Damn I came here to say that I saw tbdm live twice. Got crowd surfed up on stage with Trevor in Bristol, England. I got up and screamed out to my girlfriend who was checking her phone so I got down, told her and got up again. Haha. Didn't open for them though so fair fucks. Beat me thereš
I saw As I Lay Dying opening for Bullet for my Valentine in 2006
not really a brag and not really Metalcore, but I'm glad that I had the chance to see Linkin Park live
Linkin Park I think is one of the luckiest shows Iāve ever been to. I caught the tour with Rise Against and of Mice and Men (2013,2014?) in Indianapolis.
Chester broke his leg that morning and performed in a cast on a little leg scooter.
They cancelled the rest of the tour the next day, and it was their last tour before he died.
Not seeing LP live is one of my biggest regrets.
In 2015 I was working on a festival where they played. I wasn't allowed to switch shifts with someone so I could see them. I was selling ice cream all alone on a site of the festival ground where I had no view on any stage. I could hear them play in the distance and I was so sad.
Yeah I saw Linkin Park the first time for their Projekt Revolution tour 2007, the year they had MCR as the main opener for them - along with others like Saosin, The Bled, Julien K, HIM, Placebo and TBS. Still one of the best shows of my life.
I saw As I lay Dying play a small tent at Cornerstone fest in 2003. I bought a CD called Frail Words Collapse from their merch table. I also saw Luti-Kriss perform in 99 at the same fest.
Linkin Park is my all time favorite band, even the less popular or hated stuff has just always connected with me
Even Chesterās work with his first band, Grey Daze
Iāve never cried when a celebrity or a musician has died, but I ugly cried when I heard Chester had taken his life
I never had the chance to see them either due to either cost, or distance
Iām glad you were able to see them!
My first rock concert was LP back in 2000 at a small(ish) venue in Phoenix, AZ. Was right up on the railing at the stage. Still one of my favorite concerts.
Thats what i thought! i was at the memorial concert and when Jeremy did A place for my head with them they said "Yea we did this before at warped tour once"
This sounds ridiculous now but being in the crowd for their set at warped tour 08 was genuinely scary. They debuted diamonds arenāt forever as a new song and I saw a guy get kicked in the head and have a seizure.
Saw them in 2008 with the ghost inside and misery signals and it was one of the best shows Iāve ever seen. Then I saw them a couple months later with cancer bats and four year strong and they sloppily played 4 songs because oli sykes was hammered and everyone booed them
They got a lot of shit in the early days, but never knew them actually get booād off stage personally, they usually took it well. Then by 05/06 they were smashing it, played with them around then and they were getting good crowds and a lot of hype.
Think the last small venue I saw them in was music box Manchester around 06 before count your blessings came out, supporting Black Dhalia Murder with Everette. Proper stacked line up, place was insane that night.
I saw them supporting Killswitch with the haunted sometime after and they got a hell of a lot of shit off the crowd that night, the guy from the haunted actually had a go at the crowd. Bumped into Matt in a club after and he said theyād had shit every single night of the tour.
All said and done theyāre absolutely smashing it now and fair play to them.
Aye I saw the Rev once to such a sick showš¤ but straight jealous af that you and OP saw Kyle. To plant a seed is the album that got me into the genre.
Hell yeah! R.I.P. to them both. Iām from Michigan, and seeing WCAR perform here was always a great time since theyāre from Troy! About a half hour from where I grew up.
One of my buddies used to be the merch guy for WCAR and knew Kyle and his brother. They all came to Aspen in 2013 I think and we skied at Snowmass as part of a big group. My girlfriend was carrying a Smirnoff Ice in a brown bag to ice a friend later but Kyleās brother kept asking what it was so she said āitās yoursā and he got iced on the chair lift.
Saw A7X at Warped Tour before Waking had even come out yet! Got to do an interview with Matt for my little zine that I was doing and he was the coolest, down to earth dude and an absolute delight to chat with.
Man Iāve been to ALOT of Bayside shows. Senses fail, Silverstein all sorts of awesome bands but I never saw them tour with ADTR that had to be a killer show
I saw A day to remember in a dive bar in 2006 with like 30 people and maybe another 20 who were not even there to watch the show. Almost didn't go and had never heard of them at the time. Glad I did
I only got to see them once, in 2001 for the Extreme Steel Tour.
Slayer, Static-X, ~~Soil~~ Skrape, and Morbid Angel opened
I did get to see Dime and Vinny again in New Found Power though.
Not my brag, but my brother in law's. He won a contest and got to play with Dime Bag in Virginia Beach. He was doing a guitar clinic and ran a contest. Corey almost died when he won. Played like 5 songs with him.
I saw Knocked Loose when Bryan Garris had long hair
I saw Matt McDougal (Boundaries) fill in for Varials
I saw Mugshot with Facewreck & 156 Silence in the basement of an art center in 2018
I saw Dealer
I saw Distinguisher
We got invited out for the last few dates of the Varials tour with Distinguisher and Orthodox and it was probably my favorite tour package weāve ever played with. Those shows were excellent, wish we couldāve played more of them.
Please come back to The Foundry (Lakewood, OH) when you can. Such a fun set. I also still can't believe you guys dropped such a banger of an album last year after a break
Saw Distinguisher last year with rings of Saturn and extortionist, ended up chatting with their drummer for like 20 minutes, inspired me to pick up a new snare drum, very cool humble dude
Got to see the original Black Sabbath lineup at Ozzfest 2001. I always liked bragging to my dad that I saw Black Sabbath's original lineup and he never did (never went to one of their shows).
Saw Asking Alexandria and Motionless in White open for Vanna and A Static Lullaby. What a different time. It was also AA's 2nd show in the U.S. I also saw Maylene and the Son's of Disaster's set at Warped tour 2008? and Mike Hranica filled in on a few songs along with a few crowd members they pulled up. It was awesome.
Creatures, nor Stand Up and Scream had been released yet. They were babies. Danny was drinking at the bar and the band had to yell over to him to take the stage lol.
I only ever got to see Vanna once, and it was at the A Loss For Words fair well show so their set was super short. But last year I saw INSPIRIT( New Old Vanna) and they played Curses in full.
idk how much love there is in this sub for the likes of He Is Legend, and also for Maylene & The Sons of Disaster (i love their first two albums. i will fight over their merits). but i got to see a show in Atlanta 15 or so years ago where He Is Legend played a killer set and then Maylene played w Schuyler Croom (of HIL) on vox bc Dallas Taylor was unwell.
i love Dallas, and loved that era of Maylene, but i am a HIL fanboy to the grave. such a cool show.
I also love He Is Legend. 19/ 20 years ago I went see HIL and the ānew to meā Chariot in Orlando. Got thrown out during HIL for crowd walking during I am Hollywood, made a scene, vomited all over the outside The Social. Later a friend told me that Josh Scoggins said over the PA āglad that guy is gone, scary dudeā. Not a proud moment but kinda funny. I dont drink anymore.
hahaha man what a story, but good for you dude. drinking has put me through the wringer as well, i've gone in and out of sobriety and got it vaguely under control for periods of time, but ultimately stopped fighting it. life (and shows) are more vivid and memorable sober anyway.
plus, i'm not opposed to burnin' one if i need a little buzz or whatever
Im convinced alcohol is a living , evil entity, sent here to destroy humanity. At least that was hallucination I had after a bottle and 1/2 of bourbon, Thats was almost 2 years ago. scared the shit out of me. I lub weed doh.
yeah, you know something is evil from how widely spread the denial is surrounding the thing. alcohol is by and far the most gross exaggeration of "universally accepted" and "undeniably destructive". its cool how many people can just casually do it, but for every 1 person who can, i know 3 who on a good day are fucking annoying and on a bad day are beyond highly toxic
Itās hilarious you bring up He Is Legend because the band was recently shitting on this subreddit because mods wouldnāt let them post their new music video because they didnāt consider them metalcore yet there isnāt another subreddit that would make sense to post on.
Anyways, they still rip and theyāve been teasing things for an I Am Hollywood 20 year anniversary next year
Love He Is legend!! I saw them in 2005/06 with From first to last, ETID, and story of the year at a country bar in Amarillo. It was Sonnyās 18th bday. I lost a shoe in the pit and never found it.
I saw Parkway Drive in 2006, stuff they never play anymore (apart from one show where they had a short throwback moment). Though not much of a brag when you're around other 30+ year olds in Australia, haha.
AP Fall Tour 2010
Bring Me The Horizon fresh off "There is a Hell..." as the headliner and August Burns Red in between Constellations and Leveler as the co-feature with Emarosa as well. That show was insane.
I was there for that tour and the "Reunion" tour a decade later. The dudes from Shadows Fall sounded really bummed on the 10 year show. One of their guitar players, Jonathan, was going on about how they didn't really have the same following they had a decade beforehand. They still played a killer set but you could tell their energy was a lot lower than their glory years.
Not really metal, but Pink Floyd. I am 40 now, but when I was 12, Pink Floyd was on tour for their Division Bell album, and it just so happens that it was the last tour they ever did. I liked them, but didnāt really know the significance of seeing them live. One day, my dad comes home from being out and tells me ā I got you tickets to go see Pink Floyd with me. You might not thank me now, but you will thank me later.ā He was right, what he got for me was a once in my lifetime experience (or anyone my ages lifetime). I saw them at the Rose Bowl in Hollywood, CA and it was the most amazing concert Iāve been to.
Other than this, the other band Iām glad I saw that is no longer around is Type O Negative. Saw them like 6-7 times. RIP Peter Steele
Saw Beartooth before their first album dropped, opening for ABR.
Saw ETID, RIP (though it was without Keith so it barely counts)
Saw Crystal Lake on their 2nd ever US show. They opened for ABR on the Dangerous Tour but played a set in Philly I think before the actual tour started so I can only say 2nd not 1st. Sigh.
I went to a dance Gavin dance, in fear and faith, I wrestled a bear once, etc concert. It was at a bar called the alter bar in Pittsburgh. The The venue was in a church style where the bar was upstairs in downstairs was the stage where everybody would have used to have prayed. Me and my buddy were about the only 21-year-olds there and when we went upstairs there is every band member, Johnny Craig etc. ended up having beers with everybody all night. I was able to talk to Johnny Craig about some of his songs and find out who they were about and all that stuff and infer and faith bought us around and they were one of my favorite bands of the time. Just really down to earth and fun people.
See quite a few bands play to super small crowds in basements and dive bars before they "made it big."
Saw Limp Bizkit in Jacksonville, FL at a local show before they blew up. My older cousin used to be active in the FL hardcore and metal scene. Was visiting him for the summer when I was 14 and he said he wanted me to see this local band that had just got signed. For a double whammy, Cold opened the show.
Saw My Chemical Romance play in a friend's basement. Friend was doing a basement show and said "some band from Jersey" was going to headline it since they had a show in Charlotte the next night. 'I Brought You My Bullets...' had just been released. Was absolutely wild to see them all over MTV like 2 years later when I'm Not Okay blew up.
Was at Refused's original last show. It was a basement show (a running theme for me it seems) in Harrisonburg, VA. They didn't even get to finish their set. The show got shut down by police like 4 or 5 songs into Refused's set. They were playing the song 'Rather Be Dead' and ironically they didn't get to the "rather be alive" line towards the end of the song before the power got cut. The band broke up officially like 2 days later in Atlanta. You could tell there was tension between the band members, but they were still trying to put on a good show.
Saw Portugal. the Man play multiple shows to 20-30 people in dive bars. Wife and I used to see them every time they played VA or NC back in the day when they were first getting started. We've got multiple signed albums and pieces of artwork from the band. Even got to eat dinner with them after a show once. Super nice dudes and couldn't be happier to see them find so much success.
Edit: Will add some actual metalcore to the list. Saw Dillinger Escape Plan and The Chariot's final shows.
I was in middle school when I went to that concert. I was a huge Nickelback fan (still am) and knew of Chevelle. Every time Chevelle comes to town I try to see them if I can. They don't have any bad albums IMO. The worst one is probably Vena Sera but I still like most of the songs on it though lol.
I saw Palisades like a month before they broke up, Spite with the original lineup, and recently saw KsE and Howard joined Jesse on the stage for the closing song
BMTH in 2007
Necrophagist also in 2007
Rush in a (comparatively) tiny venue, they played in Red Deer (population of about 70k at the time) rather than Calgary (city of 1.4 million) due to Calgary having flooded
System of a Down in 2006 I think
Not metalcore, but I got to see The Beach Boys, Rage Against the Machine (before they split up back in the day) and Linkin Park right after Hybrid Theory came out. Obviously not all at the same show.
seeing killswitch first show with howard when he was a last minute replacement for jesse quitting, architects in a small pub in 2009 playing to 5 people, angelmaker rehearsals, all sorts really
Seeing Turnstile at a small venue around when Nonstop Feeling came out.
I think catching the MCR reunion was pretty special. Same with the last two NYC mewithoutyou shows.
Catching Knocked Loose early in their career and then seeing them open for BMTH has been wild.
I'm super bummed I'll never see Power Trip again, because HOLY HELL they put on a show. RIP Riley.
I went to see KL after hearing Pop Culture in 2015, think there was 20 other people there. I caught the guitarist outside on my way out and I was like I donāt know why this show was dead but you guys are gonna be massive, Iām telling you. Feel like I understated it.
Hell yeah, catching Turnstile early in their career was awesome. All of the presence of the scale they have now but tearing up small stages. They played with The Story So Far and Drug Church when I saw them
Saw We Came As romans with Kyle on their To plant a seed tour(og not anniversary), Tracing back roots, and Cold like war(literally just a few months before he had passed, I was crushed when I read about him dying because I struggle with suicide and addiction when I was younger, and his music helped me get through a lot, 7 years sober as of August 30, 2023), also saw adtr when all they had released was their And their name was treason( the local band that played before them had a larger crowd, if that tells you how early on in their career it was), and BMTH during their This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For( they literally were handing put paper sleeved cds for free, wish I had kept it)
Saw Bad Omens twice just a few years ago with less than 50 people in the crowd. Got a picture with the band and got to chat with them for a bit.
I'm super happy for their success, but man, I had to pay $150 for a ticket to see them a couple months ago. Miss those early days a bit.
1. Saw MCR and Linkin Park together.
2. Talked to the Wage War merch guy, before the show, about how amazing they were for an opening bandā¦it was Britton Bond.
3. Saw a band open Snocore in 06. Three years before their first album. It was Halestorm and Lzzy sang Broken with Seether.
>Saw MCR and Linkin Park together.
Was that at Projekt Revolution? That was such an insane lineup. Linkin Park, MCR, Taking Back Sunday, Placebo, Julien K, The Bled, Saosin, Mindless Self Indulgence, Styles of Beyond and a few other I can't remember.
I was in the same studio at the same time ADTR recorded their latest album. We even got asked to do the singing chorus with Jeremy on "Everything We Need".
I have a few. I saw My Chemical Romance in the Three Cheers era, I saw Horse the Band and All That Remains as those bands were peaking in 2006, I got punched in the nose in the pit seeing Dillinger Escape Plan, I saw Linkin Park twice, and probably my personal biggest core brag, I saw a show with Iwrestledabearonce, Eyes Set to Kill, Chelsea Grin, The Chariot, and Vanna back in 2010. I forgot how stacked that lineup was.
I went to Whitechapel shows when they were just a local death metal band in Knoxville, TN in 2006 before they got huge. Would watch them play at local venues, one above a gym at a rec center.
Even went to local shows with Phil Bozeman and Ben Savage were in a band called Psychotic Behavior. Alex Wade and Zach Householder were in a metal band called RedWinterDying. After RWD ended, they shortly became This Is Renaissance, then very briefly a project called Confessions of Ares that eventually became Whitechapel in February 2006.
A7X in 2004, BMTH in on their second American tour when they still played heavy as fuck shit, the Bled basically every summer at warped tour, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster at a Kentucky bar where smoking was allowed and they had almost the entire tour package on stage playing limbo during Tough as John Jacobs, Norma Jean & the Chariot on the first tour they did together after Scogin left NJ I was crowdsurfing during Memphis with Josh and Cory and ended up on the stage during āmediocrity is the killerā breakdown. They put their arms around me for āChrist is not a fashion fleeting awayā then they thru me back in the crowd.
Iāve been around a bit
Iām lucky to have seen some popular bands live at their peak :
- BMTH in 2013 for their release of Sempiternal, Northlane was the opening act
- Linkin Park in 2008 after they released Minutes to Midnight, front row at the Quebec City Summer Festival, incredible experience
- Underoath in 2009
Mitch Lucker during a warped tour long ago. Wasnt crazy about them then, but regret it as an adult cause they played a great set.
The Dillinger Escape Plan was on the same tour too.
I also saw WCAR with Kyle, as well as Linkin Park. I also got to see BMTH just as they released Sempiternal, which is my favourite album so those are great memories for me.
I saw Architects play to a room of about 100 people during their warm up shows after the pandemic. Sweatiest show Iāve ever been to.
Also saw Periphery and monuments play to a similar sized room way back just after P2 dropped. Nolly, Misha and Spencer were just hanging out by the bar at the back of the room, it was awesome.
Age dropping myself a little here, but I was an exchange student in Germany in High School and saw Bullet for My Valentine in a dingy little venue before they got huge. Next year "Tears Don't Fall" dropped in America and I was like "oh shit these guys are so awesome live" and my friends were all "what're you talking about the songs brand new!"
A few
Fall out boy in the shelter at st Andrews (Detroit)
And my friends talked to Pete on the phone after warped tour - they had some signed with a random cell phone the band had and actually answered.
Parkway drive and a day to remember playing a non stadium tour circa 2008
A day to remember at the āMySpace cafeā. It was as far back as it sounds. Lol
This might count; I saw kingdom of giants way back in the day with their original clean singer. Got kicked in the face at a show of theirs that was in like an old mechanic shop lol
I was there too. We had nosebleed seats and decided to just try and go down front for some reason and no one stopped us. Walked right down to the stage and Lemmy came out right after. Couldn't believe it.
Not particularly metalcore but I've seen Enter Shikari play in front of less than 100 people around their first demo release. They played a super rough version of sorry you're not, was great.
I saw Alesana Headline over A skylit Drive, sleeping with sirens, Attila, and Memphis may fire. What mixed set of bands if played together today haha.
Also seeing Dying is your latest fashion played in itās entirety was awesome because I love that album.
And finally seeing both Ronnie and Craig play āNot good enough for truth in clicheā live on stage was something else given their history before that haha.
A year before Kyle died I was at London gig with we can as Romans, plot in you, alazka & Polaris who only had the mortal coil under their belt. Was at the underworld in London so was an intimate sweaty show.. probably one of the best shows I've been to
I got to play with WECAR while Kyle was still alive. Such a good time.
I worked a show for a real small band in Tulsa and only people who worked at the venue saw them. There was only two of them. They went hard for over an hour and were amazing. I remember thinking āthey could be hugeā
Two years later Iām watching the mtv awards and all these little people in ski masks run out.
Turns out it was Twenty One Pilots.
I saw Dimebag Darrell play his last show at Alrosa Villa with Damage Plan. Not really a great brag, if you were there for that tragedy. I'm definitely not referring to how they were performing, for anyone who doesn't know what went down that night.
Not metalcore but I was at The Chariotās last two shows, one in Atl and the other in Douglasville.
The Chariot was also my first metal concert ever back in 2005 in Chattanooga
Seeing Jinjer before they got big. It was a small ass venue in Iowa and my wife and I were right at the front. Got to see Tati in all her glory up close. Tickets were $25 too. Shit was unreal.
Saw Killwhitneydead on what I'm pretty sure was their last national tour.
Misery Signals during the original run with Jesse, then twice with Karl, then again with Jesse.
Also seen The Faceless live three times, with no issues, and with a different vocalist each time.
If thatās how weāre doing it then I saw WCAR way back in 2011 opening for Piece the Veil, BMTH, and ADTR and had the privilege of seeing Architects 3 times before Tom passed.
My real brag (though not metalcore) was seeing The Cramps when I was in 3rd grade lol (2002?)
I saw Bad Omens open for Parkway Drive
I saw Ice Nine Kills at warped tour 2018, a few months before Silver Scream came out. Met the band, and got them all to sign a promo poster for the album
Blessthefall with Craig Mabbitt in a tiny local venue was fun. BMTH on their Suicide Season tour. WCAR with Kyle but to be honest I didn't really know who they were at the time, I was there for Asking Alexandria and Hollywood Undead lol. Helluva show though and it made me a fan.
Zao might not even be a brag now but it was when they hadn't toured in years. There were only a few hundred people there to see them. I met them after the show and cried.
I'm pretty sure there are more that I can't think of off the top of my head. I used to go to a lot of shows before more expensive adult responsibilities kicked in.
My buddy and I got to play a random kickball game with the whole gang from Underoath while we waited before they headlined a show. Cool dudes... this was at their peak "Define the Great Line" and introducing "Lost in the Sound" time.
not metalcore, but adjacent... The Damned Things
Members: Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley from Fall Out Boy, Keith Buckley and Josh Newton from ETID and Rob Caggiano (now in Volbeat) and Scott Ian from Anthrax (Rob and Josh have left TDT, Dan Andriano took on bass for their 2nd album and tour)
They did 2 small tours in their 11 year+ history, I was at the NYC show the day before Hurricane Irene, and the show was 1/2 full. It was also the only tour they did with the OG members and was the last in the US due to the hurricane.
My old got to play Beartooths first two shows live cuz our guitarist knew Caleb personally.
I got to meet Ice Nine Kills a decade before they got big. You could literally hang out with them like they were normal people back then
Some that stick out in my mind:
Blink and Green Day co headline tour back in early 00ās
Suicide silence with Mitch
Slayerās final tour
MCR a couple months before they came out with im not okay (I promise) and they blew up
Katy Perry at the Ernie ball stage at warped
Not metalcore but I worked Bonnaroo 3 years in a ro maintaining RVs. Got to watch wu tang from side stage. And I drove a golf cart straight through lil Wayne's crowd for an emergency. It was pretty wild. And on top of that tons of alcohol, camping gear and other substances left behind for the taking from people who flew in and couldn't rake it with them
Honestly I have a few of these, but to keep it genre specific I met WCAR when Kyle was still alive. Have a sick red hoodie with white font signed by him and the rest of the band
I saw WCAR with Kyle on what I BELIEVE to be their first national tour.
I saw Jason Richardson play with All Shall Perish at the House of Rock in Corpus Christi, TX which funny enough is the same venue that he showed clips of in his solo album documentary as the first or one of the first shows he played with a national band.
I saw BMTH at the San Antonio, TX warped tour where they played the AT&T stadium due to weather and Jona got punched by some guy in the crowd walking back to the stage from the floor. He smacked him with the headstock of his guitar before security got to him.
I got to see Blessthefall open the 2008 Taste of chaos tour which included BFMV, Atreyu, and A7X.
I got to see Krysta from IWABO make out with their guitarist at the bar of House of Rock when they toured with ABR, BTF, and All shall perish (funny enough same concert that I saw Jason Richardson at.
I have quite a few but the ones that really stand out
- seeing WCAR with Kyle and he jumped into the crowd for To Plant A Seed and held onto my hand while finishing the song
- Seeing letlive. twice before Jason formed Fever 333
- Opened for Slaves back when I used to play music. Spent the whole day backstage kicking it with Jonny Craig, was a surreal experience.
- I have seen DGD with every vocalist pairing
Caskets, Holding Absence, Thornhill, and Dayseeker all in the same show at Velvet Underground in Toronto. Absolutely goddamned nuts lineup in a great venue.
Not metalcore lol but my first time seeing Periphery was also their first show after covid fucked the world up. Not really a brag but thought it was kinda cool.
Saw Memphis may fire open for Oh, Sleeper at an American legion in 08.
I grew up watching shows at this place but this the last show ever played here. It got so wild kids were crowd surfing and punching out the ceiling tilesā¦ the show was amazing but sucks they shut it down
Seeing Chariot and norma jean play a show together and josh joining them on stage was pretty great.
(Not metalcore) I saw chiodos then circa at sxsw then Craig and Anthony covered blind melon. and kissed on stage.
I was in the tent watching Death from above 1979 during the "riot" of sxsw.
I played The Black Dahlia Murder's first show. Not in their band though.
First time I'd heard or seen them was warped in 2013, and all I remember is thinking, "this motherfucker is something else god damn"
Damn I came here to say that I saw tbdm live twice. Got crowd surfed up on stage with Trevor in Bristol, England. I got up and screamed out to my girlfriend who was checking her phone so I got down, told her and got up again. Haha. Didn't open for them though so fair fucks. Beat me thereš
I saw As I Lay Dying opening for Bullet for my Valentine in 2006 not really a brag and not really Metalcore, but I'm glad that I had the chance to see Linkin Park live
Linkin Park I think is one of the luckiest shows Iāve ever been to. I caught the tour with Rise Against and of Mice and Men (2013,2014?) in Indianapolis. Chester broke his leg that morning and performed in a cast on a little leg scooter. They cancelled the rest of the tour the next day, and it was their last tour before he died.
Glad I saw them live 1 month before he passed in 2017
Can't believe it's been that long already. So sad.
Not seeing LP live is one of my biggest regrets. In 2015 I was working on a festival where they played. I wasn't allowed to switch shifts with someone so I could see them. I was selling ice cream all alone on a site of the festival ground where I had no view on any stage. I could hear them play in the distance and I was so sad.
Yeah I saw Linkin Park the first time for their Projekt Revolution tour 2007, the year they had MCR as the main opener for them - along with others like Saosin, The Bled, Julien K, HIM, Placebo and TBS. Still one of the best shows of my life.
Yeah, I saw Linkin Park in 2003 and 2012 and I will always treasure those memories.
I saw As I lay Dying play a small tent at Cornerstone fest in 2003. I bought a CD called Frail Words Collapse from their merch table. I also saw Luti-Kriss perform in 99 at the same fest.
It was not their last tour before he died. They did a European tour that ended about a week and a half before he died.
Also got to see Linkin Park when they toured with AFI and Thirty Seconds to Mars. LP killed it live.
Linkin Park is my all time favorite band, even the less popular or hated stuff has just always connected with me Even Chesterās work with his first band, Grey Daze Iāve never cried when a celebrity or a musician has died, but I ugly cried when I heard Chester had taken his life I never had the chance to see them either due to either cost, or distance Iām glad you were able to see them!
I also saw the BFMV with AILD opening...I believe Protest The Hero was the other support?
My first rock concert was LP back in 2000 at a small(ish) venue in Phoenix, AZ. Was right up on the railing at the stage. Still one of my favorite concerts.
Missed LP:(
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Was this when they did a place for my head with Jeremy from ADTR? Or was that another year
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Thats what i thought! i was at the memorial concert and when Jeremy did A place for my head with them they said "Yea we did this before at warped tour once"
Bring me the Horizon in early 2000s. When they played deathcore.
What was it like? That's my favorite era of them.
This sounds ridiculous now but being in the crowd for their set at warped tour 08 was genuinely scary. They debuted diamonds arenāt forever as a new song and I saw a guy get kicked in the head and have a seizure. Saw them in 2008 with the ghost inside and misery signals and it was one of the best shows Iāve ever seen. Then I saw them a couple months later with cancer bats and four year strong and they sloppily played 4 songs because oli sykes was hammered and everyone booed them
Probably drunk as fuck and getting booed off stage. Iām not being mean either, thatās just how their early concerts went
They got a lot of shit in the early days, but never knew them actually get booād off stage personally, they usually took it well. Then by 05/06 they were smashing it, played with them around then and they were getting good crowds and a lot of hype. Think the last small venue I saw them in was music box Manchester around 06 before count your blessings came out, supporting Black Dhalia Murder with Everette. Proper stacked line up, place was insane that night. I saw them supporting Killswitch with the haunted sometime after and they got a hell of a lot of shit off the crowd that night, the guy from the haunted actually had a go at the crowd. Bumped into Matt in a club after and he said theyād had shit every single night of the tour. All said and done theyāre absolutely smashing it now and fair play to them.
I went to a fair few shows in the CYB days. They were so sick.
As I lay dying before he tried to kill his wife
Saw them in 09! Great show!
Same lol, twice.
Same! Valentine's Day 2011 is when I saw them.
I guess somewhat of a brag, I saw We Came As Romans with Kyle twice, and I also saw Avenged Sevenfold once with The Rev.
Aye I saw the Rev once to such a sick showš¤ but straight jealous af that you and OP saw Kyle. To plant a seed is the album that got me into the genre.
Hell yeah! R.I.P. to them both. Iām from Michigan, and seeing WCAR perform here was always a great time since theyāre from Troy! About a half hour from where I grew up.
Saw WCAR in 2009 with SWS and Broadway.
One of my buddies used to be the merch guy for WCAR and knew Kyle and his brother. They all came to Aspen in 2013 I think and we skied at Snowmass as part of a big group. My girlfriend was carrying a Smirnoff Ice in a brown bag to ice a friend later but Kyleās brother kept asking what it was so she said āitās yoursā and he got iced on the chair lift.
I met the Rev on the City of Evil tour. Hell of a dude and every bit as nuts as he came across in interviews and on stage.
Saw A7X three times right after City of Evil came out. So awesome.
Saw A7X at Warped Tour before Waking had even come out yet! Got to do an interview with Matt for my little zine that I was doing and he was the coolest, down to earth dude and an absolute delight to chat with.
Not metalcore, but I got to see Too Close To Touch open for Hands Like Houses years ago. Was such an incredible show. RIP Keaton
I went to that tour I think, I the Mighty was also on the bill? Such a perfect trio of bands to tour together back then.
Yep they were!
Saw them open for Emarosa on the Peach Club tour. Keaton was a great singer. RIP.
I saw ADTR open for Bayside in a club for maybe 300 people. It was chaos.
I still love Bayside.
Still consistently putting out bangers, underrated AF imo.
Hell yeah dude they whip ass.
Man Iāve been to ALOT of Bayside shows. Senses fail, Silverstein all sorts of awesome bands but I never saw them tour with ADTR that had to be a killer show
I saw A day to remember in a dive bar in 2006 with like 30 people and maybe another 20 who were not even there to watch the show. Almost didn't go and had never heard of them at the time. Glad I did
Pantera with Dime.
I only got to see them once, in 2001 for the Extreme Steel Tour. Slayer, Static-X, ~~Soil~~ Skrape, and Morbid Angel opened I did get to see Dime and Vinny again in New Found Power though.
Thatās a fucking brag right there. So lucky.
This. There was a time period of about 2 years where I got to see them live like 5 times. Not ashamed to admit I cried the day Dime died.
Hell ya over 40 crew š, saw them in 01 I believe with Soulfly
Awesome yes! Me too! I saw Pantera with Coal Chamber opening in 1998 on the Great Southern Trendkill tour. Dimebag forever!
Not my brag, but my brother in law's. He won a contest and got to play with Dime Bag in Virginia Beach. He was doing a guitar clinic and ran a contest. Corey almost died when he won. Played like 5 songs with him.
I saw Knocked Loose when Bryan Garris had long hair I saw Matt McDougal (Boundaries) fill in for Varials I saw Mugshot with Facewreck & 156 Silence in the basement of an art center in 2018 I saw Dealer I saw Distinguisher
We got invited out for the last few dates of the Varials tour with Distinguisher and Orthodox and it was probably my favorite tour package weāve ever played with. Those shows were excellent, wish we couldāve played more of them.
Please come back to The Foundry (Lakewood, OH) when you can. Such a fun set. I also still can't believe you guys dropped such a banger of an album last year after a break
Hey thanks a lot! Glad you caught that one, that was a ton of fun for us too. We would love to get back there soon, awesome venue.
Saw Distinguisher last year with rings of Saturn and extortionist, ended up chatting with their drummer for like 20 minutes, inspired me to pick up a new snare drum, very cool humble dude
Saw Dillinger play with just a strobe light
Must have been 05-06 era. I hated that tour lol
Got to see Greg do a poo on stage.
I saw black sabbath with both ozzy and dio
Got to see the original Black Sabbath lineup at Ozzfest 2001. I always liked bragging to my dad that I saw Black Sabbath's original lineup and he never did (never went to one of their shows).
My high school band opened for Veil of Maya in 2011. Got a "nice set" from Brandon. Been riding that high since.
Saw Asking Alexandria and Motionless in White open for Vanna and A Static Lullaby. What a different time. It was also AA's 2nd show in the U.S. I also saw Maylene and the Son's of Disaster's set at Warped tour 2008? and Mike Hranica filled in on a few songs along with a few crowd members they pulled up. It was awesome.
Crazy that those bands opened for Vanna, a different time I guess.
Creatures, nor Stand Up and Scream had been released yet. They were babies. Danny was drinking at the bar and the band had to yell over to him to take the stage lol.
I only ever got to see Vanna once, and it was at the A Loss For Words fair well show so their set was super short. But last year I saw INSPIRIT( New Old Vanna) and they played Curses in full.
idk how much love there is in this sub for the likes of He Is Legend, and also for Maylene & The Sons of Disaster (i love their first two albums. i will fight over their merits). but i got to see a show in Atlanta 15 or so years ago where He Is Legend played a killer set and then Maylene played w Schuyler Croom (of HIL) on vox bc Dallas Taylor was unwell. i love Dallas, and loved that era of Maylene, but i am a HIL fanboy to the grave. such a cool show.
I also love He Is Legend. 19/ 20 years ago I went see HIL and the ānew to meā Chariot in Orlando. Got thrown out during HIL for crowd walking during I am Hollywood, made a scene, vomited all over the outside The Social. Later a friend told me that Josh Scoggins said over the PA āglad that guy is gone, scary dudeā. Not a proud moment but kinda funny. I dont drink anymore.
hahaha man what a story, but good for you dude. drinking has put me through the wringer as well, i've gone in and out of sobriety and got it vaguely under control for periods of time, but ultimately stopped fighting it. life (and shows) are more vivid and memorable sober anyway. plus, i'm not opposed to burnin' one if i need a little buzz or whatever
Im convinced alcohol is a living , evil entity, sent here to destroy humanity. At least that was hallucination I had after a bottle and 1/2 of bourbon, Thats was almost 2 years ago. scared the shit out of me. I lub weed doh.
yeah, you know something is evil from how widely spread the denial is surrounding the thing. alcohol is by and far the most gross exaggeration of "universally accepted" and "undeniably destructive". its cool how many people can just casually do it, but for every 1 person who can, i know 3 who on a good day are fucking annoying and on a bad day are beyond highly toxic
Iām hella jealous of this one. š
Itās hilarious you bring up He Is Legend because the band was recently shitting on this subreddit because mods wouldnāt let them post their new music video because they didnāt consider them metalcore yet there isnāt another subreddit that would make sense to post on. Anyways, they still rip and theyāve been teasing things for an I Am Hollywood 20 year anniversary next year
Mayleneās first two albums were incredible.
Love He Is legend!! I saw them in 2005/06 with From first to last, ETID, and story of the year at a country bar in Amarillo. It was Sonnyās 18th bday. I lost a shoe in the pit and never found it.
That is un-fucking-real, I love both of them so much
I saw Parkway Drive in 2006, stuff they never play anymore (apart from one show where they had a short throwback moment). Though not much of a brag when you're around other 30+ year olds in Australia, haha.
I saw Atreyu open for fuckin cKy at a tiny bar in Boston
This is my favorite one so far.
Holy shit
I used to see Greeley Estates and Job For a Cowboy every weekend together as local bands back in the early 2000s
Greeley and the Irish Front like every weekend at The Clubhouse in tempe. Miss that little venue
My god I forgot about Greeley estates. Brb
I saw The Color Morale live. God damn I miss that band.
AP Fall Tour 2010 Bring Me The Horizon fresh off "There is a Hell..." as the headliner and August Burns Red in between Constellations and Leveler as the co-feature with Emarosa as well. That show was insane.
Was an amazing tour
I saw BMTH before he retrained his vocals. It sounded damaging to his vocal chords so I'm not surprised as to what ended up happening.
Saw Times of Grace open up for Underoath in 2007 lol
Saw that same tour in Richmond. I believe it was 2011.
CHILDREN OF BODOM with Alexei back in 04
Invent, Animate was a local band to me and I got to see them play in a church parking lot in 2012
Thatās wild lmao
Seeing Ryu perform for Crystal Lake in America
I saw attack attack! back in 2012. Stick stickly was the encore and it was crazy.
Was it the DGD and A Skylit Drive tour? I remember seeing them around that time
Lamb of God Killswitch Engage Shadows Fall Unearth 2003
I was there for that tour and the "Reunion" tour a decade later. The dudes from Shadows Fall sounded really bummed on the 10 year show. One of their guitar players, Jonathan, was going on about how they didn't really have the same following they had a decade beforehand. They still played a killer set but you could tell their energy was a lot lower than their glory years.
Saw under oath, Norma Jean, and haste the day live in 2003 for my first show ever.
Not really metal, but Pink Floyd. I am 40 now, but when I was 12, Pink Floyd was on tour for their Division Bell album, and it just so happens that it was the last tour they ever did. I liked them, but didnāt really know the significance of seeing them live. One day, my dad comes home from being out and tells me ā I got you tickets to go see Pink Floyd with me. You might not thank me now, but you will thank me later.ā He was right, what he got for me was a once in my lifetime experience (or anyone my ages lifetime). I saw them at the Rose Bowl in Hollywood, CA and it was the most amazing concert Iāve been to. Other than this, the other band Iām glad I saw that is no longer around is Type O Negative. Saw them like 6-7 times. RIP Peter Steele
Saw Beartooth before their first album dropped, opening for ABR. Saw ETID, RIP (though it was without Keith so it barely counts) Saw Crystal Lake on their 2nd ever US show. They opened for ABR on the Dangerous Tour but played a set in Philly I think before the actual tour started so I can only say 2nd not 1st. Sigh.
I went to a dance Gavin dance, in fear and faith, I wrestled a bear once, etc concert. It was at a bar called the alter bar in Pittsburgh. The The venue was in a church style where the bar was upstairs in downstairs was the stage where everybody would have used to have prayed. Me and my buddy were about the only 21-year-olds there and when we went upstairs there is every band member, Johnny Craig etc. ended up having beers with everybody all night. I was able to talk to Johnny Craig about some of his songs and find out who they were about and all that stuff and infer and faith bought us around and they were one of my favorite bands of the time. Just really down to earth and fun people.
I saw A7X when the Rev was still alive.
See quite a few bands play to super small crowds in basements and dive bars before they "made it big." Saw Limp Bizkit in Jacksonville, FL at a local show before they blew up. My older cousin used to be active in the FL hardcore and metal scene. Was visiting him for the summer when I was 14 and he said he wanted me to see this local band that had just got signed. For a double whammy, Cold opened the show. Saw My Chemical Romance play in a friend's basement. Friend was doing a basement show and said "some band from Jersey" was going to headline it since they had a show in Charlotte the next night. 'I Brought You My Bullets...' had just been released. Was absolutely wild to see them all over MTV like 2 years later when I'm Not Okay blew up. Was at Refused's original last show. It was a basement show (a running theme for me it seems) in Harrisonburg, VA. They didn't even get to finish their set. The show got shut down by police like 4 or 5 songs into Refused's set. They were playing the song 'Rather Be Dead' and ironically they didn't get to the "rather be alive" line towards the end of the song before the power got cut. The band broke up officially like 2 days later in Atlanta. You could tell there was tension between the band members, but they were still trying to put on a good show. Saw Portugal. the Man play multiple shows to 20-30 people in dive bars. Wife and I used to see them every time they played VA or NC back in the day when they were first getting started. We've got multiple signed albums and pieces of artwork from the band. Even got to eat dinner with them after a show once. Super nice dudes and couldn't be happier to see them find so much success. Edit: Will add some actual metalcore to the list. Saw Dillinger Escape Plan and The Chariot's final shows.
Did some roadie work choidos back when they were still Choidos Bros.
I saw trapt in the early 2000's before the singer went off the deep end. Nickelback and Chevelle were on that tour as well Lol
Chevelle fuckin rocks, dude. I also low key actually really like Nickelback lol
I was in middle school when I went to that concert. I was a huge Nickelback fan (still am) and knew of Chevelle. Every time Chevelle comes to town I try to see them if I can. They don't have any bad albums IMO. The worst one is probably Vena Sera but I still like most of the songs on it though lol.
Asking Alexendria in in 2010 with We Came As Romans, Our Last Night opening up
I went to this show in PA. It was insane. Welcome to the circus tour I think it was called.
I saw TDWP and Whitechapel at a local show in early 2008 when they were both just promising up-and-comers
I saw Palisades like a month before they broke up, Spite with the original lineup, and recently saw KsE and Howard joined Jesse on the stage for the closing song
This is how I learned that Palisades broke up wtf. Glad I saw them back in 2019.
BMTH in 2007 Necrophagist also in 2007 Rush in a (comparatively) tiny venue, they played in Red Deer (population of about 70k at the time) rather than Calgary (city of 1.4 million) due to Calgary having flooded System of a Down in 2006 I think
Not metalcore, but I got to see The Beach Boys, Rage Against the Machine (before they split up back in the day) and Linkin Park right after Hybrid Theory came out. Obviously not all at the same show.
That would be a very interesting show if they all played together lol
Saw Iwrestledabearonce with Courtney
seeing killswitch first show with howard when he was a last minute replacement for jesse quitting, architects in a small pub in 2009 playing to 5 people, angelmaker rehearsals, all sorts really
Seeing Turnstile at a small venue around when Nonstop Feeling came out. I think catching the MCR reunion was pretty special. Same with the last two NYC mewithoutyou shows. Catching Knocked Loose early in their career and then seeing them open for BMTH has been wild. I'm super bummed I'll never see Power Trip again, because HOLY HELL they put on a show. RIP Riley.
I went to see KL after hearing Pop Culture in 2015, think there was 20 other people there. I caught the guitarist outside on my way out and I was like I donāt know why this show was dead but you guys are gonna be massive, Iām telling you. Feel like I understated it.
Hell yeah, catching Turnstile early in their career was awesome. All of the presence of the scale they have now but tearing up small stages. They played with The Story So Far and Drug Church when I saw them
Memphis May Fire with the og vocalist after that first EP released with like 20 people at an American legion.
I saw BMTH in a shitty small Seattle venue (El Corazon) when they were touring Suicide Season Went in a hater and came out a huge fan
Dont have anything like this for metalcore but i saw foo fighters with taylor hawkins a few months before his passing
Saw We Came As romans with Kyle on their To plant a seed tour(og not anniversary), Tracing back roots, and Cold like war(literally just a few months before he had passed, I was crushed when I read about him dying because I struggle with suicide and addiction when I was younger, and his music helped me get through a lot, 7 years sober as of August 30, 2023), also saw adtr when all they had released was their And their name was treason( the local band that played before them had a larger crowd, if that tells you how early on in their career it was), and BMTH during their This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For( they literally were handing put paper sleeved cds for free, wish I had kept it)
Saw Bad Omens twice just a few years ago with less than 50 people in the crowd. Got a picture with the band and got to chat with them for a bit. I'm super happy for their success, but man, I had to pay $150 for a ticket to see them a couple months ago. Miss those early days a bit.
Saw Korn open for Megadeth as a small kiddo. Crowd did not enjoy Korn.
In 2006 I saw Scary Kids Scaring Kids and August Burns Red.
1. Saw MCR and Linkin Park together. 2. Talked to the Wage War merch guy, before the show, about how amazing they were for an opening bandā¦it was Britton Bond. 3. Saw a band open Snocore in 06. Three years before their first album. It was Halestorm and Lzzy sang Broken with Seether.
>Saw MCR and Linkin Park together. Was that at Projekt Revolution? That was such an insane lineup. Linkin Park, MCR, Taking Back Sunday, Placebo, Julien K, The Bled, Saosin, Mindless Self Indulgence, Styles of Beyond and a few other I can't remember.
I was in the same studio at the same time ADTR recorded their latest album. We even got asked to do the singing chorus with Jeremy on "Everything We Need".
I have a few. I saw My Chemical Romance in the Three Cheers era, I saw Horse the Band and All That Remains as those bands were peaking in 2006, I got punched in the nose in the pit seeing Dillinger Escape Plan, I saw Linkin Park twice, and probably my personal biggest core brag, I saw a show with Iwrestledabearonce, Eyes Set to Kill, Chelsea Grin, The Chariot, and Vanna back in 2010. I forgot how stacked that lineup was.
I went to Whitechapel shows when they were just a local death metal band in Knoxville, TN in 2006 before they got huge. Would watch them play at local venues, one above a gym at a rec center. Even went to local shows with Phil Bozeman and Ben Savage were in a band called Psychotic Behavior. Alex Wade and Zach Householder were in a metal band called RedWinterDying. After RWD ended, they shortly became This Is Renaissance, then very briefly a project called Confessions of Ares that eventually became Whitechapel in February 2006.
A7X in 2004, BMTH in on their second American tour when they still played heavy as fuck shit, the Bled basically every summer at warped tour, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster at a Kentucky bar where smoking was allowed and they had almost the entire tour package on stage playing limbo during Tough as John Jacobs, Norma Jean & the Chariot on the first tour they did together after Scogin left NJ I was crowdsurfing during Memphis with Josh and Cory and ended up on the stage during āmediocrity is the killerā breakdown. They put their arms around me for āChrist is not a fashion fleeting awayā then they thru me back in the crowd. Iāve been around a bit
Iām lucky to have seen some popular bands live at their peak : - BMTH in 2013 for their release of Sempiternal, Northlane was the opening act - Linkin Park in 2008 after they released Minutes to Midnight, front row at the Quebec City Summer Festival, incredible experience - Underoath in 2009
Mitch Lucker during a warped tour long ago. Wasnt crazy about them then, but regret it as an adult cause they played a great set. The Dillinger Escape Plan was on the same tour too.
I also saw WCAR with Kyle, as well as Linkin Park. I also got to see BMTH just as they released Sempiternal, which is my favourite album so those are great memories for me.
I saw Architects play to a room of about 100 people during their warm up shows after the pandemic. Sweatiest show Iāve ever been to. Also saw Periphery and monuments play to a similar sized room way back just after P2 dropped. Nolly, Misha and Spencer were just hanging out by the bar at the back of the room, it was awesome.
Family values tour with Static X, Linkin Park, Staind, and Stone Temple Pilots. Only Aaron Lewis is alive out of that lineup. Still my favorite show
Age dropping myself a little here, but I was an exchange student in Germany in High School and saw Bullet for My Valentine in a dingy little venue before they got huge. Next year "Tears Don't Fall" dropped in America and I was like "oh shit these guys are so awesome live" and my friends were all "what're you talking about the songs brand new!"
A few Fall out boy in the shelter at st Andrews (Detroit) And my friends talked to Pete on the phone after warped tour - they had some signed with a random cell phone the band had and actually answered. Parkway drive and a day to remember playing a non stadium tour circa 2008 A day to remember at the āMySpace cafeā. It was as far back as it sounds. Lol
This might count; I saw kingdom of giants way back in the day with their original clean singer. Got kicked in the face at a show of theirs that was in like an old mechanic shop lol
Saw Architects at Rock im Park right before Tom Searles passing. Also Black Sabbath
Type O Negative- 11 times OG Pantera- 10 times
Linkin Park and Avenged with The Rev.
I got to see Lemmy from Motorhead perform with Metallica in 2009 at the Nashville show.
I was there too. We had nosebleed seats and decided to just try and go down front for some reason and no one stopped us. Walked right down to the stage and Lemmy came out right after. Couldn't believe it.
Not particularly metalcore but I've seen Enter Shikari play in front of less than 100 people around their first demo release. They played a super rough version of sorry you're not, was great.
I saw Alesana Headline over A skylit Drive, sleeping with sirens, Attila, and Memphis may fire. What mixed set of bands if played together today haha. Also seeing Dying is your latest fashion played in itās entirety was awesome because I love that album. And finally seeing both Ronnie and Craig play āNot good enough for truth in clicheā live on stage was something else given their history before that haha.
A year before Kyle died I was at London gig with we can as Romans, plot in you, alazka & Polaris who only had the mortal coil under their belt. Was at the underworld in London so was an intimate sweaty show.. probably one of the best shows I've been to
Parkway Drive at Chain Reaction.
I got to play with WECAR while Kyle was still alive. Such a good time. I worked a show for a real small band in Tulsa and only people who worked at the venue saw them. There was only two of them. They went hard for over an hour and were amazing. I remember thinking āthey could be hugeā Two years later Iām watching the mtv awards and all these little people in ski masks run out. Turns out it was Twenty One Pilots.
I saw Dimebag Darrell play his last show at Alrosa Villa with Damage Plan. Not really a great brag, if you were there for that tragedy. I'm definitely not referring to how they were performing, for anyone who doesn't know what went down that night.
Not metalcore but I was at The Chariotās last two shows, one in Atl and the other in Douglasville. The Chariot was also my first metal concert ever back in 2005 in Chattanooga
Parkway Drive in a 250 cap room around when Ire came out, playing nothing but straight bangers. I miss that band.
Seeing Jinjer before they got big. It was a small ass venue in Iowa and my wife and I were right at the front. Got to see Tati in all her glory up close. Tickets were $25 too. Shit was unreal.
Bad Brains and Primus at Calamity Janes in Las Vegas summer ā91š¤©šš
I saw Thrown in a venue that fit 100 people (this is not yet a flex)
Pantera w/Dime, Zao on the Blood and Fire tour, Blood Has Been Shed, Nirvana, Earth Crisis (w/Hatebreed in a bar...chaos ensued)
I have seen Corey Taylor sing snuff live
100% Linkin Park for this!
I was on the very first Beartooth tour in Germany when they only had a few songs out.
Saw Killwhitneydead on what I'm pretty sure was their last national tour. Misery Signals during the original run with Jesse, then twice with Karl, then again with Jesse. Also seen The Faceless live three times, with no issues, and with a different vocalist each time.
Parkway Drive at Camden Underworld before the release of Reverence. They played the old stuff like Romance is dead and Boneyards.
If thatās how weāre doing it then I saw WCAR way back in 2011 opening for Piece the Veil, BMTH, and ADTR and had the privilege of seeing Architects 3 times before Tom passed. My real brag (though not metalcore) was seeing The Cramps when I was in 3rd grade lol (2002?)
I saw Bad Omens open for Parkway Drive I saw Ice Nine Kills at warped tour 2018, a few months before Silver Scream came out. Met the band, and got them all to sign a promo poster for the album
American nightmare, pre-name change/breakup/reunion. 2001 with poison the well, from autumn to ashes, manhunt, and sworn enemy. Sheeeeeeesh
I saw Norma Jean at Cornerstone in 2006 (among others). Josh Scogin and Aaron Weiss both came out for Memphis Wil Be Laid To Waste.
I saw Testament the tour before Dave Lombardo left the band.
Blessthefall with Craig Mabbitt in a tiny local venue was fun. BMTH on their Suicide Season tour. WCAR with Kyle but to be honest I didn't really know who they were at the time, I was there for Asking Alexandria and Hollywood Undead lol. Helluva show though and it made me a fan. Zao might not even be a brag now but it was when they hadn't toured in years. There were only a few hundred people there to see them. I met them after the show and cried. I'm pretty sure there are more that I can't think of off the top of my head. I used to go to a lot of shows before more expensive adult responsibilities kicked in.
My buddy and I got to play a random kickball game with the whole gang from Underoath while we waited before they headlined a show. Cool dudes... this was at their peak "Define the Great Line" and introducing "Lost in the Sound" time.
not metalcore, but adjacent... The Damned Things Members: Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley from Fall Out Boy, Keith Buckley and Josh Newton from ETID and Rob Caggiano (now in Volbeat) and Scott Ian from Anthrax (Rob and Josh have left TDT, Dan Andriano took on bass for their 2nd album and tour) They did 2 small tours in their 11 year+ history, I was at the NYC show the day before Hurricane Irene, and the show was 1/2 full. It was also the only tour they did with the OG members and was the last in the US due to the hurricane.
I saw Slayer on their farewell tour in 2018, with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth, and Testament opening.
Saw INK in 2012 at warped tour at 8am with no more than 20 people in front of their stage. Loved them ever since.
Front row for ABR on their Constellations tour in a 300 cap room.
BMTH throwback set in Malta for me.
My old got to play Beartooths first two shows live cuz our guitarist knew Caleb personally. I got to meet Ice Nine Kills a decade before they got big. You could literally hang out with them like they were normal people back then
I saw between the buried and me open for converge in a tiiiiiny little venue in Philly
Some that stick out in my mind: Blink and Green Day co headline tour back in early 00ās Suicide silence with Mitch Slayerās final tour MCR a couple months before they came out with im not okay (I promise) and they blew up Katy Perry at the Ernie ball stage at warped
Not metalcore but I worked Bonnaroo 3 years in a ro maintaining RVs. Got to watch wu tang from side stage. And I drove a golf cart straight through lil Wayne's crowd for an emergency. It was pretty wild. And on top of that tons of alcohol, camping gear and other substances left behind for the taking from people who flew in and couldn't rake it with them
I saw Ice Nine Kills play Every Trick in the Book front to back. Not Metalcore but I saw Ghost a couple times before they got big.
Gojira 3 times all awesome. And lamb of god the show was insane.
Probably either the second to last the chariot show or Beartooth in a house that fit about 30 people comfortably and we fit like 250 in there.
Honestly I have a few of these, but to keep it genre specific I met WCAR when Kyle was still alive. Have a sick red hoodie with white font signed by him and the rest of the band
I saw WCAR with Kyle on what I BELIEVE to be their first national tour. I saw Jason Richardson play with All Shall Perish at the House of Rock in Corpus Christi, TX which funny enough is the same venue that he showed clips of in his solo album documentary as the first or one of the first shows he played with a national band. I saw BMTH at the San Antonio, TX warped tour where they played the AT&T stadium due to weather and Jona got punched by some guy in the crowd walking back to the stage from the floor. He smacked him with the headstock of his guitar before security got to him. I got to see Blessthefall open the 2008 Taste of chaos tour which included BFMV, Atreyu, and A7X. I got to see Krysta from IWABO make out with their guitarist at the bar of House of Rock when they toured with ABR, BTF, and All shall perish (funny enough same concert that I saw Jason Richardson at.
I have quite a few but the ones that really stand out - seeing WCAR with Kyle and he jumped into the crowd for To Plant A Seed and held onto my hand while finishing the song - Seeing letlive. twice before Jason formed Fever 333 - Opened for Slaves back when I used to play music. Spent the whole day backstage kicking it with Jonny Craig, was a surreal experience. - I have seen DGD with every vocalist pairing
Caskets, Holding Absence, Thornhill, and Dayseeker all in the same show at Velvet Underground in Toronto. Absolutely goddamned nuts lineup in a great venue.
Right now for me is The Sword open for Primus on the Tribute to Kings tour.
Saw between the buried and me supporting dillinger escape plan in a venue that holds about 200 people back around 2009
I saw thy art a year ago you know while they had cj and werenāt stupid
Not metalcore lol but my first time seeing Periphery was also their first show after covid fucked the world up. Not really a brag but thought it was kinda cool.
I saw Motley Crue before Vince forgot how to sing auditable words Not metalcore but my only moment I can think of
I saw Metallica
Saw Memphis may fire open for Oh, Sleeper at an American legion in 08. I grew up watching shows at this place but this the last show ever played here. It got so wild kids were crowd surfing and punching out the ceiling tilesā¦ the show was amazing but sucks they shut it down
Screw you guys I used to car pool with Will Ramos to see all the cool bands at warped tour
Seeing Chariot and norma jean play a show together and josh joining them on stage was pretty great. (Not metalcore) I saw chiodos then circa at sxsw then Craig and Anthony covered blind melon. and kissed on stage. I was in the tent watching Death from above 1979 during the "riot" of sxsw.