two

10/13/2007 8:00:12 PM

great show, great crowd.

A+

btw Jamie, I got some awesome shots.

10/14/2007 1:02:56 AM

my bad, i didn't go.

I didn't have any money and was offered free fun times.

10/14/2007 1:47:40 AM

thanks to everyone who came out last night and also thnks to everyone who bought merchandise. (we sold a ton).

thanks for coming out Joel and youll have to send me the pics sometime.

and PS Advent totally ripped everyone's faces off. Joe is a ridiculously brutal front man.

10/14/2007 1:06:32 PM

Great job last night, Jamie. And, yeah, Advent killed it!

10/14/2007 8:22:33 PM

who are the other 2 bands opening for MLIW

10/14/2007 10:18:51 PM

I know Trying Times is opening.

10/14/2007 11:13:32 PM

yea...i saw them on the flyer...it said "2 others" too...just wondering if anyone knew

10/14/2007 11:20:17 PM

Thanks Tom

and im thoroughly convinced theres not a heavier band in NC right now than Advent after seing them perform "One Crushing Blow" saturday.

10/15/2007 7:19:57 PM

then you obviously haven't seen AA
rofl

post edit:
this is my favorite band from NC http://www.myspace.com/thestolypins

[Edited on October 15, 2007 at 7:40 PM. Reason : ]

10/15/2007 7:36:02 PM

its not bad stuff but as far as brutal heaviness goes it doesnt compare. it also helps advent that Joe is one of my favorite metal/hardcore vocalists of all time.

[Edited on October 15, 2007 at 7:48 PM. Reason : ]

10/15/2007 7:48:27 PM

yeah, i can't really speak on heavyness/brutality. i probably couldn't list 5 bands from NC.

10/15/2007 7:50:57 PM

its cool. there are definitely some good metal bands. If you havent checked them out yet do so:


http://www.myspace.com/betweentheburiedandmeband (check out 'white walls')
http://www.myspace.com/glasscasket
http://www.myspace.com/bloodjinn
http://www.myspace.com/knivesexchanginghands


check those out as a start.

10/15/2007 7:56:17 PM

i don't like BTBAM on principle.
Glass Casket is alright, not a huge fan of the vocals.
Bloodjin is decent, not a huge fan of the vocals.
Knives is not my style.

These bands are too hardcore for me. Metalcore is iffy enough to me. Basically if i go to a show and the Guy to girl ratio is anything above 20:1 i lose faith in the bands. I know thats not remotely fair i'm just stubborn.

I just get pissed when people say they like metal and the only band they can name is BTBAM or Atreyu. Yeah i know i'm a douchebag.

10/15/2007 8:25:16 PM

people who speak of BTBAM and Atreyu in the same breath ought to be slain.

10/15/2007 8:45:09 PM

when i want heavy i go with mind eraser

10/15/2007 9:11:51 PM

yea atreyu freaking blows. i can understand where you are coming from but i can tell you that I am not a big fan of most of the "MTV metalcore" a la atreyu, it dies today, and all the other cookie cutter bands that anyone can name.

BTBAM is very well known yes and a lot of the kids who eat up cookie cutter stuff like them too but they are on a totally different plane. the compositions on this last album are simply some of the best ive heard from a melody/metal standpoint in a long time.

10/15/2007 9:20:26 PM

I completely agree with you. I'm impressed by what i've heard as far as technicality / interesting aspects of the music, but the vocals again aren't my style (mostly the clean vocals).

i like nice, beastly screaming/growling vocals - and when there are clean vocals, not remotely girly/whiney. ex Opeth or First 3 Arch Enemy cds.

[Edited on October 15, 2007 at 10:03 PM. Reason : Beastly]

Furthermore, I would rather a band have trivial riffs, but heavy riffs than have glitch picking and 7 string sweeps over blastbeats at 340 bpm, with some shitty singer thinking he's a badass.

[Edited on October 15, 2007 at 10:08 PM. Reason : Riffage]

10/15/2007 10:01:46 PM

good deal i can accept that

10/15/2007 10:26:00 PM