Metallica

Spaldy said:
The sphere footage looks impressive but the band sound fucking terrible.
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Yes dont know what happened with the sound. I cant imagine how big is that sphere but seems huge and felt that the sound didnt reach. James voice in some song cracking in others no.

I just realized that this continue the tour of 2026 i mean the last gig was 26th sep. I dont know what happened to james voice maybe was sick or he was forcing it to much because of the bad sound
 
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GhostofCain said:
That's a matter of personal opinion. There are loads of people who also think Maiden albums post-1992 are crap (they are wrong as far as I am concerned).
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Well I think all their most recent albums have about 2 or 3 good songs on so it's not like the albums are total write offs. There's always something worthwhile, just surrounded by filler
 
Metallica`s setlist across 2 shows is top drawer but the sphere is just a screen based show with a musical sideshow, not my idea of a metal concert. Nobody watches the band it`s all about the screens. The band look tiny on the Youtube videos so how well can you see them anyway?

Remember the moaning about the screens on RFYL for Rime & Aces distracting people from the band performing, well multiply by 100 for the sphere i`d say.
 
Fozzie4 said:
Metallica`s setlist across 2 shows is top drawer but the sphere is just a screen based show with a musical sideshow, not my idea of a metal concert. Nobody watches the band it`s all about the screens. The band look tiny on the Youtube videos so how well can you see them anyway?
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That is also the case at concerts in massive venues or festivals. I remember seeing Maiden at the back of the muddy field at Download Festival 2016 and I felt like I was watching a band performing on a different postcode!
 
GhostofCain said:
You get to hear 30 different songs on 2 consecutive shows?
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I think that's fair enough alright, would I like to see Maiden do a similar show to the Metallica one I saw recently? Absolutely. Once Iron Maiden is played both nights.

I thought people were talking about the actual songs, which on the set list there's kind of similar territory to Maiden, a good few big hits, some deep cuts like AJFA which would be comparable to things like Rime, SSOASS and Alexander that Maiden have done recently. Plus a fair amount of recent stuff, which you got on the DOFP tour.
 
GhostofCain said:
That is also the case at concerts in massive venues or festivals. I remember seeing Maiden at the back of the muddy field at Download Festival 2016 and I felt like I was watching a band performing on a different postcode!
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That`s correct but we all know standing a way back watching the band perform on the screens at a festival is a bit different to what`s going on at a show at the sphere. I aren`t knocking it completely but for me it`s not a metal show.

I would have been interested to see your thoughts if this had have been Maiden doing a run at the sphere, i would guess you would have been less positive than you are with Metallica ?
 
Fozzie4 said:
That`s correct but we all know standing a way back watching the band perform on the screens at a festival is a bit different to what`s going on at a show at the sphere. I aren`t knocking it completely but for me it`s not a metal show.

I would have been interested to see your thoughts if this had have been Maiden doing a run at the sphere, i would guess you would have been less positive than you are with Metallica ?
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I got the same impression when I saw Metallica at Slane ( festival equivalent), was really disappointing watching One with the stage drenched in smoke, a big animation on the screen and no sight of the band
 
Fozzie4 said:
That`s correct but we all know standing a way back watching the band perform on the screens at a festival is a bit different to what`s going on at a show at the sphere. I aren`t knocking it completely but for me it`s not a metal show.
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What defines a metal show for you then? You had the (arguably) biggest metal band in the world performing some of the best metal songs ever recorded at a show. There was probably a lot of metal in the Sphere's structure too! :lol:

I guess your problem might be with the immersive multimedia nature of the (gigantic) show, which I guess is not to everyone's liking. I would agree with you to a certain extent, as I prefer my shows smaller and sweatier, with the band closer to the audience, but that stopped being the case with these behemoths ages ago.

Fozzie4 said:
I would have been interested to see your thoughts if this had have been Maiden doing a run at the sphere, i would guess you would have been less positive than you are with Metallica ?
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If Maiden were to put together such an impressive visual show, I would be more positive than with Metallica because I like their music more! :)
 
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