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Reviewed by Solomon (8/11/01 Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA):
That's a lot of thrash to be found in one place at one time. Seeing how I subjected myself to a long trip to the Bay Area on Friday and staying up to the wee hours of the morning the whole weekend, my perceptions of the event are a bit blurred. I think the main point to make about the whole show is, for a group of bands that have largely been disbanded or gone into hibernation the last several years, they certainly played well and gave the audience a firm kick in the head.Heathen was the first band to go on and was, incidentally, one of my favorites that evening. I'd never seen this band live before, but I remember buying Victims of Deception a long time ago, and it was cool to see this stuff being played in person. Our entourage was late getting into the gig (gee, really?), but we caught the last few tunes like "Heathen's Song" and "Opiate of the Masses." This was definitely, to my liking, more melodic thrash, and singer David Godfrey delivered one of the best vocal performances of the night. Flotsam and Jetsam arrived to replace an AWOL Laaz Rockit and played at least one new tune, "Dig Me Up To Bury Me." I had never heard Sadus before, and I wasn't really into their set, but this was the first time I'd seen bassist Steve Digiorgio play. From where I was standing, all you could hear was bass, but this was just fine, considering Steve plucked away on that baby like a lead instrument. Definitely some of the more interesting bass work I've heard, and he even added some keyboard shadings to boot! I couldn't hear any of the vocals to Forbidden Evil's set from where I was clicking away at the front of the stage, but the guitars were raging as the band pummeled through one of the better sets with classic material like "Chalice of Blood," "Eyes of Glass," and "One Foot In Hell." Ah, Anthrax gets points for playing "Indians" in honor of Chuck Billy's ethnic heritage, but I thought it was weird to hear "Bring The Noise" as the closer to a very brief set. Considering the occasion, it would have been better to hear an older track, but I know this one can get the crowd moving.
I caught only the last few songs to Death Angel's set, but they were good ones, "Bored" and "Seemingly Endless Time." The singer started to lose me as he went into his Anselmo talk-about-everything mode but, hey, he's a frontman, right? Vio-lence went on next to last, and I can see why. They were ripping right through a nice, crunchy set including "Officer Nice" and "I Profit," even though their guitar sound needed to be brought up in the mix. Legacy closed the night off with a bang, and I think these guys pretty well cleaned house with Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson at the helm. Souza was in fine form himself, and the band did a bunch of goodies like "First Strike Is Deadly," "The Haunting," "Alone in the Dark" (great chorus to sing along to), and "Over The Wall." Skolnick may look out of place with the short hair and boxy Les Paul guitar, but his chops are still there. Chuck even came out amidst the slew of guest appearances and belted out "Into The Pit," God bless him. He's lost a few strands, but he was sounding good and in fine spirits.
All in all, Thrash of the Titans was well-organized and had a great line-up. The crews got the sets changed in a reasonable amount of time, there was alcohol AND food in the building (read "where was the grub at Worchester this year, dude?), and there was even a decent T-shirt stand or two. Hope you all caught this one on Pay-Per-View.
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