Seven Years of Waiting for One Night

Still doesn’t feel real that I finally saw Suicide Silence after seven years of waiting yesterday. For so long, they existed only through headphones and videos i have seen i seen so many throught the years! playlists and memories tied to different versions of myself. Hearing those songs live hit so hard not just because of the sound but because of everything attached to it. Every riff every scream felt heavier louder, more alive than I ever imagined but lowkey wish the crowd was more excited. It wasn’t just music it was years i been waiting for this one moment.

There’s something unreal about hearing songs that carried you through different chapters of life echoing back at you from a stage and seeing them live was so sick. I knew every word, every breakdown yet it still felt as exciting as hearing them the first time when i was 14. 

But the craziest part is that I walked away with the setlist and a plectrum. Small objects, maybe meaningless to anyone else but to true fans this means everything i still cant believe Eddie saw me and pointed at me to the stage guards to give me the setlist like holy fucking shit also Mark came up to me and gave me his fucking plectrum, to me they’re pieces of that moment i will hold on to them forever. Physical proof that this actually happened. Something I can hold and remember that it wasn’t just a dream or a memory exaggerated by time. for me this setlist and plectrum will be reminding me standing there and realizing that this long held dream was finally real. I love Suicide Silence so much!!

I feelt so happy yestarday A moment I carried with me for years without even realizing how much it meant until I was standing there living it like i was about to cry at the end. Seven years of waiting led to one night I’ll never forget, and that feeling will stay with me long after the noise fades. 

Here are some videos from the show, recorded on an iPhone 5 so the quality isn’t HD. I wanted it to feel more old school, raw, and very early-2000s. And As Always Stop Reading and Start Killing!