B: Deftones definitely had the second largest crowd of the day, as people lined up for where Metallica would play an hour later. However, the band’s built up a sizable following since they last shared the stage with Metallica, for 2003’s ‘Summer Sanitarium’ tour. Hearing the crowd, which was probably 20,000 strong, sing along to “Change (In the House of Flies)” was a goosebump-inducing moment. However, as Kodi noted, the sound could have been better.
K: Deftones sounded great. Too bad they were on adjacent to Rocket from the Crypt, who played the role of spoiler for everyone.
B: The feel good story of the festival, and maybe the year in music, was Death. And no, not the Chuck Schuldiner-led band. The all-black band was one of the first punk bands ever, forming in 1971. Due to their sound and probably their band name, they’d essentially been forgotten about until 2009, but have a film coming out about them, as well as a new album coming soon. Like The Dirtbombs and Battlecross, the band hail from Detroit, so just like last year’s Fest, Orion has seen fit to throw in some local talent.
K: Death is amazingly influential, but they sounded a little stiff. The Dirtbombs, however, are basically what Death has always had the potential to sound like. Fine with Death, all about Dirtbombs.
