- DEKALB CENTER – ATLANTA, GA
- 2/4/02
- by Dr. Metal
- 2/4/02
Anthrax opened the show, (legends in their own right) by playing some of their best and heaviest material! I was impressed and blown away. I've seen them with John Bush before and they were good, but this time they were better. Good set by them, they picked some of the strongest songs in their catalog, including : Among The Living / Inside Out / Fueled / Anti-Social / Only / Room For One More / Bring The Noise / Got The Time / Caught In A Mosh / Superhero (New Song). Great job by Anthrax to pump the crowd up and keep the new album promotions to a minimum.
Judas Priest kicked our ass from start to finish. With a minimum of stage props and lighting, they just came out on stage and played one classic right after another. You can't ask for anything better than that. Ripper Owens was in top form. His voice could peel paint from the wall and make your ears bleed. Simply the best vocalist in the world. His power and range are unmatched. How he can do that at every show and not lose his voice is amazing. Trust me when I say this folks: Rob won't be back anytime soon. We saw the band back in 1998 on the Jugulator tour and they were even better this time. We were close enough to shake their hands this time, so it made it even more special. They also played a few rare ones for us like "United," "Turbo Lover" and "Heading Out To The Highway!" Check out the setlist, (not in exact order):
- Metal Gods
- Heading Out To The Highway
- A Touch of Evil
- The Green Manalishi
- Blood Stained
- Diamonds and Rust
- Victim of Changes
- Desert Plains
- Hell Is Home
- Beyond The Realms of Death
- Turbo Lover
- United
- Burn In Hell
- One On One
- Painkiller
- Hell Bent For Leather
- Breaking The Law
- The Hellion/Electric Eye
- Very good set and an awesome show. Judas Priest are playing very limited dates in the US, so if you get the chance, definitely go to this show!
- P.S. Look out for the asshole T-shirt guy...what a dick!
- Heading Out To The Highway