GWAR + Kingdom Of Sorrow + Municipal Waste @ Fillmore 100808

GWAR played yet another sold out show and hacked, chopped and slashed their way through the A-list to such anthems as 'Sick Of You', 'Crack In The Egg', 'Rock n' Roll Never Felt So Good', 'Salaminizer', 'Slaughterama' and 'U Ain't Shit'.  I got a few strange looks on the walk home, being that I was covered in blood, pus, vomit, cum, bile and other miscellaneous gore.  This was easily one of the most fun and memorable events I've attended, which included Kingdom Of Sorrow and Municipal Waste opening (I missed them both).  GWAR must die!  

These are the 'before' shots...

The GWAR countdown...soon, you will be hiding under the corpses of your dead friends!

This is where they dismembered John McCain, but don't worry...in a truly GWAR non-partisan move, Hillary Clinton was disemboweled and Obama was decapitated later on in the show!

Beefcake the Mighty...

The place was so packed, we couldn't get any closer, and of course, the pit erupted right next to us...

These are the 'after' shots...

Kingdom of Sorrow + Turmoil + Dead to Fall @ The Knitting Factory 030208

In the days leading up to this one, I had been listening to Kingdom of Sorrow pretty much non-stop on my iPod. They had great chemistry for only their fourth show...my only regret is that I didn't use flash for my pics! They even covered a couple Crowbar tracks, including 'All I Had, I Gave'. You can tell Jamey is a hardcore guy...he did the sign of the horns and wound up saying I love you. Keep the thumb down! Missed Thy Will Be Done, but luckily made it for most of the Dead To Fall set. These guys are definitely more metal than core in the metalcore equation. I've never watched a vocalist headbang and sing at the same time with such proficiency! I'd read that Turmoil was heavily influenced by Voivod, and being a huge fan of the legendary French Canadians, I was very curious to check these guys out. Well, they were good, and certainly not your regular hardcore band, but I completely missed the Voivod influence. The singer jumped into the pit (which was a big, empty space) to get things going a bit, which was cool. The crowd was about 50/50 metal and hardcore kids...I have to admit though, I really hate hardcore dancing...let's get a circle pit going you hardcore douchebags, this is a metal show! As you can see, I stuck around long enough to get Steve and Kirk's picks. What a great night.

The unmistakable Kirk Windstein...