Amazing show but was too tired for Trivium
by A. Q. on 2022-10-26Rating: 5 out of 5This was my first metal show. I waited for a while in line, I showed up early to get a good seat. The opening band was good, they looked like Metalica in 1990. Then it was Whitechapel and the sound test got everyone hyped up. They tested the kick drum and it was so loud and sounded so good. It was like sitting inside of the kick drum. It took the air out of you when it played. The entire concert had great sound, just the right volume and mix. Maybe a little bit too much rumbly bass from bass guitar but other than that sounded perfect. The venue was great, although pretty tough to get there and back from Union Station in Toronto.
The crowd was wild during all the bands. At first I had a really close up spot but I decided to go further back go to the moshpit. The moshpit was wild, people were jumping and going crazy for the entire show. I made friends in that moshpit, like 10 friends. If you fell in the moshpit, at least 2 people would run to help you out as fast as possible. There were people kind of overseeing the safety of the pit. Making sure everyone is okay. There was a fight about to break out but Matt Heafy saw it and told them to seperate, those guys were right next to me and for a second Matt was looking at me and I made a funny face!
BTBAM was who I was there for. Dustie Waring could have shown some more energy and I wish they would have played another song off Colors (my fave album by them)(they only played Sun of Nothing) but their show was great, a good moshpit for most of the show and the lighting was great. It was different shades of white until certain special moments it went pink and blue and other colours. The crowd was dancing, dancing not anything else like slow dancing to the quiet parts of BTBAM which was super fun.
Incredible show, next time I'll have a big meal before it, I was hungry at 5PM and the show went until 11:30 or so. I was exhausted, thirsty, hungry, and I couldn't really fully enjoy Trivium because of that.
Next time I'll bring a sealed water bottle (I think you can take those in?), I'll have food before and some sort of caffeine. Also I learned you can't mosh with a backpack, my sunglasses broke :(
Overall, fire concert! 12/10. That was exactly what you want from a metal concert, exactly what I hoped it would be like. Will see them next time and bring more of my friends, I can convert them to metal! P.S. The concert smelled like weed, sweat, beer, and ass.