Sounds like the soundtrack to my life as well. My hayday as a teenager was growing up in the Bay Area. So from 88-94 Went to all the Thrash shows in the Bay all the way to the Death boom in the early 90's. Fav show to this day was Death, Pestilence and Carcass at the Omni in 90. So many awesome shows I saw. Glad I was a teen around that time. Still into metal to this day.

Ya you name it I saw it. Was at serval video shoots as well. DRI suit and tie guy at the Omni, Exodus toxic waltz at the Fillmore and this insane one at the Stone

70000 tons is the closest any of us will be able to experience a metal festival here in the states like Waken. I almost pulled the trigger this past Jan but I took my kid to wrestlemania this year instead. It still tops my bucket list.

Not DM exactly but these guys shreded the Napalm Death, Voivod and Exhumed show a few months back