Friday's concert was an amazing experience. The venue is very interesting, it has two bars, a stage and a large dance floor. The second bar has a smaller stage where they project a live video image of the main stage. Why you would be content watching this I don't know but it was useful for Torche's set. We did not think much of it. Their sound wasn't set up very well. Their songs sound cool at the beginning but once they are all playing it was so muffled you couldn't distinguish much. I'm not saying they weren't good but I just couldn't enjoy their set at all.
Circa Survive's set was much better. Their sound was a little shrill at the end, but up until that point it was very smooth. They sound exactly like their recordings which is becoming pretty rare now that artists can openly use tools like auto-tune to make their recordings better, and no one seems to care. They played a handful of their well known songs like 1,000 Witnesses and Stop the Fucking Car, but to my wife's great disappointment, did not play Travel Hymn. They mixed up their songs a little bit while they were playing them which was confusing and interesting at the same time. Circa's stage was kind of neat yet very simple. They had a wall of mirrors behind them and large strobe lights. I'm a sucker for strobes so this definitely worked for me.
Moving on, Coheed & Cambria's set was amazing! I will admit I am particularly biased towards them in this situation. However there was no denying the energy that everyone seemed to exist once Coheed started playing. They started with "One" as was expected and went straight into "The Broken".
A rush of screams and energy seemed to emanate throughout the ballroom whenever they started One. Every song after was greeted with a roar from the crowd. Some songs they played for their set were "The Broken", "Guns of Summer", "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3", "Everything Evil", "Welcome Home", "Pearl of The Stars", "Time Consumer, and many more. People were moving so much the floor of Cain's was moving up and down and at some points it buckled so much you could feel it bottom out on the foundation below. It was hard to stand still but if you just moved with the crowd you were fine.
Whenever they played Welcome Home everyone joined in on the vocals as they did on every other song. But when you hear that Whoa-ah-oooh filling the entire ballroom it gives you goosebumps and this crazy rush of euphoria. If you are a Coheed fan and have yet to see a show, PLEASE DO!
It will change you in ways maybe small, maybe large, but the connection to the music that you feel will change forever. Each song will never be the same. I have seen them twice and each experience is different, and I don't believe it will ever get old or boring, no matter how many times I see them.
Some video and merch after the jump...
The first of these is a band called Sonic Syndicate. They are a 6-peice melodic death band from Falkenberg, Sweden. I had found them previously just downloading random metal mp3's from a free trial of eMusic(if you haven't figured it out yet I don't buy a lot of cd's anymore). Sadly, I had downloaded such a large volume of stuff I completely lost these guys in the hellish bowels of my mp3 player(it's a tag freak's nightmare). In the 10 gig "stash" of metal I got, there are a few of their albums including Eden Fire, there are a couple really good songs on this one. Two of my favorites are "Jailbreak" and "Enhance My Nightmare". Lucky for you guys I'll include one ot these at the end of this post(when I get around to it, so just keep checking back). Insead of talking at you with snobby metal jargon i'll just say, check them out for yourself. 
Whenever they played Welcome Home everyone joined in on the vocals as they did on every other song. But when you hear that Whoa-ah-oooh filling the entire ballroom it gives you goosebumps and this crazy rush of euphoria. If you are a Coheed fan and have yet to see a show, PLEASE DO! 
It will change you in ways maybe small, maybe large, but the connection to the music that you feel will change forever. Each song will never be the same. I have seen them twice and each experience is different, and I don't believe it will ever get old or boring, no matter how many times I see them.
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