the MOSH pit

Last night I went downtown Nashville to hang out with some friends and go to a GREAT metal night with Killswitch Engage, Dillinger Escape Plan + more! It's always interesting to study the moshpit at these concerts + be a part of the moshing fellowship!
It was packed at the concert and it was a good crowd. We were helping each other crowd-surfing and pulling each other up from the floor whenever someone fell i the circle pit, the "wall of death" or where ever! It was fellowship.

If you don't understand what's going on, it will only look very violent! But if you're in it and people know the unwritten rules, you're suddenly a part of a very cool and unik fellowship where people are aware of each other + are aware of the risk of getting a bit sore :)

Here's a picture of Dillingers front-growler crawling on the ceiling above the us. It was taken just before he fell down on our loving arms :)
The American hard core moshpit is often very violent, especially if the "spirit" from the bands are destructive. This concert also had its pit with arms and legs flying everywhere, but around this pit, big bald guys fell lead to stand and protect people from being too violent.

I had a whole lot of great talks with folks there! One of the guys whom I talked with was probably the one who was the most aware of protecting and make sure the pit didn't become violent. He was a huge bald guy with a major skull tattooed on his back head.

I think a lot of Christian churches could learn a great deal about fellowship and caring for each other by understanding some of this subculture. On the other hand Christ is needed everywhere, also at these moshpits!