The searing heat of the Utah sun will feel like ice in comparison to the hellish blasts of scorching, diabolic resonance that are assembling under the sacred status of Ozzfest.
"Worshipers of metal, prepare for battle!" warns SLCC student, Eric Decho, of this corrosive concert calibration about to ambush Usana Amphitheater this August.
No, you actually did hear that right; the Jaegermeister tour from Hades has decided to grant Utah-native worshipers of the faith (the faith of Metal, that is), the chance to witness the unholy vocals and tunes of the Metal Maestros.
And who, you ask, might these honored battalions rallying under General Osbourne be? "Iron Maiden," the legendary British rockers featured on the banners hung on every metal head's bedroom ceiling, will be main-staging Ozzfest alongside the tour's namesake's band, the grandfathers of modern metal, "Black Sabbath."
Though a hellfire response is guaranteed for these two British-born bands alone, the flames in the amphitheater will spread just as vast for the American recruits. Zakk Wylde will zip up and down his trademark guitar with "The Black Label Society," "Rob Zombie" will undoubtedly shock the crowd with his gore antics and "Mudvayne" will slam the crowd with their heavy sound. Chart climbing "Shadow's Fall" will make for an even harder rocking show when paired with these giant bands.
Heavy metal proves to be the trend for this paint-it-black-like tour, and through the hard hits of "Mastodon," "Trivium" and "The Haunted," there's not a snowball's chance in Ozzfest that your going to forget that.
Foreign metal also has its place on in the wicked lineup. Ozzfest will offer a Swedish duo fit to satiate fans of a medley of metal styles. One such diversifying and intensifying band, "Soilwork," will fill the audiences' ears with incorporative compilations on the second stage, while their comrades and fellow Gothenburg black metal band, iconic "In Flames," will entomb the eardrums in a metal-meets-melodic harmony. An anxious crowd awaits these Scandinavian strangers; "In Flames" rarely tours the American circuit. However, Utah fans must have done something right at the recent "Soilwork" show at Lo-Fi Cafe, because the group is headed back here no more than four months later. Touring America with Ozzfest also is German-native "Arch Enemy," who will pierce the air with screamed spears from their female vocalist, rounding off the perfect foreign fusion of metal at the Fest.
Ozzfest represents the young-buck genre of metalcore this year, as well. "It Dies Today," "As I Lay Dying," "The Black Dahlia Murder," and "Killswitch Engage" are the genre stars at this extravaganza. Oh, and Hell forbid I forget "Battle for Ozzfest" winner, "A Dozen Furies." The sounds of these metalcore magicians carry sound up, up, further, and beyond anything that you thought was fast, hard, and heavy. And it's all coming right at Utah in one solid, loud sonic blast that is Ozzfest.
Smith Tix and www.ozzfest.com carry the tickets to this stairway to metal heaven on Aug 16, 2005 (seating tickets for the main stage bands prone to sell out, but lawn General Admission for the second stage is abundant), and the bowl-shaped Usana Amphitheater in West Valley City will play host to the metal-making event that will go down in Utah history as arguably o
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