Here we are at 101 concerts. What are we gonna do about it?
Well... I guess we are gonna write about it.
Knotfest: A festival put on annually by the band Slipknot. This festival is two days of heavy metal artists exploding through the hills of San Bernardino.
I, however, was only drawn to the first day, Saturday October 24, 2015. Because who was main headliner? Judas Priest. Who opened for them? Korn. If you've been paying attention you'll know already that I am a huge Korn fan and an even bigger Judas Priest fan.
I have another post you can read called Epicenter Festival 2015. Where I talk about seeing Korn alongside a few other cool bands. Such as Limp Bizkit, P.O.D. I suggest you give that post a read!
I feel like Korn is a band that you come to understand and appreciate. I know the sound can be "a lot" at first. But when you find out where that heavy music comes from, and it comes from a very heartfelt place. It can change your mind, and make you a Korn believer. The lyrics are largely written by Jonathan Davis who truly had a sad childhood. Understanding his story changed my mind. Also their relationship as a band is awesome. They are all buddies, in videos they seem to have so much fun with each other being in a Rock band. Or nu-metal if you want me to be all specific and what not.
So what do you do when you have tickets to see an awesome show, but your girlfriend gets busy?
Find another willing soul to gallivant alongside me through heavy metal bliss!
My friend Raitt pulled through when I requested a ride in exchange for his entry. So he picked me up at my house, we went and grabbed a 32 of Budweiser some ice and we were off. We ripped through on the toll road and we arrived early for some pre game shenanigans. We were supposed to have a few drinks, then we got buzzed, and then we got drunk. Sharing laughs, and our love for metal.
While at Knotfest I managed to see Kataklysm, Mastodon, Korn and Judas Priest. To be honest I needed to rest during Mastodon. A lot of walking and a lot of beer was exhausting. I actually walked 7 miles! But by the time Korn was up I was ready, ready to redeem myself after an hour long lawn nap. I was so far from the stage that I didn't really worry about watching the show. There was a cool little mosh pit of just a few people. It was wide open and we were just having a lot of fun listening to Korn together. Korn is definitely it's own niche that I'm pleased to be part of. The set was not nearly as long as I could have hoped. They are touring for the 20th anniversary of their first self titled album. However there set was far too short to give the audience a full injection of the album and then some extra hits. So they ripped through the first half of the album and gave fans some of there more chart topping hits. I'm just glad to have seen them during the Epicenter festival. They had a longer set during that show, it was fantastic. Again I can't venture too far into the performance itself, because I had seen it and I wasn't really focused on trying to watch what was so far away. But I love John, Fieldy, Head, I love the Korn crew. They've made some of my favorite songs of all time.
The moshing subsided for Priest as one would expect, Judas Priest is high octane metal don't get me wrong. But their brand of metal doesn't really call for moshing. They slay you into submission to the point where all you can do is sit and watch in awe as your face starts to melt off. Rob Halford looked to be in really good health, and I can't imagine Judas Priest going anywhere anytime soon. I hope to find myself at a true to the bone full set Judas Priest show again soon. Much like Korn the set was minimal and short. However they did manage to have Rob ride out on his motorcycle. As one has come to expect. But cheers to performing some of my favorite songs of all time for me again boys. The Priest is always welcome back to Southern California. Please check out my first Judas Priest post Dan Goes To Judas Priest Concerts where I write like the biggest fanboy goober ever. Maybe next time I'll be able to afford meet and greet tickets and really solidify my Judas Priest history!!
Well... I guess we are gonna write about it.
Knotfest: A festival put on annually by the band Slipknot. This festival is two days of heavy metal artists exploding through the hills of San Bernardino.
I, however, was only drawn to the first day, Saturday October 24, 2015. Because who was main headliner? Judas Priest. Who opened for them? Korn. If you've been paying attention you'll know already that I am a huge Korn fan and an even bigger Judas Priest fan.
I have another post you can read called Epicenter Festival 2015. Where I talk about seeing Korn alongside a few other cool bands. Such as Limp Bizkit, P.O.D. I suggest you give that post a read! I feel like Korn is a band that you come to understand and appreciate. I know the sound can be "a lot" at first. But when you find out where that heavy music comes from, and it comes from a very heartfelt place. It can change your mind, and make you a Korn believer. The lyrics are largely written by Jonathan Davis who truly had a sad childhood. Understanding his story changed my mind. Also their relationship as a band is awesome. They are all buddies, in videos they seem to have so much fun with each other being in a Rock band. Or nu-metal if you want me to be all specific and what not.
So what do you do when you have tickets to see an awesome show, but your girlfriend gets busy?
Find another willing soul to gallivant alongside me through heavy metal bliss!
My friend Raitt pulled through when I requested a ride in exchange for his entry. So he picked me up at my house, we went and grabbed a 32 of Budweiser some ice and we were off. We ripped through on the toll road and we arrived early for some pre game shenanigans. We were supposed to have a few drinks, then we got buzzed, and then we got drunk. Sharing laughs, and our love for metal.
While at Knotfest I managed to see Kataklysm, Mastodon, Korn and Judas Priest. To be honest I needed to rest during Mastodon. A lot of walking and a lot of beer was exhausting. I actually walked 7 miles! But by the time Korn was up I was ready, ready to redeem myself after an hour long lawn nap. I was so far from the stage that I didn't really worry about watching the show. There was a cool little mosh pit of just a few people. It was wide open and we were just having a lot of fun listening to Korn together. Korn is definitely it's own niche that I'm pleased to be part of. The set was not nearly as long as I could have hoped. They are touring for the 20th anniversary of their first self titled album. However there set was far too short to give the audience a full injection of the album and then some extra hits. So they ripped through the first half of the album and gave fans some of there more chart topping hits. I'm just glad to have seen them during the Epicenter festival. They had a longer set during that show, it was fantastic. Again I can't venture too far into the performance itself, because I had seen it and I wasn't really focused on trying to watch what was so far away. But I love John, Fieldy, Head, I love the Korn crew. They've made some of my favorite songs of all time.
The moshing subsided for Priest as one would expect, Judas Priest is high octane metal don't get me wrong. But their brand of metal doesn't really call for moshing. They slay you into submission to the point where all you can do is sit and watch in awe as your face starts to melt off. Rob Halford looked to be in really good health, and I can't imagine Judas Priest going anywhere anytime soon. I hope to find myself at a true to the bone full set Judas Priest show again soon. Much like Korn the set was minimal and short. However they did manage to have Rob ride out on his motorcycle. As one has come to expect. But cheers to performing some of my favorite songs of all time for me again boys. The Priest is always welcome back to Southern California. Please check out my first Judas Priest post Dan Goes To Judas Priest Concerts where I write like the biggest fanboy goober ever. Maybe next time I'll be able to afford meet and greet tickets and really solidify my Judas Priest history!! 
2 days of heavy metal.. incredible.... i would love to be their with a couple of my friend.... sports tickets
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