On the Side Stages:
- Mobile Death Camp - 1:45 (Jagermeister stage)
- Straight Line Stitch - 2:05 (Revolver stage)
- Red Fang - 2:35 (Jagermeister stage)
- All Shall Perish - 3:05 (Revolver stage)
- Kingdom of Sorrow - 3:35 (Jagermeister stage)
- Suicide Silence - 4:05 (Revolver stage)
- Unearth - 4:35 (Jagermeister stage)
- In Flames - 5:05 (Revolver stage)
- Trivium - 5:40 (Jagermeister stage)
On the Main Stage:
- Machine Head - 6:25
- Megadeth - 7:15
- Godsmack - 8:30
- Disturbed - 9:55
I took hundreds of photos, and though I missed Mobile Death Camp, Straight Line Stitch, and Unearth due to making arrangements with In Flames to do a cover shoot, there was a lot to see. To be blunt, I feel like I missed a lot. There is always so much to see at a festival like this, and it really might be too much for the fan who just wants to see a concert.
Of the photos I got from the media pit, the following are a few of my favorites...
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| Dan Donegan of Disturbed |
Disturbed always puts on a great show, and although the media pit was way too small and packed with a lot of photographers, Dan provided all of us ample opportunities to get a great shot.
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| Shannon Larkin of Godsmack on drums |
As a drummer myself, watching Shannon Larkin play is like watching an animated machine with a wild and chaotic style play the drums with pure precision.
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| Niclas Engelin - guitarist of the Swedish band In Flames |
Niclas was a blast on stage. Honestly, the entire In Flames band was entertaining on stage. Though I knew of the band, I had never purchased any of their albums. After seeing them live, I wondered why. They have sold over 2 million records and continue to gain fans all over the world. Their style of "melodic metal" is a little bit different (in a good way), and definitely not the tired sound of so many other metal bands.
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| Adam Duce - Bass guitar - Machine Head |
Machine Head always puts on a great show, there is so much I could say. The bottom line, the band has massive stage presence, and the sound remains solid after all these years.
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| Megadeth's Dave Mustaine sporting the double neck flying V |
Seeing Megadeth again in Ohio within a year, and a day after my birthday was awesome to say the least. The band was on 100% with their set and appeared to be having a great time playing for the 18 to 20 thousand metalhaeads at Riverbend.
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| Mitch Lucker of Suicide Silence |
Suicide Silence is a high energy, metal-core band from California - they drove the crowd like a mad wave of anger. I expected a lot of injuries in the mosh pit, but it looked like everyone survived.
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| Matt Heafy - Trivium |
Trivium - Holy @#$&! I did not expect them to carry such a heavy set. Between them and In Flames, I could have called it a day. They would make a great show on their own and the fact Trivium was a side stage band one could watch before the main acts on this tour is a testament to the quality of bands on the tour.
There are still several dates on the tour - get out and see these bands.
Cheers, I'm off to eat pizza and drink some beer...
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