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Bloodstock indoors, 2005
Sep. 4th, 2005 10:42 amJust an abridged entry this, as I am short on time.
Yesterday was the Bloodstock indoor event, where I got to see Season's End, SuidAkrA, After Forever, Amon Amarth, and Within Temptation. Amon Amarth were great, as expected. The rest were good, although I tired of After Forever and Within Temptation after a few songs. There were a few other bands who played but the line-up was not so great this year. I ignored Cathedral on the second stage and that seems to have been a wise decision, since nobody seemed too impressed with them. Other stuff on the second stage seemed to range from utterly generic emo-metalcore (shouty thrash verses, nasal harmony chorus, you know the sound) to quirky prog rock, with nothing decent in between.
I spent most of the day tagging along with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
x_louise_x, Doug, and Jos, and managed to also run into others including tinker_goth, conspiracychild's friend Rick (sporting his Martian camouflage trousers), and nailwork with trailsofgore, the latter two of whom I thank again for getting the Still It Cries CD to me. Matthias of SuidAkrA and Still It Cries had lovingly brought a cd over from Germany for me, but we couldn't find each other after he'd played his set, despite him being a short-haired white-wearing German in a venue full of long-haired black-wearing British people. (Probably because he stayed backstage drinking, duh.) If you're reading this Matthias, sorry I didn't meet you, but thanks for the cd! (And the great performance.)
Unfortunately the railway website had given me misleading times for the train so I left the venue early to catch a train that did not exist. Therefore I headed back to the venue to loiter outside with various people for a bit, while waiting for a bus home.
Other highlights were few and far between, but one of them was probably whenx_louise_x started wearing underwear on her head, and still managed to look good. Another might have been the random conversation with Jos as we were waiting to leave, regarding painting walls with babies. Yes, it was that bad.
More thrilling news from me once I have this dissertation handed in.
Yesterday was the Bloodstock indoor event, where I got to see Season's End, SuidAkrA, After Forever, Amon Amarth, and Within Temptation. Amon Amarth were great, as expected. The rest were good, although I tired of After Forever and Within Temptation after a few songs. There were a few other bands who played but the line-up was not so great this year. I ignored Cathedral on the second stage and that seems to have been a wise decision, since nobody seemed too impressed with them. Other stuff on the second stage seemed to range from utterly generic emo-metalcore (shouty thrash verses, nasal harmony chorus, you know the sound) to quirky prog rock, with nothing decent in between.
I spent most of the day tagging along with
x_louise_x, Doug, and Jos, and managed to also run into others including tinker_goth, conspiracychild's friend Rick (sporting his Martian camouflage trousers), and nailwork with trailsofgore, the latter two of whom I thank again for getting the Still It Cries CD to me. Matthias of SuidAkrA and Still It Cries had lovingly brought a cd over from Germany for me, but we couldn't find each other after he'd played his set, despite him being a short-haired white-wearing German in a venue full of long-haired black-wearing British people. (Probably because he stayed backstage drinking, duh.) If you're reading this Matthias, sorry I didn't meet you, but thanks for the cd! (And the great performance.)Unfortunately the railway website had given me misleading times for the train so I left the venue early to catch a train that did not exist. Therefore I headed back to the venue to loiter outside with various people for a bit, while waiting for a bus home.
Other highlights were few and far between, but one of them was probably when
x_louise_x started wearing underwear on her head, and still managed to look good. Another might have been the random conversation with Jos as we were waiting to leave, regarding painting walls with babies. Yes, it was that bad.More thrilling news from me once I have this dissertation handed in.
