Metal Nirvana Coming Soon

It's been a slow winter in terms of going to see live bands for me. There's been literally nothing that motivated me enough to get off my butt and go stand in a club to wait for those first notes to come on from the band.

So you might imagine how stoked I was to learn that one of my current favorite bands -- Arch Enemy -- would be coming to play in Philly at the TLA on May 9. PERFECT! The spring is without question, the best time of the year for metal shows. Unlike the winter, you don't have to drag around a coat while you're at the show. Perhaps more importantly, it's before the awfulness of summer package tour concerts (the sunburn, the drunk frat boys, the shitty raft of other bands between you and the guys and you want to see play -- you know, that kinda stuff). Needless to say, I quickly negotiated a kitchen pass for the night and bought a ticket. Awwww yea.

So how cool was it when I found out that in just about a month (April 24) the mighty High on Fire would be coming to decimate my favorite club for a metal show - the Troc. Frankly, at the moment, there is no band I'd rather see more. If you asked me to pick one band to see - it'd be these guys.

Not since going to NYC to see Enslaved in November have I had this kind of anticipation about upcoming shows.

What next? A Boris / Electric Wizard double-bill?