey.



Alone.



Sitting in a packed theater.

I visited the website for the place they're performing at where I live on Sunday, but there was no info to buy tickets. I'd be surprised if they're sold out, but maybe they are. Guess I'll have to call. Right now my attitude is "I don't have anything better to do" so if I can I'll go.

saw them awhile back, despite david being a douche and no pete, they sounded great and it was of course amazing to see trey play

I bought my tickets online this morning. They're scheduled to play at 10:00 tonight, but it'll probably be later, because that's how shows go. I'm going to leave around eight, hopefully I'll be able to catch Dying Fetus, wouldn't mind seeing them at all. Good to hear from the majority of people that their performance will be good.

Well I just got back and I do say this was definitely one of if not THE best life experience I've ever had, was not disappointed at all. I actually love David Vincent now, as he and I made eye contact during Bil-Ur-Sag and did synchronized air punches to those crushing rhythyms in the beginning that continue throughout the song. He's a great front-man and performed the Tucker songs flawlessly. Seeing them for the first time was just... incredible. I know you guys that got to see them in the glory days will probably shake heads... but this was just so special. Tim Yeung and Destructhor ain't no slouches either, they are fucking great players. Tim was actually doing drum stuck throws/twirls throughout the performance, and dropped the right hand stick once during "Ageless" only to start laughing his ass off while still working the double kicks, didn't lose a beat, picked it right back up and kept going. Trey of course, was, the epitome of perfection, a guitar god in the flesh, single most inspirational musician for me in the history of forever really.



So yeah as I crack open my Guinness and type up a report on the MABB I really couldn't be happier.

I was happy to hear david doing more low growls, but I wish he would do them at a more 50/50 rate or so. He is a really good frontman, I just wish he wasn't such a douche.

Positivity

I saw Morbid open for Pantera back in 00. Tucker and Rutan were still in the band at the time and they were promoting Gateways. It was a strange experience because most folks were there to see Dime. I don't remember the set list too much but they did mostly songs from Gateways. I do remember them playing Lord of All Fevers and Plagues, Chapel of Ghouls and Maze of Torment. During these songs I notice two dudes just thrashing their necks to pieces, which was strange because most people were standing around like they never heard some black/thrash before.



One of the best shows I've ever seen, not just because of Pantera but because Morbid Angel brought their brand of metal to my state and they haven't been back since so I consider myself lucky to be a part of that experience and I hope you had as much fun as me and the dudes that were breakin fuckin necks.

Hahah damn I was eight years old in 2000 and yes I had a fucking great time. Will remember it forever. Hopefully I'll be seeing them many more times.

Guys, I even like Illud now. What's happening to me



That live show really just won me over in all aspects.

no, you don't like Illud

[quote name="User"]no, you don't like Illud[/quote]

Yes I do. I bought the CD.

Many people made that mistake.

I bought it yesterday and I've listened to it twice already and I legitimately don't hate it anymore.

stockholm syndrome

[quote name="zim"]stockholm syndrome[/quote]



has to be!

I'm not saying it's my favorite album by them or anything, because it's not. If anything it's just a little silly at times, which isn't really a good enough reason for me to outright hate the shit out of it anymore. They obviously had fun making it and the death metal songs on it are pretty good, especially live. I really dug the solo on Existo Vulgore and listening to it with these new ears I realize that the solos don't actually sound uninspired or shit, they're actually pretty awesome. I think it just took seeing that the band was still really into their music and still really enjoys performing it to get me to open up to appreciate the album for what it is, which isn't a serious statement of artistic expression like their earlier and superior albums, it's just more of a fun "rock 'n roll" style album. I'm sure the band has been wanting to do something like that for a long time, and more power to them. It's not like they deleted A-H from our memories and from the face of the earth when it was released. Those albums are still there, and the band still puts their all into them when performing live.



That's just my opinion though, not trying to start an argument or convince anyone to like/listen to the album at all.

the electronic stuff sounds like it was made with a version of Ejay Techno that came in a cereal box.

Like I said I'm not trying to argue. It does sound silly, but I don't hate it. Kind of catchy too. Death metal songs are pretty good. Don't ruin my positivity.

That's more or less my stance on the album now too, just take it or leave it. It was meant to be just a fun, heavy record but I guess they forgot just how dedicated their fanbase was/are.

I

for integrity



shit electronica

+

tacky, uninspired metal



a good album does not make



from a band with eight killer studio albums behind them

This is the usual stance when a band has a change of direction in sound. I seen it in the mid era of the gloryhole when all the pioneers of thrash followed Metallica's lead after the black album was released. This fact will never change amongst the die hard fans.



I personally dig I because I enjoy it when bands challenge themselves to try something different. I find that to be the point Trey and co were doing on I. Sure it's not their patented brand of music we all have enjoyed from back in the day but sometimes you just have to experiment a bit in order to reinvent yourself musically as artists.



With that said I'm really looking forward to hearing what MA come up with on J.

[quote name="Dr. Gonzo"]This is the usual stance when a band has a change of direction in sound.[/quote]

That's the dumbest defense given against the criticism of the album and I can't believe people are still using it.



No, people do not dislike Illud because it's a change in direction. People dislike Illud because it's fucking terrible and uninspired. It's not because it is different. The 'direction' could have been executed wonderfully but instead flopped.

I cant help that I am a fan of MA and they put out a record that no one likes but I enjoy. To each their own and there is nothing that anyone could say that would make me think otherwise.