MEGADETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RustyCage]

Did anyone go? I'll post more when I can think straight, but damn, best show i have ever been to. Im still buzzing now.

[Dog_ger]

Have not heard of these guys for ages......

Make us up to date PAFC......

[southee]

Saw them back in 1991 in the "Rust in Peace" tour.

Still one of the greatest shows I have seen. Unfortunatly I could not go due to other commitments.

Must have been awesome PAFC. They know how to give the fans value for the $$$$

[MatteeG]

pafc- have to agree, had a ball!

How good/funny was the circle-pit during Devildriver?!

And Megadeth played as tightly* as anyone I've seen live. How good was the Holy Wars/Four Horsemen/The punishment due finale??

[RustyCage]

pafc- have to agree, had a ball!

How good/funny was the circle-pit during Devildriver?!

And Megadeth played as tightly* as anyone I've seen live. How good was the Holy Wars/Four Horsemen/The punishment due finale??

Agreed MatteeG, Megadeth were definately very tight. Even A Tout Le Monde sounded really good, and that Christina from Lacuna Coil is a fair unit.

Once In My Darkest Hour started I went down in the mosh pit. Was crazy in there, but people looked after each other. Im 5 foot not much and I got absolutely pummeled in there! The songs from United Abominations were as good as any from the Rust In Peace era. Peace Sells sounded really powerful, and it was interesting to see the Drover brothers half swap instruments half way through. Tornado of Souls was the highlight for me, love that song. The Holy Wars/Mechanix/The Punishment is Due combo sounded awsome, dispite me stuffing up and singing the chorus to the Four Horsemen! There were a few complaints from people after the show about the poor sound quality, but it didn't really bother me.

Interesting to note that of the three Gigantour shows in Australia so far, Adelaide is the only one where Megadeth have got through their full set. In Perth Static X took so long to pack their gear up after their set that Megadeth had to cut In My Darkest Hour off the set, and in Melbourne they had to cut The mechanix out.

Vids from the Adelaide show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzeekPRAbg0- A Tout Le Monde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGCYnE_f6ao - Tornado of Souls (great vid)

Setlist:
Sleepwalker
Take No Prisoners
Wake Up Dead
Hangar 18
Gears Of War
A Tout Le Monde (with Cristina Scabbia)
In My Darkest Hour
Ashes In Your Mouth
Washington Is Next
Tornado Of Souls
Symphony Of Destruction
Peace Sells - EXT.
Burnt Ice
Holy Wars/Mechanix

Devil Driver were very good. Very heavy and the singer knew how to work the crowd. Was funny to hear just before the circle mosh him saying this isn't emo screamo type crap, you need to look after each other, if people fall down, pick them up. Here is a vid of the circle mosh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ej3OokEdQ from the Adelaide show. Got the crown really fired up.

I dont know what to make of Static X. They sounded really good, but they are what I hate about metal these days, just tune the guitars down, have them really distorted, repeat the riffs over and over, and jump around a bit. I like the thrash stuff better.

Only saw a couple of Lacuna Coil songs but they were a lot better than I thought. Even their Depeche Mode cover sounded really heavy. Christina has a really good voice. I think they can do away with the guy who looked like he should have been in Nickelback, who just sang a bit in the choruses.

Overall, Id have to say it was up there with the best gigs I have ever been to. I was still pumped up from it today, and was thinking about it today, even though I was going to see Muse tonight. I had waited about 17 years to see megadeth and they didn't disappoint at all.

[RustyCage]

For those of you who dont know that the singer from Lacuna Coil looks like, she has been voted one of the hottest females in metal for a few years in a row now.



She is the one in the red in this photo:


She is only tiny, roughly 5"5