Anyone else have a revelation music wise? DOWNLOAD festival was to blame

ThorpyFX

So I've avoided Five Finger Death Punch for years, i had a notion that they were death metal/djent/not for me i have no idea why. Anyway I went to DOWNLOAD this weekend past and heard them on the main stage... to say i was blown away was an understatement. The band just have that level of enthusiasm and energy that i find infectious. Aside from the mighty Slipknot they were the best metal act i heard all weekend.

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The best non metal act for me was Motley Crue, again such a level of passion for their music it is amazing. Other legendary acts were Slash and Myles kennedy, Tremonti, the Cadillac three, Clutch and Muse.

Marilyn Manson was not great though- too much political chat.

stimpsonslostson

I went to Download TEN (!!) years ago for my stag do.

It was where I finally "got" Slipknot- they suddenly make sense when seen live.
Therapy? stole the whole weekend for me- superb.

Clutch are amazing live. SO tight. Neil is an excellent front man- I always think he's like some kind of Southern Evangelical Minister with his mannerisms & delivery.

BigMonka

Someone at work said the exact same thing about 5 finger death punch, he said they were one of the standout acts even though he didn't think he'd like it based on what he'd previously heard.

ThorpyFX

BigMonka said:

Someone at work said the exact same thing about 5 finger death punch, he said they were one of the standout acts even though he didn't think he'd like it based on what he'd previously heard.

Yeah, i think seeing a band live really gives you an idea of what they are about

stimpsonslostson said:

I went to Download TEN (!!) years ago for my stag do.

It was where I finally "got" Slipknot- they suddenly make sense when seen live.
Therapy? stole the whole weekend for me- superb.

Clutch are amazing live. SO tight. Neil is an excellent front man- I always think he's like some kind of Southern Evangelical Minister with his mannerisms & delivery.

can't argue with that, Clutch were great. I do like the whole southern country rock thing though.

bingefeller

yeah FFDP are pretty damn good.  American Capitalist is a great album.  If you like FFDP you might like Adrenaline Mob.

ThorpyFX

bingefeller said:

yeah FFDP are pretty damn good.  American Capitalist is a great album.  If you like FFDP you might like Adrenalin Mob.

I'll check them out! Just listening to FFDP on the SONOS, great way to start Saturday. Thanks

bingefeller

thorpy6 said:

bingefeller said:

yeah FFDP are pretty damn good.  American Capitalist is a great album.  If you like FFDP you might like Adrenaline Mob.

I'll check them out! Just listening to FFDP on the SONOS, great way to start Saturday. Thanks

Cool, let me know what you think.  

Deijavoo

Therapy, Clutch....I may just like Download these days.

mrkb

I didn't rate Clutch or Tremonti much, but I did enjoy the country rock vibe - Cadillac Three, Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry were my new music highlights. There was also a band called The Struts in the small marquee that were amazing in a Stones/Bolan kind of way - really got the crowd going. That's what I enjoyed at Download - the mix of styles and the chance to check out new bands easily.

ThorpyFX

mrkb said:

That's what I enjoyed at Download - the mix of styles and the chance to check out new bands easily.

Its an expensive weekend all told but for the shear amount of bands it's great, I'm also loving the country rock thing, it's got me thinking about going back to Nashville soon.
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PolarityMan

FFDP are pretty great live although I like them less recorded. I saw them at a download festival a few years back, they were playing in a row with devil driver and kill switch engage which are all not a million miles away sound wise and up staged both of them.

Clutch are also fantastic. Thing with download though is they put on the same bands all the time so once youve been to a couple of years you've basically seen everyone they will have on the bill for the next 5-7 years.

ThorpyFX

PolarityMan said:

Thing with download though is they put on the same bands all the time so once youve been to a couple of years you've basically seen everyone they will have on the bill for the next 5-7 years.

yeah true, but that says more about the genre of rock and metal than it does of download, there are only so many big bands.....

PolarityMan

Maybe for main stage candidates but they could have more variety on the second stage wire easily. The third stage tends to be full of no name identikit death metal tripe as well.

BloodEagle

Five Finger Death Punch are a terrible terrible band they sound like wrestling intro music

Reverend

Each year Hellfest happens the week after and is about 10 times better.
They also do a lot of the big name bands but get so many far better bands as well.

ThorpyFX

BloodEagle said:

Five Finger Death Punch are a terrible terrible band they sound like wrestling intro music

that was the worst iPhone video I've ever heard, nothing to do with the band everything to do with vertical filming and rubbish sound quality.

RobDavies

Never really got Clutch until I watched the Download footage on Sky.

Really impressed and the drummer was amazing.  

mike_l

I had almost exactly the same at Donington 1992. Before I went I didn't like.get either Slayer or The Almighty.

I'm a huge fan of both now......

 

FFDP are one of the few current crop of low-tuned metal I like. I'd love to get to see them one day.

Reverend

I saw 5fdp at an awards show a while back. Never again.

joneve

Just discovered The Gospel Youth today as they're supporting Deaf Havana on thursday in Oxford. 

Catchy as fuck pop rock outfit from Brighton. Right up my proverbial.