BEST TOURS EVARRR!!!
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 at 3:46pm by Vince Neilstein
It’s only January 7th but already three ridiculously awesome North American tours are planned for the early part of the year:
Soilwork + Darkane + Swallow the Sun + Daylight Dies (in some markets)
Meshuggah + Cynic + The Faceless
The Haunted + Nachtmystium + Kylesa + Intronaut
Like, woah.
The Soilwork and Haunted tours are both MetalSucks co-sponsored, so as usual you can expect plenty of coverage in the way of interviews and general blowjob-giving. Soilwork have done the ultimate “bro” move by allowing fans to vote on their pre-Sworn to a Great Divide setlist, the results of which were recently announced via their official website. As could be expected, the standards dominated the voting but the final tally wasn’t without a few nice surprises (hello, “Soilworker’s Song of the Damned”!):
Axl already described the Meshuggah tour thusly: Meshuggah + Cynic + The Faceless = Erection. What else is there to be said?
The Haunted and Nachtmsytium’s styles may vary greatly, but both bands give some of the most intense performances this side of Kip’s mom last night. I’ve yet to see Intronaut and can’t wait to witness their experimental jazz-metal jamouts live. As for Kylesa, I really don’t like them at all… but maybe I’ll be happily surprised.
-VN
No Bastard Chain? Denied!
I’ll be there for MEESSSHHHUUUGGGAAAHHH!!!!
Man, I would cut off my nipples for Meshuggah, Cynic, and The Faceless to come to Oklahoma or Texas. That is simply the fucking tour of the decade.
Kylesa has a hot girl bass player and like three drummers. Plus Pushead does their album artwork. Totally win.
Intronaut is fucking great live.
Driving 6 hours to see Meshuggah then driving through the night another 6 hours to make it back to campus to make it to classes on time. Fuck, I can’t wait.
Kudos to Live Nation for booking the Meshuggah show on the same night as the already-announced Soilwork tour here in Toronto. Actually, no kudos really, just a big giant WTF.
Meshuggah Cynic The Faceless is indeed boner worthy. Especially for the last two bands.
As for the other two…meh. Darkane and Intronaut are pretty cool i guess.
kylesa is probably the only reason i’d go to that show…
I’d give my left nut to go to the Meshuggah-Cynic-Faceless show but the closest they come to me is Toronto and I’m not able to make that show. Hopefully they’ll do a longer tour with more cities later this year.
I’ve seen Intronaut live like ten times and they never fail me. When they opened for Corrupted/Asunder out in LA, there was a dude on ecstasy rave-dancing on stage with them (not their idea). Let’s hope they break out the percussion jam at the end. Shit slays.
Kylesa’s a lot of fun live but I wish they’d make better use of their two drummers. I feel the same way about the new Melvins stuff.
Shanetera Says:
January 7th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Kylesa has a hot girl bass player and like three drummers. Plus Pushead does their album artwork. Totally win.
You are well misinformed.
Down and Hank Williams III!!!!!!
Destruction, Krisiun, and Warbringer anyone?
Warbringer you can see every 3 days they tour so hard. But imagine seeing Krisiun and then a headlining Destruction set after that. Total head removal!
That sucks for fans in Toronto.I def want to go to both shows next month here in NYC.But I think if I can only afford one, I’m hitting up Soilwork and Darkane.