January 2/2015: Butcher Babies & Hatebreed opened this gig. The venue was the Shaw Conference center. I went with my good buddy Delion & we had a whale of a time. During BLS's set, Delion dropped & started doing push-ups! Hatebreed played a Slayer cover, 'Ghosts of War' originally off of South of Heaven. Butcher Babies were decent. BLS delivered the goods. I believe they were touring behind 'Catacombs of the Black Vatican'. For those that don't know, 'The Black Vatican' refers to a rehearsal space Zakk Wylde has on his property.
The gig in 2010 was held at the Edmonton Expo Center, formerly the Agricom. It was billed as the 'Black Label Berzerkus'. Children of Bodom, Clutch, & 2Cent were also on the bill. I missed 2Cent's set but caught most of Clutch & - of course - all of C.O.B & BLS. Clutch were pretty cool, delivering their brand of stoner rock. C.O.B kicked it pretty hard too, if you dig that sort of harsh, forceful metal with the distorted vocals of Alexi Laiho. BLS - the band I came to see, did not disappoint. Midway through their set they played 'In This River' as a tribute to Dimebag Darrell, a close friend of Zakk Wylde's & guitar player for Pantera, who was murdered on stage in 2004. (I realize most of you already know that, but there may be a few that don't). Zakk had a piano brought on stage for the song, & behind the band played a short film showing 2 young kids (Zakk & Dimebag) exploring the outdoors. BLS were promoting 'Order of the Black', imho their finest album. January 2/2015: Butcher Babies & Hatebreed opened this gig. The venue was the Shaw Conference center. I went with my good buddy Delion & we had a whale of a time. During BLS's set, Delion dropped & started doing push-ups! Hatebreed played a Slayer cover, 'Ghosts of War' originally off of South of Heaven. Butcher Babies were decent. BLS delivered the goods. I believe they were touring behind 'Catacombs of the Black Vatican'. For those that don't know, 'The Black Vatican' refers to a rehearsal space Zakk Wylde has on his property.
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