Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy, Amsterdam - Metal-R.US

herrieman

Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy, Melkweg Amsterdam, February 17th

Hjalmar is a man, quite a bit younger than me, that I have known for quite some time. He thinks it is cool to hang out with me, and I am fine with that. One day in November we met in the train (again) and he told me he thought it would be cool to go to a show together. I said yes before he told me he would love to see Lamb of God once. Fine, I thought. Tickets were purchased (only € 18, so financially I had no real reason to turn his offer down. Last week we called to make an appointment. The show would begin at 7.30 PM and it was on a week day, so I came from work to Leidseplein to meet. In the meantime I had checked the Melkweg site, I had seen the requests for tickets for this show were longer than the whole Melkweg agenda!

Selling my ticket would mean big money for me, but I won't like to see the disappointment in Hjalmar's eyes for not hanging out with me. Plus, yeah, it was quite some time ago I had visited a sold out Melkweg show. Lovely.

We met, agreed to eat Greek, and returned to Melkweg. Again, why the hell mention 7.30 start of gig when the first band was to appear at 7.15? I don't really know Between the Buried and Me (just like I don't exactly know Job for a Cowboy, Lamb of God

) but their combination of screamy death metal with Opeth-esque, 'seventies' and nearly jazzy tunes seemed interesting enough. OK for a starter band, I thought, but don't let the jazzy parts take too long... The fact that the volume wasn't that great either did not exactly help.

We stood at the balcony as the floor in front of stage was totally packed. I don't know August Burns Red and I am going to keep it that way. What a boring, predictable piece of metalcore! The volume was screeching loud but sounded like pig slaughter. Somehow I was bored within two or three songs, but the audience went totally nuts. I must be getting old or something. I felt like a chaperone on a high school party... That feeling only expanded when Job for a Cowboy entered the stage. All they did was try to flash me away with their 10,000 Watt stroboscope lights and ear deafening screamo. All I heard was a drummer that was fast but not tight and a singer with a severe form of eusophagus deformation. "A Kingdom for a Six Feet Under song!" I yelled after three songs... Why don't bands realize stroboscopes can surely drain me of all my energy I just got from my Souvlaki meal? These last two bands made me feel like a ninety two year old fart.

But, not all is lost, there is still Lamb of God to watch. Sure, I had seen them three times last 15 months, but that was only on festivals. Hjalmar had never seen them and to be honest I wanted to know if a LoG show in a small venue would be anything different than on a festival. In the meantime I spotted David and Tim of Spewpipe seriously enjoying themselves. During the first songs I noticed the sound had improved a lot, this was actually pretty good! Singer Randy Blythe totally freaked out, thanking the audience nearly after every song, but the rest of the band was totally static. From the first song there was a violent pit from stage to PA, sometimes even on the balcony there was thumping movement. Some stupid neo-nazi prick surely wasn't there for the music, but he was corrected by the pit and later removed from the venue when he started a fight. Notice, fight. Asshole. My compliments to the security staff for keeping the good spirit of the crowd intact. The band just moved on, totally squeezing every last drop of sweat out of the raging pit, especially during the few songs I recognize (Walk With Me in Hell, Now You Got Something to Die For and Ashes of the Wake). Total madness in the hall. But, as was tired already, with the help from the stroboscope and the nice second and third band, I decided to leave before the show was over. I was happy Hjalmar understood why we left earlier, not even needed to explain. I had worked, the lights tired me, I don't really know Lamb of God and it was my fourth LoG show in relatively short period. My car was still at the office so we took the subway back to Amsterdam Amstel station and I brought Hjalmar home. A short night later I still had the energy to discuss priorities at work, that surprised even me

All and all, should I have cashed in on the LoG ticket? No. I will always enjoy seeing bands I have never seen before, even though I really, really hated ABR and JfaC. I probably won't buy any BtBaM stuff, but the purchase of some LoG album was valid. Seeing a crowd go nuts is always a pleasure to me. With bands like ABR and JfaC you don't need a sound engineer, these guys are lost anyway. Lamb of God shows in a small venue are different that big festival appearances, it's more intimate and band and fans enjoy it more.

Oni

I can only tolerate so much of Lamb of god...but they usually play a pretty damn good show.

X5452

I do enjoy Lamb of God (preferably older stuff), but the other bands are totally useless if you ask me

I wanted to go to this show as well but it was sold out, looks like I didnt miss much cuz I didnt know what the support acts were =P

Amok

I'd like to go to a LoG show just to see a nice, violent pit, then leave. I just love the look of a few hundred people going absolutely crazy.

herrieman

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Originally Posted by Amok

I'd like to go to a LoG show just to see a nice, violent pit, then leave. I just love the look of a few hundred people going absolutely crazy.

my point too. I have seen bands on festivals that could not make a dent in a package of butter, but slayed indoor. And vice versa.

I have seen persons point at their heads when I showed them, let's say, the huge DevilDriver-circle pit, but I don't care. I enjoy a good pit. Circle or not.

KISSandCooper

I love lamb of god!!!!

Lemjur

Yeah man!

Nice piece of writing, and I did enjoy that good night out with Uncle Herman

Ryukin

i have seen LoG about 4 times just becuase they always play with people i want to see. ie opeth, slayer, etc...

in any case they sound worse every time i see them. the guitars are too quiet, the drums have no attack, all i can hear is bass and cymbals and some irritating vocals. these problems were minor the first time i saw them in like '03 but by '06 it was total mud. i couldnt tell the songs apart.

herrieman

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Originally Posted by Lemjur

Yeah man!

Nice piece of writing, and I did enjoy that good night out with Uncle Herman

hee Hjalmar, great you joined the ranks of MRU

Frank

`` Again, why the hell mention 7.30 start of gig when the first band was to appear at 7.15? ``

the melkweg always fucks up the schedules.
i missed Amon Amarth alsmost completely the last time because they didnt start at 9:00 but 8:00.

do you remeber the time that you called me to ask me witch day it was Herrie?
i dont remember witch band should perform there but you were standing with your ticket in your hand before the gates of melkweg and the place was closed!!!

herrieman

Airbourne - December 24th 2008,
One Man Army &TUQ supporting Children of Boredom and Ektobarf, January 2006,
Paganfest 2010...
that shit happens so often..

herrieman Highway to Hell MRU Donor Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Westwoud, Holland Posts: 8,632 Images: 57 Horns up: 434 Horns up 307 times in 252 posts	Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy, Amsterdam Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy, Melkweg Amsterdam, February 17th Hjalmar is a man, quite a bit younger than me, that I have known for quite some time. He thinks it is cool to hang out with me, and I am fine with that. One day in November we met in the train (again) and he told me he thought it would be cool to go to a show together. I said yes before he told me he would love to see Lamb of God once. Fine, I thought. Tickets were purchased (only € 18, so financially I had no real reason to turn his offer down. Last week we called to make an appointment. The show would begin at 7.30 PM and it was on a week day, so I came from work to Leidseplein to meet. In the meantime I had checked the Melkweg site, I had seen the requests for tickets for this show were longer than the whole Melkweg agenda! Selling my ticket would mean big money for me, but I won't like to see the disappointment in Hjalmar's eyes for not hanging out with me. Plus, yeah, it was quite some time ago I had visited a sold out Melkweg show. Lovely. We met, agreed to eat Greek, and returned to Melkweg. Again, why the hell mention 7.30 start of gig when the first band was to appear at 7.15? I don't really know Between the Buried and Me (just like I don't exactly know Job for a Cowboy, Lamb of God ) but their combination of screamy death metal with Opeth-esque, 'seventies' and nearly jazzy tunes seemed interesting enough. OK for a starter band, I thought, but don't let the jazzy parts take too long... The fact that the volume wasn't that great either did not exactly help. We stood at the balcony as the floor in front of stage was totally packed. I don't know August Burns Red and I am going to keep it that way. What a boring, predictable piece of metalcore! The volume was screeching loud but sounded like pig slaughter. Somehow I was bored within two or three songs, but the audience went totally nuts. I must be getting old or something. I felt like a chaperone on a high school party... That feeling only expanded when Job for a Cowboy entered the stage. All they did was try to flash me away with their 10,000 Watt stroboscope lights and ear deafening screamo. All I heard was a drummer that was fast but not tight and a singer with a severe form of eusophagus deformation. "A Kingdom for a Six Feet Under song!" I yelled after three songs... Why don't bands realize stroboscopes can surely drain me of all my energy I just got from my Souvlaki meal? These last two bands made me feel like a ninety two year old fart. But, not all is lost, there is still Lamb of God to watch. Sure, I had seen them three times last 15 months, but that was only on festivals. Hjalmar had never seen them and to be honest I wanted to know if a LoG show in a small venue would be anything different than on a festival. In the meantime I spotted David and Tim of Spewpipe seriously enjoying themselves. During the first songs I noticed the sound had improved a lot, this was actually pretty good! Singer Randy Blythe totally freaked out, thanking the audience nearly after every song, but the rest of the band was totally static. From the first song there was a violent pit from stage to PA, sometimes even on the balcony there was thumping movement. Some stupid neo-nazi prick surely wasn't there for the music, but he was corrected by the pit and later removed from the venue when he started a fight. Notice, fight. Asshole. My compliments to the security staff for keeping the good spirit of the crowd intact. The band just moved on, totally squeezing every last drop of sweat out of the raging pit, especially during the few songs I recognize (Walk With Me in Hell, Now You Got Something to Die For and Ashes of the Wake). Total madness in the hall. But, as was tired already, with the help from the stroboscope and the nice second and third band, I decided to leave before the show was over. I was happy Hjalmar understood why we left earlier, not even needed to explain. I had worked, the lights tired me, I don't really know Lamb of God and it was my fourth LoG show in relatively short period. My car was still at the office so we took the subway back to Amsterdam Amstel station and I brought Hjalmar home. A short night later I still had the energy to discuss priorities at work, that surprised even me All and all, should I have cashed in on the LoG ticket? No. I will always enjoy seeing bands I have never seen before, even though I really, really hated ABR and JfaC. I probably won't buy any BtBaM stuff, but the purchase of some LoG album was valid. Seeing a crowd go nuts is always a pleasure to me. With bands like ABR and JfaC you don't need a sound engineer, these guys are lost anyway. Lamb of God shows in a small venue are different that big festival appearances, it's more intimate and band and fans enjoy it more.
	"sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc". 'We gladly feast on those who would subdue us' Morticia Addams

Oni Generic User Title Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North carolina Posts: 321 Images: 1 Horns up: 28 Horns up 44 times in 26 posts	I can only tolerate so much of Lamb of god...but they usually play a pretty damn good show.

X5452 Senior Citizen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 257 Horns up: 2 Horns up 12 times in 8 posts	I do enjoy Lamb of God (preferably older stuff), but the other bands are totally useless if you ask me I wanted to go to this show as well but it was sold out, looks like I didnt miss much cuz I didnt know what the support acts were =P

Amok They All Look At Me Funny Moderator MRU Donor Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Olympia, WA. Posts: 10,014 Images: 4 Horns up: 283 Horns up 606 times in 458 posts	I'd like to go to a LoG show just to see a nice, violent pit, then leave. I just love the look of a few hundred people going absolutely crazy.
	Garbage Day!

KISSandCooper Regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland Posts: 95 Images: 17 Horns up: 0 Horns up 10 times in 10 posts	I love lamb of god!!!!

Lemjur Newbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1 Horns up: 0 Horns up 0 times in 0 posts	Yeah man! Nice piece of writing, and I did enjoy that good night out with Uncle Herman