So on July 11th I went with my girlfriend and two friends (nimatoad2000 and kurisu18) to the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountainview to see Mayhem Fest 2009. It was so awesome. Right when we got there we were met by protestors outside telling us to give our lives over to Jesus and giving us "Get Out of Hell Free" cards. I thought it was pretty funny, nimatoad2000 yelled "give you lives over to satan!" and I screamed in a black metal voice "satan!". Pretty stupid I know but i couldn't help myself. We went in and nimatoad2000 got a slayer shirt and kurisu18 got a cool white mayhem fest shirt. I wanted this gray mayhem fest shirt but all of the stands were out fo it so we wasted time by searching for it. I was lucky enough to find one in my size which made me pretty happy. Then we went over and waited in line for the Cannibal Corpse signing. When it came for my turn I got the mayhem fest magazine signed by them. Pat was really shy it seemed, Rob was just kinda there, Alex was sick and we talked about Blotted Science for a few seconds before I had to move on, Paul seemed very appreciative when I told him how much I liked his drumming, and Corpsegrinder was nice and talked about his pose in the picture in the magazine. They were all really nice and down to Earth guys. It's always great when a band actually cares about it's fans. Then I walked over to the Behemoth tent and bought one of their tour shirts. Then we caught the last three songs of Behemoth's act. They were awesome but I wish I could have seen then whole thing. Meeting Cannibal Corpse was worth it though. Then Kurisu18 wanted to see All That Remains, and as he went to mosh the rest of us got tired of the band (Kurisu18 was the only one of us that liked them) and went around looking at tents and entering contests. Then we found out we had missed a Behemoth signing, which was disappointing but oh well. While we were waiting for All That Remains to finish up we rain into this guy. Here's another video of him for those of you interested :P. I asked him if I could get a picture and he said sure and then asked if I wanted him to puke to which I obviously responded no thanks. Here's the picture:

Yeah I wasn't expecting that interesting encounter. Then Kurisu18 dragged us to My Bloody Valentine at the main stage which we only stayed two songs for before we couldn't take it anymore.It was pretty watching the guy in charge of the lights show rocking out to the music as he pressed buttons though. So then I finally got to see Cannibal Corpse live for the first time. They didn't disappoint in the least. They played absolutely perfectly,sounding just like they do in the studio. Right when they started up with Evisceration Plague the crowd went nuts and pits erupted everywhere, including right next to us. There were tons of people crowd surfing and a trash can was being thrown around. Nimatoad2000 said he saw someone throw a jug of milk. After they finished their set people were still being thrown over the barrier even though there wasn't any music. Here's what I remember of the setlist for those of you who care: Evisceration Plague, The Time To Kill Is Now, F***** With A Knife, Priests of Sodom, Unleashing The Bloodthirsty, Make Them Suffer, Hammer Smashed Face, and Stripped R**** and Strangled. don;t know if that is completely the right order but it's close, and I may be missing a song or two. Then we hung around until Slayer. It was cool being able to see them and they played very well but to be honest they were disappointing. Out of their short set only around half were actual goods songs. The rest were from their newer albums that nobody cares about and wouldn't evens stand up as filler on their older stuff. The good songs they played were War Ensemble, Mandatory Suicide, Chemical Warfare, Dead Skin Mask, Hell Awaits, Angel of Death, South of Heaven, and of course Raining Blood. Psychopathy Red wasn't bad, but the whole song was essentially one riff. As good as that one riff was, it is just one riff for a roughly 3 minute song. Simply not good enough. Anyway I got to hear some truly ****c songs live and can now say I've seen Slayer. We got out of there before Marilyn Manson, none of us listen to him.

Overall it was the most fun I've had in years and easily the best concert I've been to. It was a truly great experience and I recommend metalheads every go if they get the chance.