The stacked invoice works like this: Reside Assist fashion, a rotating stage, quick units with about 5 minutes between them. Some are full bands, some are supergroups of legends. Everybody does a Sabbath or Ozzy cowl. Hunky Hollywood beefcake and metallic maniac Jason Momoa acts as compere for many of it, interspersed with humorous Ozzy clips and messages from absent mates like Judas Priest, Korn, Def Leppard and ELTON FUCKING JOHN, in addition to a very emotional, sensible message from Kathy Rhoads, sister of late, legendary Ozzy axeman Randy.
All of it occurs so quick and relentlessly that, even with no-shows from Jonathan Davis, Freddy D annd Wolfgang Van Halen, there’s no time for meals, drink, a piss, something aside from watching the best present on Earth speeding at you at lightspeed.
At simply gone 1pm, the day’s first heroes seem. After tearing by Black Tongue and Blood And Thunder – cursed by a large number of sound coming by the PA – Mastodon’s Brann Dailor takes on the job of not simply drumming the jazzy rhythms of Sabbath’s Supernaut, however singing it as properly. The Atlanta heavies, decked out in Sabbath shirts, have been all the time going to be a positive factor right now – however on kind like this, they set the bar impossibly excessive on the first throw.
Rival Sons observe, with singer Jay Buchanan wanting like end-of-days Jim Morrison, however delivering a near-perfect model of Electrical Funeral. Ten minutes later, Anthrax – clad in Sabbath Bloody Anthax shirts – to tear by Indians, and a note-perfect model of Into The Void. Then Halestorm seem, wanting like The Midlands’ most excited individuals, with Lzzy Hale in tasseled jacket and sporting no finish of crucifixes, to do Ozzy banger Perry Mason. After that, Lamb Of God arrive, do an unbelievable model of Redneck, put their very own spin of Kids Of The Grave, and Randy Blythe chucks his smeggy trainers into the group.
This all occurs with change to spare from an hour. It’s that quick. Then it’s time for the primary of the day’s a lot talked-about supergroups curated by Tom Morello. Lzzy Hale joins Religion No Extra/Ozzy drummer Mike Bordin, Excessive/Rihanna guitar whiz Nuno Bettencourt, ex-Megadeth bassist Davis Ellefson, keyboardist Adam Wakemen and one-time Ozzy axeman Jake E Lee for The Final Sin, earlier than Disturbed’s David Draiman takes on Candy Leaf and Shot In The Darkish. He’s the day’s solely weak hyperlink, unconvincing in his supply. Significantly better is Ugly Child Joe’s Whitfield Crane, backed by Sleep Token drummer II. Weirdly, although, it’s YUNGBLUD who steals the phase, with a genuinely touching rendition of weepy Vol. 4 ballad Modifications. He’s fucking sensible, understanding each the project, and easy methods to get a stadium full of individuals in your facet.