Just woke up a few hours ago after getting home in the wee hours of the morning from the Winter Metal Meltdown Festival at the Skyway Theater in downtown Minneapolis. It was a great night of local metal music with great friends, and turned out to be an even better evening than I could have ever imagined!
I got to the venue shortly after 8 p.m., just in time to find my friends that I hung out with at the show. I missed most of the opening acts, but I enjoyed hearing new local rock with my pals and did my best to steer clear of the pit circle.
Even though I didn't know most of the bands on the bill, and had missed all of the openers that began playing in the afternoon, it was good to enjoy my first rock show of the year with some very good friends. We also kept our ears open for a few prizes that were announced as part of a raffle during the show.
The last opening act, Portraits of War, kept everyone's attention with their speed metal sounds. I was very impressed by this group- all six of the band members were headbanging on stage in tune to the music!
I was invited to the show by one of the guitarists from the headlining band Immoralis, and was eager to hear them play live for the first time. They did not disappoint, and I made a mental note to check out more of their music after the show. Halfway during their set, they announced the raffle for the grand prize: a brand new Peavey electric guitar. After a few numbers were called for people who were not present, to my surprise, my number was called-I had just won the guitar grand prize!!
I was stunned, but made my way to the stage to collect my prize, and then quickly left the stage to celebrate with my friends and take a few pictures. Still grinning widely, I later returned to the show with my companions to watch the end of the set. I got plenty of congratulations, and was able to buy one of their CDs and have the guys in the band autograph my new guitar. They also gave me the box it came in so I could bring it home safely.
Still extremely happy, I made my way safely down the street with my guitar to a local watering hole to continue the laughs and good conversations with my friends before heading home for the night. I couldn't have asked for a better first concert of the year. Now I wonder what concert #2 next week will bring?
Have a great week everyone-skol Vikings!!
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