(Disclaimer: This is a massive concert review that I wrote and was paid for but was never published.) Woohoo in Woostah! Since 2007 The Summer Slaughter Tour has become destination one for all things death metal in North America and other parts of the world. Other tours have some bigger names, but none has the quality of underground, brutal bands year in and year out. Despite this being my third concert in five days I was not about to let exhaustion make me miss this show. Especially with the hotly anticipated return of DECAPITATED to American soil and a bevy of the genre's other top bands this was an event not to be missed. The show started off with a bummer for me since I missed most of VITAL REMAINS' short set as they went on much earlier than the purported 5 PM main stage start time. A band of VR's stature and legacy in death metal should really have been higher up on the bill anyway. As I was walking in I heard the strains of “Hammer Down the Nails”, their set ...
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