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OzzFest arrives, plus some Ozz-bands headline their own shows
BY CARLY CARIOLI
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Now that Metallica have proved they can rock old-school thrash with former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Robert Trujillo, it’s time to see what Ozzy himself can do with recent hire, and former Metallica bassist, Jason Newsted — who’s also pulling double duty on the main stage with vintage prog-metal aces Voivod — at this year’s OzzFest. Your first look at metal’s summer carnival comes Saturday at Meadows Music (203-265-1501) in Hartford; then the tour moves on to the Tweeter Center (617-931-2000) in Mansfield next Thursday and Friday, August 14 and 15. Korn, Marilyn Manson, Disturbed, and a host of others are along for the ride. Viewers of The Osbournes will already be familiar with Ozzy’s preference (not always heeded by his manager/wife) for having a day or two off between gigs, and many of OzzFest’s bands are using the time to headline their own shows. Manson teams up with Disturbed, Chevelle, and Echo 7 at the Cumberland County Civic Center (207-775-3458) in Portland next Saturday, August 16. Second-stagers Shadows Fall and Sworn Enemy hit Higher Ground (802-654-8888) in Winooski, Vermont, on Wednesday. And Korn are at the Augusta Civic Center (207-626-2400) in Maine on Friday. On a related note: Jonathan Davis’s little brother’s band Adema are on a bill with former OzzFester Rob Zombie’s little brother’s band, Powerman 5000, at the Palladium (800-477-6849) in Worcester on Saturday. Hardcore metalheads will tell you that the real action at OzzFest is on the second stage (see Sean Richardson’s interview with headliners Cradle of Filth in "Next Weekend"). But for the ranks of the underground metal tribes who were unable to pony up for OzzFest tix, the Palladium has its own next-wave weekend on tap. Buffalo’s incendiary Every Time I Die leaven their convulsive, Converge-y, post-thrash proselytizing with handclaps and respites of emo-metal melody on their new Hot Damn! (Ferret Music). The new video for their "Ebolarama" ("This is a rock-and-roll takeover!") makes for one of the year’s funniest metal moments, as a gaggle of headbangers on skates hit the roller rink for the world’s shakiest circle pit, not to mention a buck-wild tribute to the Soul Train line dance. ETID are at the Palladium on Friday. And on Sunday at the Palladium, Relapse Records sends in its extreme team — apocalyptic abstractionists Soilent Green and Burnt by the Sun — along with Metal Blade neo-death-metal stars the Black Dahlia Murder. Elsewhere, former Hüsker Dü and Sugar leader Bob Mould continues his dual explorations of electronic music and singer-songwriterdom. He’ll be doing solo gigs on Friday at the Paradise (617-423-NEXT) in Boston; on Saturday at the Iron Horse (413-584-0610) in Northampton; on Sunday at Higher Ground; and on Monday at the Space (207-828-5600) in Portland.
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