Well, I was originally planning on taking the train into Chicago to see this show but with the Cubs out of the Playoffs there would be no problem finding parking. The newspapers and the Vic's website said that the show started at 7 pm and I planned it just right and got to the Vic at about 10 minutes to 7.

However, while I was standing in line I overheard someone say that Amon Amarth was onstage already and that they started the show at 6. So, I missed Goatwhore's set and most of Amon Amarth's set. But I've seem them play a few times so it really wasn't that big of a deal for me that I missed them. On my way inside I saw Peter from Vader standing outside and I went up to him and said hello and that I was looking forward to seeing them play. And off I went to catch the rest of Amon Amarth.

After Amon Amarth finshed playing, they sounded good as usual, I saw a couple friends of mine and we hung out in the front of the venue to look at merchandise while waiting for Vader to come on. We wanted to get Goatwhore's new CD and a Vader shirt but the only one's selling anything was Nile and Kreator.

Vader has arrived! We headed up to the front of the stage when we heard Vader begin their set. These guys just keep getting better everytime I see them. There must be something in the water over there in Poland that makes them so good. Or as Doc told me after their set, "It's the beer." They sounded really good and a lot of people from Poland that live here in Chicago came to the show to support their comrades. And many beautiful Poilsh women too! They played for about 30 minutes and mostly played newer songs. They then played Carnal from the Black to the Blind album and segued right into a cover song of Slayer's Reign In Blood to close out their set. The crowd was really into a frenzy when they heard the first chords to Reign in Blood. Great way to finish their show.

Next up was the band I was looking forward to the most, Kreator. Out of the three mighty thrash bands from Germany; Sodom, Destruction, and Kreator, they are by far my favorite one. They opened up their set with the song Violent Revolution. The rest of their set included the likes of: Terrible Certainty, Betrayer, All of the Same Blood, Pleasure to Kill, Reconquering the Throne, and Flag of Hate. These guys sounded awesome and sound just like it's still the 80's. Mille said "Yes, this is the way I remember Chicago. I want to see you moshing from end to end for this one, Extreme Aggression." And the crowd did what they were told and there was a mosh pit going from one side of the stage to the other. They put on one hell of a show and played for an hour.

The Egyptologists were the last band to perform for the evening. Nile proved that they are one of the best death metal bands from the U.S. They played for a little bit over an hour and it sounded great. They played a bunch of songs from In Their Darkened Shrines including Unas Slayer of the Gods. They also played The Howling of the Jinn from the Amonst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka album. Off of the Black Seeds of Vengeance album they played Chapter For Transforming Into A Snake and closed off their set with Black Seeds of Vengeance. What a great way to end the night with that song, one of my favorites by them.