Siege of Limerick - Samhain 2019 - 27th October

[Born of Fire]

The poor sound for tribulations set was a surprise  , usually the sound in the warehouse is great

Was up in the balcony for them and didn't think it was too bad, guitars could've been a bit clearer alright. Really enjoyed their set all the same and I think they'll go down really well at 3 Arena with Ghost. Just a pity the stuff off The Horror doesn't get a look in.

Dolans was heaving and there must be some awful sick heads about today looking at the amount of drink flowing 

[blessed1]

What's the story with only having the smoking area upstairs? The place was fucking constantly jammed and it was pure rotten.

[Kurt Cocaine]

What's the story with only having the smoking area upstairs? The place was fucking constantly jammed and it was pure rotten.

Wasn't down myself for this one. What happened to the smoking area between the main bar and the Warehouse?

[jobrok1]

Something must have blown during Tribulation's set cause it totally fucked up Dictated's sound as well.
The bass was literally shaking through the whole back wall of the Warehouse.

Upstairs was constantly rammed, alright. Was very annoying trying to get up to see bands. But the side stairs from the main bar was handy for this.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Excellent day of music as per usual.

Ilenkus and Coltsblood were outstanding, was delighted to catch Gealach too. Honestly, not a single band I saw let me down.

[M.Hopkins]

Tribulation took ages getting set up and then couldn't hear lead guitar so Strange Gateways Beckon which should have been a great opener  sounded rubbish. Mix was way too loud with no clarity. Lasted 2 songs and had enough.
Coltsblood were ferocious. Saw them before but never as heavy as Sunday. Monstrous stuff

[Snare]

Sound was terrible for most bands I thought. Too bass heavy by far, I couls feel my clothes and hair vibratingfar too much, anyone withour ear plugs took serious damage.

Coltsblood were excellent but strange there was such a small crowd for them. I guess it was too intense. I hadnt familiar with them until just before the gig so they were a nice find.

Great catching up with folk from around the country. Crispo's bathtub of home brew story will haunt me to my grave!

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Anyone without plugs is taking serious damage at ANY metal gig, not to mind a sustained day of it like the Siege. You can't pin that one on venues.

[Ollkiller]

Savage day as usual. Caught bits of  Bisect, Shardborne, Gealach, Incessent, Coscradh, Ilenkus,  Aponym, Electricals, Coltsblood,  Brigantia, Tribualtion, Okus and Everest Queen and enjoyed the hell out of every band I saw. Just an awesome line up. Regards sound if its bad I just go right up the front (have earplugs) so to me everything sounded grand.

[Shadowking]

Having seen tribulation live a few times at this stage and they are always class  the poor sound fairly ruined there set for me and you could see affected there performance on stage , enjoyed dictated but again they struggled with there sound too,

[Juggz]

The mixes on stage are different to the one which the crowd hears. A band performing on a stage has no idea what it sounds like out front.

[Paul keohane]

Lets be hearing this bathtub homebrew horror story!?,sounds interesting!

[Airneanach]

Well that was heavy in all ways.

Something about the tone of the bands and the ridiculous numbers made it feel a lot more 'serious' than the last Siege, which isn't necessarily my usual energy (we jet off to Download every year literally for the sheer Kerrangness of it), but it was a fantastic day out nonetheless.

Something about Tribulation's manner on stage would seem to suggest they were certainly aware of the muddied mix, although I must admit I didn't pick up on that too much down the front, and enjoyed it a lot.

Gealach stole it for me, though. Brilliantly authentic lo-fi sound without being too pastiche. The crowd were in adulation for them in between every song. Brilliant time. Bisect were also great. Bouncers had to reign the moshing in a wee bit because there was kids around their set. They done a bang up job as usual, in fairness.

We went for the podcast upstairs, too. Lovely respite, and gave the day a sense of mythos and culture.

[Snare]

Lets be hearing this bathtub homebrew horror story!?,sounds interesting!

I'll tell ya in person next time! It belongs on the MI The Horrors thread 

[if6was9]

Lads the downstairs smoking area has been closed in Dolans for nearly a full year at this stage. It's not something we have ANY control over. It's the HSE who make those decisions. It was closed at the last Siege also, as well as every other show that has happened in the venue since December.

Personally I was very happy with the job done by the sound crew. I also played in 2 bands and the onstage sound was fantastic. 

Bass player in Tribulation turned our amp to pretty much full on stage. Takes it out of the sound engineer's hands at that point and surely contributed to what you lads are describing.