Anybody going to Metallica in Houston this weekend?

I wish. I was able to secure a GA ticket for my 21 yo son, but have not found one for me (yet).

Went to The Melvins and Napalm Death. Brilliant show, front row. Buzz still has it, played with as much piss and vigor as he did in the early 90's. Second time seeing them (first time was in Dallas in 1994 opening up for NIN. Napalm Death was a bit of a nostalgic watch after liking them a lot in the 80s/90s. Barney has always been a legend for me as well.

Wolves at the Gate have a great new album entitled Wasteland. They mix in several short softer "songs" but absolutely rip it with tracks like Synthetic Sun and Unrest.

The Ozzy/Black Sabbath Back to the Beginning concert was yesterday and it might have the most bonkers list of artists ever assembled. I think the show was like 10 hours long so rather than post everything Loudwire has a comprehensive list together you should check out. Lot's of 'supergroup' bands put together as well during the show for different songs.

https://loudwire.com/all-ozzy-osbourne-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning-concert-setlists/

I spent a good portion of last night and this morning on Youtube watching performances, and there's a lot of good stuff.















The full set of Sabbath I watched from last night got taken down.

Saw some of that, Steven Tyler did a great job when he came out. Good to see him healthy again.

Ozzy, voice-wise, didn't sound very good unfortunately. And just sad to see him singing in a chair, similar to Phil Collins.

Seeing Ozzy was depressing. Everyone else in Sabbath looked good, but Ozzy just looked broken. It was like a bunch of friends going to see someone in hospice, but they wheeled the guy in hospice out onto the stage at a concert.

Looks like most of the videos I post have been taken down, hopefully there's others posted later because the audio was really good on a number of them.

man.. the rock and metal royalty in this room is astounding.. Tobias must be walking around like.. 'how the hell did I end up here!'

One underrated guitar player that didn't get much mention is Nuno Bettancourt. He played like 12 songs for the Ozzy shows. His versatility is amazing. Fell down this rabbit hole on a fan page of his

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLvWDL9OTkh/?igsh=YXZmbHV2M2J5Mjc3

digging tunnels said:

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One underrated guitar player that didn't get much mention is Nuno Bettancourt. He played like 12 songs for the Ozzy shows. His versatility is amazing. Fell down this rabbit hole on a fan page of his

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLvWDL9OTkh/?igsh=YXZmbHV2M2J5Mjc3

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I don't think any guitar player or metal head doesn't respect nuno. Even Beato had him on in the recent past.

They're not all metal; but they're all mine

https://pitchfork.com/news/foo-fighters-and-nine-inch-nails-swap-drummers-switching-josh-freese-for-ilan-rubin/

Freese being let go seemed odd, but at the end of the day he's a hired gun. But other than Trent everyone in NIN is a hired gun as well, maybe not Atticus Ross these days due to everything those two work on together. I think Trent's a difficult guy to work for, and Ilan has been there a long time so it's probably less stressful and the pay is as good or better I would think drumming for the Foo Fighters. Freese has a history with NIN so that's not going to be a difficult transition. It feels bizarre but makes sense at the same time to me.

I've been enjoying 2 recent releases in Chevelle's Bright as Blasphemy and Fit For a King's Lonely God. Both are excellent albums from 2 different genres.

Chevelle just never disappoints and it continues on their 10th record. Love Pale Horse and Jim Jones.

Fit For a King have released a powerful, unfiltered metalcore album. Witness the End and Sentient are my favorite tracks.

NC Ag said:

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I've been enjoying 2 recent releases in Chevelle's Bright as Blasphemy and Fit For a King's Lonely God. Both are excellent albums from 2 different genres.

Chevelle just never disappoints and it continues on their 10th record. Love Pale Horse and Jim Jones.

Fit For a King have released a powerful, unfiltered metalcore album. Witness the End and Sentient are my favorite tracks.

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Bright as Blasphemy is flipping awesome. Those guys just keep getting better and better. Saw them in Durant, OK a couple of weeks ago and they are even better live.