Andy Vortex

..now the northstar guides us home…

This is another music blog post. Or like someone commented on my gigging here that “i’m going back to my roots”.

And my roots are all in pretty much ‘extreme’ music. Hardcore, metal, punk…you know the score. And I’m proud to say that those music are my roots! (though i’m kinda embarrassed to hear my own band’s recordings from back in the day haha. Yes i did have a band). Growing up in that era, most of the music i was into was deemed either ’satanic’ or ‘drug-related’. Obviously, that wasn’t the truth. On the contrary, it was quite the opposite with the hardcore punk music i was into. It was about having a message, having a purpose, and actually making change! It fueled my passion for music even more in my life, to want to make things happen!

This month, i finally caught one of my favourite metal bands of all time, AMON AMARTH. Been listening to them since 1998. A good 10 years now. I was kinda disappointed that they played such a short set. They seriously deserve a much longer set, but oh well…Slayer was the headliner not them plus there was Trivium and Mastodon on the lineup. Seriously, Amon amarth should have been the ones to play right before Slayer. The organiser needs to rework on their programming, cause it’s rubbish! It just left me wanting more only after watching them. I’d just have to catch them on another tour where they are headlining!

Amon Amarth - Setlist 30 October 2008 @ Unholy Alliance 3 - Apollo Hammersmith
1. Death In Fire *Thx Scuba for the update*
2. Asator *Thx Scuba for the update*
3. Twilight of the thunder God
4. Runes to my memory
5. Free Will Sacrifice
6. Cry of the blackbirds
7. Pursuit of Vikings

*yes…it was that short!!

Mastodon (the band which i think didn’t deserve to play so long…they should have been the first band up..NOT AMON AMARTH!)

Trivium
Ok fine…so i do like their style of metal. Abit mainstream..but what the heck. Better than Mastodon at least. Check out the epic intro. They are kinda like a newskool metallica…very similar to Bullet For My Valentine as well.

And the main band…SLAYER.
I’m glad they still play south of heaven…which was the first track i heard from them.

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