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Its the 28th of January. Mind are due to perform an acoustic set in front of a crowd in Mexico City. "We were lucky to get a place... come on boys, let fuck this shit up. On acoustics." said frontman Jason to psych his brave warriors (bandmates) up. The critics of this ponder whether a metal band such as Mind can play on acoustics, but Mind have taken this in their stride and are finally ready to perform...
They enter the quiet stage, wearing monk-like cloaks. When they eventually unrobe themselves, they reveal sleeveless black Mind shirts underneath. The fans are cheering patiently and, even though there's very little room, create a great atmosphere. "Buenos Tardes, Mexico City!" says Jason to the crowd before going straight into an acoustic rendition of their biggest hit Amber is the New Red. It is much more stripped down, even paving way for cleaner vocals, although it still retains its heaviness and punk rock roots. After the song, the crowd are cheering and even a small, non-violent circle pit is emerging. "Woo! That was great. Thanks for such a warm welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Okay, now for something off of our debut Free Your Mind... it's a little song called Never Say Sorry. We're gonna need some violins and shit for this..." Jason said as violinists emerge from backstage to a cheery reception. They start opening with a slow, layered intro until Mind drop in with possibly their most melancholy performance to date. It's anthemic, and the crowd start to sing along with Mind.
"Heh... so how are you guys tonight?" Aaron shouts after the song, replied with a huge cheer and round of applause. "I'm the guitarist, by the way. That's all you need to know about me. Jason'll take it from here." before Jason replied with "Fine then.. this one is from our upcoming album, The Juggernaut. It's called Lyophilization (The Word and the Worlds)." They say before jumping up from their seats and striking the opening note. After the drum builds things up a bit more, the guitars start to enter with their riffs. It's a pure nugget of rock which sounds even the more better on acoustic guitars. "Thankyou! Now... how about some... METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL?!!!" screams Jason at the top of his voice, whilst the fans scream back. "Fair enough then... anyone know Cascade of Blood?!" he shouts again and, again, the fans reply. "Screw this, I need some help... You, in the crowd, up here." He says pointing to a person in the crowd wearing a Mind t-shirt. "Name, Sir?" Jason asks. "Jorge." the fan replies nervously. "Do you know the chorus of Cascade of Blood?" "Yeaaah..." "Well, all I need you to do is chant the chorus with me. You can do that?" The fan nods and they get under way with the song.
The fans were starting to be in raptures of joy by now. Jorge had thanked Mind and got his shirt signed by a marker convieniently placed in the guys pockets. "We've still got some songs to go dudes..." Harry, the bassist, said whilst tuning his bass. Then suddenly, they burst into a cover of Lithium by Nirvana. Halfway through the song, when the fans were least expecting, they went into a death metal/acoustic rendition of Judas Priest's One Shot at Glory, before then lanching into their other single from Free Your Mind called Blasphemy!. Since this was one of their biggest hits, the crowd were jumping up and down like the ground was on fire.
When the violin plays the riff out at the end, Jason leaves the stage for a second and then gets out a sitar. Yes, a sitar. "Now, the reason why I have this is because I wanted to put a twist to one of our most well known songs. This sould have been a single really, but never mind. This.. is... TASTELESS!" The sitar plays the opening riff, before Aarons guitar comes in and eventually the song gets underway. The violins go manic in this, playing faser than any songs before. "Did you guys like that, eh?" Jason said smiling as the fans reacted. After Jason put his sitar away, they sit back down and the lights dim. "Now, this is a new song, from The Juggernaut, possibly our most epic song EVER. It's called My Fall From Grace." He says, before quietly going into the main riff of the song. Then at the mid section, where it bursts out, the lights go back up and they stand up. The violins become gradually louder and the devil horns become risen in the air.
After more epic, the song finally ends. "Alriiiiiight! We've got to go soon, but we have one more song. Since it was leaked on YouNoob..." Jason said as the crowd cheered since they knew what it was, "Let me continue... since it was leaked, it's become our most viewed video of all time so far. So then, here is Divine Usurper!" He says as he commences his chugging riff on the acoustic. Although it might of seemed unusual at first, the song worked extremely well on the acoustic. The fans were stage diving wherever you looked and screaming along, death-style, with Jason.
"You guys have been epic... we'll be coming back, trust us!" Robert says before they all leave the stage, waving, to a standing ovation, and many mosh pits emerging. They had done it. They had completed their acoustic set. |
Awards (stroking myself and thinking I'm superior): @Chaos awards:Best Band - Mind Best Album - Shattered Fairytale by Mind Technical Ecstasy - Jason Smith (x3) Best Solo Male - Jason Smith Birdies:Best Producer - Jason Smith |