Swear, this night beat anything I've ever experienced.
The cold crisp air whipped around us as we waited outside the theatre. All around us you could hear the people going nuts about going inside. We had no idea that Lamb of God and Gojira was going to be there. I stood next to Dad-ness and Jared, shaking, not from the cold but from pure excitement.
After going through the guards we were finally in, we were really here! Running up the stairs, the show had already started. Me and Jared were scrambling to get our Metallica shirts on as we passed through the hall-full of people. We jumped escaltor stairs and got to the third level of the arena. We went inside and the stage came to life.
Gojira was going nuts but they weren't loud enough Moments later, they were finished.
"Thank God." Jared and I mused at the same time.
Next up was Lamb of God. They rocked the house down 'quietly' with some favorites, "Walk With Me In Hell", "Black Label", "As The Palaces Burn" and of course... "Redneck (vocals shared with lead singer of Gojira, Joe Duplantier)" and many others. They ended close to an hour later.
Things were starting to get loud as the stage crew came out for sound check. Looking around we noticed 'Death Magnetic' Caskets, HUGE ONES, dangling above the stage. Louder and louder the crowd was starting to go insane, tonight...we would definetely lose our hearing. This being Jared's favorite band, and mine because of my brother, Andrew (R.I.P.) this was truly going to be the biggest night of our lives.
The arena turned black. Lars broke in the bass drums and it sounded like a heartbeat..."it couldn't be...ohhhh fu**, it is Ash, this is it!" - he yelled in my ear.
"Like a siren in my head that always threatens to repeat, Like a blind man that was shoved into the speeding driver's seat, Like a face that learned to speak, when all it knew was how to fight, Like a misery that keeps me from focus, so I've gone astray, Like an illness that I'm about to waken from its state."
The whole night was brought in by all the good ones: Battery, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Juda's Kiss, Cyanide, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters (THEY ACTUALLY PLAYED OUR SONG!!!), Turn The Page, Enter Sandman, The Day That Never Comes (ANOTHER "OUR SONG"), Fight Fire With Fire, One (was epic Pyrotechnics) and they played a few others I didn't know...
It was such a privelage to be there. We are dead as doornails because we had to go to school this morning and we're running off of almost no sleep. It was amazing. I have never, ever headbanged that hard. I can't feel my neck , and can barely move. When you get that way, you KNOW beyond the shadow of a doubt you had a really good time. I fell asleep next to him on the way home. We took him to his house and we headed back to town. As soon as I got out of the car, my phone went off.
"Thanks. Goodnight. It was a hell of a night with a hell of a friend"
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Best Night Of My Life : Metallica 10/18/09 blog
Moments later, they were finished. 
"Redneck (vocals shared with lead singer of Gojira, Joe Duplantier)" and many others. They ended close to an hour later. 
, and can barely move. When you get that way, you KNOW beyond the shadow of a doubt you had a really good time. I fell asleep next to him on the way home. We took him to his house and we headed back to town. As soon as I got out of the car, my phone went off. 
