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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?).

You're dead right (Fb link to a post by Karl)- that's a false memory I had in my head since that gig.

On the subject of teles - I remember when Nile played Eamonn Dorans (Black Seeds tour), Karl Sanders was playing a blonde fender telecaster with humbuckers. That certainly stood out, especially in comparison to his guitars in later years which were comically metal and pointy.

That axe design on the back of the guitar is the official shield of Telemark, but it does coincidentally have an old school black metal look to it.

Had no idea, today I learned. Thanks!

This is the tele. It's a custom Aristredes which has a lil pinch of BM influence on the back despite its pastel lilac look 

https://aristidesinstruments.com/gallery/t-0-lilac-pearl-satin-ihsahn-custom/

Interesting guitars though - not even made of wood but some composite material.

I was up in the circle and thought the sound was very good. Enjoyed the shit out of the gig - Emperor were flawless, and it was great to see them in such a venue. Trym and Ihsahn were particularly impressive to see doing their thing live.

I could only see a small bit of the crowd in the standing section but yeah, I was expecting it to be wild whereas it was fairly mellow from what I could see.

Winterfilleth were alright - felt like they had one speed and are the most dad-looking band I've ever seen (nothing against the dads, I look like them as well). 

Here's the one half-decent pic I took. I don't tend to bother beyond a single photo or two



Good crowd there but not rammed - there were still tickets available.

Merch was pretty good - plenty of t-shirt designs and vinyl. I'd say they were well stocked up ahead of Damnation. They actually posted the shirts on the band instagram page if you're curious.

Yeah, the vocal miming was a bit odd - I've never seen that at a show before but considering so much of their stuff needs a backing track for other instruments, they might think having secondary vocals on a backing track is no big deal. It's not like he was trying to make it look particularly authentic either, he'd stop to focus on his playing a lot. I'll forgive him though, as apart from that his whole schtick was very entertaining.

I thought the sound was really good, the bass in particular sounded excellent. And yeah, great cover to finish on. The stuff from Imaginary Sonicscape is what grabbed me, but that is the album I know best, but pretty good set that touched on most of the eras of the band I thought.

Re music gear - no-one was using that vox stack right? I wasn't close enough to see but I assumed the guitarist would be using something like a modeller into the PA, as Sigh strike me as a band who would all over their midi patches considering they're playing to clicks/backing etc. Any idea on the maker of the guitar/bass too? The guitar logo looked a bit like an Aria, but not sure.

I actually haven't been to a gig since before the pandemic so that was a great one to come out of "retirement" for.

Got my ticket for the circle with the rest of the elderly - got good seats though so this should be unreal.

I got the reissue of Type O's Dead Again on vinyl today. (No download code btw!)

Great final album in my view. Sounds great and it comes with a third disc with live recordings of the big hits, which is decent enough.

Apart from the one DVD they released, I haven't come across much live Type O stuff.

DH Peligro of Dead Kennedys, Nailbomb...

https://www.loudersound.com/news/dead-kennedys-drummer-dh-peligro-dies-after-accidental-fall-at-63

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