Armored Saint - Sydney, Australia 12.03.2009

[criss]

Armored Saint - Live at the Fox Studios Forum in Sydney, Australia
March 12, 2009

Source/Lineage: Core Sounds Binaurals (pointed towards stage to minimise crowd noise) -> Sony PCM-D50 (line-in, 48kHz 24 bit) -> Cooledit Pro 2.0 (30-band graphic EQ) -> Soundforge 9.0c w/Izotope Ozone 4 Mastering Plugin (mastered and downconverted to 44.1kHz 16 bit) -> FLAC Level 6 -> MP3

Recorded, mastered and processed by: Yours truly ... Starclassic.

Location: First level above dancefloor, stage left, approximately 20m away from stacks.

Notes:
On this night, John Bush proved to Sydney that Anthrax made a MASSIVE mistake. Now take a listen and see why! The positive side of this is that Armored Saint is back with a vengeance, to quote a worn-out cliche. The music is just as heavy and has more feel than you could possibly have with the world's best tits.

The sound was actually quite reasonable and didn't need much work in the mastering let alone the EQ though Jeff Duncan's guitars were quite muddy (there's always one!!). That said, I've managed to get a little sparkle out of it without Phil Sandoval's guitars cutting more than they should. On a side note, considering John Bush turned down singing for Metallica, I'm surprised that he performs with someone who looks like the lovechild of Kirk Hammett and Marty Friedman but that's Phil so maybe it's ok with John!

It's not often I can say that I'm satisfied with the results achievable and this isn't one of those moments. That said, I'm still happier with this sound compared to my other releases though there's always room for improvement at the source so here it is anyway. All feedback appreciated. Enjoy!

...and please, don't sell this bootleg, otherwise you're just plain old scum. That and I'll get John to find you and beat you to death with the same drumstick that Charlie Benante tried (without success) to jam up John's arse.

Setlist:

1) Intro
2) Reign of Fire
3) March of the Saint
4) John chats with the crowd
5) Pay Dirt
6) Tribal Dance
7) Book of Blood
8) Lesson Well Learned
9) Aftermath
10) Guitar battle
11) Symbol of Salvation
12) Long Before I Die
13) Chemical Euphoria
14) Can U Deliver
15) Mad House

http://rapidshare.com/files/21368867...12.03.2009.rar

enjoy it

[crosstime traffic]

thanks muchly!

anyone got the Death Angel portion of the tour?

[JCR36]

Thanks for the hard work I love the saint, downloading now.

[wdiv]

Looking forward to some new Saint! thanks

[fatjoint]

Thank you to the original uploader for this! Armored Saint RULES!!! SO much better than Anthrax. you ROCK!!!

[djthyme]

Thanks for the share

[ElusiveRocker]

Thanks!! I saw Armored Saint in 1991 in Denver, Colorado for the Symbol Of Salvation cd, was the only concert I had been to that had actually made my heart vibrate in my chest....the sound was incredible...but kind of small upstairs...also had the downstairs.

[jspaceman009]

Listening to this right now. Sounds amazing...thanks Criss,

[Grinder Man]

Thank's a lot for this Armored Saint's boot...!!

[stanleyeisen]

Thank You!!!!!

[UncleSalty]

Very nice show, thank you

[deathrolla]

Thank you so much for this. I was at this concert, and had just about given up on it having been recorded. Many Thanks also to Starclassic.

[svoh]

Hey, what's a problem? I d/l'd that and noticed that only 8 first tracks were unzipped (Aftermath showed some CRC error and rest of tracks were not unzipped...). So could you check files and upload them please?