Attack! Blood! Revenge!

The last show of my show season was to come and it was anticipated greatly but not being able to drive is beginning to threaten my ability to attend these. I am not much of a War Metal fan resulting in my lack of interest for Revenge, the headlining band. What I was interested though was Krieg, a USBM band that has been on hiatus for quite some time. Anyways, the night began fairly early, Andrew decided to pick me up at 4:30 and along with Andrew, Randy was in the car, which I found very interesting. After I was picked up, we went to go pick up people that I don't know, Sammy, Ashley, and Jeff. There wasn't much room in the van, so Ashley and Jeff had to sit on the floor, and to sit on the floor while Andrew is driving is horrible.

We managed to get there around 6:30, we had missed most of Obeisance's set, which I wanted to see, but there is always next time...I hope. Surprisingly, the show was well attended from the beginning. There were roughly 100 people as I came in and by the end of the night the venue was packed, at least 25 of them being skinheads, only a few seemed to support the nazi clothing sold there. In between the sets I would walk around purchasing merch and I came up on another 4 cds. And being the gentleman that I am, I decided to buy some beers for Sammy and Randy, this would burn a whole in my wallet, but eh, for some reason I was in a really good mood, possibly because the line up was great and I have beer. Although the beer was Tecate, which I don't remember the taste the last time I drank it, it was alright warm, cold it didn't do much. I guess I am still not much of a big fan of Mexican beer, Red neck beer will reign supreme among the Mexican beers, in price and taste.

Next band up was Iconoclast Contra, Zodiac, which borrowed Andrew's razor was using it to add to the atmosphere. By the end of the set, his face was covered in blood and his arms were dripping. No need to elaborate on this subject, half of you will never understand this concept or the others that belong to Self-Mutilation.

The band which was to upstage Iconoclast Contra was Sanguis Imperem. At this time I was mildly buzzed off of two tecates, that soon wore off after their set. Everybody went mad for Sanguis Imperem, and I enjoyed their set to the fullest, it was nice breath of fresh air from tremolo picking black metal. After Sanguis Imperem, Randy and Sammy decided to play some Raiden II and I decided to tag along just to see if their skills will ever surpass mine. And later, I met up with Alex once more and we were discussing various things ranging from starting an Abigail/Sabbat cover band to how fucked up cops can be in Santa Ana.

So, after such a good line-up, the one band I had a burning hatred for was Gravehill. I never liked their music, stage presence, or outfits, the band looked so unorganized that it wasn't something worth watching, I assume that the Cops thought the same way! Yes, Cops decided to join in the show, which resorted in the closing of the "Bar". Well, maybe a better band should have played to show the cops a better time and show that Metal isn't pure fucking noise like how Gravehill portray it to be. The drummer can only do so much to hold the band together, the guitarists just need to come in with better riffs.

Enough about Gravehill, next up was Nuclear Desecration, another War Metal band. For some reason, this set was far more enjoyable then any other ones. Possibly their music was more enjoyable or possibly it was the atmosphere that they had. Throughout the set their would be pits but not enough to last too long. They were so well-received that there was another song to be played, I am not sure which one it was, I don't follow their music but I know it wasn't what the crowd wanted.

After their set Randy and Sammy bought some beers and I took a couple of swills from them, not enough to do anything though and I didn't want to spend more money tonight, so I guess I had to live through the rest of the show sober, which I mostly do anyways. Nothing dampened my spirit as the band that I was most looking forward to was to take the stage, KRIEG! Their set was odd, they had some songs that were played amazingly well and got you moving, while there were others that were pretty boring. Imperial, despite being shorthaired now still had that presence, and the other members were those that just stand there and not do shit either. Overall, their set was good but it was not to my expectations, I believe it is the song choice that determined the set.

Revenge, the last band on the list was to play right now. And everybody gathered in front of the stage. At this time, the venue was becoming harder and harder to get around. Randy was next to me, while Andrew was running around like always, and Sammy, I don't know what the fuck happened to her. Anyways, the crowd went crazy, the violence in front of the stage was brutal. And the guys of Revenge know how to play a great set. Sadly, I am not much a War Metal guy so I just sat back and watched the set. I still thought it was sloppy and unorganized but hell, they play it well and got the crowd chanting, pushing, elbowing, pitting, and throwing shit all over the place. Their second to last song was Blood of My Blood, and no words can describe the chaos that was to erupt in the venue.

Overall, I thought it was a great night, I had companions to drink with, not that I don't mind being alone, I met a couple new people, and I came up on four CDs, and built sustained my tolerance. Now, it's time for homework and listening to the albums that I had just purchased, and then fucking work, good thing my neck doesn't hurt, or it would be living pain in the fucking ass!