Suffocation

[NoCalMike 0]

So yeah I saw Suffocation aka The Godfathers of Grind this past thursday and damn they ripped everyone a new one. Thank gawd they decided to start touring together again, as that was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Cryptopsy/Aborted/Despised Icon were very good as the support.

 

Suffocation also said after their US Tour they are going into the studio to make a new album....JOY~!

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

How insane was Cryptopsy? When I saw them, they were exponentially better than the band they opened for, Dimmu Borgir.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

3 fucking days away.

[NoCalMike 0]

How insane was Cryptopsy? When I saw them, they were exponentially better than the band they opened for, Dimmu Borgir.

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They were awesome, they played a lot of their old tunes too. They played a pretty long set as well.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Oh tits. I need to catch this tour. Between working constantly, staying sober, and performing live myself, I haven't seen many good shows lately. I'd be going mainly for Cryptopsy, but I dig a few Suffocation albums. Pierced from Within is definitely a metal landmark.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Fuck Cryptopsy. Their new album is inexcusable.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Haven't heard it. How can it be that bad?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

You didn't like the latest Cephalic Carnage, either, and that's good as fuck.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

It's stuffed with Nu Metal riffing, there's no focus at all, and Lord Worm is shit on vocals. However, your head will twist clean off the first time you hear the new Northern Hyperblast from Flo. It's not all terrible, but after you've heard Whisper Supremacy or None So Vile, it's a severe dissapointment even if you understand that it'd be hard to match up to those milestones.

 

And I've kinda softened up on Cephalic a bit since I came to the conclusion that I can just chill and have fun listening to their stuff. The record is still pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

 

Since when do you like Pierced From Within so much?

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Jesus fuck what a night. Despised Icon was rubbish. Why use two vocalists, when neither can do their job well anyway?(in this case screams for one and death growl for another), and the music was very vanilla. Great stage presence and energy helped their cause. boring.

 

Unfortunately I missed most of local heros Thorazine's set due to the long walk from the train to the venue and the fact that we spent entirely too much time harassing cracked out hookers when we should have been making our way to the club (The Warehouse in Calgary). I hadn't heard Thorazine before, but was impressed by their melodic death dealings despite the somewhat sloppy nature of playing (they were added to the bill long after having broken up and had two days to prepare a set). I feel bad that I couldn't catch their shows during their prime. The locals were ga ga over the chance to say a last goodbye to them and Thorazine definitely felt the same about having that chance, especially on this night.

 

I didn't give Aborted enough attention to really 'rate' them or offer any real insight into their work, but from what I did closely watch, they were perfectly competent in their older style melodic death and very happy with the responce they got during their first show in Calgary, and the chance to come from France and Belgium to play on this tour.

 

Up next was Cryptopsy, to the biggest responce of the night, complete with new members. Of course, most everybody was ape shit for their show, despite some parts coming up a little flat to these ears. The new stuff came off with little of the energy that monumental songs like Cold Hate, Warm Blood and Open Face Surgery had, but they were perfect fine mid set pieces to keep the energy high. Surely we all know what to expect from a Cryptopsy show, so I'll just leave it there.

 

The mighty Suffocation came out next, and laid total waste with a shockwave of tight, disciplined, and fast New York Death Metal that they invented. In a contrast to Cryptopsy getting the crowd going with sheer frantic speed, Suffocation showed that their sewer dwelling hardcore elements are a dish best served live by highly skilled and disciplined players to inject the will to move into those lucky enough to be in attendance. All songs came off at near album quality with material ranging from Souls To Deny all the way back to demo material with no songs bringing the energy down or coming off as lethargic. Pit ettiquete was excellent with nobody out to intentionally injure anyone else and I didn't see any intervention from club staff all night. Near the end of the show, Frank Mullen promised a new album and another stop in Calgary next year. I'm there.

 

ps: You haven't lived until you've bumped and grinded with a chick during Pierced From Within who karate chopped your throat and kicked your dick in the pit just one song before.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I never disliked Pierced from Within. It's not my favorite album, but it's one of Suffocation's best, and definitely really good death metal. I like Cryptopsy's None so Vile and Whisper Supremacy more, though. New northern hyperblast? Dude's nuts.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Did you ever get a real internet connection? I can post a song and show you what you're in for.