Mayhem Festival 2012! Lineup Reactions, Review, And Our Thoughts! Slipknot, Slayer, and more!

[IbanezLover12]

High On Fire is pretty good live. Whitechapel has some mean pits. As I Lay Dying is orgasmic live. I've seen them twice. Asking Alexandria has a pretty good Wall of Death. I've seen them 3 times. The Devil Wears Prada...well, just watch your back. I've seen them 3 times. Have yet to see Anthrax, Slayer, or Slipknot. Really excited though. Overall I think Mayhem has a pretty good lineup this year.

[VrontoHD]

Suprise band better be Born of Osiris

[MetalDallas]

Mayhem is fucking selling out, bring emos bands over ? Come on now , shit but its fucking slayer so I have no choice , n if I see any emos in the pit while slayers playing it will for sure be their last pit they'll be in, n that's wen mayhem comes to Dallas, so yall emos beware .

[joshbove13]

As I Lay Dying also went to warped tour too >.>

[MultiNatester]

What if the special guest is Maiden? Holy shit!

[USAirForceRecruit]

I hope its not Motorhead. I hope its five finger death punch or Korn!

[xSlayerMike]

Hatebreed and I'm going jest cuz of slayer slipknot. I could careless about AA and TDWP

[turquoiseguy]

btw, that's not actually true, there has never been one black metal band on Mayhem. Usually a fair share of death metal, but big US tours don't seem to pay any attention to the black metal or folk metal scene.

[turquoiseguy]

This is a pretty bad lineup. Not because of the shitty bands that don't belong like AA and TDWP, although that does contribute to it, but more so the lack of diversity. The lineup is virtually entirely Thrash Metal and Metalcore. As a fan of black metal and folk metal, I can understand that these genres are not fairly recognized on US metal festivals, but as a fan of death metal, I am shocked that there is not one death metal band. Hopefully this means Summer Slaughter will be better though.

[TheAzzurri1985]

@turquoiseguy So far, Summer Slaughter looks pretty damn awesome. Cannibal Corpse, BTBAM, The Faceless, Exhumed, Goatwhore, and Veil of Maya is what's announced so far, with JFAC heavily rumored. Could turn out to be the best SS so far.

And you're right, Behemoth (as a blackened death metal band) is the closest thing to black metal that Mayhem Fest has ever had. Wonder if it's that they won't play Mayhem, or that Mayhem doesn't invite them.

[turquoiseguy]

@TheAzzurri1985 Yes, Summer Slaughter is turning out to be amazing, I also heard Hate Eternal might be on it, which would be awesome! I will probably go to Mayhem for Whitechapel and Slayer, but Summer Slaughter I will definitely be looking forward to a ton more. It will be my first time seeing Cannibal Corpse also.

[oldsmobile8894]

sabbath!!!!!!



[PulseOfTonkpils]

that other guy doesnt know what hes talking about wehen it comes the genres

[xsrg16]

i hope its Lamb of God or Korn. Motorhead would be cool

[TDWPrulezd00d11]

im so stoked! AA doesnt needa be on here tho, but TDWP is going in the right direction into more fame. theyre playing with SlipKnoT, their dreams have now come true :)

[cmc47834]

Slayer and anthrax fuck everyone else

[xsrg16]

@cmc47834 no love for HIGH ON FIRE?

[KoRnownsyou]

what if the special guest is Charlie Sheen?

[Onamorata]

Sucks. I'd only go for High On Fucking Fire, Slipknot, and As I Lay Dying. Dammit. What a waste.

[MegaMrMetal666]

Fuck! I'm in jersey/york til 28 june.. I DONT WANNA MISS MAYHEM :'(

Korn btw.

[6Masked6man6]

I'm extremely happy with the line up, Slipknot in particular, but I would be happy for any of the possible "secret" bands, but I would like to see Korn the most.

[noonbay00]

I would say whitechapel is kind of death metal and who knows they might add more bands to the side stage or a 2nd one we just dont know yet.

[HardKore5250]

Yeah exactly where the fuck is Deicide, Mortician, Vader, Body Count lol?

[moviebuzzrocks]

Motorhead!!!