May 15, 2010 the dates were announced not long back.The next big thing for the metal crazy folks of India . That was a huge relief since the wannabe soldout "(F)rock in India" had already gone to dogs. After a bit of disappointment last time around by keeping on repeating
Maiden they had done the unthinkable, an age old pop boy band for a rock and metal concert!!!! no offense meant to any form of music but this was utter disrespect for the fans, The fans who had a huge role in the success of this brand name. Well that’s done and dusted, so once again DNA u can go fuck yourself ;) Coming back to the show, it was “Lamb Of God” indeed!!! A dream when I had seen the energy of these guys on concert video, a dream that I'd see them perform live,head banging,mesmerized in the audience, a dream about to come true!!!
Something else that was special about this concert was my wife would be with me. This music is a very big reason why we both are together so without boring you too much with the details this was super special. Vicky my usual partner in concerts, missed out even after paying for the tickets due to fever which was a disappointment. We reached the venue pretty late compared to generally what we do, so we missed most of the opening acts. Looks like the Indian bands Bhoomi, Boomerang, Extinct Reflections and Scribe did a very good job as we could already see moshpits and it was still day light. Oh one funny thing there was this cop( must be at least a SI) came in while the constables were standing near a moshpit. The constables threw him the usual salutes and this guy took a peek at the moshpit and that sort of freaked him out. For a moment he thought this is some serious fight and got in. I don’t know who did it, but somehow he was convinced all this is just come crazy fuckers going bizarre, no serious damage meant. He left the place with a disgusted look on his face. Later, I found him screaming to some organizers near the gate. Well, all I can say about that is -- it’s true the rest of the world will never get what goes in a metal concert, because for them, it’s all senseless. No complaints actually, it’s supposed to be senseless anyways :) We waited for about an hour went on grabbed some vodka,met few online pals and were back and ready for the storm. I knew there would be a metal storm but what I didn’t know was that it would hit me so hard and fast. I mean honestly it took me quite some time to completely realize what had happened in the next almost 2 hours,for sure the intoxication was not to be blamed because I have done more before, it certainly was the power of Metal the power of “Lamb of God”.
LOG introduced themselves with the smoothness of “Passing” only to bite with 
“In Your Words” like a viper striking out of camouflage. The exploding drums of Chris Adler with the guitar riffs made way for a signature Randy Blythe growl. The trigger the set the bangers in the crowd high. This phase normally is when the moshers try to make their space and the people who prefer to watch the performance on stage and do a bit of headbanging get settled in their respective positions, so did we. The song had quite a bit of progression if you can call it so but I was waiting for “Set To Fail” the drums and the vocals are phenomenal on this track and the energy it got in the arena was insane.
So go and weave your tale of woe
Convincing yourself it's so
You're so set to fail
Somewhere you finally lost your way
Only yourself left to betray
The trio of John Campbell, Willie Adlier and Mark Morton were up at it on their guitars while all hell was breaking loose around them. The barricades were destroyed moshpits everywhere, people swinging the metal horns with arms up high not giving a fuck about how bizarre they look or acted, losing themselves to the hell's angel called heavy metal, what an awesome place to be in!!!! In these times of mechanical existence there are very few places where you will find passion around. Come see this, it’s what is called as true passion for music. Next was a series of old favorites and our chance to scream the lyrics with Randy the dude in charge of the havoc “Walk With me in Hell” and “Ruin”,man this was some crazy shit....
Oh... Now witness the end of an age
Hope dies in hands of believers
Who seek the truth in the liar's eyes
Take hold of my hand
For you are no longer alone
Walk with me in helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
The stage was brilliantly lightened and the orgasmic growls was truly an "art of ruinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn". There are no words that perfectly fit that moment or can recreate what we felt in that moment of divinity. Few words to the people who sit back and criticise all this is as bullshit, want to remind again it doesn’t matter what you think, so shove your hypocrisy, your sanity and enjoy it up there. These are really short numbers by metal standards and I really don’t know when I was screaming my guts out Infidelllllllllllllllllllllll, Imperiallllllllllllllllllllllllllll and that was really "something to die forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".
“Blacken the Cursed Sun” was when I had a breather with a slower swinging head. The band also seemed really excited about the response they were getting. They kept mentioning they will be back which might be good news for the guys who missed out. "India, you guys are the shit! We are so fucking happy we came," don’t know if all that was just to get the crowd going or true but it felt good they knew how we felt.Keep coming guys, we just love to see some more heavy insanity on stage.
“Descending” was a nice surprise there were others not on my set list which was lovely. There were moments when the sound was a bit fucked up but that’s understandable on
a live performance, I mean guys stop comparing it with the recording for some common sense sake,at the least. The assault continued with “Dead Seeds”. By the time “Laid to Rest” was on the crowd was really worked up and this was the most popular of the lot. The response was right up there the obvious of course.
The bloods on the wall,
So you might as well just admit it.
And bleach out the stains,
Commit to forgetting it.
You're better off empty and blank,
Than left with a single pathetic trace of this..
Smother another failure.
Lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone,
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck,
Absorb yourself, you're better alone,
Destroy yourrrsssssssselllllfffffff.
Doesn't matter how crappy a job we did on the scream along part but we were having a ball “ Hell Yeahhhhhhhhh” . Randy had checked on us with "Do you feel alive Bangalore????" and had got a huge roar in return 'coz we were as alive as we could ever be. This time he introduced “Contractor” dedicating it to a punk rock friend and this was the highlight for me. What a freaking awesome track this is. The energy blew me away and I was banging my head for some screws to pop out. I tell you Chris Alder is the man for moments like this, “Yeah motherfucker we did take a ride” the breakdown and the picking of growls and the moment when the riffs took everyone one to one of the evillest ride of our lives.... the amazing experience just continued. “Hourglass” was superb trashy death and groovy we had everything going for the reality of our dreams. “Redneck” went screaming all the way this is a motherfuckin invitation but a special mention on “Vigil” and the last track “Black Label” both sinister and dark in completely different sense stood out from the lot. This is very close to what I have started finding most attractive in metal these days. Great Show---thanks to all involved. I am back to the normal living waiting for the next best thing or maybe the next hell ride – see you there :) -Kiran
PS :- Thanks to Bobin for the golden pics :)
light wakes you to a clearing blur mist as the brown autum tree gives you a glare filled smile. 'Glare of Autumn' is the next track, a repetitive track but yet it keeps you binded blowing you off with Proficiency of each instrument contributing in the overall ambiance. The drums amazingly provide enough room in-spite of maintaining its prominence with mostly double bass. The keyboards maintain the rhythm while the introduction of a guitar riffs pulls of the variation gradually picking the song to a dark heavy display with ease and technique.
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