Just got back from Arsis/Powerglove

[Zero]

First night of the tour. Trenton, NJ. Doors were at 4, and there were 6(!) local openers before the first supporting act went on, Conducting From the Grave. Deathcore guys, all pleasant folks, but Deathcore isn't really my scene. Powerglove only got a 30-minute set, but they made the most of it. They have a really niche market, and play to it fantastically. Everyone knows the teme to Mortal Kombat, right?

Arsis was, frankly, mindblowing. Tiny room, maybe 40 people there, nowhere near filled, got to be right up front.

Both guitar rigs were JCM900 Hi-Gain Dual Reverbs with a TS9 and a Decimator direct in, bass rig was an SVT Classic into a wacky cab, 4 6" speakers and a 12".

Arsis' setlist was really the best anyone could have hoped for in an hour.

A Diamond for Disease
Forced to Rock
A March for the Sick
We Are The Nightmare
The Sadistic Motives Behind Bereavement Letters
Worship Depraved
The Hopeless Truth
The Face of My Innocence
Return


If anyone's on the fence about hitting up one of these dates, go for it. One of the best shows I've ever been to. I was feeling really sick this morning and almost said "fuck this" and went back to bed. Thankfully, I said "Fuck it" and went. You would do well to do the same. All the guys in Arsis are top-class blokes, as are the guys in Powerglove. Their costumes rule, too.

[Greg McCoy]

Fuck that is an amazing setlist

I'm pretty unashamed of being a mega Arsis fanboy , I will catch them in Salt Lake on the 8th.

Bereavement Letters is one of my all time favorite Arsis songs, so its sick to know they are playing that!

[Elysian]

Fucking A, they're skipping Dallas

[Zero]

Also, it's worth noting that this is the first tour they've ever played A Diamond for Disease on, so, if you think it's the best Arsis song (Protip: it is), double-worth going. He said after they finished playing (This was the first stop on the tour) that he had been dreading it for weeks, and was practicing it before the show out in the bar.

Kinda cool to be in the room of people who were the first to hear it. Such an amazing song

I too am unashamed of being an Arsis fanboy. Why would you be ashamed of that?

[Greg McCoy]

I'm talking extreme fanboy here

I have a folder of photo's of james malone

[sami]

goddamn i can't believe they got around to playing all of Diamond for Disease! They're not coming around my town this time either If they added Oh the Humanity and Shattering the Spell, that'd be a super killer setlist for me!

[petereanima]

I shit my pants when i read that they will play Diamon complete this time...i saw them two times, and they always played a short version of it. I hope next time in Europe they'll also play it in its entirety.

Best song, for sure.

[Mike]

That setlist is awesome. I was going to try and arrange going to this anyway, but now I *have* to...

[The Grapist]

The Sadistic Motives Behind Bereavement Letters

[noodles]

Originally Posted by Mike

That setlist is awesome. I was going to try and arrange going to this anyway, but now I *have* to...

Who's driving? You know Malone likes to drink.