Machine Head
Support: Arch Enemy, Throwdown, Sanctity
Date: September 28th, 2007
Venue: the Opera House in Toronto, Ontario
I really only went to this show because it was on a Friday. I’d never heard Throwdown or Sanctity, I’ve never liked Arch Enemy and I used to like Machine Head in the time before the Burning Red, but I’d heard that their newest album was really good (the Blackening).
Sanctity sucked. Whatever. I think they broke up a year or two after this. Throwdown were okay. The crowd was going apeshit for them. All I could think was “wow, their singer really wants to be Pantera”. Then they played a cover of Sepulturas Roots, which was really weird. I was totally expecting Fucking Hostile.
Arch Enemy I’ve never been able to get into and this was no different. I just can’t get into them. And watching this show I just watched Mike Amott and thought how much better Carcass was and how much I missed that band. Less than a year later Carcass played the Opera House.
Arch Enemy
1. Blood on Your Hands
2. Ravenous
3. Taking Back My Soul
4. My Apocalypse
5. Revolution Begins
6. Dead Bury Their Dead
7. I Will Live Again
8. The Last Enemy
9. Enemy Within
10. Nemesis
11. Snow Bound
12. We Will Rise
13. Bridge of Destiny
I was ready for anything at this point and Machine Head came out and tore the roof off the place. The last I’d heard of them was the Burning Red album. So the band that played that night was not that band. I couldn’t believe how much they had improved. I did want to hear some stuff I recognized from their first two albums and wasn’t too impressed with what they did play. There are other songs off those albums that I like a lot better (Ten Ton Hammer, Death Church). But I became a Machine Head fan again when they played Halo. On album that song is awesome but to hear it for the first time at a wild live show is a totally different experience. So after this was done I checked this new album they had just released out and was re-sold on Machine Head. I’m glad they’ve been able to better themselves and if any band deserves success on their level it’s them.
Machine Head
1. Clenching the Fists of Dissent
2. Imperium
3. Aesthetics of Hate
4. Old
5. Halo
6. Take My Scars
7. Descend the Shades of Night
8. Davidian
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Follow up:
Machine Heads stock certainly has risen in the ten years since this show. They've played here a few times since this show at at much larger venues. They're actually at the point now where they tour on their own with no opening acts. I've seen them twice since and I didn't really like them the last time (which was in late-2015). They bring out a crowd of people now that I'm not too fond of. Opinions have varied on their post-Blackening albums. I really liked parts of Bloodstones and Diamonds. But they've gone for a more radio-friendly approach as of late. They're releasing a new album soon and I have a feeling that it's going to take them down a notch.
Arch Enemys stock has really fallen in the years since this show. They were at their peak at this time. Then they slowly faded for a bit until 2011, then they fell off the face of the earth. Then they resurfaced a few years ago with a new singer and have put out a few albums since, but I don't think anyone cares anymore.
Throwdown disappeared for a while too but they came back out of the blue a couple of years ago. Then they disappeared again.
Sanctitys singer/guitarist now plays bass in Machine Head.
Support: Arch Enemy, Throwdown, Sanctity
Date: September 28th, 2007
Venue: the Opera House in Toronto, Ontario
I really only went to this show because it was on a Friday. I’d never heard Throwdown or Sanctity, I’ve never liked Arch Enemy and I used to like Machine Head in the time before the Burning Red, but I’d heard that their newest album was really good (the Blackening).
Sanctity sucked. Whatever. I think they broke up a year or two after this. Throwdown were okay. The crowd was going apeshit for them. All I could think was “wow, their singer really wants to be Pantera”. Then they played a cover of Sepulturas Roots, which was really weird. I was totally expecting Fucking Hostile.
Arch Enemy I’ve never been able to get into and this was no different. I just can’t get into them. And watching this show I just watched Mike Amott and thought how much better Carcass was and how much I missed that band. Less than a year later Carcass played the Opera House.
Arch Enemy
1. Blood on Your Hands
2. Ravenous
3. Taking Back My Soul
4. My Apocalypse
5. Revolution Begins
6. Dead Bury Their Dead
7. I Will Live Again
8. The Last Enemy
9. Enemy Within
10. Nemesis
11. Snow Bound
12. We Will Rise
13. Bridge of Destiny
I was ready for anything at this point and Machine Head came out and tore the roof off the place. The last I’d heard of them was the Burning Red album. So the band that played that night was not that band. I couldn’t believe how much they had improved. I did want to hear some stuff I recognized from their first two albums and wasn’t too impressed with what they did play. There are other songs off those albums that I like a lot better (Ten Ton Hammer, Death Church). But I became a Machine Head fan again when they played Halo. On album that song is awesome but to hear it for the first time at a wild live show is a totally different experience. So after this was done I checked this new album they had just released out and was re-sold on Machine Head. I’m glad they’ve been able to better themselves and if any band deserves success on their level it’s them.
Machine Head
1. Clenching the Fists of Dissent
2. Imperium
3. Aesthetics of Hate
4. Old
5. Halo
6. Take My Scars
7. Descend the Shades of Night
8. Davidian
________________________________________________________
Follow up:
Machine Heads stock certainly has risen in the ten years since this show. They've played here a few times since this show at at much larger venues. They're actually at the point now where they tour on their own with no opening acts. I've seen them twice since and I didn't really like them the last time (which was in late-2015). They bring out a crowd of people now that I'm not too fond of. Opinions have varied on their post-Blackening albums. I really liked parts of Bloodstones and Diamonds. But they've gone for a more radio-friendly approach as of late. They're releasing a new album soon and I have a feeling that it's going to take them down a notch.
Arch Enemys stock has really fallen in the years since this show. They were at their peak at this time. Then they slowly faded for a bit until 2011, then they fell off the face of the earth. Then they resurfaced a few years ago with a new singer and have put out a few albums since, but I don't think anyone cares anymore.
Throwdown disappeared for a while too but they came back out of the blue a couple of years ago. Then they disappeared again.
Sanctitys singer/guitarist now plays bass in Machine Head.
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