Date City Venue Country
January 25th 2002 Ashbury Park, NJ Convention Hall USA
Review
Ok 9:30, the lights dim down and on comes Darkness of Christ, the atmosphere has picked up some of the electricity and the crowd does roar. Disciple is the first song and is very good despite the fact that the sound system here absolutely sucks ass. I'm not a fan of earplugs but with this sound system unless you know the songs note for note you can get lost and I saw that happening to some of the people around me, having to hold their ears for a few seconds to figure what song was playing. I selflessly helped out by screaming the lyrics at everyone so they could pick up what was going on. heh. Anyway War Ensemble is next and totally rips as usual, Sport the War Motherfuckers! Stain of Mind came next and I hate to say this but Dave totally botched this song, he just isn't familiar enough with the tune I guess because the intricate footwork wasn't there and made the song hard to follow. I felt he probably should have went basic instead of trying to copy Bostaph's moves. The first surprise of the night came when they broke out Threshold. I know a lot of people don't like this song but that's too bad. It came off wonderfully. Tom was particularly strong on this one, belting out the chorus with gusto. Next up was the everpopular ever great Postmortem/Raining Blood combo which was awesome and again contained the full blast ending as is done on the album. Brilliant! Hell Awaits was up next followed by Die By The Sword and the second surprise of the night Born of Fire! Great tune and I was happy to hear it back in the set. After a short pause to suck up some applause and get a breather Tom announced Bloodline, which again seems to be a very popular tune because the whole crowd sang along with it and enjoyed it very much. God Send Death came next and was received well by all. Another short pause and then Tom announced Captor of Sin, Dave really ripped on this one and the solos at the beginning were flawless. After that We got Dead Skin Mask followed by Seasons in The Abyss minus the long intro. Great once again. Another short pause where Tom denounced the idiotic raghead terrorists and said even though the Taliban is gone they still haven't felt our full Payback. I was very pleased to hear this one as it wasn't played at the last show and was as good as I thought it would be live. Then the standard encores of Mandatory Suicide, Chemical Warfare, South of Heaven and finally Angel of Death. Angel was particularly good this night and Dave held out the solo part at the end for much longer than usual and the place erupted. The sound system was terrible but the band was great as usual. Dave handled all of the songs quite easily except for Stain of Mind. I don't think I will be going back to this venue again though because the sound was that bad. Irving Plaza in NYC is a much better place to see a show in that area.
Set List
Disciple
War Ensemble
At Dawn They Sleep
Stain Of Mind
Postmortem
Raining Blood
Hell Awaits
Die By The Sword
Born Of Fire
Bloodline
God Send Death
Captor Of Sin
Dead Skin Mask
Seasons In the Abyss
Payback
Mandatory Suicide
Chemical Warfare
South Of Heaven
Angel Of Death
Written By
MrSlayer