Coming Friday I am seeing Forsaken, Officium Triste, Akelei

and the tally for thos bands after that day will be:

Akelei 6
Officium Triste 5 (yes only 5 times and the first time was 2 years ago believe it or not )
Forsaken 2

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.11.2009 at 19:18

Coming Friday I am seeing Forsaken, Officium Triste, Akelei

and the tally for thos bands after that day will be:

Akelei 6
Officium Triste 5 (yes only 5 times and the first time was 2 years ago believe it or not )
Forsaken 2

Do you ever get tired of the bands? lol

Written by BloodTears on 13.11.2009 at 20:52

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.11.2009 at 19:18

Coming Friday I am seeing Forsaken, Officium Triste, Akelei

and the tally for thos bands after that day will be:

Akelei 6
Officium Triste 5 (yes only 5 times and the first time was 2 years ago believe it or not )
Forsaken 2

Do you ever get tired of the bands? lol

There are so many bands I have seen more than 5 times. And usually I don't get tired of them.
Like with Faal and Akelei I saw there very first ever gigs so then it's nice to see how a band gorws on stage.

My record is Symphony X... 3 times, same venue, all within a two year period. I'm hoping to make it 4 or 5 by the end of next year...

Metal - Slayer - five times, including the "Live Intrusion" show on the Divine Intervention tour.

non-metal - The Vandals - eight or nine times over the last 14 years. always a fun time.

Clutch- over a dozen times throughout the years... I've honestly lost count
Slayer- 5 times
Black Label Society- 7 times
The Haunted- 4 times
In Flames- 3 times
Dark Tranquillity- 3 times
Iced Earth- 3 times (twice with Owens, once with Barlow)
Amon Amarth- 3 times
Arch Enemy- 2 times
Testament- 2 times

Plus a whole hell of a lot of other bands I've seen more than once... can't remember all of them right now

Cannibal Corpse - 4 times
Megadeth - 4 times
Moonspell - more than 8 times ( I can't really tell)
Heavenwood - 5 times or so

Pantera - 5 times (Damage Plan - 1)
Ozzy at too many Ozzfests...
Slayer - 3 times
Slipknot - 3 times
White/Rob Zombie - 3
Shadows Fall - 2
Cannibal Corpse - 2
Dying Fetus - 2
Deftones - 2
Coal Chamber - 2
Soulfly - 2
Too many others seen one or two times that I need to see again, and too many that I don't ever need to see again... Like The Faceless

My numbers are better now, some additions:

Dream theater - twice
Porcupine Tree - twice

My personal record is Iron Maiden, which i've seen 4 times now. On 2008 I followed them through all the mexican tour dates, even sold my guitar for actually going. Saw them at Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City... the first two are about 6 to 8 hours from where i live. On Guadalajara i actually won a fanclub contest in which a friend and I got up the stage with them during Heaven Can Wait, it was crazy.

The only bad thing is that it was always the same tour... never seen a Maiden show apart from the "Somewhere back in time" tour.

Going on the sixth time to go see opeth...

The only band I've seen more than once is Goatwhore, twice. I'll be seeing them for the third and fourth time very soon though.

I've seen Iron Maiden ten times.

Not everyone will enjoy this message: I could 've seen Iron Maiden at least 5 times at Graspop but for some reason I never saw their show.

Written by Koen Smits on 09.02.2010 at 20:08

Not everyone will enjoy this message: I could 've seen Iron Maiden at least 5 times at Graspop but for some reason I never saw their show.

Actually I think this is one of the best messages ever. And NO I am not joking. I have have seen them twice and the foirst time they were okay and the second time it was more of the same... it is clear you didn't miss much

Arch Enemy-3 times
Children Of Bodom-3 times
Cradle Of Filth-3 times
Ensiferum-2 times
Iron Maiden-2 times
Nightwish-2 times
Belphegor-2 times (Awesome and total destruction!)
Megadeth-2 times
Dream Theater-2 times
Gamma Ray-2 times
Stratovarius-2 times
Symphony X-2 times

Updated list:

Iron Maiden x5

In Flames x4

Deathstars x3
Opeth x3

Children of Bodom x2
Dream Theater x2
Månegarm x2
The Ugly x2

Nothing major though.

Tyr is the band I have seen live the most. So far its twice. I hope to see them again soon, but the last time they came here they skipped colorado

Cradle Of Filth x5
Opeth x4

Despite how much I love a band I will only tend to see them if they are touring a new album or doing a special show (ie playing an album in it's entirety or something like that)

Iron Maiden - x2 (Feb. 22/2008, Feb. 25/2009)
Rata Blanca - x2 (Aug. 19/2006, Nov. 24/2007)
Therion - x1 (Oct. 13/2007)
Megadeth - x1 (Jun. 21/2008)
Cannibal Corpse - x1 (Feb. 12/2010)
AC/DC - x1 (Nov. 15/2009)

Written by Autumn Twilight on 12.02.2010 at 13:37

Cradle Of Filth x5
Opeth x4

Despite how much I love a band I will only tend to see them if they are touring a new album or doing a special show (ie playing an album in it's entirety or something like that)

Did you go to Opeth's show in London?

Black Sabbath (original line up) x 2
Heaven & Hell x2
Iron Maiden x3
Judas priest x3
Manowar x4
Candlemass x3
Saxon x4
Therion x3
Paradise Lost x4
Wasp x3
Whitesnake x4

many others x2 but most favorites: Riot, Rage, Dimmu Borgir, Manilla Road, Morbid Angel, Omen, Slayer, Queensryche, Hawkwind

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.

in how many of those performances do you remember anything aside from entering the venue and drinking lots of booze? lol

Written by Valentin B on 10.04.2010 at 23:15

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.

in how many of those performances do you remember anything aside from entering the venue and drinking lots of booze? lol

A lot. Remember I only started drinking beer and other alcohol in 1988

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.04.2010 at 09:47

Written by Valentin B on 10.04.2010 at 23:15

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.

in how many of those performances do you remember anything aside from entering the venue and drinking lots of booze? lol

A lot. Remember I only started drinking beer and other alcohol in 1988

so you were straight edge until you were 20??? that sounds so un-marcel-like hahah

Written by Valentin B on 11.04.2010 at 09:49

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.04.2010 at 09:47

Written by Valentin B on 10.04.2010 at 23:15

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.

in how many of those performances do you remember anything aside from entering the venue and drinking lots of booze? lol

A lot. Remember I only started drinking beer and other alcohol in 1988

so you were straight edge until you were 20??? that sounds so un-marcel-like hahah

No not straight edge, just didn't drink alcohol. Remember straight-edge is also being a vegan and no sex before marriage.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.04.2010 at 10:03

No not straight edge, just didn't drink alcohol. Remember straight-edge is also being a vegan and no sex before marriage.

ah shit i forgot those two things. anyway what would you say was their best gig you ever saw?(not joking here, i'm really curious.. you must be the only guy in the world who isn't a fanboy but saw Metallica more than 20 times)

Written by Valentin B on 11.04.2010 at 10:24


ah shit i forgot those two things. anyway what would you say was their best gig you ever saw?(not joking here, i'm really curious.. you must be the only guy in the world who isn't a fanboy but saw Metallica more than 20 times)

The best gig in my ind was the first time I saw them (which happened to be the first time they ever played Europe). But of course that could also be due to the extreme impact the gig had. They had just finished recording Ride The Lightning at that stage and played For Whom The Bell Tolls (which of course no-one had ever heard before). They blew Venom (the main act of that day) right off the stage. But then again Venom live was always crap

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.04.2010 at 13:18

Written by Valentin B on 11.04.2010 at 10:24


ah shit i forgot those two things. anyway what would you say was their best gig you ever saw?(not joking here, i'm really curious.. you must be the only guy in the world who isn't a fanboy but saw Metallica more than 20 times)

The best gig in my ind was the first time I saw them (which happened to be the first time they ever played Europe). But of course that could also be due to the extreme impact the gig had. They had just finished recording Ride The Lightning at that stage and played For Whom The Bell Tolls (which of course no-one had ever heard before). They blew Venom (the main act of that day) right off the stage. But then again Venom live was always crap

holy shit, that must have been fucking epic. i know that many bands like Priest or Sabbath have had the surprise of getting incredibly good feedback for songs they didn't expect(like Paranoid and You Got Another Thing Comin'). i know it's too much to ask, but do you remember if Hetfield was something like "ok, so, this is a new song, don't throw tomatoes" and after finishing it and seeing everyone being crazy as fuck, he said "well, we didn't expect this reaction, glad you love it"?

oh yeah and outperforming Venom is really nothing to brag about anyway Venom seems to me like a band founded not quite on music, but mostly on attitude and having tons of drunken fun, so i guess Dragonforce and Airbourne would be their prime competitors(which Venom absolutely destroys in every aspect).

I have seen a lot of bands more than once but, the one I have seen the most is KISS, seen them 18 times and probably next is Iron Maiden at 9 times.
Seen Motley Crue 5 times, Queensryche 5 times, Judas Priest 2 times, Dio 6 times, Ozzy 6 times, Scorpions 4 times and W.A.S.P. 5 times. That is all I can think of right now but, I know there is more....