When I heard the night before the show that Kilgore had problems at 
the border or something and Noise Therapy would be playing I was 
disapointed.  I had to pay about $150 to get to it and Noise Therapy 
often plays in Victoria so I can see them almost anytime I want to.

Noise Therapy put on an OK show but the bass was to high in the mix 
and the guitar player's strap wouldn't stay attached. The singer had 
lots of energy and jumped around alot.  Somewhere near the end of 
their set,  the bass player picked up an inflatable cow or something and said
"This is my ex-girlfriend I want you to treat her with as much care 
and respectas I did." And then threw it out into the audience where
it was promptly mangled and thrown back.

After Noise Therapy, one of my favorite bands came on. I must say that
 I like Fear Factory even more after seeing them live. Their stage 
setup was simple with two screeens with the new logo on them. 
I was lucky enough to be right up against the barrier infront of Dino
throughout the entire set. He was very cool and madeeye contact and 
grinned at me when I was singing along and he also threw some 
much-needed water into the audience.  His guitar playing was excellent
throughout their set.  Burton C. Bell's vocals were perfect except the 
first melodic part of Zero Signal was a bit off.  Raymond's drums were 
perfect and everytimehe hit the bass drum I could feel it in my chest.
Their touring keyboardist(don't know his name) executed all the samples
and keyboard parts as well as on the CDs.  Christian's bass playing 
was also extremly good.  Fear Factory opened with Shock and the floor filled up. 
Lots of people were moshing and crowd surfing.  After Shock they played Zero 
Signal and then Self Bias Resistor.  After these three songs I'm not
sure of the song order except I think they closed with Scapegoat.  
Inbetween Self Bias Resistor and Scapegoat, Securitron, Demanufacture,
Martyr, Edgecrusher and Replica were played.  Judging by the audience's reaction
and the number of FF t-shirts alot of people were there to see Fear
Factory (including me and my freind Niki) They did a strong audience 
participation part in Martyr (suffer bastard!!) and Demanufacture(Ive got no 
more goddamn regrets!).  Towards they end of their set, Burton asked "Are you 
ready for Slayer?" and the crowd went wild.

After Fear Factory, my freind Niki went up and found a seat before it got too crazy.  
I stayed where I was.  My ears were already ringing but I could still easily hear 
what peoplewere saying.  As Slayer's marshall stacks and drums were uncovered, 
the stage was filled with fake smoke.  People in the crowd were discussing what
song they thought Slayer would open with.  Finally Slayer took the stage and 
opened with Bitter Peace.  At once I was crushed against the barrier. I slowl
slid outwards during Slayers set.  At the start I was right in front of Kerry 
King and I ended about ten feet away on the far right corner of the stage.  
Somewhere in the middle of the set Tom brought out some member of
the roadcrew (don't rememberhis name) and had everyone sing happy 
birthday to him.  During the whole show I only saw two people lifted out of
the crowd, on a guy who just looked exhaused and some girl who was getting 
crushed.  The other songs that I remember Slayer playing were Dead Skin Mask,
Seasons in the Abyss,Raining Blood, Die by the Sword, Evil has no Boundarys,
Stain of Mind, Chemical Warfare, Gemini, War Ensemble,and In the Name of God.
For encores Slayer played Manditory Suicide followed by Angel of Death.
Slayer were extremely loud. They made my ears make a weird buzzing sound. 
From where I was the sound wasn't that great.  I could barely heard the vocals
 in parts.  Tom said that Slayer might come back in a year. 
I may go depending on the opening acts and who else is coming to Vancouver. 
When they were tossing picks into the audience after, I caught one of Tom's 
black ones.

All in all I'd say that this show was definately worth the money.  
If Slayer and/or Fear Factory play at a concert near you, go! 

A live picture of the mighty Fear Factory that I picked up somewhere.

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