72 Seasons Tour

You skipping today completely? :(

What about all the old people at the show Kimbo !
You monster!

Back from the show, my first show ever with having had not even one beer.

Highlights:
- Moth
- Battery
- Sleeps
- Burn AMAZING live song
- James vocals were as good as they get, and they were clear as day in every song
- James guitar was mostly very crisp, sharp and heavy
- James He was in a good mood and he was into it, he more than ever carries this band on his shoulders.
- Setlist were in general pretty sweet I think, very strong opening. Was surprised to see Leper.
- The crowd. You get the full force of 70.000 people with the stage in the middle, the crowd often drowned out the band. Awesome. Also there were moshing basically from the first to the last song, even through Unforgiven and Whiskey.

Lows:
- The drum sound - worst drum sound in ears, they are really not making it easy on themselves with 4 different kits which obviously needs to be adjusted to the sound of the stadium. So every time he switched kit it sounded like shit for 1 or 2 songs. You do the math. Lars plays like Lars plays and I’ve accepted it, but usually he gets by with a huge drum sound. That was not the case today.
He did great db, although it was extremely muffled, but there were hardly any fills during the whole show.

- Kirk: I think he played well but honestly I could probably make out not more than 50% of his solos. I thought to myself several times that if I didn’t knew these songs and solo’s by heart I would have no idea what he was playing.

- Rob: It was very hard to hear the bass, and he was also the one who moved around the least.
I don’t understand the vocal thing, I think maybe all mic’s are off until someone approaches them and then someone somewhere turns them on. And then forgets it. Most often he would sing small passages and you could not hear a word. Even when he shouted it didn’t get through. In 72 seasons he sang the most balanced in pitch vocals I’ve ever heard him sing. It really doesn’t make any sense.

- Fucking intro’s I think 12 songs had a intro tonight. It just takes the whole mood down every time. And it’s not just song intros, it’s new weird ambient intros. Heck even Creep had a new weird intro. Which played AFTER THE ECSTACY INTRO. What the hell.

- THE SOUND. My god it was dreadful. It was like being at a huge outdoor gig on a flat field in a storm. The different instruments came and went all the time. Burn had amazing sound, but Darkness where completely ruined by non existent snare and guitar.
It was so weird, it felt like the sound followed them around on the stage. Every instrument were much more present in the mix when they were in front of you.

- The stage: I gotta say that I’m not a fan, like at all. Yea it’s got cool features, getting the full volume from the crowd is cool, the towers were much more awesome that I thought they would be. But that’s it. You basically see Lars 50% of the show, and as a drummer I love watching him perform, so that sucked.
They guys are really good at moving around on stage but at certain points they will all be gathered at one side and then you can’t see shit. And even though we were pretty close to the stage 5 meters away I would say, then it felt like they were so freaking long away from you when they were not in your area.
The stage is massive, it’s way way too big. Even the snake pit is freaking huge.

It was great hearing the new songs, and it’s always fun to see a new stage design but I’m mostly left with an underwhelming feeling. I feared the sound and unfortunate it was with good reason.

You where on the field?

He gained 250 XP and reached level 4.

He does sound amazing these days. His pitch feels more controlled.

Where the hell is the sound board set up? After seeing the same complaints over the last three cities, I imagine you can't go wrong by camping out there.

Also, Kimbo , the way you describe the sound moving around seems similar to the way it does when you're in the snake pit on previous tours, but on steroids.

Why does it seem so hard to just have an even tone being pumped through the PA? Who cares about "here comes Kirk, let's boost him in this section."

Who's the sound guy this go?

Interesting feedback, cheers Kimbo

Stage looks too big and wondered how they would go when placed so far apart.
The sound thing I didnt consider. Surely Big Mick longtermer is stil with them? Not sure how many other gigs he has, if any....I know he did the Led Zep o2arena 'reunion'

One last note:
James has been “cheating” for awhile (they all have) with ways to rest while playing. Everyone does really.
And it’s not a dig or anything but I never thought I would see the day were Kirk would outpick James at a live show.

Kirk did all the downpicking throughout the songs, as far as I could tell. James are really dialling it back, especially during songs like Creep, Master and Blackened. And I don’t blame him, after all he also has to sing.
It’s just come to a place were it’s pretty audible when he does, maybe most won’t hear it, and maybe I wouldn’t either if I didn’t see it on the screens (I would like to think I can pick up on these things anyways though).

It’s a weird thing and I totally understand it, it just feels wrong.
I’m sure he is probably hating it more than anyone else.

Anyways - kudos to Kirk.

Can't remember the last time I saw Lars so... animated? He's hitting those drums hard and seems to be really enjoying himself.

I don't think there is anyone here from the NY area. You might have better luck on the official boards.

Yes, it also includes a four star hotel and 2 luxury prostitutes.   

They remembered to switch on the Boss Youth pedal.

Anyone going to the Metallica Live in Cinemas screenings? Honestly it seems like a chore to go to the theatre twice for this. I guess it’s good for those who won’t get to see the tour in person though.

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