HELL live stream tomorrow

[zorrow]

Now it's Kev playing keyboards... without sound my side. Cool stuff, as I can imagine he's playing whatever I want.

--just trying to remain positive.

[Steve Haynie]

We get to see a great band, and the sound is messed up. We are not just watching HELL. We are IN Hell.

[BlueRedWhite]

No frigging sound at all...

That singer is AMAZING

And i love Kevin playing his Hamer

I would LOVE to see them here, they will certainly found a great audience here!

[zorrow]

BTW, the camerawork is amazing. What a shame the sound is still off.

[BlueRedWhite]

Now it's Kev playing keyboards... without sound my side. Cool stuff, as I can imagine he's playing whatever I want.

--just trying to remain positive.

I went from positive to frustrating....

[zorrow]

No frigging sound at all...

That singer is AMAZING

And i love Kevin playing his Hamer

I would LOVE to see them here, they will certainly found a great audience here!

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[Steve Haynie]

Somone in the audience has a Santa Claus hat. It is August. What is that person thinking?

[BlueRedWhite]

No frigging sound at all...

That singer is AMAZING

And i love Kevin playing his Hamer

I would LOVE to see them here, they will certainly found a great audience here!

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Well...we've got a job to do then!!!!

Imagine those guys here, in Montreal or Quebec, for the next Festival d'Ete or Heavy Mtl....they would be AMAZING!!!!!

[Steve Haynie]

"Stay Tuned For More"

Better not be more silence.

[BlueRedWhite]

It's over....f*ck...no sound till the end.

But count me as a new fan guys, you are amazing, and we want you in the best metal pit in North America (Quebec)

[zorrow]

I guess it's over now. The setlist was only 30 minutes, I guess. Next is Katlaklysm.

[Steve Haynie]

We need a North American tour.

I need a long sleeve T-shirt!

[BlueRedWhite]

We have to convince them....i want to see them live, that is the best metal show i've seen in a while.

No one throws a party like that anymore

Ionel, please talk to them

[Steve Haynie]

We have to convince them....i want to see them live, that is the best metal show i've seen in a while.

No one throws a party like that anymore

We have to convince a record company and some concert promoters that we want a tour over here.

[BlueRedWhite]

Steve, show them a video of this act....no one will say no to that.

Of course better be in summer, i want the pyros too

i bet that the scene smell of brime and sulphur!!!! LOL

Amazing show, just amazing, and such an attention for detail (did you check the vitrails?? hilarious!!!!)

well got to go

Throwing brunch for the whole tribe, Spanish Tortilla anyone?? (with chorizo)

[zorrow]

Well guys, I think their DVD comes out in October, so we'll have a hard copy of a HELL show, as a consolation prize.

As of local promoters go, I'm sure they can cause some serious interest on the Heavy MTL site, but a North American tour would be far better, of course.

Maybe HELL opening for King Diamond would be doable... or as "special guest" of them, to have at least 45 minutes on stage before King Diamond. But well, that takes a King Diamond NA tour as well.

[BlueRedWhite]

Well guys, I think their DVD comes out in October, so we'll have a hard copy of a HELL show, as a consolation prize.

As of local promoters go, I'm sure they can cause some serious interest on the Heavy MTL site, but a North American tour would be far better, of course.

Maybe HELL opening for King Diamond would be doable... or as "special guest" of them, to have at least 45 minutes on stage before King Diamond. But well, that takes a King Diamond NA tour as well.

That would be EPIC!!!!!!

[kevinbower1959]

So sorry about the live stream screwup guys. The whole thing was a technical nightmare virtually from start to finish - which was a disappointment especially for our crew guys who had somehow managed to rig that entire stage set and pyros in 18 minutes flat - a miraculous achievement even by their standards. The live sound at the event was utterly flawless, and it's disappointing for us hearing the godawful temporary stream mix which is the inevitable result of some poor guy sat in an outside broadcast truck who suddenly gets 48 channels of unmixed audio thrown at him - in the knowledge that it's going out real-time live as he scrambles to fix it..

Stuff like this is pretty typical of the mega-pressure of a festival environment where 15 or 20-minute changeovers between bands are the norm. We (our crew, monitors and FOH guy) deal with it on a weekly basis and we're pretty good at hitting the ground running. But you then factor in two extra set of feeds and patches which are going out live.........

The only saving grace is that the second set of feeds were for Scuzz TV, who had the foresight to actually record the feeds on ProTools, so at some point there will be a version of this with decent audio on it.

Anyways - here's the disaster timeline as I know it;

1330 We get the 5-minute call from stage management

1333 Our intro runs, just as Scott (our guitar tech) tidies up the backstage prop area. He picks up my 4-digit spare to check the tuning, and somehow manages to turn on the radio transmitter which is plugged into it as he walks around carrying the guitar. That's the strange grunting guitar sound you can hear at the beginning over the intro.

1334 Our FOH guy realises exactly what's happened and mutes my guitar through the PA, but it's still being fed to the outside broadcast truck which is why you can hear it on the video stream. I also realise what's happened and go running backstage desparately trying to find Scott. By this time, our 'acolyte monks' already have the stage fires burning. With seconds to spare, the transmitter's turned off, Scott radios FOH and they unmute my guitar with around 4 seconds to spare as we walk out onstage in front of 12,000 people. Shit happens....

1335 The show starts. The audio's horrible (mostly bass and vox) but the guy in OB starts to fix it.

1343 A mosh pit starts up near the sound tower. Someone falls over a security barrier and the barrier's steel leg digs into the ground, rupturing the sleeving on the broadcast multicore which is buried 6 inches deep in the soil, and breaking the master earth return line. The buzz starts. The broadcast guys frantically try to figure what's gone wrong.

1350 They give up and pull the plug.

Here it is in all its horrific glory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNxkz_YC5bg

The good news is that everyone at the show was totally unaware of all of the above. The got 60kW's worth of monster audio and the Hell show they'd come to see. We're already runaway leaders in the 'performance of the festival' polls and we broke all records in merch sales - a sure sign of a good time being had.

Apologies again that my HFC buddies couldn't share in this.

Best wishes Kev

[specialk]

Thanks for the explanation, Kevin. But as long as the live crowd there got a good show, that's really all that matters. Hope it was a great time for you and the band as well!

[tmsfo]

Thanks for posting and the update - it was too early on the West coast to get out of bed for "HELL for breakfast" (if you use that i want royalties). Looks like a great show you guys put on. I'd love to see you in the US, but I'll settle for one of those t-shirts in the interim!

[BlueRedWhite]

Kev, it was great, even without the sound. The most important thing as specialK said, is that the crowd got a great show.

Now, i wanna vote...can you share the link??

Best wishes

[Steve Haynie]

Can HELL schedule any similar sonic disasters in North America? We would settle for that.

[zorrow]

Can HELL schedule any similar sonic disasters in North America? We would settle for that.

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No need to say it, but of course HELL would be very welcome around here.

Kev, please have a look at this: http://heavymtl.com/en/