Rites of Darkness 3[views:96517][posts:354][show listing] __________________________________________ [Mar 6,2011 1:23pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] Taken from the NWN forum. NEWS AS OF 2/28/11 I understand December is pretty far away but hopefully you guys can arrange your travel arrangements to get to Texas. The festival will now officially take place for 3 days from December 9th to the 11th. Tickets will officially go on sale when all bands have been announced. Individual days will be announced shortly around then. Here are a few more bands set to decimate in December including ZEMIAL performing a special ritual for their first and only ever North American appearance: ZEMIAL (First and only ever North American performance) MORTUARY DRAPE (Italy) MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (Australia) INTERMENT (Sweden) ANATOMIA (Japan) IMPETUOUS RITUAL (Australia) DEMONICAL (Sweden) HOUR OF 13 (NC) GRAVE UPHEAVAL (Australia) DIVINE EVE (TX) ADVERSARIAL (Canada) ALDEBARAN (OR) ANHEDONIST (SE) ILSA (WA) GRAVE RITUAL (GA) BIRTH A.D. (TX) The full line up is as follows: ZEMIAL (First and only ever North American performance) DEMIGOD (Finland) MORTUARY DRAPE (Italy) MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (Australia) SARGEIST (Finland) URFAUST (Netherlands) IGNIVOMOUS (Australia) INTERMENT (Sweden) EVOKEN (NJ) ANATOMIA (Japan) WEAPON (Canada) FUNEBRARUM (NJ) CIANIDE (IL) IMPETUOUS RITUAL (Australia) HOUR OF 13 (NC) MITOCHONDRION (Canada) DEMONICAL (Sweden) GRAVE UPHEAVAL (Australia) DIVINE EVE (TX) ADVERSARIAL (Canada) ALDEBARAN (OR) ANHEDONIST (SE) ILSA (WA) BIRTH A.D. (TX) GRAVE RITUAL (GA) P.L.F. (TX) WARMASTER (TX) ...Yes. |
__________________________________________ [Mar 6,2011 1:26pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] I wonder which bands won't be allowed in the country. |
__________________________________ [Mar 6,2011 1:28pm - Paul CNV ""] amazing |
___________________________________ [Mar 6,2011 1:48pm - arilliusbm ""] Spinoza has it good. |
___________________________________ [Mar 9,2011 2:43am - anonymous ""] Also added: ADORIOR LOSS VASAELETH BLASPHERIAN |
_____________________________________ [Mar 9,2011 8:26am - goatcatalyst ""] Boner |
______________________________________ [Mar 9,2011 8:31am - hauptpflucker ""] carpool? |
_____________________________________ [Mar 9,2011 8:36am - goatcatalyst ""] I'm thinkin yes |
___________________________________ [Mar 9,2011 8:55am - Alx_Casket ""] And I was just thinking how I've been meaning to visit Texas. Edit: I'm fucking going. roadtrip from tx to cali, epic awaits |
____________________________________ [Mar 13,2011 6:05pm - anonymous ""] Behexen has also been added to the fest. |
___________________________________ [Mar 13,2011 6:17pm - amorok666 ""] I think I'm going to skip mdf, giving me more time save cash and then get arrested in Texas at some point during this fest. |
_______________________________________ [Mar 13,2011 6:18pm - AndrewBastard ""] i may use some tax return money on a plane ticket to this |
_____________________________________ [Mar 24,2011 11:51am - anonymous ""] Cruciamentum + Stargazer (AUS) added. |
_____________________________________ [Mar 24,2011 11:58am - Alx_Casket ""] Realizing that TX to CA might be too lofty. Still very much planning on going. |
____________________________________________ [Mar 24,2011 12:24pm - truequintessence ""] Im pretty sure there are some cheap flights to texas. |
_______________________________ [Mar 24,2011 12:29pm - BSV ""] round trip tix are looking around 333 or so. I'M DOWN FOR THIS. not sure what the hotel situation is like around there. White Rabbit is my favorite club in Texas, really good food there plus they have this open patio where everyone smokes tons of weed. ANYONE ELSE??? |
_____________________________________ [Mar 24,2011 12:47pm - Alx_Casket ""] Which venue will this be at? edit: nevermind, helps if I read. White Rabbit 2410 North St. Mary's San Antonio, TX, US 78212 Looks pretty accessible by bus/walking. |
________________________________________ [Mar 24,2011 12:49pm - AndrewBastard ""] if I go it'll be kinda last minute decision..but I'm 50/50 right now |
______________________________________ [Mar 24,2011 12:56pm - Randy_Marsh ""] i would really enjoy seeing sargeist and especially Demigod. |
_____________________________________ [Mar 26,2011 10:40am - anonymous ""] Plutocracy + Midnight added. |
_______________________________ [Mar 26,2011 10:26pm - ala ""] incredible line up. definitely better than MDF this year. however i've no means to make it out tx need a mournful congregation/evoken tour with a date in boston |
_______________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 1:19am - cornbread231 ""] Pre-fest announced today. So far Ondskapt, Wodensthrone, Oak, and Hellvetron are playing it. Thursday, Dec 8th. |
______________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 1:39am - goatcatalyst ""] So phat |
________________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 11:30am - AndrewBastard ""] pre fest show with Ondskapt? What???? Whered you see this? |
_____________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 11:31am - Alx_Casket ""] Ondskapt are great live. Would. |
_______________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 12:04pm - goatcatalyst ""] There |
___________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 5:10pm - nekronaut ""] AndrewBastard said:pre fest show with Ondskapt? What???? Whered you see this? http://www.nwnprod.com/forum/viewtopic.php...95&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 |
_______________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 5:51pm - AndrewBastard ""] Wodensthrone too! what the shit... should I bail on MDF?? |
_______________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 5:52pm - AndrewBastard ""] actually what am I talking about? this is in December. Plenty of time to save... |
________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 8:25pm - mike29 ""] cornbread231 said:Pre-fest announced today. So far Ondskapt, Wodensthrone, Oak, and Hellvetron are playing it. Thursday, Dec 8th. Wow. awesome. |
___________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 8:53pm - amorok666 ""] cornbread231 said:Pre-fest announced today. So far Ondskapt, Wodensthrone, Oak, and Hellvetron are playing it. Thursday, Dec 8th. Shit just got real..... |
____________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 9:25pm - anonymous ""] there's a pre-fest event on last.fm. main updates are at www.facebook.com/ritesofdarkness while the fest website is down for maintenance. should be a few more bands for the pre-fest + a few more for the fest itself. |
_________________________________________ [Mar 28,2011 9:52pm - conservationist ""] Alx_Casket said: White Rabbit 2410 North St. Mary's San Antonio, TX, US 78212 Sometimes cheaper to fly into Houston (Continental/United hub) or Austin (Southwest loves this town) and take a shuttle flight into S.A. YMMV 1485 |
______________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 3:38am - cornbread231 ""] Just add Antaeus, Tribulation, and Valkyrja to the lineup. www.facebook.com/ritesofdarkness |
___________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 8:55am - Alx_Casket ""] ^Beat me to it, this just keeps getting better. |
______________________________ [Apr 8,2011 10:22am - BSV ""] WOW ANTAEUS! I've worshiped that band for years khed, years. |
_______________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 10:29am - AndrewBastard ""] dude they played in Jersey a bunch a years ago |
______________________________ [Apr 8,2011 10:36am - BSV ""] yeah and brooklyn as well. couldn't make it. used to penpal with mkm. brool scrolly. |
_______________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 10:46am - AndrewBastard ""] tool forey no |
____________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 10:47am - Alx_Casket ""] Was that the show in nj that everyone left after Antaeus played? |
______________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 11:51am - goatcatalyst ""] I saw Antaeus open for AC/DC in 6th grade |
___________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 3:38pm - Alx_Casket ""] Strid (Norway) just got added. |
__________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 3:50pm - nekronaut ""] Fuck, Tribulation slays! |
___________________________________ [Apr 8,2011 3:53pm - cornbread ""] Beat me to it this time. Excited for Strid, no doubt. |
_____________________________________ [Apr 14,2011 8:18pm - whodananny ""] +Ares Kingdom to prefest |
__________________________________________ [Apr 14,2011 10:16pm - Conservationist ""] Without Rob Darken, nothing ist krieg. |
_______________________________________ [Apr 14,2011 10:18pm - goatcatalyst ""] So phat |
__________________________________________ [Apr 14,2011 10:21pm - Conservationist ""] Needs moar Rebecca Black |
_____________________________________ [Apr 15,2011 12:48am - Alx_Casket ""] Ares Kingdom are a lot of fun, I'm betting this pre-fest is going to be more wild than the actual fest. |
______________________________________ [Apr 15,2011 9:07am - goatcatalyst ""] Fun? ALL SMILES INVERTED! |
____________________________________ [Apr 21,2011 2:25pm - Alx_Casket ""] DISPIRIT (CA) added to prefest. |
____________________________________ [Apr 29,2011 4:10pm - anonymous ""] +Nunslaughter |
___________________________________________ [Apr 29,2011 4:19pm - Botorious N.I.G. ""] Invite Rebecca Black. See what she says. |
_____________________________________ [Apr 29,2011 4:36pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] I really wanna go! |
_______________________________________ [Apr 29,2011 4:49pm - AndrewBastard ""] think im going...still have my uncashed tax return check...may put that towards it. |
___________________________________ [May 11,2011 4:10pm - nekronaut ""] ROOT added. |
____________________________________ [May 18,2011 1:37pm - anonymous ""] Akitsa added |
___________________________________ [May 18,2011 2:56pm - AMOROK666 ""] Holy shit.... |
_______________________________________ [May 18,2011 3:36pm - AndrewBastard ""] Paul, let's go to this you complete faggot... |
____________________________________________ [May 18,2011 5:20pm - nekronautloggedin ""] I am there and plan on being fully nude the entire time. |
___________________________________ [Jun 3,2011 2:33pm - anonymous ""] Tickets on sale June 13th |
____________________________________ [Jun 10,2011 3:41pm - anonymous ""] Dead Congregation announced yesterday. |
____________________________________________ [Jun 10,2011 3:44pm - AndrewBastard NLI ""] sic br0 |
_______________________________________ [Jun 11,2011 1:21am - NuclearWinter ""] anonymous said:Dead Congregation announced yesterday. STELLAR. |
______________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 5:35am - frankovhell ""] They put up running order of bands for the 3 days. Saturday and Sunday look so fucking amazing... Sunday, December 11th: Antaeus Mournful Congregation Behexen ...Strid Interment Urfaust Anatomia Valkyrja Cruciamentum Hour of 13 Mitochondrion Vasaeleth Ilsa Anhedonist Saturday, December 10th: Mortuary Drape (TBA band) Zemial ...Dead Congregation Sargeist Igvinomous Tribulation Cianide Evoken Midnight Grave Upheaval Funebrarum Plutocracy Adversarial Divine Eve Aldebaran Blaspherian Root (TBA band) Demigod ...Nunslaughter Stargazer Weapon Butcher ABC Impetuous Ritual Adorior Demonical Loss Grave Ritual Birth A.D. P.L.F. Warmaster |
______________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 5:36am - frankovhell ""] They should get local texans Absu and Solitude Aeternus to play ... fuck me. Going to be a good time. Tickets on sale Monday. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 1:44pm - NuclearWinter ""] I second that notion, Dank Frank. Solitude Aeternus just played the Doom in June fest in Las Vegas -- would be great to see them take one of the TBA spots. |
____________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 5:31pm - Alx_Casket ""] Tickets are now available. $100 for 3 day pass. I'm waiting until info on pre-fest tickets is announced, hoping to just get an all included pass. |
______________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 6:09pm - goatcatalyst ""] It pains me to think of the bands who will cancel. Euros always fuck up their paperwork. |
___________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 7:41pm - nekronaut ""] DRAWN AND QUARTERED from Seattle confirmed as the last band for the prefest on December 8th. Venue announcement in the next few days. Tickets on July. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 7:43pm - boblovesmusic ""] Gah what a fuckin awesome lineup, I really want to go to this... grrr. |
_____________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 10:48pm - Alx_Casket ""] Just bought 2 tickets. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 10:59pm - goatcatalyst ""] Liturgy confirmed for Saturday. Phat! |
_____________________________________ [Jun 13,2011 11:41pm - Alx_Casket ""] !!!!!!! |
_______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 12:50am - frankovhell ""] I can't believe they got STRID to play... Probably will get cancelled. I'll believe it when I see it. One of my oldest favorite bm bands. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 12:57am - frankovhell ""] bennyhillifier |
_______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 8:02am - AndrewBastard ""] CONFIRMED BANDS FOR PRE-SHOW: ONDSKAPT (Sweden) WODENSTHRONE (UK) ARES KINGDOM (MO) DISPIRIT (CA) OAK (MD) HELLVETRON (TX) STURMGEWEHR (TX) |
_______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 8:02am - AndrewBastard ""] oh and that STRID video is killer.. |
______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 9:43am - frankovhell ""] Fucking Ondskapt? nice |
_______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 1:17pm - AndrewBastard ""] Wodensthrone and Ares Kingdom too..fucking ridiculous. I dont know if I'm gonna be down there in time for this night though... |
______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 1:56pm - frankovhell ""] C'mon dude you got until December to save up! |
_______________________________________ [Jun 14,2011 4:34pm - AndrewBastard ""] Its not about saving, it about getting the time off work |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:05pm - AndrewBastard ""] supposedly Necros Christos is the last unannounced band. |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:10pm - AMOROK666 ""] I'm 100% going to this. Plane tickets for december are gonna be murder on my wallet though aren't they? I'm trying to figure out how much this whole thing is gonna cost so I can start saving. |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:25pm - nekronaut ""] Tickets aren't going to be that much.. shouldn't be more than $220 if you know how to shop around. Kyak.com is usually the best site for deals |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:26pm - AndrewBastard ""] Mike you're totally wrong...I've been watching flights for months on all the sites (kayak, cheap tix etc) and they are $350+ I've flown to LA multiple times for much less. |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:35pm - nekronaut ""] ..it was a guess, give it some time, I'm sure they will go down at some point |
____________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:36pm - Alx_Casket ""] Gonna buy flights in July when my 5% cashback kicks in on my credit card. Andrew is right about the cost, Boston-SA must not be a very popular flight path. If you guys are interested in a cheap room rate, I have a connection at hilton that should be able to give me a deep discount. Let me know if you're up for that and I'll see what I can do. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:39pm - AndrewBastard ""] Alex, I'm gonna join forces with a few other locals that are going and take you up on that. i dont have a credit card though so it's hard... |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:40pm - AMOROK666 ""] The cheapest I've found so far is 361. I'm considering driving to my brothers place in Albany and leaving from there. It looks like it might be cheaper. Edit: nevermind. Just checked it out. Got some bad advice. |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 3:57pm - nekronaut ""] $100 cheaper to leave from NYC |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:07pm - AndrewBastard ""] hmm |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:08pm - AndrewBastard ""] but then we gotta bus it to NYC for $$$ taxis to laguardia for $$$ |
_________________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:12pm - bobnomaamrooney ""] Oh fuck why couldn't this be in Houston. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:18pm - hauptpflucker ""] There\'s this thing called a car. You put a few people in it and drive places, sometimes for less $$$ than flying. Road trips are fun anyway. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:20pm - AndrewBastard ""] yo know, if we have a big enough crew, it may not be a terrible idea... |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:23pm - AndrewBastard ""] rent a mini van with unlimited miles for $550...just found that! |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:31pm - AMOROK666 ""] Hmmm interesting. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:33pm - AndrewBastard ""] yeah dude...could be fun...fill the van, and road trip it. I though mileage would KILL the price but I selected unlimited mileage and that was the cost. obviously gas would be a huge cost |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:34pm - NuclearWinter ""] Plus gas, plus tolls, plus Marsi will try to bum a ride. |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:36pm - AMOROK666 ""] Me and Lisa are defiantly going. If I can't find us decent flights we would be down for a road trip. Can throw cash down for whatever. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:38pm - AndrewBastard ""] I just did a gas calculator and the round trip in gas is $1000+ |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:38pm - AndrewBastard ""] fuck driving hahah |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:43pm - AMOROK666 ""] Yea, considering we would probably have to stop to sleep which could potentially cost $$$ fuck that. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:44pm - AndrewBastard ""] FAHK DOOD... I just wanna fly there for under $300 |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:51pm - NuclearWinter ""] Found flight for under $300. Comes to $337 with taxes -- Boston to San Antonio. |
____________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:54pm - Alx_Casket ""] Link? |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:59pm - AndrewBastard ""] i mean under 300 after taxes. I want to SPEND $300 or less |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 4:59pm - NuclearWinter ""] www.Expedia.com Depart and return on a non-weekend day. |
____________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 5:21pm - Alx_Casket ""] i'll try that out in july, shouldn't be much difference in price |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 5:27pm - nekronaut ""] $15 bus ride to NYC. $7 one day Metro pass. Shut it. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 5:39pm - AndrewBastard ""] RONGS OF BRIGHTNESS |
________________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 6:00pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] I hear this year ROD will consist of me listening to Angelcorpse in my bedroom. Can anyone confirm? |
____________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 6:08pm - Alx_Casket ""] ^ will officially sell out the whole thing in no time. |
____________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 6:16pm - arilliusbm ""] I would love to go to this and also visit my home state. Would be good to kill two birds with one stone but I ain't got no birds and stones to kill it with. |
____________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 6:17pm - arilliusbm ""] Also, I want to try to get Divine Eve to come up here. |
___________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 6:34pm - nekronaut ""] Alx_Casket said:^ will officially accidentally the whole thing in no time. |
________________________________________ [Jun 17,2011 7:16pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] officially. |
_______________________________ [Jun 17,2011 10:38pm - BSV ""] gainfully employed and thinking hard about pulling the trigger on this |
________________________________________ [Jun 22,2011 11:15am - AndrewBastard ""] MIGHT have to bail on my plans for this... but its a long way away so we'll see. |
_______________________________ [Jun 22,2011 11:29am - ark ""] BSV said:round trip tix are looking around 333 or so. I'M DOWN FOR THIS. it's sounding better every day and it's 6 months away. |
___________________________________ [Jun 22,2011 10:02pm - Paulina ""] i'm seeing around $280 for flights out of nyc, it shouldn't be much to travel from chinatown (or penn station if using megabus) to get to the airport. if we could all share a discounted hotel this may be possible....? HMM. |
____________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 2:31pm - anonymous ""] Pre-fest tickets go on sale in 2nd week of July. Only 250 of them. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 4:34pm - NuclearWinter ""] Fifty tickets from the second batch left. Last batch after that. |
____________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 4:47pm - Alx_Casket ""] THIS WILL SELL OUT |
______________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 5:26pm - frankovhell ""] Shit i thought i would have a couple months to save for the tickets at least. Its selling faster than I thought. |
____________________________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 5:31pm - CNV IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE ""] I'm goin |
____________________________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 5:34pm - CNV IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE ""] someone buy me a ticket and I'll pay you back and buy you drugs... |
_______________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 6:09pm - AndrewBastard ""] im back to going. 100% cash is in hand...just need a flight partner. |
___________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 6:14pm - nekronaut ""] I'll fly with ya! |
_______________________________________ [Jun 25,2011 6:45pm - AndrewBastard ""] lets do it...for realz |
_______________________________________ [Jun 28,2011 3:59pm - AndrewBastard ""] ticket: purchased. |
_______________________________________ [Jun 28,2011 4:56pm - AndrewBastard ""] found flights for $290 after taxes, round trip |
___________________________________ [Jul 1,2011 4:14pm - anonymous ""] If you placed your order June 13-17 your tickets should have arrived or be arriving any day now. |
_____________________________ [Jul 1,2011 8:37pm - BSV ""] anyone want to fly together? |
____________________________________________________ [Jul 2,2011 12:07pm - CNV IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE ""] BSV said:anyone want to fly together? Pay for my ticket and I'll pay you back... I'm going for all four days |
____________________________________ [Jul 2,2011 12:57pm - Alx_Casket ""] Got my show tickets. Buying flights now. |
__________________________________ [Jul 3,2011 10:15pm - Paulina ""] tickets now available for $269, down from $280. |
______________________________________ [Jul 4,2011 12:36am - frankovehll ""] I thought it was a 100 bucks. wtf is that bullshit |
______________________________________ [Jul 4,2011 12:36am - frankovehll ""] Oh flight tickets. haha drugs. |
_________________________________ [Jul 4,2011 5:56pm - Paulina ""] OH. i meant flights. my bad haha. |
______________________________________ [Jul 4,2011 11:10pm - goatcatalyst ""] I'm gonna listen to GBK while whipping my rickshaw the entire way to Texas, hail Red Satan. |
___________________________________ [Jul 5,2011 10:28am - nekronaut ""] F-word b-word n-word. |
______________________________________ [Jul 10,2011 1:24am - frankovhell ""] Got my 3 day pass. Still need the pre fest show cause god damn.. Onskapt, Wodensthrone... Drawn and Quarterned? boners. fucken A man.. |
________________________________________ [Jul 10,2011 3:55am - Charles River ""] this fest is for goths who dress in all black. |
_______________________________________ [Jul 12,2011 1:30pm - NuclearWinter ""] Rough flyer. A couple more bands to be announced, still. [img] |
_____________________________________ [Jul 12,2011 11:42pm - anonymous ""] Easier to read than the red logo one. I keep hearing that Sadistic Intent is going to play. |
____________________________________ [Jul 13,2011 12:12pm - chrisREX ""] I making a decision to go to this, this week. I'm leaning towards yes. It will be worth it just get my bike back from the basement of the Alamo. |
________________________________________ [Jul 13,2011 12:14pm - AndrewBastard ""] I'm 100% in officially...fest tix and plane tix = bought... hotel is a different story. |
_____________________________________ [Jul 15,2011 12:43pm - anonymous ""] Hahaha Pee Wee Herman. |
_____________________________________ [Jul 15,2011 12:48pm - Alx_Casket ""] Show and plane tix have also been bought, going on a well deserved vacation from monday to monday. Seaworld, alamo, and laser tag will be included in our plans. As for the hotel, Super 8 is close to the show and cheap, I might do that instead of a high-end hotel this time, because it's still cheaper in comparison after my discount. |
________________________________________ [Jul 15,2011 12:55pm - AndrewBastard ""] im into it all! We fly in on wednesday and out on tuesday |
____________________________________ [Jul 16,2011 1:16am - anonymous ""] Planning on visiting the gun range.. and going to the Saltlick in Driftwood, near Austin. Maybe the zoo. |
____________________________________ [Jul 16,2011 1:30am - arilliusbm ""] jealous. |
_____________________________________ [Jul 16,2011 10:12am - Alx_Casket ""] cool plans, anon |
________________________________________ [Jul 17,2011 3:14am - pleasurecorpse ""] AndrewBastard said:im into it all! We fly in on wednesday and out on tuesday http://www.weatherfriend.com/travel/txcave/txcavemain.html |
_______________________________________ [Jul 17,2011 8:15am - AndrewBastard ""] that shit looks awesome... lets go all out. its a full on work vacation for me too... I'll have quite a bit of $$ saved for it barring any bizarre financial issues coming up suddenly which I dont expect (you never do though, do you) fingers crossed! |
_____________________________________ [Jul 17,2011 10:53am - Alx_Casket ""] That looks sweet. I will probably end up renting a car so we can drive around to these spots. |
____________________________________ [Jul 17,2011 6:56pm - anonymous ""] Sorry, I don't have an account. I've been to Natural Bridge Caverns multiple times. Recommended. |
__________________________________ [Jul 18,2011 9:26am - nostromo ""] Pagan Altar added? |
________________________________________ [Jul 18,2011 11:02am - NuclearWinter ""] Just needs Nifelheim and/ or Sodom. |
__________________________________________ [Jul 18,2011 12:52pm - bloblovesmusic ""] Pagan Altar!? fuck this became even more tempting! |
_______________________________________ [Aug 19,2011 1:17pm - AndrewBastard ""] boo yah |
____________________________________ [Aug 19,2011 1:53pm - Alx_Casket ""] pre-fest tickets are delayed for whatever reason. I might just skip it and see Axeman next door |
_______________________________________ [Aug 19,2011 5:40pm - NuclearWinter ""] Hoping to hear this live - missed them at MDF this year: bennyhillifier |
______________________________________ [Aug 20,2011 1:23am - frankovhell ""] Anyone planning on staying at any hotels other than the sketchy Super 8ball next door? I haven't got reservations yet. Just wondering cause i work for Marriot now and will probably take their discount but maybe not if all the cool dudes stay somewhere else. |
____________________________________ [Aug 20,2011 1:32am - Alx_Casket ""] I might be able to get a deal at the Marriot/Hilton, still waiting to see what my contact says. Or I might sleep in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVERWALK |
______________________________________ [Aug 20,2011 1:58am - frankovhell ""] NuclearWinter said:Hoping to hear this live - missed them at MDF this year: bennyhillifier Fuck yes dude. I missed them also. Fucking hangovers and 4pm set times. These guys make me do manual labor really fucking hard and fast.. |
_____________________________________ [Aug 20,2011 10:20am - Alx_Casket ""] Saw them at NWN last year, they did not disappoint. |
_____________________________________ [Aug 20,2011 11:08am - LucidCurse ""] NuclearWinter said:Hoping to hear this live - missed them at MDF this year: bennyhillifier I approve :P |
________________________________________ [Aug 20,2011 11:26am - AndrewBastard ""] i watched the shit out of DC and they KILLED. |
_____________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 12:45pm - Alx_Casket ""] What's going on with the pre-fest? It seems like they're having problems getting that together. |
________________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 12:53pm - AndrewBastard ""] yeah...i dont even have a ticket to that yet. |
____________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 2:04pm - Alx_Casket ""] I have a feeling I'll be seeing Axeman, which I'm okay with. |
_______________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 2:33pm - AndrewBastard ""] I wanna see Ares Kingdom and Hell Militia...but we'll see. 4 days/nights at an all-indoor fest in texas is going to be rough... I wish there was an outdoor stage so bad. |
__________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 2:43pm - Nostromo ""] I really want to go to this fest, but it would require missing 2 days of class, on top of the day I have to miss for Saxon in October. I know "skip class" is easy to say, but when they drop you from the class because you miss too many days, it's a problem. And this is my last semester. Bahhhhhh |
____________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 3:25pm - anonymous ""] So 3 days? That's stillll doable if you're allowed to miss 3 days.. |
__________________________________ [Aug 31,2011 7:07pm - Nostromo ""] If I have car trouble once, or get sick or some shit, that would put me over the 3 days. Time to plan my shit out. |
___________________________________ [Sep 8,2011 4:59pm - anonymous ""] Inquisition fills the last TBA spot on Friday. |
_____________________________________ [Sep 8,2011 5:47pm - frankovhell ""] Boner just got even bigger somehow. |
________________________________________ [Sep 8,2011 5:48pm - bobnomaamrooney ""] This might be a possibility for me even if I'd be staying at a friend's in Houston. |
____________________________________ [Sep 9,2011 11:19pm - anonymous ""] Venue changed to Backstage Live. Spread the word. |
______________________________________ [Sep 9,2011 11:54pm - frankovhell ""] Rites of Darkness III will officially take place at Backstage Live Music Venue. Friday and Sunday will take place in their inside stage while Saturday will take place on their outside stage. All tickets will still be honored but you may need to change your hotel reservations. Thankfully, there are 7 hotels right near the new venue that are minutes walking distance. A list of deals will be out soon. Tickets back on sale this coming week. |
______________________________________ [Sep 9,2011 11:54pm - frankovhell ""] OUTSIDE, FUCK YES |
____________________________________ [Sep 21,2011 4:17pm - Alx_Casket ""] Prefest tickets are up, $30 limited to 250. http://www.ritesofdarknessfest.com/ |
_______________________________________ [Sep 22,2011 9:48am - AndrewBastard ""] squaring hotel away on Friday... |
_______________________________________ [Sep 22,2011 10:16am - frankovhell ""] Gonna skip the prefest. I could spend 30 bucks on something else that night like a mexican whore. |
______________________________________ [Sep 22,2011 10:20am - FAIL TROLL ""] FAIL FEST IS FULL OF FAIL SOME BANDS IRL TROLL SOME BANDS ARE EPIC MOST ARE FAIL YOUR BAND IS FAIL |
________________________________________ [Sep 22,2011 10:23am - AndrewBastard ""] I may skip it too which is absurd because I love some of the bands on that day more than a lot of the bands on the rest of the fest...but once I know the schedule for each day, I may decide to skip one of the other days of the fest instead. |
______________________________________ [Sep 22,2011 10:25am - FAIL TROLL ""] YOU TROLL IRL I SEEN YOU POST HERE YOU FAIL GO BE EPIC |
_____________________________________ [Sep 29,2011 10:39pm - Alx_Casket ""] Urfaust have canceled their appearance this year at R.O.D. III. Their official statement is below. DISMA (NJ) will replace them and be performing on Saturday, December 10th. FUNEBRARUM have moved to Sunday. URFAUST vs RITES OF DARKNESS III URFAUST is very sad to announce that we have to cancel our Intoxication Ritual at Rites of Darkness III in Texas, USA. ... Our last Alcoholic Rites on US soil where splenditory, so this is just fucked up... Nothing more to say about this, we hope to return to the USA and Rites of Darkness in 2012! All hail the madness! Cheers, Ix & Vrdrbr on behalf of Urfaust |
_____________________________________________ [Sep 29,2011 11:20pm - MikeOvDecrepitude ""] I'm there. |
_______________________________________ [Sep 30,2011 8:58am - AndrewBastard ""] Hotel Room is BOOKED. Shoes: you're in our room if you like. it'll only be like $60-70 a person for 4 nights. |
____________________________________ [Sep 30,2011 4:10pm - Permafrost ""] WOO! did you book it for thurs-sunday? |
_______________________________________ [Sep 30,2011 4:13pm - AndrewBastard ""] wednesday - tuesday |
_____________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 8:20am - frankovhell ""] Bummed urfaust dropped. I should of hauled my carcass to NY to see them. Oh well. Disma is pretty legit. |
__________________________________ [Oct 3,2011 4:54pm - chrisREX ""] I'm ready to do this. I need a buddy to go with me and I'm not getting a lot of hits. |
____________________________________ [Oct 24,2011 7:17pm - Alx_Casket ""] http://www.facebook.com/notes/rites-of-dar...arkness-iii-updates/246412695408027 Cancellations: Urfaust, Sargeist, Butcher ABC, Behexen FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Pretty pissed right now, I can only hope that decent replacements will be made. |
_____________________________________ [Oct 24,2011 10:27pm - Permafrost ""] [img] |
________________________________________ [Oct 24,2011 11:19pm - man o warski ""] dcdxcdx |
___________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:01pm - Alx_Casket ""] WORSHIP (GER) and GENERAL SURGERY (SWE) confirmed. |
______________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:37pm - AndrewBastard ""] i fly out one month from today |
__________________________________________ [Nov 7,2011 2:55pm - MikeOfDecrepitude ""] Cool that Worship is playing. Mad Max RIP. |
_____________________________________ [Nov 8,2011 1:58am - frankovhell ""] Only a month from now. hard to believe. I am a virgin to Texas. I hope its at least mild and will feel like a warm vacation away from this fucking shit cold snow fuck land. |
____________________________________ [Nov 13,2011 9:07pm - Alx_Casket ""] Mortuary Drape cancelled their US tour including this show. Another replacement in the works. |
____________________________________________ [Nov 13,2011 9:19pm - AndrewBastard NLI ""] GOD DAMNIT |
______________________________________ [Nov 14,2011 6:12am - frankovhell ""] eh Mortuary Drape was cool to see at Hole in the Sky. I thought Archgoat and Black Witchery sounded better live though. Hope their replacement is Solitude Aeternus god dammit... |
_________________________________ [Nov 23,2011 4:07pm - Snowden ""] MISERABLY, it turns out I won't be able to make it down after all. Anyone want to buy my 3-day pass? I am dead serious. |
_________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 12:30pm - KEVORD ""] Tribulation cancelled. Really wanted to go to this but bands are dropping like flies. Kind of glad I didn't buy tickets. |
________________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 12:36pm - AndrewBastard ""] never even heard tribulation... |
_________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 12:41pm - KEVORD ""] AndrewBastard said:never even heard tribulation...Get their album The Horror.Its fantastic. Interment I believe cancelled too. |
________________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 12:43pm - NuclearWinter ""] Bummer about Tribulation, I was just spinning "The Horror" the other day in preparation for their show. |
_____________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 12:57pm - Alx_Casket ""] Day trip to Austin on Tuesday, music and bbq tourism culminating with this: http://stubbsaustin.com/events/%C2%A1the-d...-the-cirrus-logic-guitar-orchestra/ Looks pretty ridiculous. If anyone wants to hop in the alxmobile, there's room for 2 more. |
________________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 12:59pm - NuclearWinter ""] Interment, Demonical, Tribulation and Hour of 13 all dropped within the past few days. What a bunch of bullfuck. |
______________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 1:13pm - goatcatalyst ""] Root and Dead Congregation as well. Zemial will announce whether or not they're cancelling tomorrow. Apparently the dude in charge of the fest has been sorely lacking in the communication department. |
_______________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 1:16pm - NuclearWinter ""] Thank you kindly, NWN message board. |
____________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 1:17pm - Alx_Casket ""] FUCK. |
___________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 1:17pm - chrisREX ""] Real glad I didn't buy my tickets. |
______________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 1:20pm - goatcatalyst ""] NuclearWinter said:Thank you kindly, NWN message board. I surf the 'net, brah |
_______________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 1:33pm - AndrewBastard ""] what the FUCK root and DC dropping SUCKSSSS |
___________________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 3:43pm - MikeOfDecrepitude ""] Glad I didn't waste the money, even though bands such as Mournful Congregation and Aldebaran would be cool to see live. Here's to MDF and seeing Dodheimsgard, Bethlehem and Godflesh. |
______________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 3:52pm - goatcatalyst ""] Strid dropped, too. Still an amazing lineup, though. Pagan Altar is playing 90+ mins. Wish I could go for them and Antaeus alone. |
____________________________________ [Nov 29,2011 3:53pm - arilliusbm ""] Fuck all who go to this. That is all. |
_______________________________ [Dec 1,2011 3:57pm - KEVORD ""] Disma, Funebarum and Evoken dropped saying the promoter sucks. |
_______________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:01pm - Mark_R ""] Read over the last 30 pages of that NWN thread. ....wow. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:05pm - goatcatalyst ""] Promoter totally sucks thin pricks |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:07pm - AndrewBastard ""] this is fucking ridiculous... good thing I;'m going on a week long trip to Texas for NOTHING now |
________________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:11pm - Bloblovesmusic ""] Wait what happened? |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:11pm - frankovhell ""] Man.. keeping my fingers crossed this doesn't get any worse. I have no way of refunding what i've invested in this. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:13pm - frankovhell ""] Bloblovesmusic said:Wait what happened? Bands dropping left and right because the fucktard who thought he could do a huge fest the size of MDF by himself can't communicate and get peoples hotels booked or figure out how to use paypal apparently... |
_________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:14pm - Datruth ""] So basically Matt Cronin? |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:15pm - NuclearWinter ""] Fest went from stellar to hilarious in a week and a half. Glad I waited 'till the last minute to purchase flight. Texas probably sucks anyways. |
_________________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:16pm - Bloblovesmusic ""] Wow, that sucks. Really wanted to go to this, guess I'm glad I didnt go through with it. Also was there ever an official website or anything to see the lineup? |
_________________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:17pm - Bloblovesmusic ""] Who is still playing? |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:18pm - goatcatalyst ""] Dude deserves an olde fashioned pisscupping at the very, most merciful least. |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:19pm - NuclearWinter ""] Bloblovesmusic said:Who is still playing? Gaseous Expungement |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:21pm - AndrewBastard ""] frankovhell said:Man.. keeping my fingers crossed this doesn't get any worse. I have no way of refunding what i've invested in this. you and me both dude... looks like I'm just gonna road trip around texas for the week... I honestly may just do mexico for the week. at least a few days |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:22pm - frankovhell ""] There are lots of great bands still playing (as of now) but who knows what will happen. Apparently Pagan Alter and Zemial are back on board. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:23pm - frankovhell ""] AndrewBastard said: frankovhell said:Man.. keeping my fingers crossed this doesn't get any worse. I have no way of refunding what i've invested in this. you and me both dude... looks like I'm just gonna road trip around texas for the week... I honestly may just do mexico for the week. at least a few days You are just going to skip the fest ? Its not that bad yet is it?........ |
_________________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:23pm - Bloblovesmusic ""] Pagan altar should just skip this and come to Boston |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:31pm - AndrewBastard ""] give it another week...the entire fest is going to be cancelled. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:37pm - frankovhell ""] You cynical bastard. I hope you are wrong. ugh... |
___________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:40pm - Alx_Casket ""] SEAWORLD IS HEADLINING |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:43pm - frankovhell ""] Watch it end up being a metal thursday size show with local texas bands only. I'd firebomb the place. |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:45pm - boblovesmusic ""] but PLF is awesome! |
_____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:48pm - frankovhell ""] Im still ranting about this. Seriously this is fucked up. Especially considering the amount of money everyone invested into this, with the economy tanking and gas prices skyrocketing. Man fuck this guy. Also why is it that the one fucking time i dont procrastinate about something it bites me in the ass. So fucking angry, Im going to drink a bottle of Jack now. |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:50pm - Blessed_Offal ""] Bloblovesmusic said:Pagan altar should just skip this and come to Boston agreed. I hope this whole fest gets cancelled when andrew and paulina and kristen are on the plane. god i hate those guys. |
___________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:50pm - Alx_Casket ""] I hope this turns into the great 2011 metalhead riot of san antonio. |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:55pm - NuclearWinter ""] Bloblovesmusic said:Pagan altar should just skip this and come to Boston |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:56pm - AndrewBastard ""] even if the whole fest doesnt happen I'm still stuck with a plane ticket to san antonio I cant get refunded. so fuck it...we'll just spend the week puking all over texas and mexico |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 4:58pm - NuclearWinter ""] frankovhell said: Apparently Pagan Altar and Zemial are back on board. Wrong. Promoter is trying to get them back on board. At any rate, all the money I've been saving for this will be quickly spent on records and fine Scotch whisky this weekend. |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 5:00pm - AndrewBastard ""] Matt...SAVE THAT MONEY FOR EUROPE THIS SUMMER>..ya silly cunt. |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 5:03pm - NuclearWinter ""] http://www.headbangers-open-air.de/en/index1.php?seite=confirmed |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 5:07pm - AndrewBastard ""] yeah...I already have enough $$ saved to do HOA. So dont spend that money! |
____________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 10:12pm - Permafrost ""] Blessed_Offal said: Bloblovesmusic said:Pagan altar should just skip this and come to Boston agreed. I hope this whole fest gets cancelled when andrew and paulina and kristen are on the plane. god i hate those guys. I WAS GONNA WEAR MY BO SHIRT TOO :C |
______________________________________ [Dec 1,2011 11:57pm - goatcatalyst ""] I was gonna say, Matt- come check out Redscroll and the NB show next weekend. Gonna be a shitshow for goddamn! |
_________________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 12:30am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] ENTIRE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS CANCELED DUE TO RITES OF DARKNESS FEST VISA ISSUES |
_______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 12:47am - NuclearWinter ""] goatcatalyst said:I was gonna say, Matt- come check out Redscroll and the NB show next weekend. Gonna be a shitshow for goddamn! Definitely thinking about it! |
__________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:27pm - nekronaut ""] Kim Kelley is NOT happy. At this point, I'm just furious I fell for the hype and bought my ticket early on; looks like I could have waited and saved a good deal of money on what's rapidly becoming not a fest but a big(ish) gig. I'll still be there, I'll still be shooting whiskey and buying up as many records as I can carry and loving the shit out of the bands that do make it, but I do have a small (fruitless) hope that some sort of refund/ compensatio n will miraculous ly appear for those of us who bought tickets expecting one result and handed something very different. |
___________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:29pm - Alx_Casket ""] doesn't even matter. I know we'll have fun even if the whole thing doesn't happen metalheads will be there. we'll rage for a week if nothing else. |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:32pm - AndrewBastard ""] youre friends with her... |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:32pm - Blessed_Offal ""] how many bands actually cancelled? |
___________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:35pm - Alx_Casket ""] 99% |
___________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:35pm - Alx_Casket ""] fucking LOSS just canceled. Lots of bands seem to be dropping according to profound lore |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:47pm - Blessed_Offal ""] haha |
__________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 3:54pm - nekronaut ""] AndrewBastard said:youre friends with her... nope, she posted that on ROD fbook page. |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:01pm - AndrewBastard ""] NO UR FRIENDS WITH HER |
___________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:05pm - Alx_Casket ""] Don't know her personally, but that whole post rubs me the wrong way. Don't expect any handouts, buying tickets early is an investment that you can lose out on, and there's no optional insurance like on airfare. Someone in her standing should know better. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:06pm - goatcatalyst ""] Totes BFFs. Brother Sardu wouldn't even let me put her in the burn book we made on Sunday |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:07pm - Blessed_Offal ""] wait wait wait... a chick booked this? LOL @ anyone even being surprised. She probably just had her period or something. |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:08pm - AndrewBastard ""] she didnt book it...she lives in NYC...ross I have a secret about her. I'm message you on FB. |
__________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:09pm - nekronaut ""] Message me too :( |
___________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:09pm - Alx_Casket ""] SHAER |
______________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:17pm - AndrewBastard ""] I CANT... i cant event ell ross now cause then...ya know...you're all like a group of gossipy chicks! |
___________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:19pm - Alx_Casket ""] I can't deny that. |
__________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:22pm - nekronaut ""] Shut up and tell me. |
___________________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 4:39pm - blessed offal nli ""] haha thats awesome that the girl youre talking about is notshaver in drag! |
__________________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 5:29pm - MikeOfDecrepitude ""] What a total implosion. [img] |
________________________________________ [Dec 2,2011 5:49pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Kim Kelly's erecting a tent and starting #OCCUPYRITESOFDARKNESS |
___________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 9:34am - AndrewBastard NLI ""] so this is supposedly the schedule now: Thursday, December 8th Pre-fest Hell Militia Ares Kingdom Wodensthrone Dispirit Drawn and Quartered Sturmgewher Friday, December 9th Inquisition Demigod Nunslaughter Weapon Adorior Grave Upheaval Ritual Necromancy Aldebaran Warmaster Saturday, December 10th Antaeus Zemial Ignivomous Cianide Adversarial Midnight Plutocracy Blaspherian P.L.F. Sunday, December 11th Mournful Congregation Worship Impetuous Ritual Anatomia Mitochondrion Cruciamentum Vasaeleth Pallbearer Anhedonist |
___________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 9:38am - AndrewBastard NLI ""] i wish the thursday bands would just get spread amongst fri sat and sun |
__________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 11:14am - Bloblovesmusic ""] Hmmm still a lineup that I wish I could see |
_____________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 4:56pm - frankovhell ""] It would be nice if they gave us some drink tickets for paying money for bands that never showed up. |
____________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 5:02pm - Rites of Flakeness ""] Disma, Funebrarum, And Evoken Drop Off Rites Of Darkness Festival "After Demonical announced it will not be playing Rites of Darkness, Disma, Evoken, and Funebrarum have all checked with the following joint statement about canceling their appearances at the festival: "We have all decided to cancel our appearances at 'The Rites of Darkness Festival' in San Antonio, Texas on December 10-11th due to the fact that the promoter has still not followed through with his promises and obligations to us (tickets, transportation, hotels etc). We apologize to our fans who have already purchased tickets but the situation is beyond our control. We have reached the end of our patience with Daniel Serna and foresee only more problems. Again we are sorry to have to make this decision but this treatment and unprofessional behavior is unacceptable!!" Evoken also added: "Apologies for those looking forward to seeing Evoken as well as our brothers Disma and Funebrarum. We promise to make it up to those who paid their hard earned money to see us. This wasn't a decision taken light. "We're not here to slam anyone, but being one of the first bands announced for the festival, it should not take up until one week before a performance to receive any information. We will not re-consider, we will not compromise." Further details on the Rites of Darkness festival and updates from the festival organizers can be found at this location." http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=74594 |
___________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 5:11pm - AndrewBastard NLI ""] might be the oldest news ever ^^ |
___________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 5:12pm - AndrewBastard NLI ""] might be the oldest news ever ^^ |
________________________________________ [Dec 4,2011 5:21pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Kim Kelly just built a generator out of Winter Funeral cassettes to power her tweeting from #OCCUPYRITESOFDARKNESS |
________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 10:48am - KEVORD ""] Nunslaughter dropped off. |
_________________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 11:41am - OldFrenchWhore ""] Canceling my trip...what an awesome way to lose several hundreds of dollars... |
______________________________ [Dec 5,2011 12:45pm - ark ""] DestroyYouAlot said:I hear this year ROD will consist of me listening to Angelcorpse in my bedroom. Can anyone confirm? CONFIRMED. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 12:53pm - AndrewBastard ""] if I see these bands: Hell Militia Ares Kingdom Wodensthrone Drawn and Quartered Inquisition Demigod Weapon Adorior Grave Upheaval Antaeus Zemial Cianide Midnight Mournful Congregation Worship Impetuous Ritual I had a good work-paid week-long vacation to Texas with a group of friends. An unlimited miles rental car to go to Austin and Mexico = win. of course it sucks what happened but I cant pull out now and I dont know that I would if I could. |
___________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 12:56pm - nekronaut ""] ...didn't Zemial cancel? |
______________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 1:04pm - AndrewBastard ""] I think Zemial may be one of the few overseas bands that are still on board. Not 100% on that though. Also Black Witchery are 100% playing and aren't listed up there... |
______________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 1:33pm - Blessed_Offal ""] nekronaut said:...didn't Zemial cancel?lol |
___________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 2:56pm - Permafrost ""] As long as Black Witchery and Inquisition stay on board, I'm still psyched. Basically it's a vacation in TEXAS with a little bit of metal and merch. STILL STOKED. |
___________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 2:59pm - Permafrost ""] [img] also, LOLZ |
___________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:00pm - Permafrost ""] AndrewBastard said:I think Zemial may be one of the few overseas bands that are still on board. Not 100% on that though. Also Black Witchery are 100% playing and aren't listed up there... Rites of Darkness Update straight from Danny: 'At the moment, due to gracious contributions from fans, we are close to securing ZEMIAL to come to the US but we are not there yet. Anyone willing to provide $100 or anything to their flights, will be compensated immediately after the show. Please email us at: info@ritesofdarknessfest.com For further details as soon as possible.' |
______________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:08pm - NuclearWinter ""] So who wants my ticket? |
__________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:11pm - nekronaut ""] LOL was just about to post that. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE |
_____________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:13pm - ark ""] "Gracious contributions from fans" SHOULD NOT MEAN BUY MY PRESALE TICKETS SO I CAN MAKE PROMISES I CAN'T DELIVER |
___________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:23pm - Permafrost ""] the promotors should be shot. well, this daniel serna asshat at least. |
______________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:28pm - AndrewBastard ""] I hope they printed a shitload of shirts with all the bands on the back |
_____________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:34pm - ark ""] it's hard to imagine all these internationals getting paid. oh wait. |
_____________________________ [Dec 5,2011 3:35pm - ark ""] Judas Priest confirmed. |
_______________________________ [Dec 5,2011 4:28pm - KEVORD ""] AndrewBastard said:I hope they printed a shitload of shirts with all the bands on the backThey should sell that shirt. I'd buy it. It should have the fest you wanted printed on the front with all the bands and the fest you got on the back with zero bands. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 4:37pm - frankovhell ""] The flyer is wrong mr negative nancy. Anteaus and Zemial and still playing. |
__________________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 4:43pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] well this is quite the clusterfuck i was not aware of. i thought this thread was about a video game. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 4:51pm - frankovhell ""] These guys are gonna kick ass. On tour with Mournfull Congregation bennyhillifier |
________________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 5:41pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] frankovhell said:The flyer is wrong mr negative nancy. Anteaus and Zemial and still playing. If everyone pitches in $100 or whatever on top of the money you've already paid for tickets I'll cross out the correct bands. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 5,2011 5:53pm - frankovhell ""] whatever dude. |
___________________________________ [Dec 6,2011 5:37pm - Alx_Casket ""] Zemial confirmed, Worship cancelled. Thoroughly enjoying Austin now. We're tanked at Trudy's on their messikan margaritas |
__________________________________________ [Dec 6,2011 5:39pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] TEXAS TOAST FOGHAT |
_____________________________________ [Dec 6,2011 6:27pm - Bloodsoaked ""] I saw Inquisition last night in Raleigh at this tiny Pub, it was great. They played with two local somewhat punk bands. |
___________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 1:57am - Alx_Casket ""] Ok, my trip has already been worth it. To all the one dimensional people who canceled their plans just because their favorite band wasn't playing, sorry you feel that way. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 5:57am - frankovhell ""] We might try and visit austin for a night on Monday.. although monday isnt really a party night. I dunno. Zemial is 100% confirmed now, they were one of the main reasons i was going so I'm happy I didnt puss out. |
___________________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 7:42am - AndrewBastard NLI ""] Frank, I may join you in that Austin trip. Fun town even on a Monday... Hit me up when you get down there...I'm flying out in 2 hours. |
____________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 11:20am - Alx_Casket ""] Seaworld is only open on the weekend. Doing caves, San Antonio sights, and buying booze. 30s still but supposed to get a lot warmer as the day goes on. Hope so, because I think we're ending up in the desert tonight. |
____________________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 11:23am - blessed offal nli ""] Alx_Casket said:Ok, my trip has already been worth it. To all the one dimensional people who canceled their plans just because their favorite band wasn't playing, sorry you feel that way. I dont know if I'd call that one-dimensional, paying to see something and then cancelling when you find out you won't be able to. That sounds pretty reasonable to me. Texas isn't THAT cool. |
______________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 2:45pm - NuclearWinter ""] Alx_Casket said:Ok, my trip has already been worth it. To all the rational people who canceled their plans because 2/3 of the confirmed bands dropped off, glad you feel that way. Edit: And for the record, Sodom is my favorite band. |
__________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 5:27pm - chrisREX ""] The thing that has confused me most about the fest is, when did people start giving a shit about Zemial? |
___________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 7:48pm - Alx_Casket ""] No zemial at red 7 tonight in Austin, but emo's has a free show. Theyre closing at the end of the month. It's my first time in tx Ross, I'd have come here anyway even if the whole show cancelled. That's just me though, I really needed the vacation. Waiting to hear back from a friend in Greece about zemial actually being here. |
________________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 8:06pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] chrisREX said:The thing that has confused me most about the fest is, when did people start giving a shit about Zemial? Hellenic Black Suckfest |
______________________________________ [Dec 7,2011 8:11pm - boblovesmusic ""] Austin fuckin rules! Alex, I wish I could join you in exploring Austin and San Antonio! Spent some time in Austin a few years ago and loved it! Also Texas BBQ is like no other! |
_____________________________________ [Dec 8,2011 3:08am - frankovhell ""] Ive listened to zemial for year. didnt know they were that popular either. Maybe if Fenriz puts them on his little liste everyone will be on their nuts. |
____________________________________ [Dec 8,2011 11:36pm - Alx_Casket ""] Lol@wren look-alike in the front throwing his curly locks everywhere. Wodensthrone were sick, bass is way too heavy in this venue, and in this state in general. |
____________________________________ [Dec 8,2011 11:38pm - arilliusbm ""] I love Texas. My homestate niggas |
___________________________________ [Dec 9,2011 3:40am - Alx_Casket ""] 5 people have approached me for weed tonight and I don't even have dreds. Ares kingdom will be on Sunday show as well. 800 tickets sold for the fest, I overhead. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 10,2011 10:34am - frankovehll ""] Weapon stole the show for me last night. Hail Cananda. |
________________________________________ [Dec 10,2011 10:38am - NuclearWinter ""] They made it into the country this time? Excellent. |
_________________________________ [Dec 10,2011 11:09am - KEVORD ""] Weapon is amazing. Would love to see them play in Boston. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 10,2011 11:28am - Alx_Casket ""] Agreed, they were the highlight of last night for me as well. Going to new braunfels smoke house today for deer jerky. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 10,2011 11:50am - frankovehll ""] Cyanide, antaeus and Zemial today. among others. Going to get some texas bbq today. |
____________________________________________ [Dec 10,2011 2:29pm - blessed offal nli ""] frankovehll said:Weapon stole the show for me last night. Hail Cananda. you ever heard weapon from singapore? I thought that was who was on this show :/ |
________________________________ [Dec 13,2011 7:43am - KEVORD ""] Words by Robin Williams http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011.../12/rites_of_darkne_1.html#comments |
____________________________________________ [Dec 13,2011 4:13pm - AndrewBastard NLI ""] a fucking had a blast... highlights: Vasaeleth (really crushing, dark, dark shit...ex Legions of Astaroth which was cool cause I've been friends with a couple of those guys forever so it was cool to see them again especially in such a killer new band) Ares Kingdom...not much to say here; listen to them and imagine it in a live setting... they do it perfectly. Anotomia - wicked stoner-y but with some fun as fuck Autopsy parts mixed in here and there. guitarist looked a little bored but i guess its just ZEN MAAANNNN Zen and WEED. Demigod - SoSE played in its entirety...you do the math. A little slammier/chuga chug here and there but still fucking killer. Impetuous Ritual - really over the top live presence...impossible to really decipher what you're really even listening to most of the time but still captivating to watch. Cruciamentum - i dont even remember why, per say but I remember walking away from that set pretty stoked on them...another band I hadnt heard prior to seeing them live but will look into. Mournful Cong...I had never heard prior to the fest and honestly, probably wouldnt listen to on CD but fuck was it BEAUTIFUL live and they sounded HUGE. I would just find myself slowly banging my head with a huge smile on my face during some of their parts because it was just so dead-on majestic. Cianide are fucking Cianide and you can piss right off if you're not into them. they kill it live too...though I was almost black out drunk by this point and missed Antaeus AND Zemial who both played after Cianide which sucks. Seen Antaeus before so that wasnt a huge bumme but missing Zemial sucked. I learned to pace myself the next 2 days... ok i'm done typing and need to play Skyrim STAT. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 13,2011 10:59pm - Alx_Casket ""] Going through trip pics in case you want to see the caves we went to, Andrew. Promoter fucked up things as far as the eye can see. Hell Militia only got 2 plane tickets and they have 5 people in the band. At least those 2 guys got a free trip to TX, and they didn't even have to play. He couldn't manage equipment either, and excelled at giving people the run-around on their gear. "Your bass is at the venue." No it wasn't. "Bass is at the hotel." Nope. "Hold on, brb." Never comes back. Hope bands got paid. Ignivomous was without bass due to one of the members getting caught smoking and had 3 joints on him. Since he was on visa, they still had him incarcerated after the fest ended, getting processed for deportation. I was generally drunk and antisocial the entire show, didn't even get a chance to meet Robin Williams. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 8:19am - AndrewBastard ""] I meant to introduce you but....i didnt. I didnt take like ANY pictures hahah.. |
____________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 8:39am - arilliusbm ""] Cianide/Divine Eve show in MA plz.. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 9:23am - AndrewBastard ""] Alamo! [img] [img] RANDOM SHITTY BEERS [img] [img] CAB FARE ON THE WAY TO PRE FEST [img] A HORSE I FUCKED [img] |
___________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 9:42am - chrisREX ""] Lone Star isn't that random. They sell that all over. Trader Joes carries it. The best part about Lone Star is the brain teasers under the cap. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 9:57am - AndrewBastard ""] i meant like beers I randomly took pictures of... though I've never seen/had lonestar outside of the TX/LA/NM/AZ area... |
_____________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 10:03am - arilliusbm ""] So how was Texas?? I havent been there in a loooong time. I need to visit, badly. Riverwalk in San Antonio FTW |
________________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 10:15am - AndrewBastard ""] Yeah, honestly San Antonio was a lot nicer/cleaner and I was expecting. Its wicked touristy so there is a lot of shit to do/see and tons of shopping. I will hold fond memories. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 11:06am - frankovhell ""] I had a great time. San Antonio is really boring though after about 2 days. I'll take over Maryland though. Highlights! Prefest. Dispirit killed everyone. Never heard this band before, a awesome mix of doom with some weird black metal parts mixed in. Really great riffs and perfect guitar sound in an otherwise shitty sounding venue (Bonds 007). John Gossard from Weakling's band. A really nice guy btw with excellent taste in music. Ares Kingdom was pretty good that night as well. Drawn & Quartered I thought were totally over rated. I missed Vaeseleth which i blame on my stupid plane being late. First night of actual fest. Ritual Necromancy. Fucking evil evil dark Incantation ritual. Great early band I've never heard of. Weapon, holy fucking shit these guys are soooooo good. Song writing is top notch. Guitar riffs are amazing. Reminded me of classic old bands in prime. Best band of the night for me. Inquisition - obviously is top notch, in a league of their own. I saw them in Montreal recently and they were better there because of the sound being perfect. The sound at this fest was bouncing around a lot. Still a great great set though. Second night! I drank a lot of fucking every king of liquor this night so i dont remember a lot... Antaeus.. totally over rated band. Completely one trick pony. I was so dissapointed in them. Think of hte worst Marduk song with Legion being played over and over and over again on repeat. Zemial - Fucking ruled. I wish I was more sober and remembered more.. Demigod - Fucking death metal no frills. good stuff. Singer was a little tough guy sounding but being finnish makes up for it for some reason. Adorior! - Fucking aggressive as hell, great set. Finally seeing them live, was pretty awesome. MIDNIGHT - wow, only band to make every one start stage diving and crowd surfing. I had the biggest fucking smile on my face the entire time. So glad to see fucking Midnight bang vaginas again. Singer sounded really coked out when he was talking between songs. Black Witchery - Best band of second day by far. So fucking HATEFULL. I love them. Great live every single time. Cyanide was heavy as shit, massive headbanging, I did shots and forgot a lot. I think thats all i can remember from second day. Third day! Hungover all day. Doom bands... I wanted to go home honestly. Mitocondrion - fucking awesome , sounded like a massive black death metal morbid angel fuck fest of insanity. My favorite band there. Ipetuous Ritual. Twisted as fuck. Much better than Portal in my opionion. I missed pallbearer.... fucking assholes switched them around to start 3rd, aslo i couldnt get out of bed because I wanted to die. Ares Kingdom. I was way more drunk for them this time around and the guitar player is soooo fucking shredtastic I got up front and stood next to him and got a boner. Mournfull Congregation was fucking great. I was really stoked with how great they sounded. They should of played longer I cant remember anyone else really. There was no bands there I was really unhappy with honestly. Just some that stood out. I enjoyed staying at Comfort Suites with my hotel discount from working for Choice and only paying 50 bucks for Jacuzzi and a heated pool. GOt to meet Melissa from Adorior and chat in the hot tub with her. Shes a real kind british lady off the stage. Stayed 1 extra day to recoup. Saw some cops and talked with them in the hotel lobby and found out ol' Danny C, hadn't payed any of the bands hotel bills and the bands were talking about getting a lawyor to sue him. The hotel was holding his red piece of shit Neon out front which had a broken window busted out. The front desk guy said he ran off and owes the hotel 5400 bucks and wont return their calls. So they decided to hold his car. What a fucking joke. ROD 4 will not happen. Guy is a fucking piece of shit. Guys from Weapon told me they didnt get any money for traveling whatsoever. THey were fucking pissed. |
_____________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 11:08am - Alx_Casket ""] I've uploaded about half of my pictures so far to facebook, aril. Will get to the rest eventually. I intentionally left my camera at home on this trip, relying on my Galaxy SII phone for pictures and videos. In nearly all cases besides zoomed-in and very low light shots, it performed comparably to my camera. Psyched to not have to carry around a camera bag anymore on vacations, thank you south korea. Eagerly awaiting Danny Serna's response to all the bullshit which he has promised will be posted in a few days. He is the Scumbag Steve of event planning. @Frank: I took a few videos of the Midnight set, gonna edit some footage together for a trip video and will share it here when I'm done. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 11:15am - frankovhell ""] Awesome man. My camera died completely the first day. Doesn't like the south I guess. Time for a new rig anyways for xmas. I didnt get any pictures at all. |
______________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 11:16am - arktourO‘s ""] sounds like a good time. just throwing in another LOL about the promoter. |
___________________________________________ [Dec 14,2011 5:42pm - MikeOfDecrepitude ""] Heard from a lot of different people that Mournful Congregation stole the show. Doesn't come as any surprise; The Book of Kings is fucking stellar. I can only imagine how their material translates in the living setting. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 15,2011 12:32am - frankovhell ""] I wish they played longer. |
_________________________________ [Dec 15,2011 1:16am - MikeOv ""] How much time were they alloted, Frank? |
______________________________________ [Dec 15,2011 3:06am - frankovhell ""] Um they played 4 songs so like 55 minutes maybe? Suicide Choir was sooooo good though. |
______________________________________ [Dec 15,2011 3:08am - frankovhell ""] Also 3 guitar players. So awesome. |
_______________________________________ [Dec 15,2011 8:06am - AndrewBastard ""] usually 3 guitar players = fail....but for that set it was acceptable. |
______________________________________ [Dec 16,2011 4:49am - frankovhell ""] Not in Funeral Doom. |