Pssh...I hear you can distract him with a latte and a checkerboard.

My band's guitarist used to know autothrall quite well for a period of time, actually.

Despite the stories I tell and the stupid things I say, I'm really not all that entertaining . I don't drink and I suck at small talk.

You don't drink? What do you do to fill your downtime?

Starts with a "p" and rhymes with "forlorn".

Minus a syllable and all

I went to college with one of the former reviewers here, but I haven't seen him around in a while (Aeturnus65). Actually it's been over two years. Time flies, doesn't it. I'm going to start posting when I go to shows, on the off chance that someone else is going. I frequent the Pittsburgh, Philly, Allentown, Baltimore quadrangle.

Funny, I live in Pittsburgh. Maybe I'll see you at a show sometime.

Did you go to the Marduk / Moonspell or the Katatonia / Devin Townsend show? If so, I was at both. I haven't really heard of any good shows coming through for a while.

Hey man, as long as I'm drunk, we don't have a problem. *laughs* We could serenade each other with how much we hate that new Wintersun album. Eh? EH? Yeah.

Haha no, not really my speed. Last show I was at was at a little bar, saw Negative Plane / Derketa / Vomitor

Well, if I hit any more local shows, I'll let you know. If anything good comes up and you think about it, shoot me a PM. Now that I'm finally working daylight, I can probably hit some more shows, since it's only like a two hour drive.

Same this year! Anybody?
P.S: I have a 3 day ticket for sale too.

I only met Basquestorm and it was just a funny coincidence because this Basque bastard did a comment about my t-shirt(I think it was Satyricons´s Dark Medieval Times).

I dont think that there are more members of this forum in my area. During the first two weeks of August I will be in Stockholm trying to improve my shitty Swedish so I hope I can atend to some concerts and probably meet one of you haha.

find me,
in every leaf that withers..
where my name is none.

Yeah, I'm down with meeting just about anybody from here. I've met quite a few already, but you're all fine folk.

Did you move to Ottawa yet, Derigin? If so, how ya likin' it?

As chance would have it, I'm probably going to be traveling up to Toronto from NY on a few occasions sometime later this year...thought it'd be neat to try and get over in the Montreal/Ottawa area while I'm up there, explore more of Canada and all. Meeting up with any of the Metal Brothers™ (and Metal Sisters™, sold separately) on that part of the earth's surface on such a trip would be most radical.

Godflesh is playing in September, and I think Volahn and Thou are playing at the end of this month if you're into that scene. I mostly frequent smaller hardcore punk shows, but I'll be moving to Pittsburgh in about two months, so maybe I'll see you folks around.

I was looking for a good reason to wear non jeans pants in public so let me know!

Haha, yes! We'll have to see how it all goes, really not certain when it would be, how realistic getting over to Montreal would be, etc. There isn't any sort of high-speed rail that connects those cities, is there?

Montreal is 6 hours away from Toronto by car. Train is probably a bit faster, but I doubt by much, and it's usually expensive. Sorry.

I'm going to NYC next week-end. I probably won't have time to meet anyone from M-A but I actually wonder if we have folks from NYC/Manhattan or Jersey City here? Can't think of anyone at the moment.

Under_Starmere, I'm moving to Ottawa at the end of the month. I'd be more than happy to meet you if you end up swinging by the city.

Right on! Canadians are so xenial.

Morrigan, I'm pretty sure I'm one of the only people on the board that's in NYC. It's weird, you'd think there'd be at least a few. You coming here for a work thing?

I started this year's review:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com/2014/09/hellfest-2015.html


I can't remember this but I'm pretty sure it was an HORRIBLE shirt!
LOL!

Nope, kendo related. I didn't know you were in NYC! We probably won't have time to meet at all, but, well, anything I should know about NYC?

That's funny, I thought I'd mentioned living here enough times that you already knew. Kendo someone for the glory of the archives!

Hmm, what area are you going to be spending time in and how much time will you have? That really affects what I can suggest . If you've never been to the Metropolitan Museum, I'd have to say it's worth your time. It's incredible...certainly one of my absolute favorite things about New York. One really fun thing on the west side of Manhattan is the High Line. It's an elevated park that winds through the Chelsea/Meatpacking districts (designed by reclaiming an old, abandoned elevated train line). A really cool piece of urban design that offers a unique walking-above-the-streets experience. Nice at sunset, especially.

We arrive on the Friday 10th (evening) and leave on the 14th (morning or early afternoon probably since it's a long drive home). We'll have kendo practice on Friday evening, (probably) Saturday afternoon and (definitely) Sunday afternoon. So only Monday as a full day for sightseeing sadly.

Museums are cool but I'm not sure I'd be down for that with the time we have. The High Line sounds cool though, I'll definitely suggest it to my friends.

Yeah! It's a good place for groups. Lots of fun for the whole (masked, robed, armed) family.

I'm not sure if there are any other Clevelanders on here, but I'm down to do something.

Nvm

Since the last time I posted in this thread, I went to Wings of Metal in 2013 wherein I met quite a few of the MA montréalais and a handful of torontonians. Funds permitting, I think I'll be heading up there again in the next few years, whether for Wings or for some other fest.

Pittsburghers, columbusites, clevelanders--holla at ya girl! Over the last couple years, I've been mostly too broke/too much of a sad sack to go to very many shows (giant medical bills will do that to ya ) but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things over the last few months. Will definitely be going to Skullfest in august and am hoping to hit up Hells Headbash for at least a day or two in september. Wings of Metal is just a week after Headbash, and the tickets are long since sold out, but I'm still contemplating getting myself there by the seat of my pants...

I guess earlier on this page I'd mentioned that I don't drink, but that shit was two years ago and I'm no longer a boring dolt. And hey whaddaya know, there's like a 95% chance I'll be at the Gasthaus in Elgin to see some local death metal play in front of twelve people this Saturday. Ditheist is playing, you should come see them with me. They're rad. Smoking_Gnu is the vocalist. He's a lanky dork who doesn't know what to do with his hands but he's a nice guy who can growl. I haven't texted Erosion of Humanity yet, but he's also in the area and is my MA buddy when it comes to shows so there's always a chance he'll show up too. If you're in the area of the Chicago suburbs, you should totally come buy me some Jack & Cokes from the short bartender with huge boobs because she puts two and a half shots of Jack in each drink.

This is mostly because my girlfriend lives within walking distance of the venue and I want to get drunk and vomit on Gnu for free before stumbling home.

Sounds like fun!

please do puke on him

I'd like to puke on him and get paid for it!

I'll soon add Derigin to my semi-impressive list of MAers I've met!

If BH does puke on the Gnu I promise to get full photographic evidence of the event (assuming I'm there) and post it here for all to see.

Soon Tony. I'm looking forward to some poutine sometime, and perhaps a gig or two with you!

Pfftt... Meeting Derigin is so 2014.

So after knowing Diamhea via metal-archives and social media for several years now, I drove out to where he lives and finally met him in the flesh and we destroyed some weights at a local powerhouse together.

Confirmed: he eats and spits corpses.

And 2016, hopefully! I'm in Ottawa now if anyone in the area wants to meet up, by the way!

It looks like we've had a couple gymbros meets recently. I met dystopia (he lives close to where I live now) and we've hit the gym a few times already. It's been good.

We're not that far from you and Diamhea, Matis. A 4-bro day is a possibility.

Since this thread is making the rounds again think I'll make a list of MA people I've met:

Metantoine - Some good (and, uh, interesting) times crashing at his mom's basement. Going to one of his barbeques is definitely a good idea if you're in Montreal.

Necrotocism174 - Really chill dude, always has an apple pipe at the ready.

IX Leviathan - Proof that the hipsters aren't all bad. Probably been to more shows with him than anyone else from this site.

Crick - A lot more normal than you'd guess from his internet persona, haha. Met him in Banff when we both happened to have moved out West for the summer to work shitty jobs.

Atrocious_Mutilation - A good guy to hang out with, but will give you a 4 hour lecture on Australian politics if you let him. Only dude from MA to ever crash at my place.

Rapethedead - Definitely one of the most chill and laid back people I've ever met.

Derigin - Just happened to move in basically right down the street from me the other week. We've hung out/went to the gym a few times so far, good times.

Also, I've met Alex who runs the Metal Observer. Not sure if he's ever had an account here or not, but I know he recruits reviewers from MA so I wouldn't be surprised if he did.