The band set up on stage, and motion for their friends to wait in the wings. As soon as the equipment is set up, they walk into the wings with their friends and the curtain opens, giving the crowd a view of the empty stage. They roar with anticipation. A single spotlight shines on the drumkit, and suddenly, the theme song from the movie "Halloween" begins to play. The crowd goes crazy, and AoH still wait, soaking up all the attention. Then, as the song is reaching its crescendo, the band runs onto stage to the roar of the fans. Sam grabs the mic, and yells "FUCK THIS PLACE UP!" as the band launches into "Knee Deep In The Dead"
His landscape
has been scorned with death.
Once a city, now laid to ash.
A decaying father
has left his bastard son
with addcitions by his side.
Chased away,
consumed from his fixations,
this man's life went down in flames.
Chased away what he's created.
His hunger grows.
There is
no end
to this
life of fixations.
Dear father,
I'll be waiting
I saved you a seat in hell.
There is no
end to
this life
of fixations.
Dear father,
I'll be waiting
I saved you a seat in hell.
He will remain
a walking corpse
his legs will move forward.
For his addictions
itch at his throat
only to crave
more of
the blood
he seeks.
For this man only thirsts for blood
the blood of his child.
For this man only thirsts for blood
the blood of his child.
For this man only thirsts for blood
the blood of his child.
For this man only thirsts for the blood
the blood of his child.
He stands
knee deep
in the blood of his bastard son.
Only his addictions
stand by his side.
Only his addictions
stand by his side.
When buried, his tomb will breathe,
his hands will rise from his shallow grave
begging only for sleep.
Dear father,
I'll be waiting
I saved you a seat in hell.
He stands knee deep
in the blood of his bastard son
as the song ends, the band immediately launches into the second song of the night, Catechization, and the fans begin to roar along with the lyrics. During the song, Neil takes several liberties and plays a lot of neil peart style drum fills, probably due to the peyote.
The demon lord's son, now a ruler of only one nation
Spreading his gospel among millions
Empires fused and bound together by the fingertips of their distinct leader
A flesh parade of a converted public altered from catechization
Manipulated and influenced into a sense of delusive calm
Consuming every word spoon fed directly into their beliefs
As a shepherd carrying his offerings between his arms
Garnished statements maintain and keep his people optimistic and confident
A throbbing army only grows from the misleading tongue of their new ruler
One army with new beliefs expanding through demonic designation
Ordered to butcher the existence of anything contrary
Almost as a reoccurrence of times past
As previous enemies of the forgoing lord have come and gone
All having the corresponding image of god through their own incoherent reflection
the crowd roars in approval, and noticing that Tony has broken a string, Sam stalls for him by talking to the crowd. "Hey guys! What the fuck is happening? We got Erich Hess, Karoliena Verlinden and Nina Sangria with us, today, and we'd like to thank them for shuttling our asses around the fuckin' country, thank you guys!" The crowd roars with approval. Tony gives sam the thumbs up and they begin to play. "This is a fuckin' old song, so sing along, this is called 'SENTENCED TO HANG!"
Let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of...
Process
Your ashes and embers will light up the skies.
Let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of...
In process of,
Your Suspending.
Take My Hands,
You'll be burned before their eyes.
You'll be burned before their eyes.
So let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of...
Let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of punishment.
Let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of punishment.
Let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of punishment.
Let the carcass of the martyr burn,
In the process of...
What more does it take,
To see your death?
What more must be done,
To see you dead?
Suspended
Suspended
Suspended by the throat.
Tonight you'll die.
Suspended by the throat.
Tonight you'll die.
Suspended by the throat.
Tonight you'll die.
as the song comes to a halt, Tony tries to amuse himself by playing the intro riff of "Psychobilly Freakout", but as usual, he could not. The band decided to have some fun. "Alright, this is a song we've never even played before, but we're gonna have some fun, so sing along. This is a disco classic!" The band delved into a metal cover of "Rasputin", with sam wailing the lyrics with a hellish shriek that put boney M to shame
ra-ra rasputin!
lover of the russian queen
there was a cat that really was gone!
after a solid minute of disco-death metal, the band launched into Faith Illusions, a song the fans knew well from the Carnival of Sounds days.
Over time in a world where religion has dispersed
Modern times have shown these connections to slowly deteriorate
With empires alleging their holy books to have absolutely no flaws
All accepting everything in its deceitful print
They pursue to interpret these pages
To gather aspiration and formulated belief
Their community now only falls from expanding socialism
A divided population disposed
One half putting their gods to rest
Now to only praise the antagonist against of what they once worshipped
His words cradle his followers
While the other half being sealed out of the world they once knew out of pure ignorance
Knowing their fate they relinquish themselves
Hundreds upon thousands take on religious suicide
A religious populace reduced to mere filth.
Sam going crazy - pure fucking canadian metal
without hesitation, they launch into "Deluge to Cleanse the Sinners", a crowd favorite
Blood begins to spill from an open sea,
dead bodies churn within the tide.
Attachment, They drift against a now reddened sea.
These rising waters blush as their bodies decompose.
Dozens of corpses buried at sea, they swim in their graves.
They've proved themselves being too weak for this attachment,
the tide rises, the tide breaks.
I hope I have made my last point,
for the weak have fallen and I now stand alone.
They now all swim in their own graves
The band has accumulated a sheen of sweat and other bodily fluids. Sam approaches the mic; "So this is our crowd?" to which the crowd replies with an enthusiastic roar. Tony approaches his mic and speaks "They fucking SUCK!" to which the crowd replies with an agitated roar. Sam laughs and grabs the mic "Let's play the fuckin' single then, it's the only fucking song they know by us. FUCK YOU! THIS IS CATACLYSM!" and the band launches into the slow, ominous riff of the song.
The Earth slowly rots into a malignant tumor,
Breeding no life for the future of the world
In wake of a nuclear war
Bodies rise from the fractured streets
And decomposing fields of abandonment
Their bodies and faces mutated and disfigured
Still breathing through their brimful lungs
They limp and crawl across the ruins
They once claimed on a leisurely ongoing march
Their flesh still burns,
The skin blackens
And embers into the dimming air
as the song comes to a close, Sam grabs a bottle of water from the side of the stage and takes a drink. Tony begins to play the clean intro riff to Volbeat's "Still Counting," and sam sings along in a surprisingly good clean voice:
still counting all these assholes in the room
and I'm definitely not alone, I'm not alone
counting all these assholes in the room
and I'm definitely not alone, I'm not alone
you're a liar, you're a cheat and you're a fool
and I'm definitely not alone, I'm not alone
still counting all you assholes in the room -
He turns the mic to the crowd and they sing along happily
"and we're definately not alone, we're not alone" and suddenly, without warning, the band launches into the final song of the night, Mechanical Christ, played frantically, without restraint.
It Bleeds. It Breathes.
What Stands Before Us, Is Not A Machine.
It Breathes, It Will Bleed, And It Will Dream.
It's Body Is Covered In Hundreds Of Wires.
And A Mouth That Attempts To Speak
It Attempts to Lie.
Only Murmurs
Collapse From Its Jaws.
And A World, A World Without.
A World Without You
But I Rise. The Dead Will Pride.
It Breathes, Beyond This Life.
So Sleep, Sleep Among us and Hesitate No More.
Entombment Of A Machine.
We Kneel And We Plead For No Mourning Ahead Of Us.
With Only Delayed Movements From Its Figure We All Begin To Strain.
Entombment Of A Machine
What Stands Before Us Is Not A Machine.
My Legs Weaken At The Sight Of This Damaged Program.
This Program Kept You Breathing.
It Kept You Alive.
These Circuits Diffused Once More.
Its Body Is Covered In Hundreds Of Wires.
Only Murmurs Collapse From Its Scream.
But We Saw It Die
We Watched It Die
We Saw It Die
As the song ends, the band all but destroy their instruments, and sam grabs the mic one last time
"Thank you guys, We fuckin' LOVE YOU!" and the band walked offstage to join their friends
SETLIST
1. Knee Deep In The Dead
2. Catechization
3. Rasputin / Faith Illusions
4. Sentenced To Hang
5. Cataclysm
6. Still Counting / Mechanical Christ
