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Concert Review:


Kiros played first, the typical opening band. Noone was really into these guys, and for good reason, they played some politically infuenced, save the trees pop-punk. They even took 10 minutes to tell everyone they should sponsor an African orphan. Exactly what I didn't pay to see. Painfully rated 4/10.

Next was Secret & Whisper. Well the secret is that these guys are terrible, and it's not being very well kept apparently. This band was a chore, that's all I can really say. A Saosin meets Chiodos soprano fest, with sloppy instrumentals and pretentious band members. Not clicking here with me. Performance rated 5.5/10

Closure in Moscow was the next band up, and they started out on the right foot and left a good first impression that soon went sour. If there was ever a band I've seen that you could tell they all hated each other, it was this band. The vocalist was a complete *******, destroying not one, but two house mics (the sound man was PISSED) and just being an all around douchebag, all but refusing to leave the stage after the performance even after all the other band members had dismissed themselves, singing acapella on stage for a good 3 minutes of incoherent crap that noone wanted to hear before finally storming off without so much as a thank you to the crowd. The drummer didn't even wait for the song to end before leaving the stage and the lead guitarist played the outro from backstage, fairly obvious these guys just didn't want to be there. Performance rated an all time low 3.5/10.

And then...


Up next, the mighty Maylene & The Sons of Disaster. This is one band I always know I can count on, the stage presence was there as usual, the set list was top notch, the sound was near perfect, and of course Dallas was a complete madman. This performance tonight has set aside all doubt for me that Dallas Taylor is the single best frontman playing metal music right now, talk about whom ever you like, but noone, and I mean NOONE gets a crowd moving like Dallas does, and mind you, this was a crowd of Emery fans we're talking about. The show blew me away completely, just when I thought the band might be slipping after suffering the loss of 3 original band members prior to this last album, MATSOD has figured a way to maintain their high level of performance on stage and haven't backed off an inch from their high-powered 3 guitar southern metalcore attack that keeps the fans coming back for more. This is one band I think I will be sticking with for quite some time. Thanks for being awesome Maylene. Performance rated 9.6/10.

Emery played last. I did not stay to watch Emery, their music irritates me almost as must as their pussy little fans do. Performance not rated.


Overall, Maylene was the only reason anyone should go to this show. The other bands don't live up, and touring under Emery is a slap in the face. The same thing happened 2 years ago when I saw Maylene open for He Is Legend, Maylene steals the show. Tickets were well priced at $15.


p.s. All photos done by me.

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