Soulfly II feb 12 at the mod club theatre
I love that they started off with my new favourite Soulfly track, The Summoning. Or at least that is what I recall seeing them open with. They have so many good songs that would make for a show-starter, but this one really kicked ass.
It was awesome to see almost all of us on the floor go nuts during most of that song. The instrumentals on it are top notch. It was so awesome that I recorded about 2 minutes of them playing The Summoning and now I can watch it every day on my phone!
The next best part for me was when the played Prophecy. I believe Max lost his voice for a good bit of that track but the instrumentals made up for it. For as long as I have been into this band (15+ years), Prophecy has always been my fav track. This was the first time I saw them play it live.
The other best part for me was seeing them play Rise of the Fallen, almost everybody on the floor sang along with the chorus. The Omen album turned out 4-5 chart-topping tracks. I have been listening to the album in full since Soulfly last visited Toronto last year on St. Paddy’s Day weekend, but they were touring to support a different album under a different name. That almost made Tuesday night’s show at the Mod Club Theatre even more worth it for everybody b/c Soulfly played Soulfly songs for the full hour and a half.
The Soulfly set was preceeded by 3 other metal acts, not one of them had I heard of prior to Feb. 12 lol, but the last of them (Kataklysm) really kicked some ass. Those guys are from Canada and boy can they play. I don’t want to write too much about them b/c I don’t know anything but 2 of their songs really stood out for me: 10 Seconds from the End and the song they ended the set with, Outsider.
I didn’t know what to expect going into this concert. I had never visited Mod Club Theatre previously, only saw pics online. I wasn’t even 100% sure that there would be a coat check.
WEATHER
Making the trip in from Stoney Creek (the other side of Hamilton), it was a shitty day weather-wise. Most people on Facebook expressed concern regarding possible cancellations, event promotion company, Inertia Entertainment re-assured us that the show would go on. Soulfly was able to show up that night which pretty much meant that the show would go on, which was awesome.
It was not a lot of fun making my way through the soaking wet streets of downtown Toronto (University Ave/College St) it wasn’t just wet, it was freezing-rain wet). By the time I had arrived, both my boots were soaked. In fact, here I am 2 days later and they are still not completely dry yet lol, but it was so worth it.
Other interesting stuff from the night:
-coat check was only $4. If beer was expensive as it was, holy hell the coat check was a fucking bargain lol
-tall boy beers ranged from $11 each!!! Eleven bucks for a beer?!? Holy fuck! That is not a bargain! What the hell is this? A Blue Jays or Maple Leafs home game?? And that $11 simply gets you a Molson Canadian! They also had Heineken available too. I asked the bartender how much those were, yet it was too loud in there and I have no clue what she responded lol. If beers started at $11, don’t even wanna know how much the wine or shots were!
-Soulfly at the Mod Club was the first time I saw fights nearly break out. No idea wtf happened, but whatever started it made a stage crew guy jump off the stage to confront some guy who was clearly pissed off at something he did. Both guys were so ready to go at it with each other that a third guy jumped in as well. The third guy was one helluva large man, could beat the shit outta both other men. This went on for several minutes then everyone went their own way. Some people were not impressed with the stage crew guy.
SETLIST
A rough guess of the Soulfly set list from Toronto, goes something like this:
-the summoning!!!
-ritual
-babylon
-no (the song that mentions hootie and the blowfish)
-prophecy
-back to primitive
-fire/porrada
-rise of the fallen!!! That was awesome
-jumdafuckup
-eye for an eye
Jeff Schneberk
Weezer
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