Wow what a weekend. On Friday I went to see Russian Circles, Between the Buried and Me, and Coheed & Cambria with America, Kim and Dennis at The Wiltern. It was so awesome. Russian Circles is a hard rock instrumental band with hints of heavy metal and when those little parts come out, damn do they sound good. The drummer is really good too. Very clean drumming. Between the Buried and Me, man what to so say. They played my favorite song "Ants of the Sky" which completely caught me off guard since they're currently touring to promote their newest album but I'm not complaining. There was this really weird pit of like maybe 10 people max (I want to estimate more around like 7 or 8) and we all started dancing around for the Western breakdown at the end of the song and looking hilarious, which was just great. America broke her nose (at least we think she did) and I dislocated my shoulder, but to hear "Ants of the Sky," totally worth it. Plus they played it back to back with "Prequel to the Sequel" just like on the album. For Coheed & Cambria, America and I stayed for about five or six songs, and which they played "A Favor House Atlantic," which was enough for us. We left a bit early to go grab some coffee at Tom N Toms and wait for the show to end and meet up with Kim and Dennis. America got the Peacon something and I got Cinnamon Chocolate I think, and we mixed them together to make a really good frapp.
On Saturday we drove all the way to Santa Ana to go see Firewind and Turisas. Doors opened at 8 p.m. which was really weird, so we killed time at IKEA America, Kim, Britney and I. Good mix of actually looking at furniture and completely messing around. The venue we went to had two different shows going on which was pretty weird. In one room, there was a hip hop type dj and in the other a bunch of metal heads waiting to get their mosh on (at least that's what we thought. Boy were we wrong). Even though there were only two bands on the bill, Helsott came and opened. We missed them at Paganfest last year so it was nice actually seeing them play a full set. Good band even though there were a lot of technical mishaps. Firewind was good too, but I just got tired of their solos after a while. They played the only I know by them "Head Up High," which was cool, but for every other song, it was like a solo every other word. Turisas was awesome and ripped it on stage. It was my third time seeing them and it feels like the crowds have gotten better every I've seen them. Still have to love the guy who plays the violin, he's super awesome. America and I were a few feet form the stage and got separated at the very end. I ended up in the back from all the movement and jumped into the pit. Pretty fun even though there was a lot of conflict with the trashers and pagans moshing. Regardless, the show still kicked some serious ass. The drive back was a little over an hour and we passed by to get some soda and shakes before leaving as our form of rehydration haha. It was cute having small talk with America, as our voices were partially missing. Hehe :)
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