It's a shame to see all the bickering that goes on at times on some of these forums/threads and even some magazines. Of course it gets really kicked into gear when the bands are announced each year for the show! Of course everyone is intitled to his/her opinion, but thats all it really is--just an opinion! No one is right and no one is wrong! I have been a fan of hard rock/heavy metal for about 30 years now and I guess I have to much respect for the music that I love so much to decide if someone is right or wrong about their 'opinion'. 
We are all devoted metal fans here and in a society that does not accept are music all that well we all need to stick together. If you want to 'piss' on a brand of music--lets all 'piss' on the overated pop scene and crap (i mean rap) and hip-hop scene. I personally don't care for death or black metal--but it's still metal and I try to give it the respect that it deserves! I just thank the Lord that we have people like Glenn and even the people at BWBK who can bring us all together once a year as a 'Metal' community and listen to and celebrate together the music that we all love!!! Like some people have said--it is hard to describe to a normal 'Joe' what we all experience every year at these shows--it's almost God like and the feelings I have are just amazing--every one is so cool and friendly and we are all there for one reason---HEAVY FUCKING METAL--- it doesn't matter if it's Prog--Power--heavy--hard--whatever you want to call it--we are all there to celebrate METAL!! So, lets all chill a bit and take a deep breath and remember--we are the luckiest fans in the world (IMO) and lets get ready for PPV or any othe festival this year!!!! (side note: Sorry for the rant I usually try not to say much--but after last year and now this years comments-- I had to speak my peace--and remember, it's just my opinion!!) METAL-ON
We are all devoted metal fans here and in a society that does not accept are music all that well we all need to stick together. If you want to 'piss' on a brand of music--lets all 'piss' on the overated pop scene and crap (i mean rap) and hip-hop scene. I personally don't care for death or black metal--but it's still metal and I try to give it the respect that it deserves! I just thank the Lord that we have people like Glenn and even the people at BWBK who can bring us all together once a year as a 'Metal' community and listen to and celebrate together the music that we all love!!! Like some people have said--it is hard to describe to a normal 'Joe' what we all experience every year at these shows--it's almost God like and the feelings I have are just amazing--every one is so cool and friendly and we are all there for one reason---HEAVY FUCKING METAL--- it doesn't matter if it's Prog--Power--heavy--hard--whatever you want to call it--we are all there to celebrate METAL!! So, lets all chill a bit and take a deep breath and remember--we are the luckiest fans in the world (IMO) and lets get ready for PPV or any othe festival this year!!!! (side note: Sorry for the rant I usually try not to say much--but after last year and now this years comments-- I had to speak my peace--and remember, it's just my opinion!!) METAL-ON
