Decimation of the Nation tour thrashes Mr Smalls
The Decimation of the Nation tour made its stop at Mr. Smalls Theatre on Monday night and brought with it an onslaught of brutal music and circle pits. Toxic Holocaust was the first band up, and the three piece thrash band out of Portland, OR gave the tour a sense of old school nostalgia. Think Sepultura in the 'Bestial Devastation' and 'Morbid Vision' years in look and sound with a obvious love of Venom. The next band up was Dying Fetus, who formed in Maryland almost 20 years ago and have been underground favorites pretty much since they formed. Dying Fetus is starting to grow a pretty decent fan base here in Pittsburgh due to their old school death metal influenced sound and set lists that make it impossible not to headbang. The band Winds of Plague hit the stage with the energy of a band that is about to explode. This California deathcore band likes to change it up on stage with epic keyboard by Kristen Randall, who also does double duty with Johnny Plague on vocals. From the way the audience reacted, and the way Winds of Plague performed, it will not be long before they break out of the underground to more mainstream success.
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Mark Hunter of Chimaira
When the opening guitar work of 'The Venom Inside' started to play over the speakers, you knew you were going to be in for a good show. Standing out from the rest of the bands on this tour, Chimaira is not afraid to slow it down for some Soulfly -
esque jamming. Vocalist Mark Hunter had the audience at his will demanding for the pit to go nuts and fist banging salute to the song 'Powertrip'. The energy and emotion of Chimaira has to be seen to be believed, on songs like 'The Flame' and 'Secrets of the Dead' they prove that they are one of the best live bands coming out of the new millennium. Being able to hold their own no matter who they open for, be it Slayer, or this night's host, Hatebreed, when you leave there will be no forgetting what it is that Chimaira did that night. Guitarist Matt DeVries even wore his Penguins shirt in honor of playing to this Pittsburgh crowd, who showed its love with some frantic circle pits and a great chant of "I Hate Everyone' during the nights closer of 'Pure Hatred'. If you did not make it out on Monday to see them, make sure you make a point to check out Chimaira the next time they play anywhere near this town, you will not be disappointed.
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Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed
Hatebreed hit the stage with the opening song 'To the Threshold' and got what looked like a exhausted audience up and moving again. There set was filled with what you would expect, a nonstop blitz of chugging riffs and fist pumping anthems. All of Millvale had to hear the audience chants during 'I Will Be Heard' and 'Destroy Everything'. You just can't say enough about what Jamey Jasta and crew do live, it almost seems as though they want to take the time to get to know every single person in the audience and make them raise their devil horns and pit til you can't move any longer. Their cover of Slayers 'Ghosts of War' and their own tear the house down song 'Doomsayer' had the audience in a absolute frenzy. The final song of the night was one of Hatebreed's first 'Last Breath', which is just about all we had left, but still conjured up enough energy to give the band the sendoff that they deserved. Hatebreed along with bands like Chimaira helped save the genre that was at one time starting to become overwhelmed by rap-metal, so if you get a chance make sure to see these bands and pay respect. If it weren't for them coming out when they did, Limp Bizkit would still be number one. For more info check out Hatebreeds spot on the Top 10 Metal Bands Live list as well as their Official Website :
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