Disturbed Concert review

            To kick this review off first I have to say that I am a huge Disturbed fan, they were one of the first bands that brought me over to the dark side. I remember clearly I was twelve or thirteen and in school when my friend came over and asked me if I liked heavy metal. At that time the heaviest bands I'd listened to were  zzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, so of course I respond yes. My friend handed me the ear bud and in came the intro to "Down With The Sickness" within seconds I was hooked. Between the powerful riffs, insatiable lyrics and that evil sounding voice that is the thing of nightmares I was a Disturbed fan. That day I went home hopped on my piece of crap computer and downloaded Lime Wire (yea remember that) and downloaded every single Disturbed song I could get my hands on. Well and a half dozen virus that eventually led to the untimely demise of my moms lap top.

So after waiting nearly eight years when I saw the tour with Breaking Benjamin and Saint Asonia I was sold. So I splurged and instead of getting the usual lawn seats I bought floor and my god was it worth it. This concert was single handedly the loudest concert i have ever seen, at one point I was under the amp and my bones were rattling. It was slightly painful but nothing a few drinks and several weeks of chiropractic care can't fix. Saint Asonia and Breaking Benjamin put on an exceptional show and are both amazing live. Disturbed was in a whole different league. The vocals were unbelievably good live and the stage presence and show was giving me eyegasms.

Each song they played had enough Pyro to burn the city to the ground and was a unique pattern that really added to the effect. Add that to the fact that the entire stage was bathed in red light radiating evil and hate and what you have is one wild show.

Disturbed opened up with 10 000 fists which could not have been a better opener within moments of Disturbed taking the stage fists were thrashed up in rage and the entire crowd was on their feet chanting the song. Every where you looked people were smiling ear to ear as they sang along to one of Disturbed's biggest hits.

The next song that really caught my attention was "The Vengeful One" which is in my opinion the best song off of their new record. The song again had everyone in the audience going wild as yet another pyro induced stage show went off. This time though the fire was so huge that I started sweating, it was insane as the band members danced around these massive bolts of flame that were in sync with the drum hits. The song was expertly done and not a single person in the audience wasn't head banging.

The next song I thought was worth mentioning was "The Sound Of Silence" for this song they cut the stage in half with a curtain and all the lights were dimmed. The guitars were switched out with an acoustic and a piano was brought out. It was a really cool moment and completely changed the pace of the concert, even though its not something you'd expect at a Disturbed show it was awesome none the less.

Then of course we have "Inside The Fire" which is my favourite Disturbed song the lyrics in that song are bone chilling to me even to this day. As it coldly speaks of a girl who commits suicide and is now forever banished to hell. The way they played it live did the song justice, as you'd expect the pyro during this song was insane as well. I actually didn't get a great view of the stage because I was head banging like I was having an epileptic seizure. "Inside The Fire" was by far my favourite song they played live and was probably the second loudest song of the whole concert.

Then of course we had "Down With The Sickness" as the final song of the night, this song was executed with perfect brutality. The opening drum beat immediately got my blood boiling as I jumped and thrashed eagerly. Finally when that signature scream opened up the song the whole crowd lost it. This was the loudest song of the set and the vocals and music was right on as my face melted from the pure unadulterated metal. It was nearly impossible not to move as the crowd went wild shoving to get closer to the stage. The band mates couldn't even hold together there angry persona as they smiled at the crowd from the pure glee of watching us loose our sanity to the song.

In conclusion Disturbed was unreal live and I would for sure see them again, if you are able to still see them on one of their upcoming dates I would highly recommend it.

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Eric Snelling.

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