We were at the frantic stage when they came on. The mass if people running was just amazing to watch. It was constant until halfway through the set and that was just people running. There were people heading over at the end of the set.
They should close with give it all. There are three songs that should be played every set from that cd. Swing life away And state of the union are the others
You tryin to be a hero fool? You wanna see badass mother fucker?! I'll show ya a badass!!!
Even though there was a baseball game taking place downtown at 1 in the afternoon, getting to Belle Isle was even less of a problem than the previous day. We parked in the same lot and literally walked right up onto the shuttle bus as soon as we got to the pickup area. We got to the festival area right around the time the gates were supposed to open at noon. With a couple hours until the music started, we went and checked out the Metallica museum. It was a little smaller than I envisioned, but it still had some incredibly interesting pieces of memorabilia such as original lyric sheets, tour posters and itineraries, and props like the Justice head, along with instruments like Cliff's last bass guitar and the guitar James was playing when the Montreal burning accident occurred. We also killed some time checking out the car show, the Globe of Death, and the Vans ramp right next to the Damage Inc stage.
At 2 we stopped at the Damage Inc stage to check out Cauldron, a fairly new band with a classic heavy metal sound. The crowd wasn't very big and the band didn't do much to get reactions from them, but their music was good enough to keep me interested. They're the classic guitar/bass/drums trio, and the guitar was the highlight of the show for sure, with some nice riffs and solos coming out over the course of the set. They even threw in a Venom cover for good measure. Overall, not a bad take on classic metal at all and a good way to get the day started.
Setlist (incomplete):
End of Time Burning Fortune Nitebreaker Miss You to Death Die Hard (Venom cover) All or Nothing
Next we ran over to the Fuel stage to see the first major highlight of the day, The Dillinger Escape Plan. After Rob introduced them, Greg came out and announced that Ben, one of their guitarists, had broken his hand, so he would instead be watching off to the side and criticizing their performance. Sure enough, Ben sat in a beanie chair off to the side of the stage while the band performed, singing backing vocals while he needed to and making fun of them during the entire set. The contrast between Ben and the rest of the band was pretty hilarious. Either way, having one less guitar didn't make Dillinger's show any less impressive. As you would expect, Greg was everywhere: in the crowd, on the speakers, on the drums, even climbing up the scaffolding of the stage itself. The new songs were awesome live, with Prancer being the perfect opener for them. I guess if I had one complaint, it would be that they didn't play enough of the new stuff. For a while, Chino Moreno was off to the side of the stage, and I thought they may do Behind The Wheel with him, but they did not. Even so, their set was so much fun to watch and they are an incredible live band. They finished by destroying their mics and the drum kit, a fitting end to a chaotic set.
Setlist (incomplete?):
Prancer Farewell, Mona Lisa Sugar Coated Sour Panasonic Youth Milk Lizard When I Lost My Bet Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants Sunshine the Werewolf
Next I ran over to the Orion stage to watch The Joy Formidable, another band I was really looking forward to seeing. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Shortly after they were supposed to take the stage, it was announced that travel delays had prevented them from reaching the festival and they would not be performing. This was pretty much the only disappointment of the weekend for me. Suddenly with some free time on my hands, I went over to the Frantic tent and watched Vista Chino for a while. Formerly known as Kyuss Lives, they were a nice little break after watching Dillinger. The music was cool, but there was nothing more than that from them, as they did not interact with the crowd once during the interval that I watched. Still pretty cool that I got to see some members of Kyuss perform for a bit.
After that it was back to the Fuel stage for Japandroids, a two-piece rock band out of Vancouver, Canada. All they were were one guitar and a drummer, with both sharing vocal duties. The stage definitely seemed to be a bit big for them, but still, they made the most of it and put on a heck of a show. Brian moved around as much as possible when he wasn't singing, and you could tell he was going full-tilt the whole time they were playing. Musically, the band impressed me with their ability to make good, catchy songs with just a couple instruments and some group vocals. The songs were simple but they worked, and I enjoyed every bit they pulled out. Another good band I would pay to see again.
Setlist (incomplete?):
Adrenaline Nightshift Fire's Highway Younger Us Rockers East Vancouver The Nights of Wine and Roses Wet Hair Evil's Sway Young Hearts Spark Fire The House That Heaven Built For the Love of Ivy (The Gun Club cover)
Finally, it was time to rush back to the Orion stage for the conclusion of the festival. First up was Deftones, and I had been anxiously waiting to see them again since Koi No Yokan was released. First, however, the band took us back to the previous album with three cuts from Diamond Eyes, starting with the title track. After an old song, the band went through four straight new songs starting with the beautiful Rosemary and ending with the driving Swerve City. This was the highlight of the set for me, as all four translated very well to the live setting. The band then ripped through Elite, one of my favorite White Pony songs, before closing the show with classics like Root and 7 Words. Chino was on his game once again, running around the stage when not playing guitar and crowdsurfing a good few times throughout the set. Overall, another great performance from a band I seem to get into more and more every time I see them.
Setlist:
Diamond Eyes You've Seen the Butcher Rocket Skates My Own Summer (Shove It) Rosemary Poltergeist Tempest Swerve City Elite Change (In the House of Flies) Engine No. 9 Root 7 Words
At this point, security proceeded to kick every person who was not wearing a VIP wristband out of the pit area, asking them to get in line to be let back in a little later. With the line as long as it was, I retreated to find a spot a few rows behind the pit area. Eventually people got restless and decided to hop the fence to the pit area and security gave up on trying to stop it lol. After what seemed like forever, The Ecstasy of Gold played on the video boards, followed by the intro to Blackened playing over the speakers. At last, Metallica came out and tore through four classic songs, most notably Blackened, Disposable Heroes, and Harvester of Sorrow. With the crowd fully into it, the band went through their only Death Magnetic song in the setlist, then went into a deep cut from ReLoad, Carpe Diem Baby, and I Disappear. In spite of neither track coming from their best years of work, they were both pretty cool to hear and I did not mind them playing them at all. It was all hits and old shit from then on, with the highlights including the awesome instrumental Orion, One preceded by fireworks and accompanied by a laser show, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), and Battery with lots and lots of pyro. For the encore, the band played homage to hometown artist Bob Seger by playing their rendition of Turn The Page, and in spite of them playing it the day before, they still closed with Seek and Destroy. Just like yesterday, the band was tight musically, and this time their stage show matched their energy. A great finish to a very fun festival.
Setlist:
Blackened For Whom the Bell Tolls Disposable Heroes Harvester of Sorrow The Day that Never Comes Carpe Diem Baby I Disappear Sad but True Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Orion One Master of Puppets Battery Nothing Else Matters Enter Sandman ------------------------ Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover) Creeping Death Seek & Destroy
After the show, James and Lars expressed their desire to bring the festival back to Detroit next year. The promoter has the island booked next year as well as 2015, so it's a definite possibility. I thought the whole festival was run very well, and those problems that arose were improved over the course of the weekend. If Orion comes back, I plan to be there and recommend checking it out.
They played like four or five nights in a row in San Francisco a little while ago and played a Big Four show in Indio, you Cali people have no room to complain. [-X
That 5-day Fillmore thing was super limited and hella expensive. I don't really care about Metallica all that much but the line-ups to both years of Orion have been impressive. I'm just saying, it'd be cool if we all got a chance at the Orion experience without having to fly.
They played like four or five nights in a row in San Francisco a little while ago and played a Big Four show in Indio, you Cali people have no room to complain. [-X
Hands down, the hardest ticket to get that SF has seen in 20 years were those shows at the Fillmore. Most ridiculous market for them. Saw them going for like $750, if I remember correctly.
Forgot I wore my skeletonwitch "eat some fucking pussy" shirt the first day. That I know of, I took puctures with 6 people. But half of them I caught trying to just walk up behind me and take it so I don't know how many I'm really in lol
Comments
should be closing with something off siren or sufferer
Even though there was a baseball game taking place downtown at 1 in the afternoon, getting to Belle Isle was even less of a problem than the previous day. We parked in the same lot and literally walked right up onto the shuttle bus as soon as we got to the pickup area. We got to the festival area right around the time the gates were supposed to open at noon. With a couple hours until the music started, we went and checked out the Metallica museum. It was a little smaller than I envisioned, but it still had some incredibly interesting pieces of memorabilia such as original lyric sheets, tour posters and itineraries, and props like the Justice head, along with instruments like Cliff's last bass guitar and the guitar James was playing when the Montreal burning accident occurred. We also killed some time checking out the car show, the Globe of Death, and the Vans ramp right next to the Damage Inc stage.
At 2 we stopped at the Damage Inc stage to check out Cauldron, a fairly new band with a classic heavy metal sound. The crowd wasn't very big and the band didn't do much to get reactions from them, but their music was good enough to keep me interested. They're the classic guitar/bass/drums trio, and the guitar was the highlight of the show for sure, with some nice riffs and solos coming out over the course of the set. They even threw in a Venom cover for good measure. Overall, not a bad take on classic metal at all and a good way to get the day started.
Setlist (incomplete):
End of Time
Burning Fortune
Nitebreaker
Miss You to Death
Die Hard (Venom cover)
All or Nothing
Next we ran over to the Fuel stage to see the first major highlight of the day, The Dillinger Escape Plan. After Rob introduced them, Greg came out and announced that Ben, one of their guitarists, had broken his hand, so he would instead be watching off to the side and criticizing their performance. Sure enough, Ben sat in a beanie chair off to the side of the stage while the band performed, singing backing vocals while he needed to and making fun of them during the entire set. The contrast between Ben and the rest of the band was pretty hilarious. Either way, having one less guitar didn't make Dillinger's show any less impressive. As you would expect, Greg was everywhere: in the crowd, on the speakers, on the drums, even climbing up the scaffolding of the stage itself. The new songs were awesome live, with Prancer being the perfect opener for them. I guess if I had one complaint, it would be that they didn't play enough of the new stuff. For a while, Chino Moreno was off to the side of the stage, and I thought they may do Behind The Wheel with him, but they did not. Even so, their set was so much fun to watch and they are an incredible live band. They finished by destroying their mics and the drum kit, a fitting end to a chaotic set.
Setlist (incomplete?):
Prancer
Farewell, Mona Lisa
Sugar Coated Sour
Panasonic Youth
Milk Lizard
When I Lost My Bet
Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants
Sunshine the Werewolf
Next I ran over to the Orion stage to watch The Joy Formidable, another band I was really looking forward to seeing. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Shortly after they were supposed to take the stage, it was announced that travel delays had prevented them from reaching the festival and they would not be performing. This was pretty much the only disappointment of the weekend for me. Suddenly with some free time on my hands, I went over to the Frantic tent and watched Vista Chino for a while. Formerly known as Kyuss Lives, they were a nice little break after watching Dillinger. The music was cool, but there was nothing more than that from them, as they did not interact with the crowd once during the interval that I watched. Still pretty cool that I got to see some members of Kyuss perform for a bit.
After that it was back to the Fuel stage for Japandroids, a two-piece rock band out of Vancouver, Canada. All they were were one guitar and a drummer, with both sharing vocal duties. The stage definitely seemed to be a bit big for them, but still, they made the most of it and put on a heck of a show. Brian moved around as much as possible when he wasn't singing, and you could tell he was going full-tilt the whole time they were playing. Musically, the band impressed me with their ability to make good, catchy songs with just a couple instruments and some group vocals. The songs were simple but they worked, and I enjoyed every bit they pulled out. Another good band I would pay to see again.
Setlist (incomplete?):
Adrenaline Nightshift
Fire's Highway
Younger Us
Rockers East Vancouver
The Nights of Wine and Roses
Wet Hair
Evil's Sway
Young Hearts Spark Fire
The House That Heaven Built
For the Love of Ivy (The Gun Club cover)
Finally, it was time to rush back to the Orion stage for the conclusion of the festival. First up was Deftones, and I had been anxiously waiting to see them again since Koi No Yokan was released. First, however, the band took us back to the previous album with three cuts from Diamond Eyes, starting with the title track. After an old song, the band went through four straight new songs starting with the beautiful Rosemary and ending with the driving Swerve City. This was the highlight of the set for me, as all four translated very well to the live setting. The band then ripped through Elite, one of my favorite White Pony songs, before closing the show with classics like Root and 7 Words. Chino was on his game once again, running around the stage when not playing guitar and crowdsurfing a good few times throughout the set. Overall, another great performance from a band I seem to get into more and more every time I see them.
Setlist:
Diamond Eyes
You've Seen the Butcher
Rocket Skates
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Rosemary
Poltergeist
Tempest
Swerve City
Elite
Change (In the House of Flies)
Engine No. 9
Root
7 Words
At this point, security proceeded to kick every person who was not wearing a VIP wristband out of the pit area, asking them to get in line to be let back in a little later. With the line as long as it was, I retreated to find a spot a few rows behind the pit area. Eventually people got restless and decided to hop the fence to the pit area and security gave up on trying to stop it lol. After what seemed like forever, The Ecstasy of Gold played on the video boards, followed by the intro to Blackened playing over the speakers. At last, Metallica came out and tore through four classic songs, most notably Blackened, Disposable Heroes, and Harvester of Sorrow. With the crowd fully into it, the band went through their only Death Magnetic song in the setlist, then went into a deep cut from ReLoad, Carpe Diem Baby, and I Disappear. In spite of neither track coming from their best years of work, they were both pretty cool to hear and I did not mind them playing them at all. It was all hits and old shit from then on, with the highlights including the awesome instrumental Orion, One preceded by fireworks and accompanied by a laser show, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), and Battery with lots and lots of pyro. For the encore, the band played homage to hometown artist Bob Seger by playing their rendition of Turn The Page, and in spite of them playing it the day before, they still closed with Seek and Destroy. Just like yesterday, the band was tight musically, and this time their stage show matched their energy. A great finish to a very fun festival.
Setlist:
Blackened
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Disposable Heroes
Harvester of Sorrow
The Day that Never Comes
Carpe Diem Baby
I Disappear
Sad but True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
One
Master of Puppets
Battery
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
------------------------
Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover)
Creeping Death
Seek & Destroy
After the show, James and Lars expressed their desire to bring the festival back to Detroit next year. The promoter has the island booked next year as well as 2015, so it's a definite possibility. I thought the whole festival was run very well, and those problems that arose were improved over the course of the weekend. If Orion comes back, I plan to be there and recommend checking it out.