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Permalink Reply by Scott Stewart on 15 November 2007 at 2:49pm

There's not much in Raleigh. I just moved down here from Northern Va. so I'm still settling into the scene. We don;t get alot of the major club tours. So it's gonna be a four hour drive back to NoVa, for most of 'em.

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Permalink Reply by Kay Smoljak on 15 November 2007 at 9:31pm

Heh, I know how you feel... Perth is on the west coast of Australia, a 5 hour flight away from the bigger cities on the east coast, and up until about 18 months ago none of the bands who came to Australia (which is not a lot to start with) bothered to make the additional trip. There's a bit of a mining and property boom on at the moment though, so that's maybe why the promoters reckon it's worth sending bands out here now (there's money around). At least, that's the only reason I can think of :)

At least you've only got a few hours drive! I flew to Sydney to see Nine Inch Nails in May, and when we got to the venue it had been postponed until September. We came back, but it ended up costing about $3K all up (flights + staying one night each time). It was a good show, but I dunno if I'd pay $3K to see them again!

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Permalink Reply by Nolan Erck on 15 November 2007 at 10:03pm

I wouldn't describe myself as a "metalhead" because I listen to pretty much everything (and I don't mean that in the generic "i like everything but country" answer kind of way), but last week I saw Mewithoutyou, Thrice and Brand New in San Jose and had a blast. A couple weeks before that was GWAR and Cradle of Filth in San Francisco -- GWAR was great fun! A buddy and I are finally getting to see Ozzy live tomorrow night -- I'm looking forward to it! :)

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Permalink Reply by Tony Garcia on 16 November 2007 at 2:36am

Good recent shows?
Well about a week ago I saw Van Halen on their reunion tour in Boston. Although not exactly a metal band, they put on a great show. Eddie still has the killer chops and Dave sounded great.
The metal bands I'm into are mostly old school -- Maiden, Priest, Metallica, Sabbath... I'm not too hip on the current scene. (Except for maybe System of a Down)
I saw Iron Maiden on their last tour about a year ago. Hoping to catch them on their "Somewhere Back in Time" tour. Hey Kay -- Perth will be their second date on the tour.

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Permalink Reply by Kay Smoljak on 16 November 2007 at 2:44am

Heh, I'm not a huge Maiden fan - although I LOVE Priest and saw Sabbath/Heaven+Hell just a few months ago - so I'm not gonna see Maiden in Perth, BUT I am planning to go to Wacken Open Air in Germany next August, and I hear they're playing there. I have some friends who are very excited about seeing Maiden - especially because they're gonna be pretending it's still the 80's :)

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Permalink Reply by Tony Garcia on 16 November 2007 at 11:42am

80's Maiden was the best!!!

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Permalink Reply by Raphael Gerber on 16 November 2007 at 1:32pm

Even when you're not a huge Maiden fan you should go and see them because they're one of the best live bands, I promise.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Stewart on 16 November 2007 at 3:06pm

I love old Maiden.....

BTW: metalunderground has a couple of reviews of my old band, Division with their new singer :)

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Permalink Reply by Claude Englebert on 13 February 2008 at 11:50am

Well, Europe seems a better place for CF metalheads :-)

Recently Hatebreed, Soilwork and Lacuna Coil burned our stages. I can't wait for our summer festivals such as www.graspop.be or www.hellfest.fr.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Drew on 18 April 2008 at 8:22am

That is true, I am really looking forward to the Reading festival, I have a one day ticket for sunday and I shall be watching Slipknot (yay! been on non-stop on my iPod), Avenged Sevenfold, Tenacious D and Metallica... all in ONE day! ohh.. too much!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Priest on 19 April 2008 at 3:34am

Metal Rules! :)

I haven't seen anyone in awhile. Raleigh sucks for concerts. I did see Megadeth in Myrtle Beach. Next show is Zappa Plays Zappa!!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Stewart on 21 April 2008 at 1:57pm

John Oliva's Pain w/ Mantecora and Circle 2 Circle is coming to Volume 11 in October. With John and Zack on the same biil we should get some Savatage covers out of it. should be a good show.

Hopefully Raleigh should be getting some more good shows...

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