Mayhem Festival is Warped Tours bullying big brother. Where Warped can be poppy and artsy, Mayhem is just that.. Mayhem. Hard bands hard fans lots of black and silver and if you can shake visual stereotype some amazing music.
Each year it seems to get better, not only in the bands involved but with the organization itself. A touring festival cant be easy to pull off, the back lash of this type of event must be huge.
So if you can stomach the stench of beer and sweat, leather and dirt for Gods sake go. I will. There is sometihng so primal about Mayhem, its just a filthy good time.
This years bands are not too shabby. A couple dogs but not enough to make it a pass over year.
Main stage artists, Disturbed, Godsmack, and Megadeth, will be joined by In Flames, Machine Head and Trivium.
Second stage will feature Unearth, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Red Fang,
Third stage will spotlight Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish and Straight Line Stitch
Fun summer!
and here's East side dates:
7/20 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
7/22 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA (Boston, MA)
7/24 – Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT
7/27 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
7/29 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA
7/22 – Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA (Boston, MA)
7/24 – Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT
7/27 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
7/29 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA