Went for 2 weeks in New York on October 2013. Stayed at my friend Sarah’s place in Brooklyn, and on the first day we decided to have a day out at Bear Moutain.

Took the train at Grand Central fairly early with Sarah and Teddy (10ish I guess), and Sarah’s workmate picked us at the station.

Once at Bear Mountain we hiked to the top to get a good view of New York though due to the weather we couldn’t see any of it.

Going down we wanted to take a bear at the Oktoberfest by the lake but the hour queue kind of put us off so we just went to a snack in Cold Spring before going back to NYC.

DevilDriver was headling at Le Trabendo, Paris, France on April 1st 2014.

The five-pieces band from California is playing a Groove / Melodic Death Metal, which alternates soft and heavy with fast and hard music and vocals. Their music is quite catching and usually good at moving crowds around, I remember seeing the biggest circle pit ever during their show in Download Festival years ago. Dez Fafara on vocals is the strong point of the show. As he claims during the show, he has ADD and is quite hyper. Love when he said “California is a great place, you can both snowboard and surf on the same day”, well this guy knows how to talk to me! That’s quite strange to see him with a beard though, I’m quite used to his tattooed shin! Jeff Kendrick on guitar and the new recruit Chris Towning on bass are the shave heads of the groupe, and they put a good display on stage, putting on faces and display there playing skills. Mike Spreitzer on the guitar and John Boecklin on drums are quite calms on stage.

The shows starts quite early nowdays during the week and ends even earlier, that probably explains why the venue was not fool, but the public really seemed to enjoy the show, singing along and getting hyper on the pit! A good show with good music, clearly the highlight of the evening even though I saw crazier shows from them.

Setlist:

1. Head on to Heartache (Let Them Rot)
2. Hold Back the Day
3. Not All Who Wander Are Lost
4. Before the Hangman’s Noose
5. Oath of the Abyss
6. I Could Care Less
7. The Appetite
8. Sail (AWOLNATION cover)
9. End of the Line
10. Dead to Rights
11. Clouds Over California
12. Ruthless
13. Meet the Wretched

Thanks to Mona from Napalm Records.

Suicidal Tendencies was headlining the Persistence Tour that toured around Europe this winter. The played in Paris on January 20th 2014 at Le Bataclan.

Suicidal Tendencies, with Mike Muir still as hyper, is always putting on a hell of a show! Their stage performance is crazy, they get everyone on stage, Tim “RAWBIZ” Williams get down on the pit to play bass in a circle pit, this show WAS good! They have inspired people for years, and I believe that they will do for the years to come!

Persistence Tour was presented by Mad Tourbooking

Terror was part of the Persistence Tour that toured around Europe this winter. The played in Paris on January 20th 2014 at Le Bataclan.

I hadn’t see Terror playing live for years, but they still have the same power as before! Crowd was crazy, their frontman Scott Vogel getting everyone to come on stage and dive during the show. Well, as much as I like stage dive, I cannot remind you enough to be careful, I saw a guy jumping backward and fall straight to the floor… he had to be taken out in emergency. Stay safe when diving boys and girls!

Persistence Tour was presented by Mad Tourbooking

While Andrew Kline is supposedly leading the band during the show, on stage the singer Rick Rodney is quite impressive!

Persistence Tour was presented by Mad Tourbooking

I wanted to see this band live for a long time, and I can say that while they performed well on stage, I was quite desappointed by the fact that the public was so quite and unconcerned by their performance. How frustrating!

Andrew « Drew » Carey was quite hyper on stage, circling is microphone around, and hopefully next time I will get to see them the crowd will be more enthusiastic!

Persistence Tour was presented by Mad Tourbooking