Metalheads Name ‘Wildest’ Concert Crowds They’ve Been In

A bunch of metalheads named the “wildest” live performance crowds they have been in on Reddit.

The put up, shared on the In Steel We Belief Reddit web page, requested fellow metalheads to recall the reveals they have been to with the “sickest pits,” most crowdsurfers and “ballsiest off-the-wall shenanigans.” They famous that the put up wasn’t to debate the heaviest bands, however simply the craziest audiences.

The person who wrote the put up famous that the bands with the wildest crowds they’d ever seen had been Alestorm, Babymetal and Blind Guardian.

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We rounded up a number of the greatest responses and compiled them under, so maintain studying to see which bands have had the craziest crowds at their reveals. We additionally included some random footage of the bands’ performances to point out what their concert events seemed like.

Motorhead

The one that talked about Motorhead mentioned the rationale the gang was so loopy as a result of there have been numerous members of the Hells Angels Bike Membership in attendance. He ended up befriending one among them, who then defended him in a while when another person ran into him arduous sufficient to make his drink spill.

Hells Angels had been used as safety guards again in December of 1969 on the Altamont Free Live performance — and it turned out to be a fairly violent evening. Fortunately, the aforementioned Redditor had a greater expertise.

“These guys are very nice. Shook his hand on the finish of the present and went on my means. Bumped my into him a number of months later at a donut store up in Port Perry and he remembered me,” they concluded.

Motorhead Stay (Wacken Open Air 2006)

Pantera

Pantera had been talked about a few occasions all through the dialogue, with one of the vital upvoted feedback noting that no different present has ever come shut.

“Pantera, by no means been to at least one even shut… To be honest I am extra of a dying steel man so the pits had been actually by no means going to compete,” they wrote.

See a few responses to the remark under.

• I noticed Pantera final yr and it was nuts. Folks throwing chairs, lighting shit on fireplace, large circle pits up on the garden the place we sat and down in GA. It was wild.
• Likewise Pantera for me, I keep in mind some large shirtless dude yelling that he was on LSD or one thing that he was “going to kill somebody,” this was on the Electrical Manufacturing facility in Philadelphia through the ‘Far Past Pushed’ tour. Dime began crunching the guitar, the strobes got here on, and so they belted out ‘Use My Third Arm,’ and the place went wild. I keep in mind going house with somebody’s gum in my lengthy hair. I used to be 14.
• I additionally vote Pantera. They had been at Ozzfest 2000 (or 2001?) and there have been dudes lighting their shirts on fireplace within the pit. 

Pantera Stay (1994)

Slayer

Slayer had been named many occasions all through the thread, however some had crazier tales than others.

“Slayer on the Aragon Brawl Room in Chicago on the Seasons within the Abyss tour. They put chairs on the ground for some silly cause. The seating survived by way of Testomony’s set, however as quickly as Slayer’s intro music began, the gang surged so violently that the folding chairs all collapsed, and instantly turned projectiles,” one individual wrote.

“I do know a number of individuals bought taken out on stretchers. The venue by some means collected all the chairs by the top of the primary music, however the injury was performed.”

Another person mentioned that in Slayer’s set at Mayhem fest, individuals set issues on fireplace within the garden space and moshed across the flame.

Slayer Stay (1990)

Rotting Christ

Just one individual named Rotting Christ through the dialogue, however their story was definitely worthy of creating it right here. They noticed the Greek group this previous August once they had been celebrating their thirty fifth anniversary.

“Every thing was madness. We had lit some flares on the bottom and we’d mosh round them. There was mud in all places, as a result of we would not cease moshing regardless of all of it. Largest pit I’ve ever been in. I did not know the place the pit ended and the place I used to be heading. All I knew was I used to be moshing tougher than ever earlier than,” they wrote.

“Sakis [Tolis] gave a really motivational speech, saluting us, the youth, for protecting black steel alive and that he is pleased with each single black steel challenge that’s on the primary steps of making music. It was an evening to recollect.”

Rotting Christ Stay (2024)

Different Bands Talked about

Megadeth, Biohazard, Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies and Slipknot had been amongst a number of the different bands named. Try the total dialogue right here to see the remainder of the tales.