Oh yeah, I forgot to add what would be
in the live report, duh!
Coverage of the obvious, including the labels, vendors, people, the BAR!!!, Irvington (NJ), parking, etc.
Live coverage of
Today Is The Day,
Darkane,
Withered Earth,
Beyond The Embrace,
Grave,
Sinner (kind of),
God Dethroned,
Exit To Eternity (very cool unsigned band),
Twilight Odyssey (another local unsigned band),
Deviant (another cool unsigned band who had flown all the way from Texas),
Tzefa,
Havochate w/ James Murphy,
Zandelle,
Impaler,
Nuclear Assault,
Dave Brockie Experience,
Goatwhore,
Blaze,
Carnal Forge,
Nile,
Overkill (including the soon-to-be-infamous plug-pulling incident),
The Accursed (an unsigned band from Massachusetts whom I predict big things for),
Vehemence,
Thundercore,
Bloodstorm,
Pyrexia,
Rotting Christ,
Behemoth, and
Amon fucking Amarth.
Also, as if that weren't enough, I got live-on-the-scene interviews with Jurgen from
Darkane, Marcuss from
Fatal Smile (a nice bunch of Swedes who also had flown over just for the festival), Henri Sattler from
God Dethroned, Oli from
All That Remains, and Nathan from
Vehemence. Whew! No wonder my voice is shot! Ahhh, all in the name of metal...