Tour 2010 Part 2: Worcester MA (April 1st)

April 7, 2010

One reason we have thus far we have kicked off both tours in Worcester is location: Worcester is a fairly short drive from Portland, so we don’t have to leave home all that early. Fortunately this time our Worcester date coincided with Metal Thursdays at Ralph’s Diner, a twice monthly showcase of New England metal bands with a very strict and traditionalist definition of metal. No nu-metal / rap-core / Disturbed clones allowed there. There’s literally an old railroad car diner attached serving burgers which adds to the appeal. Burgers so juicy that both mine and Jenny’s literally exploded juice all over ourselves and the table. That part was not so much fun. Jack played it smart and got the veggie burger.

Headlining was Ravage who are signed to Metal Blade. We played second. Up first was In Harms Way who played some trad metal with harmonized guitar parts. Nice guys with a pleasant sound, though those guitars got totally swallowed up by the bass guitar and cymbals. More midrange! I’d like to catch them a bit down the road and see how they develop.

Our set was short, (especially compared to the 70 minutes we did in Portland), and IMO we played great. Turnout wasn’t all that hot – not as good as our last show at Metal Thursdays. There was, however, a photographer from returntothepit.com there to shoot the show, including us. By the next day the pics were online and we looked great! Usually we are down on how we look, but in this case we looked so rock and roll. That alone was worth the trouble of playing the gig. Check them out here.

As we broke down Skullhammer played, a trio very much in the vein of 80′s thrash trios, kind of Whiplash/Raven/Exciter-esque. Rocking was their business and business was good. We were looking forward to seeing Ravage, but because of the long drive ahead we needed to skedaddle early, so we missed them. The promoter Samantha was very gracious and understanding. Spent the night with Matt and Stacy (my Nephew and Niece who came to the show). I got some nice hangout time with family.