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Took my niece yesterday to Rockstar Mayhem Festival. God, it was a suckfest.
Betraying the Martyrs. Suicide Silence with epic clean vox, dubstep beats and synchonized dance moves? Get the fuck out with that shit. Seriously, the band had synchronized stomps and the lead singer was doing some weird Thriller/interpretative dance of being birthed/acting possessed move that he just kept doing. Fucking lame.
Whitechapel. I heard so many chugchugchug riffs that day that by the time it got to As I Lay Dying I wanted to throw up. As for 'chapel, they're fucking boring.
Asking Alexandria. Lame cock rock-infused metalcore. The teeny boppers loved it, my niece included. The crowd was super rowdy, moshing and crowd surfing since the beginning and so I spent most of my time making sure we didn't get kicked in the back of the head or shoved into the fence.
Devil Wears Prada. Never heard these guys before. Faintly remembered them being Christian-y and that they were from Ohio. Apparently, they have a huge Ohio following because kids rushed to the front where we were standing and began doing their hardcore dancing bullshit. I had to pay attention to the fucktards in front of me so that I didn't get hit by their head because they were headbanging so obnoxiously which led to me getting kicked in the back of the head multiple times by crowdsurfers. Christian hardcore can go fuck off and die.
Anthrax. Second time in recent months getting to see them. This time, given the crowd, they went with all the classics which was fun in a way. It made me feel like a huge fan being able to sing along with every track when I kinda really don't care much for Anthrax. At this point, though, shit got super crazy. And I decided that my niece and I were going to get away from the front at the end of the current song once the crowd loosens up, when two people came crowd surfing over us at the same time. I grabbed the person on my left only to have the person on my right land on my niece. She dropped her glasses and someone stepped on them. She quickly got bummed out. We walked to the back to catch the rest of the set.
As I Lay Dying. Second time I've seen them but they are so forgettable that I just really didn't give a fuck.
Motorhead. First time seeing 'em and it was fucking loud. Then they turned up the volume some more. Played all their classic hits. I was kinda hoping for some Motorizer tunes but didn't happen. Ace of Spades did, though, at which point all the half-assed douches actually got interested in the show. Fucking pathetic. They ended with Overkill and just so many false stops and starting up again with the opening riffs and kick drums. It was cool.
Slayer. Another first time for me. I hadn't listen to Slayer in maybe a year or so. I kinda only care for Reign in Blood at this point but damn do I remember all the words to all their hits. Disciple is fucking awesome live. At about this point, I located the Christian hardcore kids in their seats, just sitting down while everyone is going crazy for Slayer. Me and this drunk asshole started screaming GOD HATES US ALL and pointing at the fucks. They were visibly uncomfortable. They played half of RiB: Altar, Jesus, Angel, finished with Raining Blood. Araya praised the freedom that we have in America and devoted Mandatory Suicide to Randy Blythe. Only a small portion of the crowd knew what they were referring to. Kerry King is a douche. Gary Holt is a badass. At this point or so, my niece had propped her glasses on her nose and watched Slayer's set and she was really loving it. She was cracking up by how into it her uncle was, and I was seriously going crazy. Screaming the lyrics with dudes down the aisles, headbanging, throwing fists in the air, stomping the mosh in front of my seat. It was worth the ticket price, I guess.
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