September 2022

20 Day 2. There was a chance of rain as the second day dawned, but it never happened. Clouds pro- vided a nice screen from the summer sun most of the day and the music went off without a hitch. Breaking Benjamin and Evanesence were the biggest name on the slate, and they offered up breath-taking performances. Falling In Reverse shook the crowd up, too. The award for the feistiest set goes to Spiritbox for an amazing show. There is a short drone video of part of Spiritbox’s set and if you haven’t seen it yet, look it up because it is extremely well done. You get to see the perspective of the crowd, and then the perspective of the band, and you also get to hover on stage for a while. Very cool. My favorite set from the day, predictably, was Black Label Society. There was a lot of buzz surrounding Zakk Wylde’s selection to join the Pantera celebration tour that is in the offing, and BLS is also out supporting their Doom Crew, Inc. album right now. Zakk and crew played an hour of unforgettable metal spiced with amaz- ing, nearly-impossible guitar playing and a row- dy round of chest beating at the end. It couldn’t have been better.