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It is too expensive but the addition of Quicksand has convinced me to head along. I don't think this will sell out though - seems to be plenty of tickets available this morning.

Whopper gig - like these line-ups with a bit of a change of pace between the bands. In general, I thought it sounded really good for everyone. Apart from Brat, that was just too early for me to make.

Definitely will try to catch Full of Hell again whenever they come back - the vocals were sick, enjoyed the weirdo dry humour as well. Who was the guy who sang one of the tunes with them?

Crowbar were deadly. Planets Collide was epic and I was really impressed with Kirk Windstein - he has one of those voices that just sounds absolutely knackered but still delivers somehow. I've seen some interviews with him where he's full on talking about himself as a doddery old man but as he said himself, the band were really tight and were heavy as fuck.

Napalm Death - does exactly what you expect, in a good way. There's always tunes I'd want to hear but I was happy enough with that.

Excited for this one - been bingeing Crowbar recently as they're just one of those bands I somehow managed to neglect in the 90s. Bad miss on my part.

Don't think I've Napalm Death in ten years - supporting Obituary/Carcass in Vicar St maybe.

Always missed Full of Hell but was really into Trumpeting Ecstasy when it came out.

Very interested in this. I saw the Melvins and Big Business at the Village touring (maybe) Senile Animal and it was incredible.

It was fun - they're a good band for a greatest hits set in fairness. I thought Phil, Rex and Charlie were in good form and sounded pretty decent, but Wylde was barely audible from where I was. The visuals were so 90s-era - lots of barbed wire, snake skeletons and weed leaves. It was funny to see some of the footage from their vhs releases too - I forgot that Pantera were almost doing a version of Jackass on those videos back in the day.

It was cool to see Power Trip playing to a large crowd but the sound wasn't so good. I missed the first band.

Definitely saw some fellas coming out of mosh retirement alright 

Had a look at the merch as I was coming in - €80 for a hoodie and €45 for a shirt must be a new record.

I saw them last night with a different support (Nerves) who didn't do much for me.

Enjoyed the main event a lot - you'd be nearly uncomfortable watching Yow do his thing (in his thong) but he has that unpredictable, unhinged energy even into his sixties. The rest of the band is like clockwork in comparison.

Saw a bit of what you were describing with Sims, but yeah, you'd nearly expect that friction between these precise musicians and a lunatic frontman. Very good show anyway, glad to see them.

That was indeed a good gig at the TBMC. Himself and the drummer (Shannon Larkin from Ugly Kid Joe?) were knocking around before the show. I have a pic with them somewhere. He complimented my black seeds of vengeance hoodie so he was sound in my book. At the same show, the lad doing merch swapped me one of each of the Amen merch for the Haunted shirt I was wearing. Still have that gear somewhere (I never could bring myself to wear a shirt with Hitler's face on the statue of liberty mind you). I liked those 2 Amen albums back in the day and then he disappeared until Scum, and then nothing after that.

I'm not really into the band - I think the only stuff I own is the Second EP (v good) but I always bounce off the later stuff - it's like a more melodic diet-Mastodon or something. It's objectively grand but doesn't grab me.

Despite this, I did enjoy the gig tonight. Good energy from the band, enjoyable to watch a good pair of guitarists playing off one another and I thought it sounded pretty good/clear. That is almost certainly the heaviest band I've seen playing through mostly fender amps.

It was a fairly short set though, came on bang at 9pm and finished not long after ten and the set had a few interlude type songs in there. I was expecting something a bit more epic but again, not being a huge fan, short and sweet was ok for me. 

Liked what I caught of Graveyard - will check them out more this week.

This was a good gig - obviously a Troublegum show but also lots of B-Sides from the era, and earlier material too. It was cool to focus on that era without some of the other set staples from later material.

I've been to plenty of T? shows, and I can't remember any being anything but solid. Good sized crowd - Therapy? fans getting as old as fuck (myself included).

Sound was ok - I think the Olympia is just shite for standing as soon as you're under the low ceiling, better to be up front or even in the first few rows of the circle.

Anyway, I wonder if they'll do anything for Infernal Love's anniversary in a few years. Probably not as they'd need to shell out for a cellist and I don't think it would be as much of a draw as for this one. They headlined the Point when they were touring that one back in the day.

Any idea of stage times in the Olympia?

I assume Therapy? will be on around 9pm-ish

Just adding to the gushing comments - I listened to it a heap over the weekend and will continue to get into it. The proggy stuff is more immediate to me, but the flow of the album is very good. It feels very natural for what it is, and to do everything that it does in the 40-odd minutes is just really satisfying.

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I was in the standing section for the poors and it was a spectacular show. I wish there were more screens that were actually visible so I could see some details but even so, delighted I went and I like maybe 3/4 of their tunes. The photos on the Irish times website are great.

Was a cunt for me until I clicked through from the Pantera tour page and then it was grand: https://pantera.com/tour

What does the artist presale involve? How do you get a code for that?

I'm up for this. I was supposed to see them at the gig after 911 where they pulled out (was it Tattoo the Planet in the Point?).