WATAIN

I will write some details about the show later. Keep your eyeballs peeled for photos of Black Cobra, Toxic Holocaust, Howl and Trap Them within the next two days.

Triptykon

Yet another eclectic bill on the Decibel sponsored Weltenbrand tour 2010.

Triptykon embodies heavy music. The band played three songs from their Esparistera Daimones album as well as some Celtic Frost Songs.

The set ended with the 20 minute long "The Prolonging" which was positively crushing.

Poster design by Kevin Gan Yuen.

Cynic / Re-Focused and Re-Traced

This tour was the Decibel Magazine Hall Of Fame tour, where Cynic performed their 1993 debut album Focus in its entirety. After a rough start, the band played through the album with some spoken word and ambient pieces between each song stringing the set together. After they played Focus, they did what frontman Paul Masvidal called "the pallet cleanser" and played an acoustic rendition of "Integral Birth" from their Traced In Air Album. They played a few more songs from Traced and a song from post-Cynic band Portal. In the end they played for over an hour and a half, sounded great and had cool visuals.

Cannibal Corpse

Last but not least, le Corpse du Cannibal. While I'm not particularly a Cannibal Corpse fan, I do appreciate their music and their abilities. I'm definitely a fan of Skeletonwitch and 1349, so when their sets ended I headed to the back. I've seen videos of Cannibal live, so I thought I should get out of the way so I didn't lose my camera, a shoe, or my ability to breathe. I don't normally hang out in the back at shows, and it's a completely different experience. You see a lot more of the weirdos. I saw a few disorderly patrons being ejected from the club, counted three sombreros and a Mexican flag (cinco de mayo) and was mere feet away from a violent tussle between a fiftysomething year old man and a completely wasted girl. Overall, I had a great time.

5/5/10 @ Slim's

Video: excerpt from 'Evisceration Plague"