Metallica brings you THE ORION FESTIVAL

What the:

The rumored two-day NJ Metallica festival is true, and it's happening on June 23 & 24, 2012 in Atlantic City, NJ. 22+ artists (music and comedy) will play with Metallica headlining both nights with special setlists. Metallica will play the Black Album in its entirety on one of the nights for the first time ever on US soil.

Other bands are:

Arctic Monkeys • Avenged Sevenfold
Modest Mouse • The Gaslight Anthem
Cage The Elephant • Fucked Up • Best Coast
Hot Snakes • Titus Andronicus
Gary Clark Jr. • Lucero • Roky Erickson
The Black Angels • The Sword
A Place to Bury Strangers • Liturgy
+ more TBA

There will be a MET Club Ticket Presale on Feb 8 at 10am with a special MET Club presale price of $125 for two days. Public sale begins Fe11 at 10am. Early bird tickets will be $150 for two days, or $175 if you wait to buy them.

"More than just music, the festival will also feature a lifestyle element showcasing the band's individual interests - and allowing fans to interact directly with each of the band members. More details soon!"

...no Lou Reed?

I've never seen Ned so excited over a festival line-up before

oh how my heart has yearned to see Avenged Sevenfold in Atlantic City

Not enough METAAAAAL

Too much ica

RIMSHOT

a lifestyle element showcasing the band's individual interests

Pictured: The Lars Ulrich lifestyle showcase

http://tooheavytoskydive.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/moneybin.jpg

no, Lars was hitting his snare the normal way, it was just tuned so high it sounded like a rimshot (xpost)

the festival will also feature a lifestyle element showcasing the band's individual interests - and allowing fans to interact directly with each of the band members

something something Kirk Hammett something something glory hole

It should have been like that Super Kiss tour from 1979 where they were planning three day events at each stop or something. Circuses and grottoes and...

http://pitchfork.com/news/44444-echo-chamber-best-coast-on-loutallica/

she was right

I count at least six bands I'd love to see, Liturgy in particular is a nice addition. I continue to be astounded to see that Avenged Sevenfold is still a thing.

one of the (several) songs they have all over hard rock radio the last couple years sounds like a horrific attempt at recreating metallica power ballads circa "nothing else matters"

hot snakes!

every kind of overdriven amp it's possible to hear in one day!!

Yeah thats about the time they went to complete shit. I'll actually sort of defend City of Evil as a not completely awful metalcore album before they decided they wanted to go all Use Your Illusion.

(xpost)

would watch a bunch of these bands tbh - Black Angels, Roky, Liturgy, etc.

one of the (several) songs they have all over hard rock radio the last couple years sounds like a horrific attempt at recreating metallica power ballads circa "nothing else matters"

ha, that must be the one i heard at the gym the other night.

Gathering of the Metallicos

I saw on Twitter that someone wasted the 'Brochella' joke on this. Think it should've been saved for the inevitable Scrillex fest.

lol @ me not knowing how to properly spell Skrillex

is Roky still playing with that wimpy band?

According to the suit, Vlad received a text message from Ross on the afternoon of the Ozone Awards that read, "N----- will learn ... trillaaaa Skrilleeeex."

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/CLIFF%20BURTON%20FINGER.jpg

it's a good thing that guy isn't in the band anymore, i hear Lars has his eye on the Super Bowl

Hot Snakes? They must be playing other shows too, right?

http://pitchfork.com/news/44444-echo-chamber-best-coast-on-loutallica/

― some dude

XD

best coast? certainly not best TASTE (in music) amirite?

metallica collaborated with lou reed

she collaborated with the wavves guy

Gathering of the Metallicos

lol

i hope metallica collaborates w/ snacks

hey what do you know, markers hoping for snacks

they are actually in the studio right now with TuNeee-YarDzz. and paul simon. and lana del ray.

I keep reading this as "ONION FESTIVAL".

http://twitter.com/#!/bestycoastyy/status/167009122225618944

ha!

Read that as 'mine and boobs favorite' and was bemused.

why does anyone care about metallica corp anymore?

man Metallica playing The Black Album in its entirety in 2012 is about as exciting as Def Leppard playing Slang live start to finish

lololol

I saw metallica in 96 at the barrowlands and they played 2 songs off load and 7 or 8 off the black album. So chances are this gig is metallica playing 1 song they don't usually.

like the thing is, Black Album songs have typically translated poorly to a live setting because they're so slick and overproduced on disc, which is really the only reason they work.

"Enter sandman" is still kinda fun live, "Sad But True" gets almost unlistenable due to Lars' inexplicably adding an extra beat in the chorus which kills the momentum...I mean who in their right mind is going "OH SHIT I'M GONNA HEAR MY FRIEND OF MISERY LIVE???!!!"

not even markers cuz he wouldnt actually go

idk that I'd even wanna hear Master live at this stage, w/ James' vocals being what they are now, though admittedly when I saw them in 1999 they did do a killer version of "Blackened"...

they suck really bad. i feel bad for roky.

skot what year did metallica split in your mind?

black album was the end of the road for me. i bought it, but i wasn't happy about it. even before that, i hated how and justice for all sounded. and it was too long. garage days EP is the last thing i absolutely loved by the band.

actually i bought load too. played it once. sold it years later on ebay for a handsome profit.

the vinyl obviously. nobody wants your load cd.

Load and Re-Load has the strangest guitar production, so unappealing and bland

xpost lol was gonna say

i didn't mind Load, it just felt like a side-project album. Re-Load was the end point, that was really bad. Except it did get even worse after that.
I didn't get into metallica til 91 but it was when a friend loaned me ride the lightning and master of puppets. i bought the black album but didn't like it anywhere near as much as those 2. Sad but True was easily the best thing on it but i do still dig enter sandman.

very tempted to go to this actually...

you could chaperone markers. Make sure he stays close to snacks stalls

Clearly Metallica's problem is that they need MORE collaboration... This would be great if Metallica played with everyone on the bill: Arctic Monkeys & Metallica, Best Coast & Metallica, Black Angels & Metallica, Roky & Metallica, etc. The penultimate step would be to pull people out of the audience for karaoke.

idk that I'd even wanna hear Master live at this stage, w/ James' vocals being what they are now, though admittedly when I saw them in 1999 they did do a killer version of "Blackened"...

saw them last year and james' vocals were fine

The penultimate step would be to pull people out of the audience for karaoke.

judging by some of their 90s MTV specials, they've already done this!

xpost c'mon man James' vox are nothing even close to what they used to be, and unworthy of singing thrash metal at this point in time.

I cannot see me paying that much to see this but I am intrigued because I live so close and it's an interesting mix of bands plus 'Lightning' is my favorite Metallica album (and I don't think they EVER played 'Escape' live) although if anyone knows any magazine or website who wants a retired writing guy to pull a Brett Favre and throw interceptions for the Jets and get a purple hand for the Vikings unretire, I would promise a well-written review and zero expenses passed onto the publication in exchange for getting me in. I would actually lose a lot of money to take off work for the two days but money isn't everything...

The penultimate step would be to pull people out of the audience for karaoke drumming.

black album was the end of the road for me. i bought it, but i wasn't happy about it. even before that, i hated how and justice for all sounded. and it was too long. garage days EP is the last thing i absolutely loved by the band.

― scott seward, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 4:20 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cosign, except i didn't buy the black album. just gave it withering look from over by the shriekback section.

Fucked Up • Hot Snakes • Titus Andronicus • Roky Erickson • Liturgy

would happily pay, i dunno, like 25 bucks to see this lineup

yeah i dont get all the ppl who wouldnt go to this

pretty sure the price has something to do with it. not that it's not a good deal considering all the bands involved, but still a lot to drop in one sitting.

(then again, I paid like $60 to watch two over the hill rappers go ham for 2.5 hours, so take that with a grain of salt.)

one of the best things i've ever seen on TV......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xcub7YxI98

*standing ovation* at 1:29

xpost c'mon man James' vox are nothing even close to what they used to be, and unworthy of singing thrash metal at this point in time.

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ty

kind of wish metallica liked some rap music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqM3Z3rWlAI

MORE THAN THIS
NEVERMORE YOUR WHIPPING BOY
YEAH, WE DID IT

still disappointed that Ruletallica didn't do a double album together too

Metallica, in conjunction with their friends C3 Presents, are pleased to announce the lineup for the 2013 Orion Music + More Festival, to be held at Belle Isle in Detroit, MI on June 8 and 9.

Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rise Against
Deftones
Bassnectar
Dropkick Murphys
Gogol Bordello
FLAG
Silversun Pickups
Foals
Tomahawk
Destroid
The Joy Formidable
Datsik
Borgore
Japandroids
Dillon Francis
Adventure Club
12th Planet
Death Grips
The Dillinger Escape Plan
DirtyPhonics
The Dirtbombs
DEATH
Fu Manchu
The Bronx
FIDLAR
The Orwells
BATTLECROSS
All Shall Perish

http://www.orionmusicandmore.com

please score a Metallica interview and ask them to elaborate at length about their favorite Silversun Pickups tunes

I blame Lars

http://brianoneill.us/Death.JPG

I think maybe someone booked in that 70s black protopunk band of 60-something-year-olds called Death (who are originally from Detroit) that we allow to co-exist (since there is no eartly way they could ever be mistaken for our DEATH). Both bands own US trademarks on aspects of the name...so there has been no conflict. But this is DUMB with a capital D. Please write to complain about the confusion. THANKS. ERIC GREIF

Man I'm a big fan of both Deaths, but that is nagl.

why mention that the band are black? As I said to Adrien on twitter