Author Topic: Sonisphere Vs Download Vs High Voltage (Read 5189 times)

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #35 on:** March 24, 2011, 10:05:22 AM »

I shall be at Sonisphere definitely, not sure about HV.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #36 on:** March 27, 2011, 09:11:24 AM »

All I need is for BTBAM to be announced for Soni, and I'll die a happy man.

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #37 on:** April 26, 2011, 10:10:26 AM »

Right I'm going to get my ticket sorted this week for Sonisphere, but before I do I'd quite like to know if it'd be cool to camp with one/more of you DTFers! None of my 'real life' friends are going and festivals are a whole lot more fun if you're camped with some cool people! I'll be bringing plenty of alcohol, if that helps

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #38 on:** April 26, 2011, 11:08:20 AM »

I won't be camping at Sonisphere because I only live a few minutes down the road but I'm sure you will have an immense weekend. There is actually a Sonisphere 'camp loner' I am led to believe in which solo attendees camp together and become non-solo attendees as a result.

Also I'm probably doing Bloodstock this year as well now, gonna be an awesome summer.

ariich · « **Reply #39 on:** April 26, 2011, 12:40:01 PM »

Ben, I'm going to be camping with a couple of friends, so I'm certain you can pitch up with us!

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #40 on:** April 26, 2011, 01:38:00 PM »

Fantastic, much appreciated Rich! The lineup is just ridiculous now. Recent additions I'm most excited about are Rolo Tomassi and Howard Marks, hopefully there won't be too many awful clashes.

ariich · « **Reply #41 on:** April 26, 2011, 01:47:36 PM »

Bands I'm most excited about:

Mastodon
Bad Religion
Sylosis
RICHARD CHEESE!

Bill Bailey!
In Flames
Periphery
Protest the Hero
Amplifier

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #42 on:** April 26, 2011, 02:01:58 PM »

I love how Protest The Hero's name is so small on that poster I can hardly read it, yet they're the band I'm most exited about seeing

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #43 on:** April 26, 2011, 02:29:17 PM »

The bands I'm most looking forward to seeing are

Rolo Tomassi
Gojira
Protest the Hero
Periphery
Arch Enemy
The Black Dahlia Murder

Although there are many other bands that I want to see too, they're the ones that jump out at me most. Plenty of bands I haven't heard music by before who I'll be interested in too, such as One Minute Silence and Tesseract

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #44 on:** July 05, 2011, 01:58:18 PM »

2 days. Getting pretty excite now. Have a feeling I might need to bring some waterproofs though

ariich · « **Reply #45 on:** July 05, 2011, 02:16:59 PM »

CANNOT WAIT

Ben, do you still want to camp with us or have you found other friends now?

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #46 on:** July 05, 2011, 02:18:02 PM »

Latest forcast is rain Friday morning/early afternoon, clear evening. Dry Saturday. Sunny Sunday.

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #47 on:** July 05, 2011, 02:29:06 PM »

Quote from: ariich on July 05, 2011, 02:16:59 PM

CANNOT WAIT

Ben, do you still want to camp with us or have you found other friends now?

I do know some other guys who are going, but they're not getting there till the friday, so yeah if I could still camp with you guys that'd be sweet! (I'm assuming you're getting there on the thursday too.) I'm bringing plenty of booze and music

ariich · « **Reply #48 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:06:40 PM »

Yep, heading up on Thursday, the more the merrier!

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #49 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:11:52 PM »

Awesome, gates are at 3 right? What time you planning on being there? I'm getting the train and who knows what that journey's gonna be like

but ideally I'll be there by 5. No point me getting there too early and trying to reserve a good space for all your mates

ariich · « **Reply #50 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:17:51 PM »

Yeah I think we're expecting 5ish as well, we're going to set off from London around 3 and go via supermarket/off-licence to get food and booze. No point in arriving bang on 3 as there'll be a massive queue.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #51 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:19:13 PM »

Getting the coach from Cardiff, probably gonna end up being there before the gates open.

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #52 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:53:33 PM »

Fox, you should PM me and/or Rich your number, we should try and meet! Another drinking buddy is never a bad thing!

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #53 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:08:24 PM »

whatever is cheapest

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #54 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:11:45 PM »

Quote from: Quadrochosis on July 05, 2011, 08:08:24 PM

whatever is cheapest

Leaving it a bit late man, Download was a few weeks ago and Sonisphere is tomorrow! High Voltage still good though

ariich · « **Reply #55 on:** July 06, 2011, 02:02:56 AM »

Quad is American anyway, so I'm not sure what point he was trying to make.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #56 on:** July 06, 2011, 02:10:24 AM »

Honestly, I wouldn't be suprised if it started snowing over the weekend, the weather near where I live has been going from one extreme to another all week.

ariich · « **Reply #57 on:** July 11, 2011, 02:53:27 PM »

Sonisphere was absolutely brilliant, best festival I've been to! I figured I'd bump this thread to keep all the discussion together.

At some point I'll do a brief write up of all the bands I saw, but that could take a while so it'll have to wait a day or two.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #58 on:** July 11, 2011, 03:19:27 PM »

My only complaint is that I wish the wrist bands were nicer

ariich · « **Reply #59 on:** July 11, 2011, 03:33:30 PM »

Yeah they were fairly uncomfortable as well.

But I was really impressed by how much festival facilities have improved since 2005. The luxury loos for £3 a go were genius, and the range of different food and drinks stalls was great as well (fruit smoothies!). I swear back when I used to go to festivals, it was pretty much burgers or nothing.

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #60 on:** July 11, 2011, 03:40:27 PM »

I thoroughly enjoyed what I can remember. Cheesy grins all round!

faemir · « **Reply #61 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:05:27 PM »

jealous

ariich · « **Reply #62 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:18:16 PM »

Some assorted photos from the weekend (including myself and Ben)

FULL SET CAN BE SEEN HERE: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.818404470652.2375030.193103036&l=a1f953a393

zxlkho · « **Reply #63 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:22:33 PM »

Awesome Rich!

How was In Flames??

ariich · « **Reply #64 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:52:04 PM »

They were really good, it was most mostly RtR-onwards songs, but interestingly those were the ones the crowd seemed to know best. They played The Hive and Pinball Map from the earlier albums, but the crowd didn't sing along so much as with songs like Trigger, Cloud Connected and The Quiet Place. I guess their more recent stuff is more popular with the mainstream metal crowd!

zxlkho · « **Reply #65 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:53:09 PM »

They played Pinball Map?!?!?!? Awesome.

ariich · « **Reply #66 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:56:54 PM »

ariich · « **Reply #67 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:57:44 PM »

Oh and they ended with Take This Life, which was brutal, such an amazing set closer. There was actually a constant stream of crowd surfers during it!

zxlkho · « **Reply #68 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:58:43 PM »

They played that song when I saw them back in 08. I remember it well!

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Author Topic: Sonisphere Vs Download Vs High Voltage (Read 5189 times)