Last night I saw Megadeth for the 4th time. I've only seen a handful of international bands this many times (Opeth and NIN are the only other 2 that spring to mind), and Megadeth continue to put on a sterling show time after time. A solid effort from the band, headlining the "festival" they started a few years ago; "Gigantour". Other bands on the bill last night included Lacuna Coil, Devildriver and Static-X. I probably won't get around to writing a review for the concert, so the basics are as follows...

It was a really diverse night. I wasn't exactly sold on the lineup prior to going (they were all good bands, but on the one bill?), but it worked exceptionally well. Lacuna Coil were good - reasonably simple music, the chick's voice is amazing (she ain't too hard to look at either). Devildriver were heavy. Kinda like Lamb of God, sped up... The crowd went apeshit for them. Static X were kinda like Ministry crossed with Rammstein crossed with Soulfly. Really punchy, a little industrial, quite a good show. Megadeth were the highlight though. Again, like last year's Gigantour, I watched all the supports and thought "Well, Megadeth better be pretty damn amazing to top what we've seen so far", and again, they did. Incredible form. Setlist (rough order, order is a bit vague in the middle);

• Sleepwalker
• Take No Prisoners
• Wake Up Dead
• Hangar 18
• Washington Is Next
• In My Darkest Hour
• A Tout Le Monde (with singer from Lacuna Coil)
• Ashes in Your Mouth (surprise - never seen live, it was incredible)
• Gears of War
• Tornado of Souls
• Peace Sells
• ...
• Burnt Ice
• Holy Wars

Will I see them for a 5th time next time? Based on last night, certainly.

Forgot also to blog that I saw Machinehead, Trivium (again) and Arch Enemy (again) 2 weeks ago on "The Black Crusade" tour. Machinehead were definitely the surprise and the best on the night. Plenty more tales to tell (it was Halloween, so there were a few dressed up, including the band), but the even shorter review is; was a good night :)

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