KORN, ROB ZOMBIE, HATEBREED TO CAUSE A LITTLE SUMMER MAYHEM?
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
I really like the Rockstar Mayhem Festival – it’s like someone went to Ozzfest and figured out a way to make it way better. Having two side-by-side second stages was a stroke of genius; there’s no downtime in-between bands, because one act can set up while another plays. The mainstage has been solid, too, although there’s always one co-headliner that’s totally missable – in other words, Disturbed and Marilyn Manson played those slots. But so have Slayer, Mastodon, and a bunch of other great bands, so there’s that.
Well, our pals at Metal Insider are reporting a few rumors as to whom might be on this year’s fest, and it looks as though the skipable band this year may very well be Korn.
MI also says that Rob Zombie and Hatebreed may or may not also be on the tour. And while I haven’t exactly been in love with the last few albums by those artists, they both put on a good live show – Hatebreed, especially, I think are best enjoyed in a live setting – so I wouldn’t exactly rush to beat traffic if those bands play. But Korn… yeah, I’ve actually seen Korn live, and, um, thanks but no thanks.
It’s worth noting that Shadows Fall were also campaigning for a spot, even going so far as to offer fans who helped petition for them to get on the tour free tickets (which I thought was pretty cool, although I know some other writers here disagree). I have no idea if that gambit worked or not, or, for that matter, if the Shads would play the mainstage or the second stage; I’d almost rather see them on the second stage, just ’cause fuck watching Shadows Fall from a seat, but whatever.
So what do y’all think of the line-up that may or may not be taking shape? What other bands would you like to see do this tour in an ideal world? Personally, I’m really hoping Five Finger Death Punch play again, so that there’s a built-in nap break in the show.
-AR
I agree Korn Nowdays sucks, their time was during the Life is Peachy era
Fuck this lineup. Rob Zombie is fun live, but after Slipknot and Slayer headline the previous two years, we get Korn and Rob Zombie?? Hatebreed? Shadows Fall? FFDP??
Looks like I’ll be purchasing the $10 bargain lawn seats and spending all day in the parking lot getting shitfaced, go inside for a powernap, then leave.
Agreed! It seems like they always start a festival with cool band and then it slowly gets crappier. Last years was great; Behemoth, Black Dahlia, Cannibal Corpse.
BTW- The Faceless show last night was F’n amazing!!!!!
Sounds like shit to be honest.
DNW
Mayhem 3: Mediocre Rev0lution starring Corn!
Win.
all three of these bands are excuses to check out the merch tables or grab a smoke as far as I’m concerned. mayhem fest has always had largely shitty lineups as far as I’m concerned.
dammit, where’s the delete/edit; definitely didn’t mean to use “as far as I’m concerned” twice in two sentences.
Now it’s three-in-three lol.
Every band in the tags is poopy and so is Mayhem if this is seriously the line-up.
Eh it has potetial to be good, the jager and hot topic stages are always way better than the main stage
If you look at the main stage possibly being Korn, Zombie, 5FDP, LofG (the only good, actual metal band) and maybe hatebreed there or headlining a side stage, do you think alot of good bands are going to line up to be out on this thing?
Am I the only one who REALLY misses Sounds of the Underground? Aside from a shitty third year, that tour was tits.
They need to bring it the fuck back!
The greatest pit I have ever seen was at Sounds of The Underground. That show was killer.
SOTU was only festival worth having, Ozzfest is a joke and Rockstar Mayhem is just an excuse to get dehydrated as hell while only seeing two good bands out of 14 on the bill.
I thought we still werent mentioning FFDP?
Oh no, they will always be mentioned as long as Axl continues wanting to be their butt maiden.
Winds Of Plague, CKY, and The Joe Perry Project.
Yes! haha I agree 100% with you!
Maybe throw in some Suicide Silence? lol
Also, they need Sinisstar….lol
Any chance we could get motograter and twisted method on this shit?
Let’s not forget Oceano.
Yeah, this line up blows. I saw Korn ONCE and it was only because Helmet was opening (which still boggles my mind)…as soon as those blow up dolls descended from the rafters, I was out of there like the place was on fire.
I have an idea. How the Mayhem fest actually comes to the state of NEW YORK. Ya know one of the most populated states in the union? Anyone ever heard of it? what a fucking joke. Last years lineup was great and the closest show was in fucking Camden NJ. In other news….I think Hatebreed would be an obvious choice for next years festival. Tons of fans, great live band etc. If Korn headlines I will be leaving well before then. Unless they play their entire first album and nothing else then I might consider staying. Other bands who should be on the bill…..Born Of Osiris, Lamb Of God co-headline slot, As I Lay Dying ( great way to promote their new album next year), ALL SHALL PERISH, Parkway Drive, Volbeat among others. I appreciate Axl’s sarcasm about 5FDP. I was actually hoping two years ago their bus crashed and they wouldnt be able to make it to the Long Island show.
If this was the lineup I’d avoid this shit like the plauge. Oh wait, I’ll be avoiding this shit like the plague regardless.
Korn and Hatebreed? Really? Guess I’ll be skipping next years tour. Manson’s addition
last year was fucking bad enough. For shit’s and giggles, here’s what I think would be
a dream lineup for this tour…
Mainstage:
LoG – Headlining
Meshuggah
Chimaira
Dethklok
2nd stage:
Gojira
Cannibal Corpse
The Red Chord
Kylesa
Misery Signals
Jager Stage:
All Shall Perish (great idea geekbeater)
Enslaved
Nachtmystium
Car Bomb
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Dying Fetus
This lineup wouldn’t be half bad. They should take your advice.
couldn’t have come up with better myself
Other than Misery Signals, and Car Bomb (seriously?) that would be a cool lineup.. And Pig Destroyer rather than Agoraphobic..
Does anyone know why it’s called the Hot Topic stage?
Because Hot Topic sponsor the stage
I don’t like the Jager stage that much, but the 2nd stage is cool from The Red Chord up and I absolutely fricken love the mainstage.
For an underground metal festival, this could work but that’s about it. If you want to sell tickets for a BIG summer festival your choices are weak. Other than LOG, NONE! of these bands cut it for the main stage. No way. This is about putting asses in the seats, and you know what bands do that? Mainstream bands. A reunited Korn? Yes. Rob Zombie? Yes. As much you hate it, 5FDP? Yes! Chimaira? No Meshugga? No. It’s the way of life my friend, you get it or you’ll be flipping burgers at McDonalds for the rest of your life. The Mayhem Fest organizers obviously get it.
Meshuggah > Lamb of God
Otherwise, great lineup suggestion. That would be superb.
Wow. WOW. FUCKING WOW.
Didn’t even take 3 years for this festival to go down the drain. Fucking so sad.
With all the great albums that have come out recently it really shouldn’t be hard to stack great bands
WTF… is this Ozzfest 2002? I’m having flashbacks.
And John 5 needs to quit wasting his extensive talent with Rob Zombie and release more solo stuff. Dude can fucking shred. I guess he needs to pay the bills, though.
I still don’t understand how you guys like Slipknot and yet hate Korn and Disturbed. But you also like HIM and IWABO, so I guess that goes some way to explaining things.
Slipknot might dress like clowns, but at least they don’t sound like retarded monkeys (see: Disturbed).
+1
I’m with you my friend, way to much Haterade being passed about on bands that really arent that bad.
Mushroomhead on their myspace were getting people to get them in aswell.
they were supposed to be on Mayhem 09 but they dropped of after a couple dates
I’m a huge fan of Korn, so i’m biased here, but even if you aren’t a fan of Korn, they’re a really good live band. Even if you don’t think they are like Axl, we can at least all agree they are better live than Marilyn Manson.
But yeah, i’ll be there if it hits Toronto, which it didn’t last summer.
Out of curiosity Axl, what era(s) did you see Korn live?
Count me in for All Shall Perish.
I would love to see Every Time I Die on the second stage too.
Am I the only one that cringes every time Rob Zombie shows up on a festival lineup? The dude still garners very high billing/ headline type position on tours, but has been irrelevant for like 10 years (when “Hellbilly Deluxe” was released). His stuff isn’t heavy enough please real metal heads, not interesting enough to be considered good hard rock. I know there are some people that still get excited to hear a half dozen or so of their favorite White Zombie songs (a band who I always thought was wildly overrated) and relive their glory days, but are their really any Rob Zombie “FANS” out there? Like someone who is into, or has even HEARD one of his last 3 albums (yes, I just checked on wiki..he has somehow released 3 full albums since “Hellbilly”)? Giving Rob Zombie a spot is a huge waste; a great band in their prime could take the spot. Instead RZ and his tired 1990’s act will just bring in a bunch of people that don’t know shit about quality heavy music. :/
A man after my own heart. I fucking despise RZ (music, movies, et al). And yes, White Zombie was never very good…even La Sexorcisto.
do people ACTUALLY want to see these shitty bands? like, seriously? i can’t get over that.
Arrive early, leave early.
Korn were the shit and their music has changed for the worse of late, but lets not deny that many of the readers in here, myself included cut their teeth on Nu Metal (though not many of them would have the courage of conviction to admit it), sure it was the Metal equivalent of the spice girls but I still love it listen to a song like “Reclaim my place”. It’s heavy as fuck, grooves and is produced well. I am putting my hand up now and saying yes, I still like Korn. So poo to you.
main stage:
mastadon
torche
kylesa
zoroaster
baroness
second stage:
everybody NOT from ATL.
Not all those bands are from ATL. Not sure if you were saying that, or not.
all georgia anyhow..
just joking…savannah=kylesa, etc.
This lineup SUCKS balls…. I like seeing Hatebreed…. Zombie is fun, but not for this type of tour. Korn can go fuck themselves.
I don’t like Shadows Fall, personally, but I’m sure their fans would love this type of lineup so hopefully it works out for them.
I hope that Lyman adds some cool bands on this so it’s worth me going to — otherwise, I’m stoked for Ozzfest to return!
You guys can complain about Korn all you want, but they put on a hell of a show. They killed it at the Download Festival.
wow this sounds like its gonna blow
main stage:
Lamb of God
Mudvayne
Deftones
Shadows Fall
side stage:
Nile
Everytime I Die
Devildriver
Children of Bodom
Thy Will Be Done
Unearth
other side stage:
Darkest Hour
Converge
Goatwhore
The Red Chord
Why would you ever have Converge not headline any stage they’re on? They’re the perfect closer and generally blow everyone out of the water…
I think I’m one of the few people who actually likes this line-up lol. I do agree that Zombie doesn’t really fit in though. I would love for Lamb of God to be on the bill though, their my favorite band, and if RMF goes back to Camden again I’ll be there. I went to the last one, but missed the first annual one, wasn’t into metal as much as I am now, only liked 2 mainstage bands at the time… I like them all now… I really hate that I missed that concert. Sigh.
I lol’d @ Motograter trying to rally what fans they had/have left to get them on Mayhem. The sad thing is, it’s probably gonna happen.
Korn/Rob Zombie co-headline would be weak as hell. Hatebreed is pretty lame too, haven’t made a good album since Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire. Damn… well just one more thing not to spend money on.
Rob Zombie is MEH, but Korn is good, imo.
Ive never been to this festival and probably never will. Everyone says its better than Ozzfest but the last 2 Ozzfests I went to had Judas Preist Iron Maiden Lamb of God In Flames Shadows Fall Arch Enemy Unearth The Haunted Soilwork and Dimmu Borgir in their lineups Mayhem seems like it takes thw worst bands from the Ozzfests and has them headline it.
If this is the main stage this year I’ll buy a cheap lawn ticket and leave after the two side stages finish.
I saw the tour last year and I honestly enjoyed Manson. It was an all-around awesome day. But you’re right, other than Hatebreed and maybe Rob Zombie I’m not too psyched about the potential line-up here. I guess Shadows Fall would be alright if they were on one of the side stages…and Korn just sucks. They’re only good album was they’re dubut. Bands I’d like to see this year include Megadeth, Amon Amarth, The Faceless, Immortal, Revocation, because they have all recently put out new albums. But there’s still awhile until the official line-up is due so I’m content to play the waiting game until then.
correction
they’re is short for they are….
their is the correct term you are searching for
KoRn may suck but alteasl they can spell….. oh wait
Main Stage:
Lamb of God
Mastodon
Hatebreed
Chimaira
Side Stages:
Gojira
Cataract
Insomnium
Anterior
Unearth
Machinemade God
War of Ages
Shadows Fall
Born of Osiris
Throwdown
Evergreen Terrace
Don’t hate me !
If this is true, it will be called GAYHEM!!!!!
lulz. i see what you did there.
maybe it’s just cuz i was never a korn fan, but it doesn’t seem to me that the old stuff is different than the new stuff, so the people who type ‘korn isn’t like they used to be’ should rephrase ‘i just don’t like korn like i did when i was in high school’
and yeah, ‘mayhem’ tour, right…
Bands that would make a kick ass festival:
Main Stage
Mayhem
Amon Amarth
Gojira
Nile
Napalm Death
Other stages:
Between the Buried and Me
Children of Bodom
Goatwhore
Skeltonwitch
Meshuggah
The Red Chord
Satyricon
Carpathian Forest
Anyone who wouldnt like that should be killed.
I’m not a huge fan of any of them but last year the headliners sucked (exception: Slayer) but the bands on the side stages were fucking amazing…
Only two decent bands have played at Mayhem this year; only one of them was metal. Manson can put on a show, but his voice is busted practically beyond repair, and Slayer is just classic. I only went to the festival because I got in for free and wanted to see Marilyn Manson and Slayer. I’m glad I went as late as I did because I could have only imagined all the manchildren I would have had to wade through in order to find a place to sit. Seriously man, all the metalheads I have known have shit taste, even in metal. I think this can be backed up by the line ups they have at festivals like Mayhem, metal magazines, and even metalsucks. I know someone’s going to ask what sort of bands I listen to that are so much better than what metalfags like, so I will list: 1349, Negura Bunget, The Angelic Process, Jesu, Dissection, Taake, Kylesa, Giant Squid, Baroness, Silent Stream of Godless Elegy, Godflesh, Celtic Frost, Satyricon, Witch, Megadeth, and Black Sabbath to name a few.
KoRn is my favorite band, 5fdp is my second, and I love Hatebreed, and Rob Zombie would deffinately be awesome to see. I saw KoRn last year and it was an epic show. The only thing that would add to this excitement is if System Of A Down re-united and joined in as a headliner then Hatebreed goes to another stage. I missed both other mayhem fests but I sure as hell am not missing this one if this happens. Damn now I have my fingers crossed about SOAD re-uniting for this tour lol.
Alright now people that this is so much deep within my mind now, what would you say if SOAD DID join this line-up?
i never commented before but i just had to now. good site.