Rock/Metal Gig of the Year 2014 NOMINATIONS

scudzilla

It's that time of the year again for us to vote on the Rock/Metal Gig of the Year for 2014.

Previous winners were :-

2010 Kiss @ The O2 (Runner up was Porcupine Tree @ Tripod)

2011 Rush @ The O2 (Runner up was QOTSA @ The Olympia)

2012 Rammstein @ The O2 (Runner up was Anthrax @ The Academy)

2013 QoTSA @ The O2 (Runner up was Slayer @ The Academy)

If you've been to a totally awesome gig put it in here, all i need is band and venue.

On or around December 20th, The Top 10 nominations will be put into a poll and we'll vote on Best Rock/Metal gig of 2014 (Only 1 vote per person)

Rules

Gig MUST be on Irish Soil in 2014
You can nominate as many gigs as you want

PLEASE TRY AND LIMIT YOUR CHOICES TO TRULY MEMORABLE GIGS, NOT JUST ANY OLD GIGS YOU HAVE BEEN TOO

scudzilla

I'll start off, been a good year for gigs, been to some great one's but i'm only nominating 2 that IMO are worthy of Gig of the Year, they are

Black Stone Cherry @The Academy

Carcass @ The Academy

Mushy

Clutch - Academy

Only other ones I remember seeing in Ireland were Biffy, Pixies, the National, all in Cork. Only the Biffy one would be truly memorabe, and even then, that was for the old songs they played that night.

Clutch easily gets the nod, everyone enjoyed it, place packed out, great tunes and Neil Fallon!

Links234

Still a bit early to call it tbh, there's a good few gigs on the horizon yet, and I don't know, but that Behemoth show is looking like it'll be something else alright

scudzilla

Links234 wrote: »

Still a bit early to call it tbh, there's a good few gigs on the horizon yet, and I don't know, but that Behemoth show is looking like it'll be something else alright

I know there's plenty of gigs to come but it's always good to get it up and running, ya gots until Dec 20th to vote.

I think there's a great chance we'll get a winner this year that didn't take place at The Point

rock whore

Like an echo of last year, I nominate

Slayer @ the Academy &

QOTSA @ Belsonic. Fantastic venue in Custom House Square, would love to have an outdoor venue like that in Dublin.

lord lucan

Anthrax @ the Academy

Slayer @ the Academy

/thread.

solomafioso

2104!!!!? :pac:

Year isn't over yet. Still have Dying Fetus and Morbid Angel to go!

Degag

Slayer.

RayCon

lord lucan wrote: »

Anthrax @ the Academy

That's my vote .....

unless Mastodon play an absolute stormer next week.

GLaDOS

Still have Mastodon and Sabaton coming up so will wait until after then to vote.

scudzilla

RayCon wrote: »

That's my vote .....

unless Mastodon play an absolute stormer next week.

you can vote for as many as you like, so long as they're real stand out gigs, it's when the vote happens that you're only allowed to vote for 1

RayCon

scudzilla wrote: »

you can vote for as many as you like, so long as they're real stand out gigs, it's when the vote happens that you're only allowed to vote for 1

...... ah ... well then I suppose I should include Saxon in the possibility of being gig of the year*








*but unlikely. Still looking forward to it though :cool:

Knifey Spoony

Alestorm @Cyprus Avenue, Cork. Been a while since I've had such fun at a gig.

Still have Mastodon yet to come though...

Liam McPoyle

Thought Slayer this year wasnt as good as last year, though the dodgy sound for the first couple of tracks prolly had summit to do with that.

I have Dying Fetus/Goatwhore, Behemoth/Decapitated and Machine Head to go this year so Im going to go out on a limb and say that its going to be a toss up between the latter 2.

solomafioso

*opens can of worms*

Aren't you pretty much watching a Slayer cover band nowadays? Seeing the sh*t they gave Lombardo. :pac:

happyoutscan

Easy.

Carcass.

End this thread.

Furious-Red

rock whore wrote: »

QOTSA @ Belsonic. Fantastic venue in Custom House Square, would love to have an outdoor venue like that in Dublin.

Dublin Castle used to do similar gigs.

horgan_p

Carcass.

Sugarlumps

Billy Idol.

Nea

Anathema at The Button Factory, stunning gig

Tribulation at The Pint

blastman

I'm gonna throw in a vote for Y&T at the Opium Rooms (formerly The Village), although I know they've no chance of winning. 40 years into his career, Dave still plays like his life depends on it. I know the rest of the band are long gone, but the current members are all great musicians. Decent ticket price for a 2.5 hour set with all the classics, reasonable price for the t-shirt by today's standards and even the venue wasn't as cr@p as I remember it. Oh, and a good support act in Crash.

I'll also nominate Anthrax and Black Stone Cherry, both at the Academy

RayCon

Nea wrote: »

Anathema at The Academy, stunning gig

So stunning in fact that you forgot it was in The Button Factory and I forgot completely to nominate it :pac:

Nea

RayCon wrote: »

So stunning in fact that you forgot it was in The Button Factory and I forgot completely to nominate it :pac:

Haha. Yes it was that stunning,goosepimples most of the performance.
Now amended:)

devildriver

Carcass @ The Academy

Niall06

Another vote for Y&T at the Opium Rooms.
Another stunning performance and lasting 2.5 hours.
Overall a great night.

etoughguy

Morbid Angel

Oh wait thats not for another 3 weeks so ill go with Carcass for now!

Dargull

Black Stone Cherry

Lithium93_

Throwing in the 3 gigs i went to this year

Monster Truck/Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators @ The O2

Slayer @ The Academy

Trivium @ The Academy

Harrocks

CLUTCH the Academy
PRONG voodoo lounge get my votes.

Wrongway1985

Anthrax @ The Academy - Best I've seen them actually put the Slayer gig who I watched the night before in the shadows, Among the Living in full and more did a 4 song encore too, great night

Black Stone Cherry @ The Academy - These lads continue to grow new album material went down a storm

Honorable mentions; Sepultura@The Academy,Trivium@The Academy,QOTSA@Belsonic - All crackin gigs

Still have some to coming up though

CELBRIDGE HOOP

Y&T @ Opium Rooms last week.
Great gig from a class band.

yknaa

Don't think I will get to Kreator or Sabaton so another vote for

Y&T last week in the Opium Rooms. Great gig.

LuckyFinigan

Clutch @ The Academy

Mastodon @ The Academy

Really enjoyed both of them, not sure if I could pick one over the other.

rednik

Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters Olympia 24th November 2014, that's how to put on a gig.

StaticAge11

QOTSA - Belsonic
Mastodon - Academy
Biffy Clyro - Marquee Cork

They ar the standouts for me. Heading to Machine Head next month though so that may be added

RazorT

Going to go with Anathema at The Button Factory. Unreal gig.

Knifey Spoony

Forgot to put in a vote for Mastodon at the Academy earlier... so here it is.

Useful.Idiot

Carcass

Liam McPoyle

I have to say, Dying Fetus were absolutely brilliant. Goatwhore played a romper stomper of a set and I didnt think DF would top it but they did. A perfect mix of new and old tracks and high intensity throughout. They even had a guy in a wheel chair crowd surf!

ssba91

Killswitch Engage @ The Academy

Anathema @ The Button Factory

Carcass @ The Academy

Leprous/Haken @ The Village(Opium Rooms)

Eluveitie @ The Button Factory


and hopefully I can add Arch Enemy to this list in a few weeks!

jayobray

Anthrax

Carcass

Amon Amarth

All at the Academy.

Useful.Idiot

Im changing my vote from Carcass to Primordials Redemption Festival album release weekend in the Academy and Voodoo Lounge. not a band all weekend who didn't play amazingly.

Sugarlumps

Electric 6 - Academy.

Zwillinge

I think for me:

Killswitch Engage at the Academy

The Wonder Years at Fibbers

Slayer at the Academy

Slash at the 3Arena


Kasabian and Machine Head could get in there yet!

Wrongway1985

Zwillinge wrote: »

I think for me:

Killswitch Engage at the Academy

The Wonder Years at Fibbers

Slayer at the Academy

Slash at the 3Arena


Kasabian and Machine Head could get in there yet!

They were class in Cork earlier in the year, pity I have ta miss upcoming tour but sure ya can't make them all lord knows I try.

Not surprised to see Mastodon getting nominated great gig.

Doing MH also, saw set they gave the Norwegians the other night that would do nicely the end of the month

scudzilla

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

Im changing my vote from Carcass to Primordials Redemption Festival album release weekend in the Academy and Voodoo Lounge. not a band all weekend who didn't play amazingly.

You can vote for both, it's only when a poll is put up you can only vote for one

Joe_Dull

I'll throw votes to Killswitch Engage and Kerbdog in the Academy.

GLaDOS

Earth @ Whelans
Sabaton/Korpiklaani/Týr @ The Academy

P_1

Another vote for Sabaton here, great energy at that one

Links234

I'm voting Sabaton!