Post by Mr42 on Oct 24, 2014 10:12:59 GMT
So, last night whilst heavily drunk, I sussed out my Damnation Festival weekend, pretty much in advance... I might print this out and see how successful I am. Yes, it's long, but it's a long weekend, so shut up!
Friday..
Go to Belgrave venue, get involved / watch set up for the gig, do the door, hopefully see some of the blasts and riffs... you better all come to the pre-show by the way because it's gonna be fucking amazing, great line up, venue has one of the biggest sound systems in all of Yorkshire, and, PARTY!! I'm on the door, be nice to me, say hello, buy me Jagermeister or Whisky, I'll give you flyers and say words that make very little sense already... laughing.
Saturday a.m.
Wake up too ill to exist from the night before's pre-show antics, despite saying, yet again, that I won't be...
Saturday, sort of p.m
Attempt to eat at least a chip butty (or a Peach and Pear burger of amazingness!), probably sick it up into my hands, and then try and eat the remainder, so I have something inside of me to pour whisky on top of. Arrive to the venue a lot later than planned because I'm too bashed in, and have already started hair of doggifying with whisky and Polish violence.
Get my pass for the day, look like a ghost, stumble and rush passed people I know and apologise later for not recognising them as much as I should have and muttering incoherent mmmhllo at them, whilst I have the hangover hat on and a hood up... also, it'll probably be about three minutes before the first band I want to see are due on, so forgive me, but, life restoring riffs will probably be in order and all the words I could speak have previously fallen out of my brain.
Bands wise, force myself into rooms around these kind of times... whether security say there is a capacity or not.
1pm - AMPUTATED
(seen CMA plenty, and lovely (deviant) guys as they are, I've missed Amp even when I've put them on! This is totally the worst clash of the day given the circle of mates both bands reside within. Having said this, I'll probably get lost and find myself watching CMA nonetheless, which will still be loads of fun, unless Reese is naked, which will probably induce another vom).
1.30pm - BAST
(fall over at least once whilst trying to do 'dancing' in a vaguely slow motion fashion)
2pm - talk shit to people about whisky or hangovers or being sick or eating slowly, and / or run off to be sick if the butty and / or burger doesn't sit right. It was about this time last year I did a similar thing and experienced the '12 Stages of Shit' post-Year of No Light when Paulie P's apocalypse was at its height and its most grey.
2.30pm - go to the shop across the road for more whisky as will have run out of my stash by this time already and think it's a good idea to get more once I feel vaguely human again (and that will turn out to be a total misjudgement on my part!)
3pm - BLACK MOTH
(mates and good riffs, perky times, hopefully this will help things get back on track.)
3.30pm - Find more food and ibuprofens to get rid of a hangover that kicks in right about now, possibly pencil in another sick if things don't go according to plan. Hopefully though I will find the bhajis of some kind again, cos bhajis are amazing and I know there are usually some in the Uni somewhere and generally they fix everything. Crisps will definitely be involved because potatoes... as will at least a massive bottle of energy drink. Those who witnessed the 12 stages last year know this to be fact and the final fix.
4.15pm - WINTERFYLLETH
(cos BM > everything still and they are massive fun every time, they will also aide massively in the recovery)
4.45pm - CODE
absolutely not missing these, main band of the day I want to see that I've not seen before, I have a feeling they will batter most bands on this day.
5.45pm - SOLSTAFIR > revocation I reckon, but could quite happily watch both, or neither in equal amounts, we'll see if I have legs at this point. Whichever band are playing a room that has seats in, they will probably win! If neither have seats in, I will go find seats, or go outside and see if anyone will help me sit down.
6.30pm - A FOREST OF STARS
(awesomely proggy, very tall and very small Black metal mates win over Orange Goblin (despite listening to them loads recently). SO chuffed to see AFOS get a better time slot this time. What a show this will be!)
7.15pm - MONARCH
(seen Anaal Nathrakh about 10 times, never seen Monarch, gonna be MONSTER! French? Doom? Zis plan cannot fail!)
8.15pm - WODENSTHRONE
(don't like St Vitus, yeah, I know right, such a false doomer! Wodensthrone are still one of the best UK black metal bands ever. Give me riffs! Play something from 'Loss' please)
9.15pm - CANNIBAL CORPSE vs AHAB
(hmm... this is a tough one.. seen CC loads, never seen Ahab, but will I be in the mood for monolithic doom or party death metal at that time, we'll see! I may miss them both by being in a two bottles of whisky coma at this time, new CC album is vaguely just above average at best, but, might they play Chris Barnes or Vile era stuff? If so, then I'm sold!)
10.25pm - BOLT THROWER vs Fen
(seen BT loads, but since Fen are (not really but a bit) crap (but not very good in all honesty), BT all the way, for a bit, until they play Spearhead or Where Next To Conquer or Cenotaph (hopefully really early on!), then I can leave and go outside to flyer and pester people to come to things I am putting on).
If I give you a flyer, please take it, don't throw it on the floor... because if I survive all of the above and make it to 11pm then I deserve you at least putting the flyer in your pocket and looking at it in the morning.
Sunday
Wake up, and go to the gig at Wharf Chambers for 4pm and have my head caved in by Necro Deathmort, Cattle and Ghold!
Monday.
Don't have to go to work.
Kill myself instead.
Remember I have a band practice Monday night, resurrect. Kill myself Tuesday instead.
It's gonna be an amazing weekend.
Please look after me... I'm not joking.
Friday..
Go to Belgrave venue, get involved / watch set up for the gig, do the door, hopefully see some of the blasts and riffs... you better all come to the pre-show by the way because it's gonna be fucking amazing, great line up, venue has one of the biggest sound systems in all of Yorkshire, and, PARTY!! I'm on the door, be nice to me, say hello, buy me Jagermeister or Whisky, I'll give you flyers and say words that make very little sense already... laughing.
Saturday a.m.
Wake up too ill to exist from the night before's pre-show antics, despite saying, yet again, that I won't be...
Saturday, sort of p.m
Attempt to eat at least a chip butty (or a Peach and Pear burger of amazingness!), probably sick it up into my hands, and then try and eat the remainder, so I have something inside of me to pour whisky on top of. Arrive to the venue a lot later than planned because I'm too bashed in, and have already started hair of doggifying with whisky and Polish violence.
Get my pass for the day, look like a ghost, stumble and rush passed people I know and apologise later for not recognising them as much as I should have and muttering incoherent mmmhllo at them, whilst I have the hangover hat on and a hood up... also, it'll probably be about three minutes before the first band I want to see are due on, so forgive me, but, life restoring riffs will probably be in order and all the words I could speak have previously fallen out of my brain.
Bands wise, force myself into rooms around these kind of times... whether security say there is a capacity or not.
1pm - AMPUTATED
(seen CMA plenty, and lovely (deviant) guys as they are, I've missed Amp even when I've put them on! This is totally the worst clash of the day given the circle of mates both bands reside within. Having said this, I'll probably get lost and find myself watching CMA nonetheless, which will still be loads of fun, unless Reese is naked, which will probably induce another vom).
1.30pm - BAST
(fall over at least once whilst trying to do 'dancing' in a vaguely slow motion fashion)
2pm - talk shit to people about whisky or hangovers or being sick or eating slowly, and / or run off to be sick if the butty and / or burger doesn't sit right. It was about this time last year I did a similar thing and experienced the '12 Stages of Shit' post-Year of No Light when Paulie P's apocalypse was at its height and its most grey.
2.30pm - go to the shop across the road for more whisky as will have run out of my stash by this time already and think it's a good idea to get more once I feel vaguely human again (and that will turn out to be a total misjudgement on my part!)
3pm - BLACK MOTH
(mates and good riffs, perky times, hopefully this will help things get back on track.)
3.30pm - Find more food and ibuprofens to get rid of a hangover that kicks in right about now, possibly pencil in another sick if things don't go according to plan. Hopefully though I will find the bhajis of some kind again, cos bhajis are amazing and I know there are usually some in the Uni somewhere and generally they fix everything. Crisps will definitely be involved because potatoes... as will at least a massive bottle of energy drink. Those who witnessed the 12 stages last year know this to be fact and the final fix.
4.15pm - WINTERFYLLETH
(cos BM > everything still and they are massive fun every time, they will also aide massively in the recovery)
4.45pm - CODE
absolutely not missing these, main band of the day I want to see that I've not seen before, I have a feeling they will batter most bands on this day.
5.45pm - SOLSTAFIR > revocation I reckon, but could quite happily watch both, or neither in equal amounts, we'll see if I have legs at this point. Whichever band are playing a room that has seats in, they will probably win! If neither have seats in, I will go find seats, or go outside and see if anyone will help me sit down.
6.30pm - A FOREST OF STARS
(awesomely proggy, very tall and very small Black metal mates win over Orange Goblin (despite listening to them loads recently). SO chuffed to see AFOS get a better time slot this time. What a show this will be!)
7.15pm - MONARCH
(seen Anaal Nathrakh about 10 times, never seen Monarch, gonna be MONSTER! French? Doom? Zis plan cannot fail!)
8.15pm - WODENSTHRONE
(don't like St Vitus, yeah, I know right, such a false doomer! Wodensthrone are still one of the best UK black metal bands ever. Give me riffs! Play something from 'Loss' please)
9.15pm - CANNIBAL CORPSE vs AHAB
(hmm... this is a tough one.. seen CC loads, never seen Ahab, but will I be in the mood for monolithic doom or party death metal at that time, we'll see! I may miss them both by being in a two bottles of whisky coma at this time, new CC album is vaguely just above average at best, but, might they play Chris Barnes or Vile era stuff? If so, then I'm sold!)
10.25pm - BOLT THROWER vs Fen
(seen BT loads, but since Fen are (not really but a bit) crap (but not very good in all honesty), BT all the way, for a bit, until they play Spearhead or Where Next To Conquer or Cenotaph (hopefully really early on!), then I can leave and go outside to flyer and pester people to come to things I am putting on).
If I give you a flyer, please take it, don't throw it on the floor... because if I survive all of the above and make it to 11pm then I deserve you at least putting the flyer in your pocket and looking at it in the morning.
Sunday
Wake up, and go to the gig at Wharf Chambers for 4pm and have my head caved in by Necro Deathmort, Cattle and Ghold!
Monday.
Don't have to go to work.
Kill myself instead.
Remember I have a band practice Monday night, resurrect. Kill myself Tuesday instead.
It's gonna be an amazing weekend.
Please look after me... I'm not joking.
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