My whole body is sore..

..after attending three concerts in seven days(look at my poor arm, huge bruise :( ). Now as everyone who is going to read this has probably never attended(and never will xD) a metal concert, I feel I should explain how crazy the crowds can get. Just try to imagine 200+ people all bunched together with barely enough room to breathe. Now imagine that same situation with all those people pushing and shoving in every direction. Oh and don't forget people crushing you from above and kicking you in the head as they try to surf the crowd. It ends up being a pretty intense workout because your constantly trying to push people away while trying to keep your balance so you don't fall over and get crushed. As most of the concerts I go to are like this, I'm sure you can see why I'm exhausted after three of them.

Anyway the concerts were:
Kalmah(melodic death metal)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT32PE47gqo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRsdU-kh_pw

Kalmah was great to see live, especially from front row where I was. The venue didn't have anything separating the stage from the crowd so I was about half a meter away from the band. Too bad my legs got crushed against the stage for most of it though.

Paganfest with Tyr, Turisas and Ensiferum(folk metal bands, I went mainly for Ensiferum)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12x87jtmcwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKZd4U397M4

This was definitely the best concert out of the three. I ended up in a great spot right along front row around the left side of the stage. In this spot I was barely pushed around, if at all. On to the the bands: Tyr was meh, never really listened to them much so I wasn't really into their set. Turisas was on next, and again I never really listened to them much, but they were much more energetic then Tyr and I actually enjoyed a few of the songs. Ensiferum was on last and they were great as usual. They played most of the songs I wanted to hear so I was pretty pleased by the end of the show. It was just too bad that the TTC decided to go on strike about 10 minutes after the whole thing ended. But I got home fairly quickly regardless(thanks Leo) so it was a still a great night.

Gigantour with Children of Bodom(melodic death metal), In Flames(melodic death metal), and Megadeth(thrash metal)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjZpqgeiGFQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6WY-YB7wY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsD2tBPZgo

Gigantour was probably the most intense out of the three concerts. And when I say intense I mean the crowd. After the second band I had to step out and grab a drink because I was just so exhausted(and not to mention completely soaked in sweat). Children of Bodom was on first and they were pretty decent. They didn't play enough material that I recognized though. In Flames was second and they were so-so. Played too much of their crappy new material instead of the older/far better material they have. Megadeth was on last and they definatly stole the show for me. Great set with most of the songs I was looking forward too. Only bad part of the night was being dropped off at 11:45 in the middle of nowhere around Warden and St. Clair(it took me like an hour to get home).


So that ends my late April concert spree. I deserve a good few weeks break now. Hopefully I won't have too many concerts to go to during the summer because the heat is just going to be brutal with the intense crowds :(