I'm getting to go see these 3 bands Saturday night in Nashville! My neck will probably be major sore from headbangin' on Sunday, but it will SO be worth it!


Crank it up!

NICE!!! Unfortunately the Comatose tour doesn't come anywhere in KY, but at least I'll get to see all those guys at Ichthus in June!!

I missed it this past Saturday here in the DFW area. Red was on the bill here as well, for the same day, as part of a two-day Christian music mini-fest at Six Flags.

I think it will be cool to get to hear some of the new Skillet and Decyfer Down tunes live before the CDs come out. I've got the DD one preordered, so I'm pretty stoked about it coming out. I've never seen DD live before. I've seen Skillet once, but they were having a ton of technical problems that nearly ruined their set. I've also seen Disciple several times, but I can definitely sit through another show of theirs!

I think it's gonna be a great night!

Sounds someone has a wonderful Saturday night.
I've seen Disciple live and ohhhh what a cool show was that.
You never can see to much disciple I think.
Never seen Skillet and Decyfer Down.


There you go.

Who's headlining Disciple or Skillet?

Skillet is headling. It's like the second leg of thier Comatose tour (the first was Thousand Foot Krutch & Decyfer Down). They (Skillet) are probably the best live band in Christian music today. Disciple is also extremley good as well. I have heard that Skillet is playing 2 new songs from thier upcoming album in August. The songs are 'Monster" and 'Hero". I'm just bumbed that they the tour is coming to Iowa but about 3 hours away. Then they are in Omah which isn't far but it is on a Sunday night. This is like a dream concert for Christian music. Oh yeah, you will be sore from all the headbanging

For your all's enjoyment, after hearing that Skillet have been playing a couple new songs at live shows, I went and looked them up. Here's the best quality videos I could find. Its pretty distorted, but you know how live videos can sound:

Monster
Hero

I didn't even bother going when they came to town last week. $21 isn't reasonable in my eyes. I'd have gone for half that. Oddly, nobody I know that went has said anything about it.

It's only 120 to go to Ichthus. That may sound like a lot, but when you take into account that there's going to be 111+ bands there, I think it's worth it. Actually, Im only paying 25 to go. I was lucky enough to get a spot selling merchandise in the merch tent. All I have to work is 9 hours out of the 3 day weekend!

Last night's show was a lot of fun!

Decyfer Down kicked things off and were sounding pretty good. They mostly did stuff from their new CD, so I did not know their songs. Neither did the crowd. So, that put a hurting on them as far as crowd reception went. They only did two songs I recognized. I will say that the new vocalist sounds very much like their original singer on those songs, though. Since DD doesn't have a bassist at this time, Kevin from Disciple filled in on bass for this show.

Disciple was up next. They stuck to material from their last 3 CDs. But, with a double guitar attack now, even some of those songs have guitar solos added live. The new players in the band really add a lot of energy to an already energetic live band. They played for a little over an hour and had the house eating out of their hand!

Skillet was up next. Most of the crowd was there to see them, so there were a lot of people singing along with their songs. The music was loud (but incredibly clear), and the pyrotechnics were plentiful! Skillet has a violinist touring with them to add the string sounds to their songs. Also, they were using an extra bass player on several songs so that John could focus on singing. The crowd was absolutely nuts during their set that was nearly 1 1/2 hours long. They stuck mostly to the "Comatose" and "Collide" CDs. They did, however play 2 new songs called "Hero" and "Monster" from their new CD coming out in August. They were heavy!

All in all it was a great night. I've never been to a concert with better sound than this. Everything was crystal clear last night. The volume was loud, but not so much that you would need ear plugs. My ears did not ring at all after the show.

Very cool. Sounds like a great time.