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Heavy metal heaven!

May 16, 2007 by

Okay, headbanging is hard work! I am *so* fracking exhausted. I can barely move my neck or lift my arms (one must work hard for encores!).

Last night Shawn and I went to the Heaven & Hell concert in Uncasville, CT. Shawn wasn't supposed to go, but another friend bailed at the last minute (stomach virus) so he got nominated. Luckily, I had an extra Megadeth concert tee from their Dallas show a few years back (where yet another one of his friends bailed on me--fracking boys, I swear). With the promise of a nice dinner at the Mohegan Sun Casino and a trip to Tim Horton's after the show, Shawn agreed to let me dress him and not to whine too much.

We taped a pretty funny "Trash Talk" episode on both the drive up and back. You can download it from the iTunes Music Store if you'd like. Actually, Shawn took some great pics and video himself. Click this link to visit his page of pictures and video. He got some great quality captures with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 (much better than I did!).

The show was *amazing* but Megadeth's set was way too short. The concert opener, Machine Head, sucked in my humble opinion--just a bunch of screaming. Black Sabbath was shockingly good and I was happy to see that age seemingly hasn't slowed them down a bit; they still belt out hard, grinding and gloriously dark metal. Ronnie Dio is such a great match for them and he was wonderfully theatric throughout their whole set. Click this link to see the photo gallery. I was able to capture several videos of the concert with my little Canon PowerShot SD40 (audio quality is terrible, I was right next to the speaker which explains the loss of hearing in my right ear). Click this link to download a great video of Dave Mustaine in action (3.7 mb). Email me if you're interested in seeing the 8 or so others ;)

I also captured a video of Black Sabbath for your viewing pleasure (27.8 mb--it's an entire song).

The Mohegan Sun Arena was really nice and a great venue for a concert. We got great parking in a garage for no extra fee, there are a ton of great (though pricey) restaurants inside, lots of bars, and some fantastic architecture and design (even a floor to ceiling Chihuly installation). It's a great place to go with someone who doesn't *want* to go into the concert with you, as you could easily leave them at the casino which is about 20 steps from the arena entrance.

Godsmack is playing this Sunday. I wish I didn't have to fly to California :(

darkness