Soundwave

Well, Well, Well.  So you've coming crawling back, looking for a read in the midst of your workweek; that said, welcome back.  So, lets kick this off with the BANG!  Soundwave is the festival that is quite a big deal.  To start off, its a music festival; genre: METAL/PUNK.  yep, that's right, my music preferences knows no bounds.    Secondly, i bought these tickets months and months ago..  Last, and most importantly, this marks the one-year anniversary of me moving into the house (which I currently reside). 

AWWWW YEAH

As Metal isn't usually at the top of my playlist, I've had to prepare and prepare I did.  For months and months I've listened to the different genres (yes there are different types of metal) and found i was particular to the power metal.  

to get a better understanding of metal, i suggest watching this

There were tons and tons of bands and once the timetable came out, I had to plan my attack accordingly.  Oh yeah, also of note: the venue of Soundwave was Olympic Park.  Yeah, remember when Sydney held the Olympics, yeah.. anyways.  First stop: Red Fang, a bit of stoner rock (which is a bit heavy, and not too bad). Second stop: Dragonforce.  (imo, one of the best power metal bands EVER)  Think high vocals and awesome fast guitars. I made my way up to the front and got it ON!!.  IT WAS AWESOME.  Next stop: Pucifer, which was the special guest (cause the lead singer is also in the band Perfect Circle, also playing).  After that, we went to the big stage: Kyuss Lives.  I like the Queens of the Stone Age, and the guitarist is also in Kyuss, but after they split (drama), Kyuss Lives was formed.  Next up: Stone Sour, alternative metal (not too keen, but I was tired and didn't want to move).  Then: SLAYER,  awww yeah. well, SLAYER is a bit heavy for me, but it was great to see one of the big 4: SLAYER, Megadeath, Anthrax and Metalica (i'll come back to that later).  After this: A Perfect Circle, alternative metal/rock... mmm wasn't too keen on that either.  At this time, I made it inside the D-barrier to get more of the experience..  Anyways, next up was: Linkin Park .  Yeah, a bit more punk than metal.  I was actually surprised with their performance, not too bad despite the Windows '98 screensaver backdrop.  How do I know there are still some hardcore Linkin Park fans? someone had to get carried out on a stretcher... which made me worry about the headliner: Metallica.  AWWWW YEAH 10X..  I was pumped, excited, etc.etc.   It was GREAT!!  for 2h15m, they pumped out a set that could only be described as PHENOMENAL. The lights, pyrotechnics, EVERYTHING>  It's everything that I dreamed it would be.   Some dude even snuck in a flare and started waving it around (just glad he didn't throw it).

 Anyways, it was a long long day with awesome awesome music and friends.  One year ago, I didn't think I'd have gone to Soundwave, but it's been quite a year and this weekend was a great way to start off the semester  (oh yeah, happy birthday bec).  As this is my last semester of my program, you could say these will be the last set of chapters in the trilogy that is my blog.   That being said, I hope you guys carry on reading and i'll see you next week.