Sevendust; April 29th

It has been an awesome spring of Heavy Metal for Drew and I. We just went to back to back Friday night concerts. So time to post a few pictures and catch up.

Our first concert was to see a band that I have wanted to see for a while and originates from Atlanta - Sevendust. To make it even cooler, their newest album, Kill the Flaw, was nominated for a Grammy this year. the show was at Center Stage theater, and they had 3 bands open up for them: Westfield Massacre, Like a Storm, and Trivium. It was our fist time at Center Stage and it was a very nice venue. Seemed a bit bigger than the Variety Playhouse and a bit nicer (newer) inside. I think it seats around 1,000 people and there really isn't any bad seats. It was general admission and we grabbed some nice seats a bit to the right of the stage.

We had a great time. We enjoyed all the opening bands. Like a Storms was from New Zealand and they actually play a didgeridoo on their album and the lead singer plays it live during the show. Definitely the first time I've ever seen that and it actually sounded really cool. Who would have thought? Drew really liked them and bought their shirt in addition to a Sevendust shirt.

Trivium and Sevendust definitely brought the energy up another level. Did I mention it was sold out? There was a lot of mosh pit action and crowd surfing during Trivium which their lead singer certainly encouraged. He had a great presence and was very entertaining. He was throwing his elbow up like a violent chicken wing a lot and sticking out his tongue like Gene Simmons. It was Drew's first time seeing a mosh pit and my first time since I was a kid. Damn it looked violent. I don't know how I used to do that. No way either of use was going to jump into that. There was some huge shirtless dudes flying around down their.

Sevendust started the show behind a huge sheet hanging from the rafters which was illuminated with green lights so you could only see the shadows of the band members behind it. They actually sang the whole opening song (Not Today) that way I think. I know they played at least 3 songs off the new album which I love: Not Today, Death Dance, and Thank You. They ended the show with Thank You which was perfect. Not sure if I missed any others. The lead singer, Lajon Witherspoon, told lots of stories of the clubs they used to play in when starting out and Atlanta. The crowd was loving the reminiscing and kick ass show. I'll so glad it was sold out for them in their home town.


I know it's a horrible picture but I had to show at least one image of Sevendust.

I actually found out after the fact the mother of the drummer used to (or maybe still does) attend the Shambhala Meditation Center that I go to. Small world. Maybe we could have a little show at the center :)


Drew and I at Waffle House after the show.

I had promised Drew that we would go to the Waffle House after the show and we did. We got their around 1 a.m. and got the last table. Can you believe that? I was afraid it might be a bunch of drunk people but it didn't seem to be. Just great mix of people eating and drinking coffee. I didn't get to bed until about 2 a.m. Man I am too old for this but it was so much fun.