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We drove down from Columbia, SC for it and had a blast at the show. Into Eternity was great, performed their stuff better live than I expected, even with the technical difficulties. Stu had the good stage presence to keep people from getting bored while they were fixing everything. Loved getting Surrounded by Night (which apparently was their first time bringing it on stage, so that was cool). Epica performed really well despite lacking Simone. They played pretty tight, and Amanda really pulled everything off beautifully (though I don't know if she is as much a stage performer as she is a vocalist, some of her dancing around seemed pretty forced). My friend's girlfriend passed out on the rail during Consign to Oblivion, so we ended up carrying her outside for the last song, and hung out on the wall for Symphony X.
Symphony X's performance really impressed me. For being the "oldest" band in terms of band member age, I found them to easily be the most high energy. They played extremely tight, and Russell's voice killed. I would've loved to hear "Sacrifice", but since they played almost every other song off the new album, I guess that's asking a little much :P.
All in all a great show.
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