anyone familiar with metal/metalcore in the last 6 years should not need any introduction to chicago's Dead to fall, who called it quits a year or two ago. more than just the broken up band that will not die on myspace, they established themselves early on as epic, serious, and above all brutal. They had mosh parts, sure, but you'd never lump them in as a mosh band.
as i am still just in the beginnings of posting to this blog, i am mostly for now just cataloging most of my youtube favorites, and early on in my list i rediscovered this video, which as far as i can tell i deem to be one of the best live performance videos of any band, any genre, any venue. kids right up against the band? fun. singalong parts? fun. inflatable beach toys? (this was right when they came out with their chum fiesta shark themed t-shirts, shows, and songs) fun. singer jon hunt taking the video camera from a random slovenian kid and then filming the crowd during the song? awesome. crowd surfing the guitar player? so much fun. shows like this idealize how fun a hardcore show CAN be.
take special note: there is an absence of military jock muscle douche bags in the pit marching around with some mean scowl and punching little girls in the head and asking if "you wanna go???". we should learn something from slovenia.
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