Bruce Dickinson is the great singer.Iron Maiden is the best live band

Once you see King Diamond on stage, every other concerts are laughful, he is real showmaster and I will never forget his show in Belgrade

Well guys i had the oportunity to see Mike Patton in Greece two years before. I cant express with simple words what happened. Best of the Best. Also Arcturus is a band one of a kind:banger:

sry for my poor english:P

sadly I cant name one, 'cause I haven't been in any concert yet , but if this count, I'll talk about the LIVE DVD's of the bands; I will say metallica is great on stage along with iron maiden and pantera, these are the bands I like to watch on dvd, they keep me entertained ; James is a great frontman, plus the energy of the rest of the band is awesome, electric and explosive, and so is Bruce Dickinson, and anselmo used to be a great frontman for pantera; it looks like they are great live performers

Written by Gothya on 19.01.2007 at 19:57

sadly I cant name one, 'cause I haven't been in any concert yet , but if this count, I'll talk about the LIVE DVD's of the bands; I will say metallica is great on stage along with iron maiden and pantera, these are the bands I like to watch on dvd, they keep me entertained ; James is a great frontman, plus the energy of the rest of the band is awesome, electric and explosive, and so is Bruce Dickinson, and anselmo used to be a great frontman for pantera; it looks like they are great live performers

I can,t say anything about Pantera, but Iron Maiden and Metallica are great. I Don't like metallica much but on scene they are really great, Iron Maiden is much better, they are really biggest live band, after King Diamond of cause, maybe Mercyful Fate, but I never wathed'em

Well I have seem many bands live over the years but nothing beats my first live show. It was a Mayhem concert many many years back but I was quite young then (had to actually gate crash then lol). Anyways there was nothing like it with pigs heads, rotting clothes filled with decayed stuff, flesh, bones and an evil blood spattered atmosphere. It was rather like a war of some sort than anything else. It was so long back that I can't even remember which songs they were playing. I remember yelling "Dead is God" while Maniac was actually doing the vocals I think. However it changed to something like "God is Dead" once everyone else joined in lol. Anyways it was absolutely killer. Went home drenched in booze and blood jumped into some mud before entering the house and said that we were playing football lol. Nothing like that concert after that...

Written by Himann on 21.01.2007 at 14:35

Well I have seem many bands live over the years but nothing beats my first live show. It was a Mayhem concert many many years back but I was quite young then (had to actually gate crash then lol). Anyways there was nothing like it with pigs heads, rotting clothes filled with decayed stuff, flesh, bones and an evil blood spattered atmosphere. It was rather like a war of some sort than anything else. It was so long back that I can't even remember which songs they were playing. I remember yelling "Dead is God" while Maniac was actually doing the vocals I think. However it changed to something like "God is Dead" once everyone else joined in lol. Anyways it was absolutely killer. Went home drenched in booze and blood jumped into some mud before entering the house and said that we were playing football lol. Nothing like that concert after that...

Wow, sounds like a great experiance. Need more rotten meat at live shows in my opinion.

Written by [user id=5394] on 21.01.2007 at 23:46

Written by Himann on 21.01.2007 at 14:35

Well I have seem many bands live over the years but nothing beats my first live show. It was a Mayhem concert many many years back but I was quite young then (had to actually gate crash then lol). Anyways there was nothing like it with pigs heads, rotting clothes filled with decayed stuff, flesh, bones and an evil blood spattered atmosphere. It was rather like a war of some sort than anything else. It was so long back that I can't even remember which songs they were playing. I remember yelling "Dead is God" while Maniac was actually doing the vocals I think. However it changed to something like "God is Dead" once everyone else joined in lol. Anyways it was absolutely killer. Went home drenched in booze and blood jumped into some mud before entering the house and said that we were playing football lol. Nothing like that concert after that...

Wow, sounds like a great experiance. Need more rotten meat at live shows in my opinion.

Yep definitely. This is one reason why the current Black Metal scene is not as good as those days. After seeing shows like that, just wish I could go back somehow. I doubt Mayhem do that kind of thing anymore though (sadly)..

Written by Himann on 23.01.2007 at 16:25

Yep definitely. This is one reason why the current Black Metal scene is not as good as those days. After seeing shows like that, just wish I could go back somehow. I doubt Mayhem do that kind of thing anymore though (sadly)..

Mayhem did not to long ago at "Gates of Metal Festival in sweden" where they used SHITLOADS of rotten pigmeat etc. The incident really caused a fuss in sweden. So atleast Mayhem try to keep their liveshows true. Check out the pics here:
http://www.gatesofmetal.se/arkiv/default.asp?p=images&folder=Mayhem06#

A friend of my was there (I wasent there though, I was at wacken the same time ) and he said the show was awesome.

Haha, I remember that Mayhem show, read everything about it. Our nice little country got really upset, at least the newspapers did the whole thing to something bigger than it really was. But one critic said that the show was ordinary Mayhem, a little boring though he thought.

Written by Warman on 23.01.2007 at 17:45

Haha, I remember that Mayhem show, read everything about it. Our nice little country got really upset, at least the newspapers did the whole thing to something bigger than it really was. But one critic said that the show was ordinary Mayhem, a little boring though he thought.

The only reason he thought it was boring was that that he didnt enjoy mayhems older songs, and the setlist was almost entierly of deathcrush and so on.

Written by [user id=5394] on 23.01.2007 at 18:02

Written by Warman on 23.01.2007 at 17:45

Haha, I remember that Mayhem show, read everything about it. Our nice little country got really upset, at least the newspapers did the whole thing to something bigger than it really was. But one critic said that the show was ordinary Mayhem, a little boring though he thought.

The only reason he thought it was boring was that that he didnt enjoy mayhems older songs, and the setlist was almost entierly of deathcrush and so on.

Well anything like old school Mayhem is killer and Deathcrush has some amazing stuff.. I dont know I mean Sweeden has its own share of Black Metal bands all of which are bound to do something crazy now and then. I guess the press are all goody-two-shoes pop fans lol..

Written by [user id=5394] on 23.01.2007 at 17:38


Mayhem did not to long ago at "Gates of Metal Festival in sweden" where they used SHITLOADS of rotten pigmeat etc. The incident really caused a fuss in sweden. So atleast Mayhem try to keep their liveshows true. Check out the pics here:
http://www.gatesofmetal.se/arkiv/default.asp?p=images&folder=Mayhem06#

A friend of my was there (I wasent there though, I was at wacken the same time ) and he said the show was awesome.

Hehe just checked out the pics. Is it Maniac or Attila under all that mess lol. Can barely recognize anything. Typical Mayhem I guess lol. How was Wacken?

It was atila on vocals. And wacken was the best time of my life yet. Hope to surpass it this year .

And about sweden having extreme BM acts: Well they only bands that seem to be very extreme from sweden live seems to be Watain and Shining. And would the press even know what that is...

What about bands like Becksvart, Pest, Blut, Silencer, Blutgeist, Devourer, Dunkel/Dimhym. Also there are a few new bands. I guess not many of them play live? How about Shining anyway?

Written by Himann on 23.01.2007 at 20:58

What about bands like Becksvart, Pest, Blut, Silencer, Blutgeist, Devourer, Dunkel/Dimhym. Also there are a few new bands. I guess not many of them play live? How about Shining anyway?

Well basicly no bands perform anything above the normal BM stuff other than Shining and Watain.

Watain does the stuff with shitloads of blood and the usual bio-waste.

While Shining goes for extreme self mutilation from the frontman. During 4 of the 10 shows shining played on their razors across europe tour the gig was aborted and the frontman carried to a hospital. Now that is entertainment ^^.

I am yet to see any of the bands live but I really want to see them especially Shining. Sadly I cannot go to their gig that is going to be recorded and released on DvD in halmstad (aprox 1 hour from me) because the trains stop going back to my area at 22:00. It really pisses me off since I really want to see them, and ofcourse I have no drivers license... and there are basicly no BM fans in this area anyway so getting someone to drive me is also impossible.

Written by [user id=5394] on 23.01.2007 at 21:16

Written by Himann on 23.01.2007 at 20:58

What about bands like Becksvart, Pest, Blut, Silencer, Blutgeist, Devourer, Dunkel/Dimhym. Also there are a few new bands. I guess not many of them play live? How about Shining anyway?

Well basicly no bands perform anything above the normal BM stuff other than Shining and Watain.

Watain does the stuff with shitloads of blood and the usual bio-waste.

While Shining goes for extreme self mutilation from the frontman. During 4 of the 10 shows shining played on their razors across europe tour the gig was aborted and the frontman carried to a hospital. Now that is entertainment ^^.

I am yet to see any of the bands live but I really want to see them especially Shining. Sadly I cannot go to their gig that is going to be recorded and released on DvD in halmstad (aprox 1 hour from me) because the trains stop going back to my area at 22:00. It really pisses me off since I really want to see them, and ofcourse I have no drivers license... and there are basicly no BM fans in this area anyway so getting someone to drive me is also impossible.

Thats really bad news. I would have given a limb and a half to see them myself lol. Can't you perhaps stay over there till morning or something? Some kind of bus service??

Written by Himann on 23.01.2007 at 23:07

Thats really bad news. I would have given a limb and a half to see them myself lol. Can't you perhaps stay over there till morning or something? Some kind of bus service??

Well I checked thoose things out and there only seems to be hotels (wich require you to be 18+). Or I could sleep on a bench (oh yeah!) on the trainstation for 11 hours. Oh And the trainstaition is such a small one that it is not "inside". so I would probably freeze to death. It sucks being 17, one year before I can drive a frickin car or rest at a hotel. Gosh...

By the way, lets get back on topic. Looks like I am getting good at offtopicing at the moment.. If you want to continue the conversation please PM. Otherwise lets finish it off.

On topic I would mention that the best live bands I have seen yet is:

Emperor and Iron Maiden. Emperor because of the incredible atmosphere created in the audiance, everybody sang along with their hearts full content on basicly all songs. And when they played "With Streanght I Burn" the crowd was so into it that the experiance was ultimate!

I say Iron Maiden also, because they used shitloads of requisite with style and class. And lets not forget Bruce and all the other wonderful bandmembers tight execusion of some of the best Heavy metal songs ever written. Top class!

Written by [user id=5394] on 23.01.2007 at 23:21

Well I checked thoose things out and there only seems to be hotels (wich require you to be 18+). Or I could sleep on a bench (oh yeah!) on the trainstation for 11 hours. Oh And the trainstaition is such a small one that it is not "inside". so I would probably freeze to death.

Well at least you'll die happily lol. You could always try borrowing a car and paying for the gas but i guess thats easier said than done. Looks like its hard luck..

Written by Himann on 23.01.2007 at 23:37

Written by [user id=5394] on 23.01.2007 at 23:21

Well I checked thoose things out and there only seems to be hotels (wich require you to be 18+). Or I could sleep on a bench (oh yeah!) on the trainstation for 11 hours. Oh And the trainstaition is such a small one that it is not "inside". so I would probably freeze to death.

Well at least you'll die happily lol. You could always try borrowing a car and paying for the gas but i guess thats easier said than done. Looks like its hard luck..

As I said, I cant borrow a car since I happen to be a year to young to enjoy life.

Bleh, sorry for not following the stream of your discussion .

But, IMO Rammstein is one of the best bands live. Unfortunately i cant see them live myself, but i have the DVDs and things that allow me to say they are REALLY great live. And id like to have your opinion about that .

I don't like Rammstein very much but I also saw DVD and it is impressive with all those fire works and staff, I am only asking what if ssomething go wrong? They would burned like Christmass trees in my country after new year

Sebastien Bach, ex-skid row lead singer, still has an amazing voice and such a great stage presence and high energy as fuck.

I haven't seen any of the bands outside my country live (sadly), but on the basis of performance I choose Dark Funeral.
Their gig list is indeed quite long and they really have giiven a lot of concerts, and their live sound and performance is also quite special and good. They have the same level of speed and aggression in their live songs as well (like in their studio recorded songs). The band members seem to be tireless they indeed are one of the best live bands ever!

Live performances from Moonspell are very good, because Fernando has a good and powerful voice...

I have a lot of nominees from different genres for the best live bands thread.But the one i most adore is Testament.No metal head should die without watching them.And second one iron madien i have nothing to add:up the irons!!!!

I say Children of Bodom is best live, but I'm a big Behemoth fan, and I'm finally gonna get to see them live, so my view may just change

For me it would be Opeth, Mikael is quite a funny guy. Although I could imagine people getting bored with the lame jokes lol. Also I like Mendez' constant swinging with the head. Lastly, imho, they create the best music ever and perform it very well on stage!

@human error i agree rammstein is a really good live band, with the insane pyro's and stuff(i saw a concert at one of the mtv awards some time ago, and i saw there were some guys with masks breathing fire on "feuer frei" it was fucking INSANE)

also blind guardian, as i have heard(and will know for sure, lol since they're coming to town in may) are really good live, with all the singalongs and hansi kursch's humouros chat with the crowd.

iron maiden is one of the best acts live because they are all very skilled musicians