Sepultura / Death Angel

The night is April 14th, the place is "In The Venue," and the bands are Sepultura and Death Angel. What a great show! I went with my good friends Kari and Darrell. Darrell is one of the few people as into music as I am, and one of an extreme few that can actually tell me about bands I've never heard of. I love going to concerts with them!

Mark, the singer for Death Angel

Death Angel

I am more of a Death Angel fan than I am a Sepultura fan, by a large amount. I was pretty bummed that Death Angel were going to be openers and play a shorter set than when I saw them last year headlining. They are a very underrated Thrash Metal band (in my opinion), and I really wish they were more widely known. So when the lights go down for the show to start I leave K&D and head towards the stage (they were there for Sepultura). I had in my pocket a silver sharpie and the booklet from my favorite Death Angel album, Relentless Retribution. I made my way over to the side of the stage where all their equipment and the stairs are. And there I waited, looking like a creep since I was also right by the women's bathroom... but I was only creeping on the band. As they come off the stage I'm the first one there with my CD liner notes and my silver sharpie ready to go... wait, I'm the only person getting an autograph. Damn, give these guys a good reception Utah! I want them to come back! But the band (excluding the bassist) graciously signed my liner notes, which I have framed with Warrant's setlist on my wall like a nerd. I was on cloud 9! Death Angel - Claws In So Deep

Displayed proudly on my wall

Sepultura, one of Brazil's most successful acts (way to go Death Metal!), were never a band I had previously been really in to. I had heard their greatest hits and new of some of their more popular releases, but nothing had really clicked with me. That all changed with this show. There is something I read in Classic Rock Magazine once that applies to what I (and all of us have) experienced. A writer was reviewing a re-release of The Who's "Tommy" album. He said that when he was young he had hated the album (how, I don't know) but when he had been forced to listen to it again decades later for work he was amazed at how much he loved it. He came to the conclusion that certain bands or songs need to be found at the correct time in a person's life, and I completely agree. So that's what happened with Sepultura and myself. I had listened to some stuff when I was still just starting on my Extreme Metal path and I didn't enjoy it (I also didn't enjoy Slayer or King Diamond when I first heard them, but I've learned better!). But now, at this moment in my life, I see this giant African-Brazilian man (gotta keep it P.C.) screaming at me on stage and it instantly clicks! I love those moments, they are the entire reason I like seeing opening acts. You never know what obscure band is going to catch your attention. Sepultura - Mask

Sepultura

Sepultura