| Now Find a show to go to! Nov 7 (Mon) - Cynic, 3, Scale The Summit - the Palladium (Worcester, MA) Cynic - Worcester Palladium Monday November 7[views:19605][posts:82][show listing] ________________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 10:19pm - mikefrommaine ""] All three of these bands are fucking amazing. I have class Monday nights. I am fucking tired of these sweet shows during the week lately that I can't go to. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:34pm - reimroc ""] aril's ravioli demoman skills will be attending this. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 31,2011 11:51pm - arilliusbm ""] are you? |
| ________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 1:03am - reimroc ""] yea you gowta problem wit dat!? |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 1,2011 6:54am - arilliusbm ""] Meet me and I'll buy you a beer or two for harrassing you about rehab lulz |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:20am - arilliusbm ""] Tonight |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:24am - Alx_Casket ""] what revy said. |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:25am - FuckIsMySignature ""] why are there so many good metal shows at the palladium this week. NEEDS MOAR MONEYS |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:29am - arilliusbm ""] if its not sold out and you want in, I can grab ticket |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:32am - FuckIsMySignature ""] thanks but i gotta save my dough for Exhumed tomorrow. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:34am - Blessed_Offal ""] arilliusbm said: I wouldnt mind seeing Cyndick again |
| ________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:36am - Mark_R ""] 3 is great, but I just don't know if they're drive-to-Worcester-for-them-opening great. I wouldn't think twice about going but I just went there yesterday and will be back again tomorrow. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:01pm - i_am_lazy ""] I'm kinda tempted to go now that I actually have more money. May turn this into a 6-nights-in-Worcester week. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:05pm - arilliusbm ""] i_am_lazy said:I'm kinda tempted to go now that I actually have more money. May turn this into a 6-nights-in-Worcester week. Sounds familiar |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:15pm - Alx_Casket ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:20pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] thats... i dont know that is. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 4:27pm - goatcatalyst ""] Not now, not neva |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 4:51pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] buttdarts unite! |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 4:55pm - arilliusbm ""] offer still stands to smash prognerd faces |
| _______________________________ [Nov 7,2011 7:47pm - Mark_R ""] Fuck, car got towed. No prog metal for me tonight. No gore metal tomorrow either :( urrrghhhh. At least I made it to Mayhem. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 9:14pm - arilliusbm ""] that sucks man. Missed scale the summit, 3 is talented but I'm bored thus far. trolled them and yelled smooth criminal at them because the vocals sound like that shitty alien ant farm band |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 10:52pm - arilliusbm ""] I_am_not_me ben just won a gold IRL troll medal of the year. |
| _________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 11:02pm - Martins ""] arilliusbm said:that sucks man. Missed scale the summit, 3 is talented but I'm bored thus far. trolled them and yelled smooth criminal at them because the vocals sound like that shitty alien ant farm band They sing about lizard people so you should pay attention |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 11:51pm - arilliusbm ""] no thanks. good music, vocals were meh. |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 12:18am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] If you missed Scale the Summit you didn't miss anything. Not even worth the download. |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 12:24am - i_am_lazy ""] Scale the Summit is decent...Chris Letchford is a ridiculous guitarist. Too bad you couldn't fucking hear him for the majority of the set. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 7:16am - arilliusbm ""] Venue: 3/10 Let' face it, the Palladium sucks. It was good at one point, but that was aeons ago. The Palladium upstairs is absolute bullshit; the vision sucks, the sound sucks, the beer sucks, and the place is delapidated now. Not to mention they blocked off the portion of the balcony closest to the stage, WITH NO EXPLANATION. Atmosphere: 6/10 Cynic had a fog machine, some floor lighting, and a back drop with a repeating image that fluctuated. It seemed nice and cool to look at, but again: the Palladium hinders the atmosphere simply because the place sucks now. Crowd: 2/10 Why rate or even pay attention to the crowd you say? Well, to me, it also adds to the feeling of the show. This crowd was full of duck duck goosers, 12 year old girls, hipsters, and normal looking average schmoes that looked like they were there because they were bored. You could tell that 75% of the crowd didn't know much about Focus, and only cared about Traced In Air and its subsequent releases. Main Event: 6/10. Cynic is a really tight band, both anally and musically. Paul and Sean never mess up on their instruments, so it adds to the experience. That being said, I think last year's show blew this out of the water. The newer lineup was decent, but I thinked the Exivious guys were a little tighter, and had better stage presence. The bass was turned too low at times, and second guitar was barely audible at times. Regardless, the band was still very tight-sounding and played some tracks off of Focus. It was nice to hear Textures, Veil of Maya, and How Could I. But let me digress a bit: the new stuff.is BORING live. The first track they played was decent, but the other new tracks lacked any emotion, and just didn't do much for me. Granted, I'm a guy that also thinks Traced in Air falls flat towards the end and has fillers, but this new stuff was somewhat boring. All in all, Cynic put on a decent show. Ben Durgin deserves a gold medal for yelling at Paul to play an old demo song... To which Paul responded: "That is very old, and irrelevant," or something along those lines. Irrelevancy is something that seems normal to me with my interest in Cynic. I can only take so much of their new style before it begins to bore me. The show was good, but nothing to write home about. Overall: 5/10 |
| _____________________________ [Nov 8,2011 7:19am - Yeti ""] sounds like this show was worth it... |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 7:35am - arilliusbm ""] for me to poop on! |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 3:46pm - arilliusbm ""] HeavensJail, was that you? |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 3:52pm - HeavensJail_nli ""] wedged by the corner of the bar, wearing a Viral Load shirt under a loser yuppie fleece? yes. |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 3:56pm - arilliusbm ""] was going to say. You looked naked without the epic vest. |
| ______________________________ [Nov 8,2011 5:56pm - hlrie ""] That blocked off balcony is for photos, or at least that's what I was told and where I had to shoot the Mayhem show from. But they should at least take down that poster so fans can see through the railing. |