Having pounded more than a few people in the pits over the years there a two bands whose pits I look forward to the most, Hatebreed and Lamb of God. Their styles are different but the energy they evoke and excitement of pummeling people for an hour straight is equal.
Hatebreed specialize in pounding riffs played by their two guitarists. Solos and harmonies are rare. Usually they are locking in and playing in sync to increase the volume or weight of their sound. The lead singer, Jamey Jasta, writes lyrics that are about finding power within and being a part of something bigger than yourself. Everything is yelled or spoken and it lends itself to non-stop crowd participation. That is one of things that gets the pit going. Everyone knows the lyrics and responds accordingly to changes in each song's intensity.
Best pit moment was when Jamey told the crowd that he wanted a circle pit to go around the sound tent which was 100 yards away from the stage. Awesome! In a parking lot on a second stage summer festival that means that no one could be a bystander! Move back or get run-over! Garbage cans got trampled, crushed, and thrown in the air in front of me. The first minute of that pit was pure chaos. People on edges whipped their phones out to film the heard charging by. FYI: I have crappy video on my phone of a smaller pit.
Some of the tracks they play live are: Become the Fuse, Everybody Bleeds Now, This Is Now, Destroy Everything, As Diehard As They Come, To The Threshold, and I Will Be Heard. If you workout this is your soundtrack to sick results.
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