Hatebreed - March 5 Kings Arms, Auckland

[SlashWylde]

Anyone else going to this show? If so let me know, meet up there for a beer.

Cheers,

-SW

[Devil]

Shit. How much $$$? Sold out?

[N4CR]

gah damnit prior commitments otherwise i would be there. was at suffocation on krd two weeks ago mean as hell!!! loved it, amazing set and band and the crowd was excellent.

[Smorg]

na smack that, Kitsch on there on the 17th of March. Now thats a gig worth going to

[cynna]

im going. my flight lands about 6pm so will be a bit of rush. how long does it take to get from the airport to town at that time of night (is it still rush hour at 6pm?)

[Maha]

Yeah they sound like a lovely bunch of chaps.....
Will wait till next time for me thanks....:Punk:

[Big Dave]

Yeah they sound like a lovely bunch of chaps.....
Will wait till next time for me thanks....:Punk:

I'm sure they do lots of nice Eagles harmony covers?

[SlashWylde]

Shit. How much $$$? Sold out?

My ticket was $42 from ticketek, and they are offering tickets for sale on the Ticketek website. The Kings Arms events page says door sales from 8pm.

[SlashWylde]

im going. my flight lands about 6pm so will be a bit of rush. how long does it take to get from the airport to town at that time of night (is it still rush hour at 6pm?)

Yeah it'll still be rush hour, don't know how long it'll take you, but I wouldn't worry about hurrying in to the central city. The doors are supposed to open at 7:30, the first band prob won't start till 8 or 8:30 and there are two support acts before Hatebreed take the stage so you'll have plenty of time to get there.

I'll be the bloke with long hair, leathers and wearing a BLS vest. Come over and say hi if you spot me.

[SlashWylde]

Yeah they sound like a lovely bunch of chaps.....
Will wait till next time for me thanks....:Punk:

Funnily enough they are. Their music is loud and abrasive but through it they tackle emotive issues and often promote positive messages of strength, self reliance and refusal to fail, refusal to submit to substance abuse, and refusal to submit to negative and destructive patterns of thought. Their lyrics make for interesting reading.

For example the first track 'Defeatist" from their latest album 'Supremacy':

Trapped within your own apathy
Spiralling into a cycle of loss
Beaten mind with a bruised reflection
It's addiction to failure and substances
That ties you to your selfish punishment
In your eyes it's cursed
No fix, no cure, tortured with imperfection
Your hatred is aimless
This is my hatred, this is my vow,
Never to be broken

Cause you HATE yourself
And you HATE this world
And you HATE the fact
That you HATE every moment

Defeatist, you and I will never be the same
I've taken this vow of hatred...Take the vow
A promise to myself to never be my own defeatist
This is my hatred, this is my vow.
Never to be broken

Or 'Another Day Another Vendetta' from 'The Rise of Brutality':

The question they keep asking me.
How can one so young be so bitter and angry
Well the answer is plain to see
Just look around at this world that we're living in.
It's die or let die
Take or be taken from
And there's nowhere to run
Who do we look to
What have we done
These times have taken the best from us.
All I see is killing
Another day, another vendetta
There is so much suffering
Another day, another vendetta

I see the homeless standing out on the streets
On every corner, they're asking for money
I try to help them whenever I can but sometimes
I can't afford to help myself.
I see diseases and modern plagues of our time
The greed of our leaders have made them blind
To our problems, they spend millions over seas
While people right here are fighting wars everyday

All I see is killing
Another day, another vendetta
There is so much suffering
Another day, another vendetta

All you can do is stay close to what is true to you.
Stay close to what is true to you.
All you can do is stay close to what is true to you
Stay close to what is true to you.

Never let go of what you strive for.
Hold tight, never let go
Never let go of what you strive for.
Never think you can't make a change.

All I see is killing
Another day, another vendetta
There is so much suffering
Another day, another vendetta

[Big Dave]

No wonder some many young uns are f**** up - you listen to some seriously depressing stuff.

[Lias]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWgeb9hkED4

[N4CR]

no wonder some many young uns are ****ed up - you listen to some seriously depressing stuff.

no most of them listen to boom boom crap crap i'm black but i'm actually white ****.

it's a minority at 14-25 that listens to metal really, sorry to say, i'm one of them and it's a pretty tight knit community.

[Big Dave]

it's a pretty tight knit community.

Of sad (meaning not happy) people, reading the above?

[N4CR]

of sad (meaning not happy) people, reading the above?

actually alot of bogans and other lovely people :) most of the bogans are rockers and thrashy metal, alot of the black/death metal people are educated uni students most of the time and not all depressed like you'd think. it's the goths that usually are singled out as the lost depressed ones. but most of that stuff i wrote is generalising anyway...

[SlashWylde]

Of sad (meaning not happy) people, reading the above?

Not really. That's a common misconception about heavier genres of contemporary music. Yes they explore dark themes, no the lyrics aren't on the surface bright and uplifting. But for the fans of this music, listening to it can be a very visceral and cathartic experience where they can connect with their emotions and find inspiration, hope and fellowship from the music through the voice of the band and singer.

Each of us have, to a greater or lesser extent, certain pressures stresses and hurts in our lives. A lot of people bottle these up or try to suppress them with alcohol and/or drugs. Part of the enjoyment of listening to, watching live or even performing in a heavy metal band is to expunge these demons and revel in the sweaty, cathartic and very physical environment of the mosh-pit.

In my opinion the mosh-pit is a modern incarnation of a battle-field, where young men can unleash all their frustrations in a peer-controlled environment. Amped-up and emboldened by the band, these guys (and girls) can jump around, arms flailing, charging into each other with joyous abandon. If someone falls down, an anonymous hand will immediately grasp them by the wrist to pull them back up again. If you ever want to see a bunch of really happy young guys, go and watch a mosh-pit in action. I call it good natured violence - it has all the appearances of an all out brawl, with none of the adherent injuries or hatred of a real fight. In this sense it can be a very healthy enviroment to let off steam.

These are just some of the themes inherent with this genre of music, and it's got me thinking I'd like to write a bit more about them, maybe as part of a larger blog in an appropriate forum.

[SlashWylde]

actually alot of bogans and other lovely people :) most of the bogans are rockers and thrashy metal, alot of the black/death metal people are educated uni students most of the time and not all depressed like you'd think. it's the goths that usually are singled out as the lost depressed ones. but most of that stuff i wrote is generalising anyway...

I concur. Metallers may look kinda scary, but when you get to talk to them most are really friendly happy people. I've often noted at metal gigs in Auckland it often feels like a big family reunion, where you run into people you havent seen for ages or sort of vaguely know from the last show you went to. As N4CR said, it's a pretty tight-knit community.

[Big Dave]

Interesting thanks.

My guitar teacher took me to one of the first ever Australian - and world - Punk gigs.

We saw 'The Saints' in Oxford St, Paddington. The Ramones cite them as an influence. From just before them I believe you can probably draw a line to your Hatebreed.

I been and seen but never really understood.

Was always too busy chasing pussy to want to jump into or about with a heap of sweaty blokes thanks, unless it's on a basketball court and for glory.

And I never have had much frustration to express - there was only 2 guys that could pull hotter chics than me in the entire school and we had some outstanding contests.:third:

Punk schmunk :Punk:. I had a CB450 and ruled the world.:scooter: