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Avatar / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Frozen Soul (Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, May 13, 2026) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: May 13, 2026] Avatar / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Frozen Soul

I’ve seen Avatar 3 times and I really love their live show–theatrical and funny and weird and really really heavy.   I’ve wanted to see them again and I’ve wanted to take my son.  He saw them open for Pierce the Veil in a weird arena and didn’t get to appreciate their live show at all.

I was pretty excited for this show–although it was at Franklin Music Hall (which is the main reason I didn’t grab a ticket right away).  But then it turned out that my Joy Formidable show was moved to this night and so I was glad I hadn’t bought one yet.

Avatar seems to always be touring so I ‘m sure they’ll be back before long.

Fleshgod Apocalypse is an Italian band who I’d never heard of and now after listening to some of their songs I absolutely must see them live.   They use full on symphonic samples with their insanely fast music (the drummer never stops). This is not metal with an orchestra, this is like an orchestra playing speed metal.  Some of their songs are lovely, almost classical pieces, and then the singer comes in singing true death metal growly vocals.  But they’ve also got someone who sings soaring operatic vocals.  I don’t know what thei live show is like, but I really hope they come back soon so I can find out.

Frozen Soul is an extreme metal band from Texas (which is so much less interesting than Italy or Sweden).  They play slow and heavy with  growled vocals that are suprisingly understandable.  I’m not really into the growly sound all that much so I’m not that impressed by this one.

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Amon Amarth / Cannibal Corpse / Obituary / Frozen Soul (Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, May 13, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: May 13, 2024] Amon Amarth / Cannibal Corpse / Obituary / Frozen Soul

When this tour was announced I had the choice of seeing them at The Wellmont in NJ or the Fillmore in Philly.

I chose the Wellmont because it is smaller and I thought it would be more fun.  I see too many shows in Philly anyway.

It worked out for the best as my wife and I were going to see Neil Young on Sunday night, so this left the rest of the week free.

I’ve really enjoyed Amon Amarth in the past and since my son and his friends enjoyed them when we saw them last year, it was a no brainer for the fur of us to see them headline.

I wasn’t to thrilled with the rest of the lineup, honestly.  I’ve seen Cannibal Corpse a few years ago and once was enough (although now that I heard what a genuinely nice guy Corpsegrinder is, I certainly like them a lot more).  It’s fascinating though that they’ve been a band since 1988 (and appeared in Ace Ventura Pet Detective!  They were an integral early band in the Tampa death metal scene.

Obituary is another super old school band from Tampa (formed in 1984, so even older).  It’s kind of weird that Amon Amarth, who is a Swedish band and not really a death metal band (they’re all about Vikings, but they do sing in a growly way) would invite two early death metal bands.

I know of them (their logo is very familiar) but I guess I never listened to anything they did.  They are heavy and fast but the singer actually does a kind of high voice when he sings (as well as some growling).  It’s a different vibe to be sure and more of what I think about with 80’s metal bands.

Frozen Soul is a death metal band from Texas.  They formed in 2018.  I had not heard of them and wasn’t really that interested in seeing them anyway.  They are heavy death metal with growling vocals.

If it weren’t for the headliners I ‘d have had n interest in this tour at all.

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Cannibal Corpse / Obituary / Frozen Soul (Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ, May 9, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND ALL] [AMON AMARTH]

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[ATTENDED: May 9, 2024] Cannibal Corpse / Obituary / Frozen Soul

My son and his friends saw Amon Amarth open for Ghost last summer.  So when they announced a headlining tour, I grabbed us tickets.

The rest of the lineup didn’t thrill me though.  I mean, I guess, yes, Amon Amarth is a death metal band, but not REALLY.  The rest of the lineup was all (mostly old school) death metal bands.  Once I found the details of the settimes, I let the rest of the party know and we agreed that we could easily skip the first  two band and show up sometime in the middle of the 45 minute cannibal Corpse set.

Frozen Soul is a death metal band from Texas.  They formed in 2018.  I had not heard of them and wasn’t really that interested in seeing them anyway.  They are heavy death metal with growling vocals.  I give them props for the whole “frozen” vibe that they have going on.  One of their songs i called “encased in ice” and I was amused to see that were selling shorts that said “encased in ass” which doesn’t make any sense, but is still funny.

Obituary is another super old school band from Tampa (formed in 1984).  I know of them (their logo is very familiar) but I guess I never listened to anything they did.  They are heavy and fast but the singer actually does a kind of high voice when he sings (as well as some growling).  It’s a different vibe to be sure and more of what I think about with 80’s metal bands.

I feel like the addition of this band would be a nice change from the deep growling voices of the rest of the 4 hours of music. I didn’t care if we arrived in time for them and no one else did either.

I wasn’t really that interested in seeing Cannibal Corpse again.  I saw them open for Slayer five years ago.  They played a twenty minute set and I was glad to have seen it, but 20 minutes was plenty. (more…)

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