Ozzfest’s four hottest bands are playing an off-date show at the Agora Theater on Tuesday, August 13. The diverse bill brings together the kind of groups that wouldn’t have been caught dead together 10 years ago, and they’ll be raging for an audience ranging from kids in hoodies to longhaired metal lifers. The headliners are Pantera emulators Lamb of God and metalcore kings Hatebreed. C-notes scored last-minute interviews with the two opening bands, 3 Inches of Blood and Behemoth. On the new Fire Up the Blades LP, power-metal revivalists 3 Inches of Blood have distilled all the most devastating skill moves from the last 30 years of metal, combining high-pitched hellion vocals, twin guitar harmonies, and beat-you-silly drum-bashing. Guitarist Shane Clark weighed in on the enduring power of metal. Click “more” for the full interview.
This article appears in Aug 8-14, 2007.