Sideshow & Syrana

First, let me say this is an UNofficial review.  I am totally biased because I’m a huge Trivium fan and I have no credentials to “review” a concert.  However, if you just want my opinion and see pictures – read on!  Second, some of the language is NSFW in this post.  Just an FYI.

Tickets and Venue

Last night’s concert was held at The Rave.  We’ve gone to several concerts there, but most are held in the Eagle’s Ballroom, which is the upper most hall.  They also have a few other smaller stages downstairs in the bar area.  Apparently not enough tickets sold for them to hold it in the Ballroom as originally planned. I must say, this saddened me a bit.

1 – Because it reminds me that Trivium is not as huge as I think they are (but they are/should be!)

2 – Because we didn’t get to be in the VIP balcony that we paid for

Honestly, if you like metal and aren’t familiar with Trivium, I highly recommend you check them out. On the plus side of them moving the concert to a smaller stage, it was even more intimate and high energy packed.  The room we were in was pretty full, but yeah, certainly not enough to fill the Ballroom.

Even in the Ballroom, I don’t usually get to be as close to the stage as I was for this concert, so that was awesome.  But, like I said, we paid extra for the VIP balcony and meet and greet.  Apparently only a handful of people bought the VIP package as well.  When we went to buy shirts, we saw meet and greet passes available for sale for only $20, which was cheaper than what we had paid.

At first, that kinda bummed me out too.  But, our passes looked different and certainly made good souvenirs.  I figured the band would appreciate seeing the difference in our pass… knowing we had purchased tickets AND the VIP package to meet them ahead of time.  We also got the tour poster for our passes.  The other meet and greet passes did not come with that, so those people had to bring their own stuff to be signed.  So, I guess we did get something a little extra afterall.

It was kinda of interesting when we were in line for the meet and greet though, because a couple kids (well, teens, but they are kids to me, haha) asked if our VIP passes meant we got more time with the band.  Boy, how I wish that would have been true. (continue reading…)