Only coming to rttp on lunch break to see nothing but boring and awful threads then this good show thread with someone falsely accusing me of being one of his trolls is real.
I went to Vreid and Kampfar in NY state. Where were you? Oh yea, posting cat memes on Facebook.
Only coming to rttp on lunch break to see nothing but boring and awful threads then this good show thread with someone falsely accusing me of being one of his trolls is real.
I went to Vreid and Kampfar in NY state. Where were you? Oh yea, posting cat memes on Facebook.
Actually I was stuck in flood traffic in NY state for 16 hours
Actually I was stuck in flood traffic in NY state for 16 hours
Damn, really?? Took me 7.5 hours to get from Kingston NY to Worcester MA. Most roads were flooded and they shut down some highways. Ended up driving my Spivic through some deep puddles; 'twas a fun ride though.
Actually I was stuck in flood traffic in NY state for 16 hours
Damn, really?? Took me 7.5 hours to get from Kingston NY to Worcester MA. Most roads were flooded and they shut down some highways. Ended up driving my Spivic through some deep puddles; 'twas a fun ride though.
I-90 was (might still be) shut down from Syracuse to Schenectady.
Traveling from Syracuse to Boston I left yesterday morning at 10:30 (before the Thruway was shut down in Syracuse) but still had to get off one exit past Utica, sat in traffic that had to be detoured around all the flooded state highways, drove through an Amish village and got home at 3:30 this morning after stopping at some friends' in Sturbridge to take a half hour nap.
I'm pretty psyched about this solid show. When I get a flyer I'm passing that shit out everywhere.
post by gss gravesideservice at Sep 3,2011 9:14pm
Throw Rhode Islands best black metal band on this bill, gravesideservice. We are the only true original act that has been around for 10 fucking years and no one gives us any respect. Fucking people are posers. DIE...
gravesideservice@aol.com
What's so bad about Club Lido? I haven't been to that venue in a few years, but as far as I can remember, I had no complaints at the time. Right off the highway, plenty of parking, and plenty of space to move around. I'm just glad I finally get another shot at seeing Absu. Been a fan of those guys since I was in high school and have yet to see them.
They were awesome at MDF uhhh 7, maybe 8, whenever. Then in NYC the following month. I met Proscriptor and he seemed wicked nice. I was slightly disappointed he didn't speak in his high pitched magic voice though.
post by BSV at Sep 5,2011 11:42am
I saw Averse Sefira back in 02 at NEMHF, asked one of the dudes for a clove while in line for Sausage....and I was greeted by a mysterious fella, whom I swear was Proscriptor. He introduced himself as something like "I'm am the enlightened exalted one" and I was all, "That's cool, I got a tin foil bowl if you wanna get high". I never thought much of it until MDF and in between songs he jumped up from behind the kick and was raving "I'm fucking Proscriptor and yes I FUCKING DELIEVER" and I was warped back to scent of cloves, sausage and cheap weed.
He rocked that mask in Bloodstorm when we toured with them...his gear was fucking ridiculous; by ridiculous I mean awesome. All hand made, hand painted etc...
I saw Averse Sefira back in 02 at NEMHF, asked one of the dudes for a clove while in line for Sausage....and I was greeted by a mysterious fella, whom I swear was Proscriptor. He introduced himself as something like "I'm am the enlightened exalted one" and I was all, "That's cool, I got a tin foil bowl if you wanna get high". I never thought much of it until MDF and in between songs he jumped up from behind the kick and was raving "I'm fucking Proscriptor and yes I FUCKING DELIEVER" and I was warped back to scent of cloves, sausage and cheap weed.
Hopefully by this weekend I can get a store to carry the tickets for a small fee and me and nachzherer will have plenty of no fee tickets. Rev if you want to go in on setting up a paypal ticketing site on rttp that would be awesome give me a call.
I wish I didn't have to go either, but trend jumpers and hipsters have resurrected me, against my will, when in fact I'm a shitty format that was meant to die. RIP me. Please.
post by BLACK METAL at Sep 25,2011 6:00am
Not showing up. My name has been dragged through the mud too much in the name of trend jumping and lack of original thought.
I agree that ABSU is amazing but come on. You have all hipsters going to this show obviously because they are the only ones that go to BM shows these days. Real fans stay home and remember a time when BM was cool and something of value. Now everyone including rich hipsters are taking it all over. Not to mention they are GREEN which is not anti everything like Black Metal once was. It totally lost its MAGIC. I check out all the opening acts too and they all look like overnighters. So I will just remember the time I saw ABSU in NEW PORT RI years ago when it was actually worth something and there weren't any posers in the audience.
I agree that ABSU is amazing but come on. You have all hipsters going to this show obviously because they are the only ones that go to BM shows these days. Real fans stay home and remember a time when BM was cool and something of value. Now everyone including rich hipsters are taking it all over. Not to mention they are GREEN which is not anti everything like Black Metal once was. It totally lost its MAGIC. I check out all the opening acts too and they all look like overnighters. So I will just remember the time I saw ABSU in NEW PORT RI years ago when it was actually worth something and there weren't any posers in the audience.
pretty much the most worthless post I've ever read. anyone who lets hipsters ruin a good thing was never real about it in the first place. i will never stop doing what i do just because there is a few faggots in the crowd. piss off.
I agree that ABSU is amazing but come on. You have all hipsters going to this show obviously because they are the only ones that go to BM shows these days. Real fans stay home and remember a time when BM was cool and something of value. Now everyone including rich hipsters are taking it all over. Not to mention they are GREEN which is not anti everything like Black Metal once was. It totally lost its MAGIC. I check out all the opening acts too and they all look like overnighters. So I will just remember the time I saw ABSU in NEW PORT RI years ago when it was actually worth something and there weren't any posers in the audience.
pretty much the most worthless post I've ever read. anyone who lets hipsters ruin a good thing was never real about it in the first place. i will never stop doing what i do just because there is a few faggots in the crowd. piss off.
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post by Old ABSU FAN TOO at Sep 25,2011 12:44pm
To Old ABSU Fan:
Sir,
I am playing in one of the opening bands. I used to listen to The Metal Cage show, I used to go to all the shows at Babyhead -
i was in high school at the time of the Absu, Enslaved, Incantation, December Wolves show.
My friend Wayne and i waited for weeks with sick anticipation for this show -
His Chevy Cavalier died on the way to the show.
Thus, we did not make it. It sucked so badly.
It has haunted me ever since, especially hearing "The TROO" that went to the show proclaming it being "The greatest show that ever happened!" etc etc.
Thanks to the fact that i was penpals with Equitant and the fact that the Metal Cage show promoted the gig and let like-minded people know about it, i was able to (almost) attend and support the music and the bands.
I dont know how many people were at said show but, i know one thing: whether there was 3 or 300 people, it probably wouldn't have satisfied a person such as you because you dont even know what YOU want from a band or its fans.
Dont shit on people because they were born in the wrong decade or whatever....you were an uncool shit once apon a time too, until someone showed YOU the light.
You obviously wont give these bands a chance no matter how good or how hardworking they are. Its all about the music and the brotherhood of being with like-minds, its a shame that you cant see it like that - - maybe your band never made it?? TOO BAD SWEETIE
News flash: Lots of people like speed/thrash/death/black METAL. You're not the only cowboy in town.
So, there you have it...now we know there was at least 4 Absu fans back in the day in RI. Awesome.
You, me, my buddy Wayne and Dwyer are the KVLTEST.
With no disrespect: STAY THE FUCK HOME - WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME WITHOUT YOU.
also, Im sure ABSU could give 3 shits about you and what you think about them, because most people arent even on those guys' radar.
Im no better than you and you're no better than anyone else just because of shows or music or other queer meaningless shit.
Will you go support the Enslaved show?? no locals on that one!
fully starting my new solo project, "Oystein's Dildo"
post by Old ABSU FAN TOO at Sep 25,2011 1:19pm
I agree with all of you that BM is queer now - but....whatdya gonna do? y'know? Fuck it, like what you like and flush the "shit" down the toilet.
Also, Oysteins Dildo is LOL
post by Old ABSU fan at Sep 25,2011 1:37pm
Listen, why woudl I go to a hipster fest when I saw the real deal back in the day. Also cool story bro and no one cares about your epic battle onward to try to get to the best show ever in Newport. Get a life, why would you sit there and cry about a show you missed. Hipsters are money making scum just like their parents and now they have found a potential sale. Its called BLack Metal. Why would I go see a bunch of bands no one cares about and especially bands that haqve nothing recorded for me to judge if they are of value. Note to self, remember the good times when black metal was really solid, anything went and a lot of it was messy and totally odd but we loved it for not following the rules. Now you are all copy cats and already been done befores. If I like the first emperor album a lot then why do I need 400 rip offs in my cd collection? If I like the first Bathory, Poison (germany), Immortal, Vital Remains, Death, Satyricon, Impaled Naz, ETC ETC then why would I need to come and support remakes that dont even have a fucking song recorded for people to check out. You know what that means? They are not serious about the music they play and dont care about anything but scene points. They dont even have respect for show attendees like myself and offer me something different or totally new. They insult me by letting me not get back those hours of wasted drunken-ness waiting for their 20 year old asses to get off stage. FUCK YOU.
I agree that ABSU is amazing but come on. You have all hipsters going to this show obviously because they are the only ones that go to BM shows these days. Real fans stay home and remember a time when BM was cool and something of value. Now everyone including rich hipsters are taking it all over. Not to mention they are GREEN which is not anti everything like Black Metal once was. It totally lost its MAGIC. I check out all the opening acts too and they all look like overnighters. So I will just remember the time I saw ABSU in NEW PORT RI years ago when it was actually worth something and there weren't any posers in the audience.
So I will just remember the time I saw ABSU in NEW PORT RI years ago when it was actually worth something and there weren't any posers in the audience.
You know, how do you know there weren't any posers in the audience? Were you conducting a survey?
I saw Absu at MDF and the outside stage/sunlight didn't suit them
Yeah. I got some hard stares for walking away from that stage with an absu shirt on. SORRY GUYS but fests aren't always pretty. Proscriptior dropped some sticks, they sounded like shit, couldn't see their guitars, and after standing out there for hours, we decided it was time to get high. I am much more psyched seeing them close to home
Glad to be on the bill. Blessed Offal is about as real as it gets. I don't play in bands with so called fake/false people. I bought Venom's Black Metal when it first came out as a recommendation from John Anastas (DYS) when he use to work at Newbury Comics back in 1982. Not too long after that I saw Metallica in front of 20 or so people at the Rat when they did the "Kill em all/all for one" tour. From there it's been a rocky but fun uphill ride since then.
Anyone who thinks Blessed Offal is false can go fuck themselves.
Notshaver, do you still have tickets for this? if so, i want to buy one, but my options are fairly limited. i'll be at the Palladium next weekend if you could bring one, i'll buy from you.
Club lido is used to hardcore reunions smashing everrything so if you need it bring it. Also its not club lido anymore, wonderland ballroom and it has a cafe now!
Club lido is used to hardcore reunions smashing everrything so if you need it bring it. Also its not club lido anymore, wonderland ballroom and it has a cafe now!
I still have tickets in hand, help a brutha out and buy them off me tonight!!
Tomorrow.
Hope at least one is still in your hand.
Any word on how I can contact you about said ticket upon arrival in lovely Revere? I'm going to try to show up early, and by early I only mean not late.
post by valkyriescreamsnli at Nov 11,2011 11:58pm
Wait a fucking minute, its still Friday. ^^^ I meant on Sunday in that last comment. Somehow I managed to mentally lose an entire day... going in to work tomorrow morning just became 666 times less appealing.
Well, show won't sell out, so you can get tickets at the door, just trying to get rid of the tickets I had in hand. You can just pay at door, otherwise heavy metal parking lot exchange FTW
hey dudes -
we're bringing guitar heads/cabs and drums and we will bring some mic stands to help out...if anyone cares we will have patches, new stickers, pins, some shirts and a handful of tapes of a new reh/demo we did earlier in the week. very psyched to party with everyone and see fuckin absu!
ok, my cellphone battery died... around 9:30... then I started adding everything up and that absu would be playing until after 1am. I got pissed.
The sound guy needs to be proactive and force all the bands on/off the stage. I got really angry about that.
oh well, watched 3 absu songs and left.
post by arilliusbm at Nov 14,2011 8:36am edited Nov 14,2011 8:37am
I thought Absu destroyed it. They were pretty fucking tight. Some maize eating pussy in front of me kept tossing blind elbows behind him and made me an angry man. But other than that, awesome show.
post by saxlbeckett at Nov 14,2011 8:37am
Did we even play a show? I think maybe we did, but all I remember is disconnecting everything.
Just bring it with you to the next show we'll be at, whatever that might be.
post by chrisREX at Nov 14,2011 10:08am
Great line up. Absu was so much better then when I saw them at MDF two years ago. Though, that set was outside, and rarely does a metal band sound good outside. So much talent in one band.
What was that drama near the beginning of the set?
Nachzehrer was my next favorite. Fantastic energy, Dissection riffs, incredible drummer with a machine left hand.
What was that drama near the beginning of the set?
People kept stepping on the guitarist's cords and caused the sound to cut out 3 times. Then one of the people got mad when the guitarist told everyone to "back the fuck up" and instead of just backing up, kept giving dirty looks and making rude comments about it. Something tells me Absu wasn't very happy by the end of the night. Proscriptor straight ignored the guy next to me who kept calling his name and trying to say thank you for coming to MA.
But oh well. They played a great set anyway, and I was especially happy with their choices for the "last" song and for the encore! I've been imagining those live since the ripe young age of 16 or 17.
post by a jealous pasta ghoul with a fake tan at Nov 14,2011 10:54am
do a fist pump ritual about it
post by a jealous boy with huge zits at Nov 14,2011 10:54am
Hey alx_casket, remember when you received a gentle butt massage during Nachzehrer's set? I have news for you. It wasn't that cute girl with the supple breasts.
Pro-tip for the future: Free parking on the road on the other side of the train. Walk over, either up and over wonderland station, or through the reeds behind the liquor store.
post by RustyPS should be working at Nov 14,2011 12:46pm
Pro-tip for the future: Free parking on the road on the other side of the train. Walk over, either up and over wonderland station, or through the reeds behind the liquor store.
Hall of Fame tip: If you're going away from the rotary by the dog track towards Lynn (Wonderland station and the Ballroom are on your right), you can take a left at the next set of lights (7 Eleven will be on your right), and then take the next left (just before Billy Tse's). You can park anywhere in that neighborhood and walk over, and the walk from there is shorter than parking on the beach side.
Some maize eating pussy in front of me kept tossing blind elbows behind him and made me an angry man.
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Wrong one, Rich.
That asshole was also shoving me to the side. How very bad I wanted to punch him.
Drunk fuck. He also elbowed my friend Niki in the eye.
There was two of them. One who looked like Jimbo and was going nuts, and the guy next to him that was being fine until he started tossing elbows. He also kicked me in the shin multiple times. I had enough and threw both of them down; shin kicking maize eater didn't do shit after that, albiet there was one song left. He also ripped my Nokturnal Mortum shirt.
There was two of them. One who looked like Jimbo and was going nuts, and the guy next to him that was being fine until he started tossing elbows. He also kicked me in the shin multiple times. I had enough and threw both of them down;
I did this at a Destroyer 666 show in queen, ny and the corn monkey pulled a knife on me.
Some maize eating pussy in front of me kept tossing blind elbows behind him and made me an angry man.
?
Wrong one, Rich.
That asshole was also shoving me to the side. How very bad I wanted to punch him.
Drunk fuck. He also elbowed my friend Niki in the eye.
Oh man, so good. "This is our very first time in your state, your town, your village..."
Anyone got an idea of the setlist? I haven't spent enough time with the last two albums which was about 1/2 the set. ("This is from the album, Abzu... That's the Sumerian spelling, not to be confused with the album from 2009")
"Manannan" and "Never Blow Out The Eastern Candle" = BEST
"This is our very first time in your state, your town, your village..."
"This is from the album, Abzu... That's the Sumerian spelling, not to be confused with the album from 2009"
so hilarious.
i could only find the one from new york, pretty sure it was the same except encore was different. why can't i remember if they did highland tyrant attack...pretty sure they didn't...
The Coming of War
Night Fire Canonization
Earth Ripper
13 Globes
Swords and Leather
Abraxas Connexus
Manannan
Magic(k) Square Cipher
Skrying in the Spirit Vision
From Ancient Times (Starless Skies Burn to Ash)
Apzu
Never Blow Out the Eastern Candle
Encore:
Highland Tyrant Attack (they did Involution of Thorns instead)
Someone sat on our camera bags? Bitches.
There was also a girl sleeping on yours for quite some time.
Quite a few db's at this show. Saw many up front being db's to everyone during Absu. Then that db giving the guitarist a hard time.... What's goin' on theeahh in Reveaaahhh kehd?
SO FUCKING KILLER. i had no idea they were going to play never blow out the eastern candle, what a great surprise. i kept making drunk jokes before they played to...never blow out the eastern candle. i cracked myself up. so relieved the security wasn't as extreme as the last ehg show. great sets by all bands. since when did blessed offal start dressing up? i dig. YOU LOOKED SO LEGIT. you are so legit. fresh kill KILLED IT. fucking awesome up and coming.
That asshole was also shoving me to the side. How very bad I wanted to punch him.
Drunk fuck. He also elbowed my friend Niki in the eye.
This guy should have a hole poked in him. I let people get away with tons of shit as long as they're not being obnoxious about it / just having a good time / showing genuine enthusiasm for the bands. But when your good time ruins everyone else's good time, you should get hurt.
post by Hurray! at Nov 15,2011 9:39am
^ The guy in the pic Swamp was talking about, that is. Just clarifying.
post by blessed offal nli at Nov 15,2011 11:24am
talk about doing something on the internet when you could just slapped the dude when it happened about it
I was real tempted to but didnt want to miss Absu because of it and didn't want to threaten future shows there because of fighting.
I just tossed him down and the guy next to him. The drunk asshole looked at me like he wanted to hit me but didn't do shit. Whatever, DON'T THROW BLIND ELBOWS
I just tossed him down and the guy next to him. The drunk asshole looked at me like he wanted to hit me but didn't do shit. Whatever, DON'T THROW BLIND ELBOWS
me and my girlfriend were a couple people behind you when that happened. if he got up and tried swinging we were gonna toss paul at him jimmy snuka style. BACK = HAD.
yeah guy, some fella in front of me was headbanging and kept lifting his leg up behind him so it was either
a. grinding on my shins/knees
b. grinding on ark's lassy's shin/knees
c. lifted between my two legs, drifting towards my balls
i mean it's all good and proper to lose your shit listening to absu, i'm a major advocate myself, however when you headbang and leave one leg drapped behind you like Brian Boitano....that shit ain't cool.
i calmly grabbed the fella between songs and was like "dude, that shit ain't cool, no need flail like whale on my shins, guy. And cool it with the elbows, my hair gets stuck in that shit and it just ain't cool, fucks up my trajectory on my headbang. yah dig?" and that was it. problem solved. i told carmine something similar when he pretended to shove a microphone up his ass last week at ralphs. hopefully he was as receptive.