{"id":7132,"date":"2015-06-28T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T23:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/?p=7132"},"modified":"2015-06-28T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:08:29","slug":"slayer-king-diamond-bring-mayhem-to-san-bernardino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2015\/06\/28\/slayer-king-diamond-bring-mayhem-to-san-bernardino\/","title":{"rendered":"Slayer & King Diamond Bring Mayhem To San Bernardino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review by Lisa Burke<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

June 27th 2015, San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino CA: <\/strong>The 2015 edition of the annual Mayhem Festival kicked off in San Diego on Friday June 26 2015, and arrived in San Bernardino the day after to attract Los Angeles area metalheads in large numbers. Unlike previous years which treated audiences to some notable smaller, upcoming bands and presented solid second and third stage headliners, the focus of attention this year was solely on the two main acts, Slayer and King Diamond. Our writer Lisa Burke was in attendance to give us an entertaining insight on how the event unfolded. Check it out below:<\/p>\n

Last night, I finally went to San Bernardino to Mayhem Fest. I’ve been looking forward to this event for what seams like forever and it was everything I ever thought it was going to be. I arrived to the heavy metal parking lot to the sounds of The Devil Wears Prada. I proceeded with my pre-gaming and poser-watching and ignored that fancy outfit of a metal band. Next up was Hellyeah which features Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul. Guess what, I didn’t watch them because I don’t want to admit to myself that the drummer from Pantera is now in a mediocre band. <\/p>\n

Moving uphill literally to the spectacle that is none other than a King Diamond<\/strong> set, we found a good spot to watch conveniently located next to a guy passed out in the grass. King Diamond always makes such a grand entrance and all I can say is I died happy. In the beginning the vocal sound was not great, but definitely improved by mid-set. His vocal range is so high and strange that you either love it or hate it. I love it and King Diamond to me is like the Sebastian Bach of Black Metal mixed with Alice Cooper antics. In case you weren’t sure, this is a wonderful thing. There’s a song where he sings about pouring tea and an old creepy lady comes out with tea. He is literally literal, yet he’s amazing to see. It’s a ritual in the best way and his face paint and upside down cross microphone are no joke. I saw this band recently at the Wiltern which was a great show, however I was surprisingly blown away by how amazing the guitar sounded on this night. I’m pretty sure I drooled on myself over it at one point. It was technically perfect, fast, brutal, and yet fully melodic. Mid-way through their set, the drunk guy next to me became black out drunk guy, and I couldn’t help myself but laugh at his silly dance moves. Not to mention, I’m pretty sure he thought he was not only smoking weed but also watching Slayer at that point. These are not two bands that can easily be confused, so clearly he lost all of his marbles at this point. Next up midway through my drool, passed out guy comes back to life and decides I should be half of his support group, meaning he was leaning on me to stay standing. Then fireworks happened. No, really. People were not only lighting bonfires in the grass using empty plastic containers, but they were also lighting off fireworks. After this awesomeness ended, I went back to the bar to re-fuel, and along this journey I came across at least 14 piles of vomit on my way. <\/p>\n

My Fake King Diamond Set List:<\/strong>
\nNap guy
\nIced earth
\nLiteral tea
\nGrab it by the balls
\nAir cross
\nHell yeah
\nSebastian Cooper black metal
\nMore please
\nTechnically insane
\nBlack metal lullaby
\nWake up to king slayer
\nStalk Home Texas
\nHell yeah for guitars
\nBlack metal loves you too
\nPuke and bonfires<\/p>\n

Real King Diamond Set List:<\/strong>
\n01. The Candle
\n02. Sleepless Nights
\n03. Eye Of The Witch
\n04. Welcome Home
\n05. Tea \/ Digging Graves \/ A Visit From The Dead
\n06. Evil (Mercyful Fate cover)
\n07. Come To The Sabbath (Mercyful Fate cover)
\n08. The Family Ghost
\n09. The 7th Day Of July 1777
\n10. Black Horsemen <\/p>\n

While that may be a slight exaggeration, this next sentence is not. Finally Slayer<\/strong> happened and I went straight to Hell and loved absolutely every minute of it. Kerry King’s guitar was on fucking fire the whole show, and of course Tom Araya killed children in Egypt with his vocals. Since the unfortunate death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman, Gary Holt from Exodus has been his replacement when he’s off tour from Exodus. He’s great but I definitely miss Jeff and his legacy lives on. The pyrotechnics at this show ruled as did the backdrop screen images. I actually really like seeing shows at this venue because it’s not terribly big so even in the lawn you can see enough for it to be worth it. I had lawn tickets but got the illegal opportunity to move up to right behind the pit for Slayer. This made Hell even more awesome and I headbanged my neck off because no pain no gain.<\/p>\n

Oddly, there were two girls sitting in front of us who did not seem to be enjoying Slayer. Who goes to Slayer and doesn’t enjoy Slayer? A couple of dudes’ girlfriends that got dragged there and who got conveniently left behind in the seats while the guys played moshpit is my guess. Anyway, back to Slayer because Slayer, I loved the set list and seriously couldn’t get enough. Of course they ended with ‘Raining Blood’ and ‘Angel Of Death’. <\/p>\n

As much as I want to stop writing now, I simply cannot until I mention the surprise appearance of the unknown temporarily titled “Parking Lot Band”. As we walked to the car there was a full-on mini stage with a pretty awesome band and a decent sized audience complete with a very inviting mosh pit. I was really shocked and super-happy that someone had the guts to do this. Rules are made so you can dream up things no one thought of making a rule about, and that includes playing a metal show in the parking lot of a large music venue. I’m going to end this with a question: Does anyone know who these dudes were so I can at least like them on Facebook? (Update: That band was Tower Guard) <\/p>\n

My Fake Slayer Set List:<\/strong>
\nKerry king killed Fred Durst
\nMore fuckin firrreeeeeee!
\nI died and went to hell
\nReign in blood…fuck poser nation
\nI died and went to hell
\nI died and went to hell
\nI died and went to hell
\nI died and went to hell
\nI died and got a 666 #
\nI danced in my dreams in hell
\nAnd the angel of death showed up
\nFireworks and cattle call
\nAfter show parking lot concert ruled<\/p>\n

Real Slayer Set List:<\/strong>
\n01. Repentless
\n02. Hate Worldwide
\n03. Jihad
\n04. Disciple
\n05. God Send Death
\n06. War Ensemble
\n07. When The Stillness Comes
\n08. Implode
\n09. Mandatory Suicide
\n10. Chemical Warfare
\n11. Ghosts of War
\n12. Dead Skin Mask
\n13. Hell Awaits
\n14. South Of Heaven
\n15. Raining Blood
\n16. Angel of Death<\/p>\n

Remaining Dates:<\/strong>
\n6\/28 \u2013 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater
\n6\/30 \u2013 Auburn, WA (Seattle) @ White River Amphitheater
\n7\/01 \u2013 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater
\n7\/03 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Amphitheater
\n7\/04 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
\n7\/05 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks
\n7\/07 \u2013 Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah\u2019s Council Bluffs
\n7\/08 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
\n7\/10 \u2013 Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) @ Kilpsch Amphitheater
\n7\/11 \u2013 Clarkston, MI (Detroit) @ DTE Energy Amphitheater
\n7\/12 \u2013 Tinley Park, IL (Chicago) @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
\n7\/15 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
\n7\/17 \u2013 Camden, NJ (Philadelphia) @ Susquehanna Bank Arts Center
\n7\/18 \u2013 Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh) @ First Niagara Pavilion
\n7\/19 \u2013 Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre
\n7\/21 \u2013 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
\n7\/22 \u2013 Gilford, NH @ Meadowbrook (Bank of NH Pavilion)
\n7\/24 \u2013 Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
\n7\/25 \u2013 Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center
\n7\/26 \u2013 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach
\n7\/29 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron\u2019s Amphitheater at Lakewood
\n7\/31 \u2013 San Antonio, TX @ Whitewater Amphitheater
\n8\/01 \u2013 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
\n8\/02 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Amphitheater<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review by Lisa Burke June 27th 2015, San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino CA: The 2015 edition of the annual Mayhem Festival kicked off in San Diego on Friday June 26 2015, and arrived in San Bernardino the day after to attract Los Angeles area metalheads in large numbers. Unlike previous years which treated audiences to … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Slayer & King Diamond Bring Mayhem To San Bernardino”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7132"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7145,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132\/revisions\/7145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}