Best Band you've seen live
We had Mortal Sin opening for them down here, didn't get there in time to catch them though, have seen them plenty of times and I'm not a huge fan, Melbourne got Bloodduster which would have been great.
Before I get on to Slayer I just have to say Mastodon were brilliant (I'm a massive Mastodon fan anyway) and were just as good as Slayer for me and their light show was the most seizure inducing thing I've ever seen, they just kept rolling along from one song to the next, would love to see them at their own show.
Now Slayer.. the set list (seems right to me, stolen from another forum).
Darkness of Christ
Disciple
War Ensemble
Jihad
Die by the Sword
Show no Mercy
Captor of Sin
Cult
Bloodline
Mandatory Suicide
Seasons in the Abyss
Supremist
Eyes of the Insane
Post Mortem
Silent Scream
Dead Skin Mask
Raining Blood
South of Heaven
Angel of Death
No Hell Awaits which I was spewing about but still you can’t complain.
I squeezed my way up to the front directly between Tom and Kerry. Some dickheads were throwing coins on stage for some reason so Tom had a whinge about that half way through. I don't remember Tom doing that spotlight thing (I was tanked though), just his usual short spiels leading in to the usual songs. Dave threw in an extended double kick bit in Angel of Death which basically had the whole crowd going 8| Jeff seemed a bit off during some songs but still fantastic and Kerry was just his usual self, nodding along and shredding it up when he had to. The mosh was pretty tame compared to what I’ve been to before, a lot of skinny emo kids for some reason, I did lose a contact lens though but I don’t know how. After they had finished Tom said “Thanks for coming, we may be back†not sure if that means anything.
I was seriously considering flying to Brisbane to catch them again until I found out it was sold out.