Last night I went to the Blender Theater at Gramercy for a concert that ended up being a fucking joke. I got there as Divine Heresy was playing and I liked their sound and energy. But, when Terror came on…fuck that shit. Lame, immature, self-absorbed bullshit. They had some good moments, but the whole mentality of their music and personality is like being at an all-ages hardcore show when I was fifteen. I’ve moved on from that lame “Oh I’m so downtrodden, such an underdog. Everything’s a struggle” shit, why can’t they? They’re just as old as I am.

Mainly, I came for Kataklysm. I’d really liked their album, “In the Arms of Devastation“. I figured it would be some super crazy shit, but I have to say I was disappointed. In one sense, they played pretty much all the songs I wanted to hear and played them well, but the sound was flat. It kind of seemed liked they were air-guitaring over their music being piped through speakers - which they totally weren’t, but that’s what I mean by flat sounding. The other thing was their presence, or lack of. They’re kind of boring. Their albums have some really killer riffs and I’d hoped they’d really put some fucking intensity into them, since they were playing live, but they didn’t. They just kinda did their thing. They’re a great band, but I think I’ll pass on seeing them live again.

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