5 day festival

[Indestructible]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

1) By those sales figures as logic, most pop artists these days are "obscure". According to sales records, only 3 albums in the entire world went platinum in America last year. 50,000 copies of an album for a metal band who isn't "mainstream" is pretty damn solid.

2) Avantasia headlined festivals worldwide in 2008 and 2010, including selling out many smaller shows worldwide. They are definitely relatively obscure in America, but in the picture of the Metal Community worldwide, they are most certainly not. They're headlining Wacken next year, as they did in 2008.

Guess things are different in Buffalo.
Alot of metal bands like Avantasia and Nevermore are well known in places like Europe so I'm no surprised Avantasia is headlining Wacken.

[Maiden33]

Originally Posted by Indestructible

Guess things are different in Buffalo.
Alot of metal bands like Avantasia and Nevermore are well known in places like Europe so I'm no surprised Avantasia is headlining Wacken.

Different in Buffalo compared to where? Europe? Well, obviously.

[Indestructible]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

Different in Buffalo compared to where? Europe? Well, obviously.

From what you and a few others say on here it seems like Avantasia and Nevermore are a little more well known in other places in the U.S.

[Maiden33]

Originally Posted by Indestructible

From what you and a few others say on here it seems like Avantasia and Nevermore are a little more well known in other places in the U.S.

Well, I mean they're not exactly "hip" or really popular, but in the scope of what is out there, I wouldn't really consider either of them to be THAT truly obscure. Most of my metal friends listen to them, or at the very least know who they are. Sure, Avantasia are a fraction of as popular here as they are in most other places, and it's hard to get an exact feeling for how popular they are here, since they don't tour. But that being said, I'm pretty much confident that if there was a dozen or 15-city Avantasia US tour, playing ~1,000-capacity venues, the shows would be full. And yes, I realize that in the grand scheme of MUSIC, that is still obscure, but in the grand scheme of metal, I wouldn't consider it that way, considering the large number of bands I listen to that wouldn't draw 70 people in most cities.

[Natrlhi]

Originally Posted by ravenheart

Didn't fancy making it at least vaguely realistic, then?

I think the very premise was doomed to ridiculosity from the start.

[goregutsbleed]

totlaly strayed off from critizing my list this is funny

[x-voltage]

6 bands per day. I tried to group them by style or genre of metal.

Wednesday
Aftershock
Bury Your Dead
God Forbid
As I Lay Dying
All That Remains
Killswitch Engage

Thursday
Shadows Fall
Five Finger Death Punch
Chimaira
Hatebreed
Trivium
Lamb of God

Friday
Black Label Society
Stone Sour
Fear factory
Iced Earth
Alice In Chains
Machine Head

Saturday
Avenged Sevenfold
Godsmack
Korn
Disturbed
Rob Zombie
Slipknot

Sunday
Sepultura
Testament
Anthrax
Slayer
Megadeth
Metallica

[HandOfDoom]

I think 5 days is a little excessive for myself, so I'm only doing 3. Headliners at Top.

Dream "3 Day Doom Fest"

Day 1
The Melvins
Neurosis
Crowbar
EyeHategod
Down
High on Fire
Mastodon
Baroness
Kylesa

Day 2
Sleep
Orange Goblin
Electric Wizard
Acid King
Om
The Sword
Yob
Bongzilla
Acid Witch

Day 3
Black Sabbath
Pentagram
Saint Vitus
Candlemass
Goatsnake
Karma To Burn
Boris
Earthless