Written By: Natalie Perez(Metal Editor)
When it comes to any type of tour, during any time of year, there's only one thing to do... "Lose Your Mind!"
This is exactly what the 900 people in a sea of black t-shirts, scattered about the Pomona Glasshouse did on August 18th. Ironically, Britney Spears' “Toxic” filled the air, as the stage lights flickered on/off a blood shade of red. Utter silence cluttered the air as each member of Toxic Holocaust walked on stage.
Lasting for a mere 20 minutes, the band pummeled through “Nuke The Cross, Wild Dogs and Endless Armageddon,” thrashing and bashing was all that could be seen.
Toxic Holocaust Set List:
1. Wild Dogs
2. Gravelord
3. War is Hell
4. 666
5. Nuke the Cross
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Next up was a different type of thrashing; one consisting of pure death metal aggression by none other than Dying Fetus, another 3-piece combo that puts brutality to the test.The room erupted in chaos as guitarist John Gallagher enraged the crowd with his signature growling and shouting. Nothing but madness came out of the 30 minute set.
Dying Fetus Set List:
1. Homicidal Retribution
2. Your Treachery Will Die With You (New Song)
3. Justifiable Homicide
4. Pissing in the Mainstreem
5. Grotesque Impalement
6. Praise the Lord (Opium of the Masses)
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You shall soon believe the brutalizing fate, when it comes to Los Angeles locals, Winds Of Plague, who kept the enraged crowd moshing.Fans did just that, jumping onto one another shouting along with the lyrics and rocking out to the beat of the music. The musicians themselves were going right along with it. When it was all said and done, several band members, including the band's keyboardist, jumped in on all the fun.
One of the band members jumped onto the crowd, holding his microphone, as the fans held him high in the air. What could be better than to have unknown strangers standing on top of you screaming their heart out? It’s called "weird, but entertaining fun!"
Winds Of Plague Set List:
1. Decimate the Weak
2. Origins and Endings
3. New Song 1
4. Angels of Debauchery
5. New Song 2
6. The Impaler
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But the weirdness not to mention fun didn’t end there. The night raged on, wrapping up with the two headliners Chimaira and Hatebreed.After taking their sweet time, Chimaria came on to show the crowd why they were worth the wait; they had wanted the audience to bear witness to their mayhem - mayhem that kept exploding into the night. Chimaira set the stage with such memorable tunes as “Resurrection, “ and “I Hate Everyone.”Chimaira Set List:
1. The Venom Inside
2. Ressurection
3. Secrets of the Dead
4. The Dehumanizing Process
5. Destroy And Dominate
6. Pure Hatred
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As the night was drawing to a close, Hatebreed took the stage, met with a warm welcoming fit for kings of Hardcore. Playing for an hour, Hatebreed threw together a set list containing their oldest and latest material, that would last late into the night. The crowd roared as Jasta shouted “This doesn’t even feel like a week day, it feels like the fucking weekend!!!” Adding, “You 900 people make it feels like 9,000 people.” Jasta had said a handful of catchy remarks that left the audience begging for more. Clearing out the night with some cover tunes taken off their all covers album “For The Lions.”Hatebreed Set List:
1. To the Threshold
2. Live For This
3. I Will Be Heard
4. Doomsayer
5. This Is Now
6. Proven
7. Perseverance
8. You're Never Alone
9. Defeatist
10. Destroy Everything
11. Last Breath
12. Before Dishonor
13. Ghosts Of War
14. Thristy and Miserable
