OZZFEST Rant
Looking over the final lineup for the Free OZZFEST this year, makes me wonder, who from my generation is fired up about going to this concert.
The main stage is supposed to be Ozzy, Lamb of God, Lordi, and if rumor serves me correctly, Buckcherry.
To me, Lordi, and Buckcherry would be my only reason for hitting this show. Lordi is huge over in Finland, but the great unknown here (although they hit #37 on the Billboard Heatseeker chart in the U.S. this week.) Do a quick search for Lordi at the Hard Rock Hideout and check out the review for Arocalypse with all of the videos. They are kind of like GWar, minus the gore, and a hell of a lot more talent. The singer takes a little of getting used to, but the band is excellent.
This is where my rant begins:
Looking at the stage two lineup is a plethora of Death Metal Bands.
Hatebreed, Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator, Behemoth, Nile, Ankla, Circus Diablo, The Showdown, 3 Inches of Blood, Haath, In this Moment, and CHTHONIC.
After reading through this lineup, I must admit that I was not familar with any of the stage two bands. I started viewing their myspace pages, one by one, checking out the sound of each band, and quite frankly, I wonder if Ozzy and Sharon have lost their mind, or if these are the only bands that they could get to play for free.
With the exception of In the Moment, who has a very good female singer (Maria), (this band could easily be another Evanescense), however she struggles to get her voice heard over the band’s death metal screamer. This band was the almost highlight. I could not listen to the rest of them.
Maybe I missing the whole reason behind the OZZFEST. To me Ozzy grew in popularity from his days with Black Sabbath, and cemented it in the 80’s with his solo discs. I would think he would look for artists of this kind. There are hundreds of bands playing 80’s style hard rock everyday in the world, that would kill for the exposure in the U.S. I dig more and more of them up everyday and review their music here.
It makes me wonder if Ozzy has forgotten his roots. If this is the metal that appeals to today’s generation, the music has completely moved beyond me. I enjoy hard rock and heavy metal music, but the key to each band must have a singer who can sing well. Judging from most of the bands on the Ozzfest in 2007, their will be more screaming than singing.
Truly sad if you ask me. Good thing it is free. You will need to save your money for some earplugs and aspirin for the headache you will have afterwords, if you choose to attend.
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Hi Goatslayer,
I am glad you like these bands. I hope you enjoy Ozzfest 2007!
btw….In this Moment so tops Evanescence…and thank god your wrong, but Buckcherry is not going to ozzfest
well, i knew Daath (amazing melodic death metal right there, solos are blazing and the atmosphere is so peaceful) Behemoth…if you didnt know them you obviously do not know metal at all, and they are the most brutal band…In this moment is far from death metal, they are metalcore and extremely talented, chthonic is a black metal band, and are also very talented. Ankla has a nice latin feel to their, once again Metalcore sound…3 inches of bloods singer is amazing, he can change pitches amazingly, Nile has amazing lyrics about egypt and once again, great solos, hatebreed is hardly heavy enough to be considered metalcore let alone death metal, but they are still an awesome band. nick oliveri and circus diablo i do not like, but i can’t say that i approve of Buckcherry either…the showdown is awesome because they have general metal singing with death metal growls and metalcore screaming. Lordi is great, and so is Lamb of God…for Ozzy, he is a legend…study your metal, because obviously you need to if you did not recognize any of the bands
Wow…I wasn’t aware of that Chris. The track I listened to, I could have sworn that there were two singers. Its unreal that such a good signing voice can turn into that Death Metal screamer. Interesting….. Thanks for setting me straight.
Hi, I check out your site every once in a while (good site, btw) and I must note that In This Moment’s singer is actually also responsible for the harsh vocals you credited to another singer.
Once again HRH….you do the leg work….
And we reap the benefits!
Thanks for the warning….No Ozzfest for us!
My dear friend, we agree on so many things.
I am not a huge death metal fan…but I am listening to the genre more and more because of my “job” with Metal Express radio.
Thing is, I am not a big fan of ANY band on the Ozzfest lineup, save for maybe the festival’s namesake.
Buckcherry is ok…I have their albums on my iPod, but I can’t imagine ever PAYING for a ticket to see them in concert.
At one time, Ozzy was known for snatching up some great guitar talent, a cornerstone of melodic hard rock. Sadly it seems those days are gone.
I can’t imagine that a band like Vains of Jenna would turn down the chance to play OzzFest. Even if it’s a “free” concert, VOJ would make more on merchandise sales from a summer shed than a tiny club show.
Is it too much to ask for some decent rock music these days?
I swear I’m 27 and I hate sounding like I’m 70, but it seems like there is just no decent music produced these days.
See, now you’ve got me riled up too…
Allyson
http://www.bringbackglam.com