If I could I would go to every concert of every band that I love, it's just that no one comes to Israel. And I'm too broke to travel abroad all the time.

Written by Arian Totalis on 04.01.2009 at 11:47

Written by Doc G. on 04.01.2009 at 09:04

Bands I've seen more than twice:
3 Inches Of Blood (3 Times)
.....Hmm, maybe I should try and match Marcel and try to see 3 Inches like 40 times, I'll probably be able to hit that in like 2 years.

yeah, they tour canada like a mother fucker.

Well, they just announced a brand-spanking new tour (if you haven't seen/heard about it already) and they'll be touring Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Alaska (<-Wtf?), skipping Calgary for the first time ever. Its a shame, as soon as I start really getting into them the tour here less frequently- Dont know what you got until its gone I guess.

There's a lot of bands I've seen between 2 and four times, but I believe the band I've seen the most is Therion (8 times - 3 times in 2007 only), and then Gojira and Opeth (5 times each). I'll see Gojira again in February, so that will make 6.

Interesting topic. I actually had to go and look in my personal archives to count which bands were in my top list. I know what my top three were, but wanted to list my top five. So here they are:

#1 - The Electric Ghost Collective - 32 times
#2 - Carbon Leaf - 12 times
#3 - Dream Theater/James LaBrie - 8 times
#4 - Opeth - 4 times
#5 - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - 3 times

(7) Electro Quarterstaff
(3) Malefaction
(3) Cannibal Corpse
(3) Fuck The Facts
(3) Of Human Bondage
...and a bunch twice. And I'd be glad to see all those bands a fourth time. Electro Quarterstaff were a bit less engaging some of the last few times but I'm sure I'll be seeing them again (and again).

(4) Dying Fetus (I'll see them every time I can)
(4) Embalmed
(4) Kataklysm
(4) Necrophagist

and a ton of 3's

I just remembered I saw Moonspell twice too. It's important because they are great live.

But it's not extraordinary because they are Portuguese and tour here a lot. I saw them twice in a year, one time during summer festivals and one time during winter already.

Iron maiden 7
slayer 7
deep purple 5
soulfly 3
megadeth 3
anthrax 2
slipknot 2
bls 3
extrema 4
necrodeath 5
and a total days of gods of metal (italian metal festival) of 13

and there is a lot of band wich i saw only 1 o 2 times

I saw Moonspell about... hm... I don't know, 8-9 times in 7 years, or so. But that's because they always manage to play near me at least once a year. I wouldn't travel long miles to see (only) them.

I saw Cradle of Filth 4 times... and that's about it.

Not much of a geek.

Sonata Arctica approx. 20 (been a fan since 1999, but started going to gigs in 2004)
Hevein approx. 8
Silentium approx. 5
Thaurorod 4 times
Korpiklaani 3 times
Aberrant Vascular 2 times
Mnemic 2 times

Sonata 20 times? That's grand!

Agathocles - 20+times (not so known at this forum I think, but a big name in Grindcore)
Kreator - 5 times
Obituary - 4 times
Morbid Angel, Behemoth, Belphegor, Kataklysm - 3 times
Extreme Noise Terror, Dying Fetus, Nuclear Assault, Megadeth, Sabaton, Spermbirds, Testament,...2 times

Written by Koen Smits on 20.01.2009 at 16:48

Agathocles - 20+times (not so known at this forum I think, but a big name in Grindcore)

Saw them 4 times and they certainly kicked ass every single time. Great Belgium TRUE classic grindcore band. Shame about the guy who took his own life.

At my quick stint in the UK when I lived there in 2004 I saw Sonata Arctica twice...lame record but a record for me nonetheless

You people make me jealous

Arsonist and Deeptrip both 5 times, both not widely-known Swiss bands, the first one from my city the second a bit further off
and Arsonist called it quits by now anyway

Next up is Darkmoon and Eluveitie (definitely wouldnt want to see them again, i only saw them four times because they play fucking everywhere around here) with 4 times and a few 3s and a lot of 2s

So I'm coming back with a solid number, because I was actually curious myself, so I decided to root through my old ticket stub box (Actually more of a lunchbox - I keep my old tickets in a Ramones lunchbox).

Job For A Cowboy x2
Heaven & Hell x2
Megadeth x2
Hatebreed x2
Devildriver x2
Dimmu Borgir x2
Chimaira x2
Dark Tranquillity x2
Opeth x2
Judas Priest x2
Arch Enemy x2
Motley Crue x2
Testament x2
Kataklysm x2
Divine Heresy x3
3 Inches Of Blood x3

...Wow, I've seen a lot of bands twice.

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:07


Heaven & Hell x2

Damn you, and I still haven't seen them one single time (I don't count seeing them on dvd though )

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.02.2009 at 23:10

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:07


Heaven & Hell x2

Damn you, and I still haven't seen them one single time (I don't count seeing them on dvd though )

Its possibly one of the most heavy performances I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure if I walked in with a kidney stone, I wouldn't have one walking out, thats how ridiculous the bottom end was, earth shaking.

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:19

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.02.2009 at 23:10

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:07


Heaven & Hell x2

Damn you, and I still haven't seen them one single time (I don't count seeing them on dvd though )

Its possibly one of the most heavy performances I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure if I walked in with a kidney stone, I wouldn't have one walking out, thats how ridiculous the bottom end was, earth shaking.

That doesn't surprise me at all. That's exactly the impression I got from watching the live dvd.

Saturnus x 9
Opeth x 3 (soon 4)
Illnath x 3
Katatonia x 2
Mercenary x 2
Anathema x 2
Dark Tranquillity x 2

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.02.2009 at 23:26

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:19

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.02.2009 at 23:10

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:07


Heaven & Hell x2

Damn you, and I still haven't seen them one single time (I don't count seeing them on dvd though )

Its possibly one of the most heavy performances I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure if I walked in with a kidney stone, I wouldn't have one walking out, thats how ridiculous the bottom end was, earth shaking.

That doesn't surprise me at all. That's exactly the impression I got from watching the live dvd.

Does that DVD come with the latest live CD or is it a completely different release? Thats a performance I wouldn't mind watching again....albeit in a less exciting atmosphere.

Written by Doc G. on 18.02.2009 at 12:11

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.02.2009 at 23:26

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:19

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.02.2009 at 23:10

Written by Doc G. on 08.02.2009 at 23:07


Heaven & Hell x2

Damn you, and I still haven't seen them one single time (I don't count seeing them on dvd though )

Its possibly one of the most heavy performances I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure if I walked in with a kidney stone, I wouldn't have one walking out, thats how ridiculous the bottom end was, earth shaking.

That doesn't surprise me at all. That's exactly the impression I got from watching the live dvd.

Does that DVD come with the latest live CD or is it a completely different release? Thats a performance I wouldn't mind watching again....albeit in a less exciting atmosphere.

I ahve the dvd without a the live cd but there is a more expensive version which has both the dvd and the cd

Beneath the Massacre - 11 times
Haha the band I've seen most isn't even one of my favourite bands they just seem to open for fucking everyone around here and it's getting fucking redic. so I've seen them 11 times now and there pretty sick live though so I guess it's alright. I know now that Dystopia's out they're probably going to end up playing another good tour around here and i'll probably end up seeing them again.
The band I've went to see the most times though is Megadeth I've seen them 4 times now.

Opeth - 2 (Opeth are amazing live and I will aim to see them every time they are in Australia)

Dream Theater - 2 (Another band that are outstanding live, I would certainly like to see them again)

Megadeth - 2 (Both time were well worth going, Dave Mustaine certainly knows how to rock)

Dream Theater - 2
Opeth - 1

Holy crap...I am the biggest concert geek...I actually keep a tally of who I have seen and how many times I've seen them.

Metallica - 4 (seeing them again on Sunday!)
Slayer - 7
Black Label Society - 5
Black Sabbath - 4
In Flames - 5
Soilwork - 4
Dying Fetus - 4
Misery Index - 5
Goatwhore - 4
Hypocrisy - 4
Children of Bodom - 6
Behemoth - 8
Withered - 12
Dimmu Borgir - 6
Lamb of God - 4
Devil Driver - 4
Cannibal Corpse - 5
Legions of Astaroth - 4
Daath - 4
Napalm Death - 6
Krisiun - 4

there are countless others I have seen 2 or 3 times...I'm not listing those because this list would be really long so I only put who I have seen at least 4 times!

In case you were wondering, I have seen 474 bands...

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.01.2009 at 18:21

OKy try to beat me with Metallica between 1983 and 1992/3 I saw them live 25 times during that period of time.

wow...I was still alittle kid back then but at least you got to see them in their glory days and with Cliff!

Written by Warman on 04.01.2009 at 19:10

Månegarm (both times during the same week)

I am so jealous! I freakin love that band but they haven't come here yet. There's alot of folk-ish metal bands I haven't seen yet...I few of them are finally coming through my city in November yay!

My records is once for every band so far (14 of them if i count right)

Written by MetallicA on 01.10.2009 at 03:45

Holy crap...I am the biggest concert geek...I actually keep a tally of who I have seen and how many times I've seen them.
[...]
In case you were wondering, I have seen 474 bands...

You're not the only geek who keeps a tally. So far I've seen a total of 577 performances at 63 concerts and 29 festivals by 407 different bands (gonna make that a 411 tomorrow). The bands I've seen most often are:

7 times: Thorn.Eleven (local alt. rock band)
6 times: Ensiferum, Primordial
5 times: Korpiklaani, Letzte Instanz, Wolfchant
4 times: Amon Amarth, Dornenreich, Dreamreaver (another local band), Eluveitie, Equilibrium, Finntroll, Finsterforst, Fjoergyn, Gernotshagen, Negură Bunget, SuidAkrA, Týr