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I'd like to start a music topic that emphasizes talent.  Despite what the title might imply, I am not stubborn enough to limit it to any one style of music.  If it is something I, or anyone else doesn't care for, we simply overlook it and allow those who do appreciate the various types discuss.

What I am aiming for are live performances.  Not videos or pictures with studio album songs dubbed over on youtube, or music videos that don't feature live music.  If you can find live performances that have both live audio, live video, and you feel moved, motivated, inspired, awe-struck, or any other form of mind-alteration in an uplifting and positive way, please post 'em up.

Also, as to not overwhelm everyone, please be conservative in the quantity of videos you post in a single post.  If you come in and dump your entire library worth of live performances in one topic, there's no room for discussing the music because it becomes too overwhelming.  Maybe a single or two performances, with some cliff-notes for what it is that you find totally friggin kick-axe!

I'll kick it off with none other than Children of Bodom's - Follow The Reaper (Some foul language, several F-Bombs).

What kills me about their entire performance this night (labeled Stockholm Knockout Live), is that front-man Alexi Laiho (distinguished by the primary vocals, white guitar, and... pink cast on his foot?).  He broke his toe in a previous performance, and is on-stage, blasted off pain killers, and he still performs flawlessly as lead-guitarist and vocalist.  I remember reading an article in Guitar World where he was ripping on Dream Theater's John Petrucci as being a mediocre sub-par guitarist.  GW came back and said "Dude, why did you have to attack John like that?"  His response was that of regret, expressing that he was in the wrong, and has lesser talent than John Petrucci.  John's response was classy and politically spot-on.  He responds back with something along the lines of "I can't be better than Alexi, that would make the best guitarist in the world!!  That guy can play solo's spot-on drunk!"

EDIT:  Also, consider this.  I've already been approached by four separate people on this forum inquiring about the music I listen as a possible future interest.  Show your best stuff, and sell it to people.  Don't just type "METAL RULEZ" or something equally intangible, illegible, or otherwise stupid for whatever genre of music you my listen to.  You never know who's going to be watching what you post, and if you care to make an impression, you would be wise to put some effort into spreading the word out in a fashion that actually attracts people to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHdopiRlgyA&playnext=1&list=PL0A5A81A6473BE7F2&index=9

This is Lamb of God performing Walk With Me In Hell at Download 2010.

Randy (The vocalist), inspires me mostly because I to am a vocalist of the same genre. I understand how hard it is to play a good show like that, and most importantly, have the crowed doing anything you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVXUHTN10

That's Beardyman, a beatboxer turned comedian. Basically, he uses looping technology to make amazing improvised songs, most of them original. If you don't feel like watching the entire hour show, you can just go check out some of his other routines on his channel.  

Quote from: PiiP on January 08, 2011, 02:18:22 PM
This is Lamb of God performing Walk With Me In Hell at Download 2010.

I've yet to hear them perform live and not think to myself "That is aggression!!", yet for some reason, I've never actually listened to an album of theirs, maybe that's about to change!

Quote from: EpicPhailure on January 08, 2011, 02:18:49 PM
That's Beardyman

I seriously got a good laugh out of that, I still can't comprehend on people are capable of doing that!


After seeing Lamb of God performing live, and seeing the front jumping up to the song, I am always reminded of In Flames' 2007 Wacken performance of "Only For The Weak" (One eff bomb in the beginning before the song).  During the chorus, either the camera man gets paid well for a reason, or the quality of the youtube lends to the misconception, but it appears as though almost every single person in the crowd all the way from the back to the front is jumping, and if any of you know anything about Wacken, the crowds there amount in the 10's of thousands every year.  I'd love to go to Wacken one of these years, mostly so I can get away from America's "Too cool for school" crowds who'll just stand there and nod their heads in a quasi-headbang fashion, leaving the fun to the ninja-kids who flail their arms wildly in the crowd until the big bearded fat man comes up and kicks them out of annoyance.

I missed In Flames when they came to my town, they supported for Killswitch Engage, unfortunately I got into both bands around a month later. How I wish I payed attention to my mate asking me to go along xD

Quote from: PiiP on January 08, 2011, 03:46:45 PM
I missed In Flames when they came to my town, they supported for Killswitch Engage, unfortunately I got into both bands around a month later. How I wish I payed attention to my mate asking me to go along xD

I got to see them 2 years ago for my birthday in LA when I lived in Cali.  If there is one thing they have mastered in their near-two decades of existence, it is stage presence, and getting the crowd riled up!

Quote from: Scotty on January 08, 2011, 03:52:42 PM

Quote from: PiiP on January 08, 2011, 03:46:45 PM
I missed In Flames when they came to my town, they supported for Killswitch Engage, unfortunately I got into both bands around a month later. How I wish I payed attention to my mate asking me to go along xD

I got to see them 2 years ago for my birthday in LA when I lived in Cali.  If there is one thing they have mastered in their near-two decades of existence, it is stage presence, and getting the crowd riled up!

I'm sure they will come back on the release of their new album, they have been about 7 times. Shame I got into metal so late D:

Blues, anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OdPtbyK16I has an old-school blues star with some slightly more modern musicians, although even they'd be considered classic rock now.

Also, John Lee Hooker was in the Blues Brothers, I believe it was just before they go to Aretha Franklin's restaurant and order the famous four fried chickens, a coke, and some dry toast.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVzNFeL6diQ is pretty great overall (the actual song starts around 1:05 if you're not a fan of long mostly-improvised intros), but the ending with the "Grinning In Your Face" cover and epic solo is amazing.

Jack White may not be the greatest singer in music history, but he sure appreciates and plays good music. The original Son House "Death Letter Blues" and "Grinnin' in Your Face" aren't quite so... energetic, but are interesting and powerful old songs.

One of Sweden's most influential bands to the Melodic Death Metal genre, Dark Tranquillity, like In Flames, have mastered the art of stage presence and live performances.  I absolutely love Dark Tranquillity, and consider them one of the best bands of the eras in which they've existed.  An excellent song off their second to latest album "Fiction", "Misery's Crown" was performed in their show at Milan, Italy, and is a show case of their talent both as songwriters, stage performers, and awesome fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2mqusovP_A

I love it when the girl sneaks up on stage with the Italian flag to kiss Mikael and runs off, followed by the stage dive (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkhv1MUV9yQ&feature=fvst to watch Mikael stage dive, all the while still singing, absolute bad-ass).  Oh, and I do have to say, that whoever is on their crew, and can set up that kind of a stage for them to perform on, and the camera crew hired had better be paid well, these guys know how to put on a good show and make it look damn good on video!

Quote from: Scotty on January 08, 2011, 02:11:15 PM
I'll kick it off with none other than Children of Bodom's - Follow The Reaper (Some foul language, several F-Bombs).

Scotty there is a few problems about this... 1. its not heavy enough :P   2. I don't see any mosh pits... i mean full on moshing...

Either way i still enjoyed that song :D


EDIT: Here is a local band that only lasted a month but i still thought there first song was great.... I heard it when they performed... sounded great..Tonned of moshing xD
http://www.myspace.com/chainsaur/music/playlists/breath-of-the-dead-s-playlist-1108469

The old stuff still gets me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdxKMqzy9SU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m408I2ZZ7o

This is Pantera performing probably their most well known and loved song, Cowboys From Hell. Again, it's how Phil gets the crowed going, it's magic.

Quote from: PiiP on January 10, 2011, 01:04:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m408I2ZZ7o

This is Pantera performing probably their most well known and loved song, Cowboys From Hell. Again, it's how Phil gets the crowed going, it's magic.

Ah, good old fashion Pantera!! Can never go wrong with Cowboys From Hell!

It's sad though, that Dimebag wasn't nearly as well known until after he was killed.  It's always humbling to look back on it.  Hell, even Eddie Van Halen buried his original '79 black and yellow Bumblebee (rusted strings and all) with Dimebag as tribute to him.  I think my favorite Dimebag story that was told was how he was playing with Machinehead on tour and accidentally broke their guitarist's touring guitar.  Dimebag gifted him his custom Dimebag Washburn as an act of forgiveness.  Robb is still forbidden from playing with it live due to a contractual agreement, but he did manage to play it for the music video for Aesthetics Of Hate, which was meant as a giant, sweating, throbby veins and all eff you to one of the publishers on Christian-conservative website The Iconoclast, after they published an article bashing Dimebag saying something along the lines of how good it was for God to kill him.  THAT is inspirational on so many levels.  THAT is respect and love for a lost legend!

Anyway, enough for one history lesson, I'll get off my pedestal now... \m/

I never looked much into their history or anything like that, but I want to know why Darrel was shot.... I mean wtf? Why go ruin one of the best and one of the most inspiring heavy metal bands.

Quote from: PiiP on January 10, 2011, 02:34:29 PM
I never looked much into their history or anything like that, but I want to know why Darrel was shot.... I mean wtf? Why go ruin one of the best and one of the most inspiring heavy metal bands.

From Wikipedia:

QuoteEarly theories of motive suggested that Gale might have turned to violence in response to the breakup of Pantera, or the public dispute between Abbott and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these were later ruled out by investigators. Another theory was that Gale believed Abbott had stolen a song that he had written. In the book, A Vulgar Display Of Power, several of Gale's personal writings, given to the author by his mother, suggest that the gunman was not angry about Pantera's breakup or a belief that Pantera had "stolen songs;" instead, the documents suggest that Gale's paranoid schizophrenia caused delusions that the band could read his mind, and that they were "stealing" his thoughts and laughing at him.

In other words, we have no idea why the whack-job did it, and never will after Officer James D. Niggemeyer planted eight out of 9 pellets from a 12 gauge Remington 870 shotgun into Gale's face to free a hostage and put an end to the shooting that ultimately killed five and wounded seven others.