I was there. A lot of disappointed people as Down did not perform. Phil Anselmo has a throat infection or some such thing. Megadeth kicked ass, a very good set. Dave is not hurting from his wrist injuries from years ago, excellent stuff from him. I heard Mechanix (Four Horsemen from Metallica) for the first time ever live, they also played some stuff from their new album (Sleepwalker, Washington is Next) as well as the old standbys like Peace Sells, Holy Wars and Hangar 18.
Sabbath was decent. I'm not as familiar with their Dio stuff unfortunately, but they played all the good ones from that era. Heaven and Hell, The Mob Rules, Neon Knights. You can see why Iommi's riffs are the most copied in metal, he is the originator, the master and still has it well into his 50s. Geezer Butler's bass was intense, I was in the lower bowl on the metal part of the stands and you could feel the seats moving. Dio will be social security age this year (65!!!!) and can still belt it out pretty well. Vinny Appice is still a good drummer after all these years, too. They played none of the older Sabbath tunes (I didn't think they would) and I was left wanting a little more. Heck , even something like Holy Diver would have been cool.
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