Show General Osbourne and battalions head for Utah to set Utah ablaze with metal Amanda Chamberlain Globe Weekly News The searing heat of the Utah sun will feel like ice in comparison to the hellish blasts of scorching diabolic resonance that are assembling assembling assem assem- assembling bling under the sacred status of Worshipers of metal prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare for battle warns student Eric Decho of this corrosive concert calibration about to ambush Usana August No you actually did hear that right the tour from Hades has decided to grant Utah-native Utah worshipers worshipers worshipers wor wor- 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 rallying rallying ral ral- lying under General Osbourne be Iron Maiden the legendary British rockers featured on the banners hung on every metal heads head's bedroom ceiling ceiling ceil ceil- ing will be staging main-staging alongside the tours tour's namesakes namesake's band the grand grand- fathers of modern metal Black Sabbath Though a hellfire response is guaranteed for these two British-born British bands alone the flames in the amphitheater will spread just as vast forthe for forthe forthe the American recruits Wylde will zip up and down his trademark guitar with The Black Label Society Rob Zombie will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly shock the crowd with his gore antics and will slam the crowd with their heavy sound Chart climbing Shadows Fall will make for an even harder rocking show when paired with these giant bands Heavy metal proves to be bethe bethe bethe the trend for this paint-it- paint like black-like tour and through the hard hits of Mastodon and The Haunted theres there's not a snowballs snowball's chance in that your going to forget that Foreign metal also has its place on in the wicked line line- up will offer a Swedish duo fit to satiate fans of a medley of metal styles One such diversifying and intensifying band will fill the audiences audiences' audiences audiences' audiences audiences' audi- audi ears with incorporative tive twe compilations on the second second second sec sec- sec sec- ond stage while their comrades comrades comrades com com- rades and fellow Gothenburg b black ack metal band iconic In Flames will entomb the eardrums in a metal-meets- metal Continued on Page 11 c j st Continued from page 6 melodic harmony An anxious anxious anxious ious crowd awaits these Scandinavian strangers InFlames In InFlames InFlames Flames rarely tours the American circuit However Utah fans must have done something right at the recent show at Lo- Lo Lo-Fi Lo Fi Cafe because the group is headed back here no more than four months later Touring America with also is German- 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 represents the young-buck young genre of metal- metal core this year as well It Dies Today As I Lay Dying The Black Dahlia Murder and Engage Engage are are the r at this extravaganza Oh and Hell forbid I forget Battle for winner A Dozen Furies The sounds of these met- met alcore magicians carry sound up up further and beyond anything that you thought was fast hard and heavy And its it's all coming right at Utah in one solid loud sonic blast that is is Smith and 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 shaped bowl-shaped Usana Amphitheater in West Valley City will play host to the metal-making metal event that will go down in Utah history history histo histo- history ry as arguably one of the most satisfying and slaking date dater |