this is the worst thing i've ever heard

Independent label powerhouses Ferret Music, Prosthetic Records, Trustkill Records and Metal Blade Records, along with sponsors Music Choice, Revolver, PureVolume.com and Hot Topic have joined together with 18 of the hottest bands in the metal and hardcore scenes to present the Sounds of the Underground Tour 2005. The tour is scheduled to run June 25 through the end of July. The Sounds of the Underground will be an all-day event with music starting each day at noon and will be held in both indoor and outdoor venues in the U.S. and Canada.

Confirmed bands:

CLUTCH
POISON THE WELL
OPETH
UNEARTH
FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
CHIMAIRA
NORMA JEAN
EVERY TIME I DIE
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
THROWDOWN
HIGH ON FIRE
DEVIL DRIVER
ALL THAT REMAINS
A LIFE ONCE LOST

A special half-time performance will be made by GWAR mid-way thru the show. MADBALL and TERROR will be splitting the East and West portions of the tour. Regional appearances will be made by: THE RED CHORD (East Coast markets), FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES (Midwest and Southeast markets), and HIMSA (Western markets) on the tour.

The Sounds of the Underground Tour is produced by Face the Music Touring booking agent Tim Borror, Ferret label executive/artist manager Paul Conroy, Ferret label owner Carl Severson and artist manager Larry Mazer. One of the concert organizers, Paul Conroy, concedes, "It was nearly two years ago to date when we were watching A LIFE ONCE LOST, EVERY TIME I DIE, UNEARTH and LAMB OF GOD play a VFW Hall in Suburban Philadelphia; there was something about the energy in that single show that made me a believer that these bands would grow to levels that would far exceed the VFW halls they were accustomed to playing. This tour will serve as an important vehicle in the continued development of 'organic' heavy music. Myself, Carl Severson, Tim Borror and fellow partner Larry Mazer are sincerely honored to have this opportunity to launch such a tour with its incredible group of bands."

Frontman Keith Buckley of EVERY TIME I DIE commented, "I can't imagine a tour that is so efficient in finding the pulse of American music. This has it all, and we are proud to be a part of it. Come and get your fix kids, this is great music for all of us bad people."

Trevor Phipps of UNEARTH lays it on the line: "This tour will show the masses that real music is alive and well. The Sounds of the Underground will prove that you don't need 'pop-culture' to embrace your sound and way of life. We are all excited as all hell to get this tour underway."

Sounds of the Underground will be the first festival tour for CLUTCH. Lead singer Neil Fallon commented, "I look forward to the catering tents and excited youth groups. Leave your styling gel at home. Marshall stacks and mag lights all the way around! Sign me up and give me all your drink tickets."

Ticket prices for Sounds of the Underground will be kept as cheap as possible; nearly all advance tickets will be under $30. Organizers of the tour are ticket price sensitive and will be sure to pass along info on how and where to beat overdone surcharges as well as offer advance tickets online before tickets go on sale to the public.

For more information on Sounds of the Underground, visit the official web site at this location.

THIS IS THE GAYEST TOUR EVER! what the fuck man... seriously... tell me this is a joke. Norma Jean, Throwdown, Every Time I Die, Chimaira, Devil Driver, A Life Once Lost, Poison The Well... are all fucking TERRIBLE. why dont they just put Black My Heart and 13 Winters and make this the "kill yourself now" tour?
All That Remains and Unearth are slowly becoming terrible too. oh wait... i missed Clutch... fucking shit they suck. i hate this tour... this show is going to cost a fortune to go to as well. what the fuck, why couldnt they play with someone that doesnt totally bite ass?

i like high on fire.

stupidest show ever, I can't fucking believe this

No, fucking shit, this is stupid, no matter what good bands there are. After all those shitty bands they throw in Opeth, SYL, HOF, and GWAR. It only makes the show more fucking ridiculous. I can't even believe this is happening.

i got this press release too

Correct thread title "SYL is playing the gayest tour"

clutch rules. fuck you.

BestialOnslaught said:

If you see Opeth as a problem among the other bands then you suck at living.

i hate the thought of trying to enjoy my favorite band with a bunch of faggot metalcore kids moshing like idiots to it. i am so pissed about this. my favorite band and the four worst bands i have ever seen (unearth, FATA, poison the well, devildriver). i never miss opeth, so i guess i'll be at this fagfest.

i can see it now. some queer asking another queer what band is on and the second queer replying, "duh, i don't know. i think it is otep. let's jump up and down. duh"

That was harsh. Really I'm just angry. This tour shouldn't happen and all of the bands who signed on to do it should burn in hell (the record labels and sponsors and promoters too, plus any venue that books them), no matter which ones people like and which ones people dislike. No one who would sign on to such a ridiculous tour deserves any respect.

opeth, clutch, syl, and high on fire are the only good bands out of 18. what a nightmare this tour is

dreadkill said:

Yeah i know, this tour makes me want to break stuff. Not just as an Opeth fan, as a music fan in general? There's so many things I want to say to so many people about this and it kills me that I'm not gonna get the chance to say them.

Why do people constantly try to bring together metal and hardcore? NO ONE WANTS THEM TOGETHER! I hate fucking everyone.

retzam said:

my sentiments exactly. people can call me a whiner or a crybaby if they want, but the bottom line is this tour is bad and makes me want to vomit.

I can't even think of anything better to do right now than to post in this thread as a way to vent my confusion and aggression.

retzam said:

ha, me too. i wish this tour would go away. opeth should be ashamed of themselves for being on this tour. i'm sure some juggalo or fuckalo or whatever is going to come on here and talk about what an asshole i am and how i should be glad i get to see opeth at all.

dreadkill said:

Yeah, fucking hell. All it does is create this stupid situation with the people who want to see the few good bands on the tour but don't want to deal with the shitty bands/people and the obviously inevitable ludicrous ticket price. Therefore, 75% of the people who end up shelling out the money to see this are going to be aggravated fans of either metal or hardcore that are going to want to kick aggravated fans of the other genre's asses. It's going to be a fucking stupid royal rumble with gay orgies all over the place with bands playing in the background.

retzam said:

rttp does that

dreadkill said:

They should be. Hell, EVERY BAND ON THIS TOUR SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF BEING ON THIS TOUR!! Wouldn't you think that even people in Throwdown would realize that this tour makes no sense? I mean, come the fuck on, XthrowXdownX is playing with High On Fire??? Are you serious? This is fucking shit. The selection of bands is mind-boggling.

retzam said:

i want metal and hardcore to come together. i'd love to go to a show that had like comeback kid, the red chord, cryptopsy and discordance axis. i'd have a blast.

Yeah, but in general, the two genres are incompatible. If you got really good bands from each genre, rather than pussy fake hardcore maybe it would work out. When has metal + hardcore ever equated to anything except metalcore and fighting?

Things like this sadden me.

I don't care, this tour makes no sense, anyone who thinks differently will come to their senses when they go and realize that it is just going to be a huge fucking fight.

succubus said:

Rttp doesn't organize shows that will draw a crowd made up of straight edge kids, stoners, prog death fans, metal fans in general, hardcore fans in general, and mallgoths. This show is a shitty idea and there is no way I can ever accept any reasoning that it isn't.

the people who organized this tour need a beating

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i don't know what to think of this! i need an adult i need an adult!

retzam said:

that's perfect reasoning in my opinion.

retzam, you and i should organize our own festival.

The only band I like on that list is High on fire. Holy shit what a lame faggoty tour. They should all die.

opeth seem to be selling their soul more and more

first off, allow me to say fuck opeth

second, clutch is a fucking great band, as are high on fire and strapping young lad

still a really shitty tour though

Yes, Opeth is gayer than two men dancing together.

Opeth is so fucking gay they could gay up a Sodom tour.

thats pretty fuckin gay right there

fuck that...now we'll have every mall core faggot running around humming Opeth tunes. Fucking gay as hell. Shitty tour, shitty sponsors, shitty all in all. Devil Driver?? Chimaira?? Sounds of the underground??? Underground my ass.....fuck em.

this is the tour all nu metal kids have been waiting for.

BestialOnslaught said:


SECONDED!!!!!



prosthetic records is fucking horrible. and opeth is boring.

SYL is gay, if it was the Devin Townsend band i'd be happy.

Clutch, Opeth, High on Fire, the Red Chord and Madball sounds pretty good to me and still much better then Ozzfest !

what the fuck? how are strapping young lad gay? although, in that same sentence you called madball good so i guess you dont really have to answer.

dan. said:

dan. said:

Ha. yes yes clearly you've jousted me by my own retort. good show ole man, touche !

now explain to me how strapping young lad is good. hmm !

well for one, devin townsend has a fucking awesome, insane voice. musically they do interesting shit, like shift from mid tempo melodic atmospheric stuff to heavy metal madness within the same songs. they also pull off the whole industrial-metal thing without being repetitive or boring or corny. their funny as fuck and hes a great songer writer. in addition to that, they are fucking awesome live. one of the most interesting bands i can think of. theyve been one of my favorite bands for a long time.

also, excellent use of a slide whistle.

hmm...nope sorry haven't won me over i'll still take the Devin Townsend band anyday of the week over Strapping Young Lad.

dan. said:

i disagree with one part of your post. syl is corny, but that is part of what makes them great. devin townsend doesn't take himself as seriously as most of his fans do. everything else about your post is spot on. i understand why some people think opeth is boring, and that is part of the reason they shouldn't be on this tour. alot of the mainstream kids with short attention spans are going to be bored with opeth. i hope i don't see them get booed off the stage, but it would serve them right for being on a numetalcore tour.

i wasnt really trying to convince you that strapping young lad is better than devin townsend band, you asked me how strapping young lad is good and that was my reply.

ahh yeah, i guess i meant corny as in "fear factory corny".

and conviction is part of showing someone what's good and what's not. i'll still take DTB.

but hey it's cool, i type just to read what i post anyways.

dreadkill said:

Yeah, I was thinking that with fans of all those bands, Opeth could get booed. But then I realized that Opeth is going to draw 80% of the crowd anyways. Like 'em or not it's true.

Damn. Dolla signs.

Also, I'd just like to say that i've warmed up to the idea of this tour a tiny bit. I know longer feel a great deal of genuine disgust towards it. I guess I kind of realized that there are people who are psyced about the whole show in general. I know one kid whose into Norma Jean, as well as Poison The Well, and even Throwdown, but he's digging the idea of seeing SYL and has never seen Opeth, who he thinks are amazing. Big GWAR fan too. There are people like this, and I think it's this small "i like all fucking music" percentage along with the large metal crowd that will discourage an otherwise larger than usual amount of idiocy, whether it be by "edge" kids, or hardcore fans, or anyone else.

I still think this tour is ludicrous by the way, I just am adapting to the idea I suppose.

i think i've seen all the bands i would like to see on this tour enough already except clutch. but i'm not going to pay "less than $30." i can wait.

definitely an overall thumbs down

wtf is Gwar doing on this.

I would of been just mildly bohered if it was everyone w/out Gwar, but now it's just confusing

it's the dumbest tour ever. makes me want to go to hot topic and fart all over the store for revenge

dreadkill said:

that store sucks. i would only go there to fart.

joe christianni goes to hot topic to smell my farts

It took me a while to fully understand the purpose behind those three posts dreadkill, but when understanding came it was cathardic and grandiose.

and by cathardic i of course mean cathartic

farting is often a cathartic experience

i'd rather get dutch ovened than see from autumn to ashes again.

um any dates yet?

Some of the bands on there are ok. I don't see why Opeth is on that bill. The fact that Throwdown is on there is absolutely attrocious.

lamb of god is playing this tour to its gonna kick ass

i think this is a fine tour, yeah there is some bands that some people think"suck" or "blow" or "insert insult here". It goes both ways though. Im sure there are people who think the metal bands suck. I personally LIke both types. I will be psyched to see the red chord and Opeth, as well as poison the well and who ever else. Bringing the 2 together seems normal to me. It isnt like metal and techno. Both types of music have electric guitars and people screaming, wow that is pretty fucking similiar.

As far as I'm concerned, opeth is the worst part of this tour... excep strapping young lad.

opeth and Strapping young lad are cool. WHY are they doing this???

d00d!!!!!!!! i kant beeleeve that someguy is st00pid enuf to put metal and hardcore bands on the same tour!!!!?!?!?!?!?!

dreadkill said:

yeah, me too...

i can't believe this.

this aggrivates me so much. AND I EVEN LIKE ALL THESE BANDS. wtf! i want to see opeth without ETID kids running around acting stupid, and i want to see Norma Jean and FATA without drunk metal heads flipping off the bands. god damnit.

whatever, i'll be there.

swamplorddvm said:




MONEY AND EXPOSURE

BITCH BITCH BITCH

the fact that its a mixed bag isn't preventing me from going. i want to see how much it is first.

One of the 2 confirmed dates:

July 2 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom Parking Lot

In a fucking parking lot.

A PARKING LOT!

*dies*

this tour would be cool if it was only High on Fire and Strapping Young Lad

june 25th
http://www.defyunlearn.com/press.php?id=35

blue said:

oh my god...becky would you look at her butt, it is so big. she's like one of those rapper guys girl friend.

oh my god

wow. this tour is fucking pathetic.

actually i thought ther ewere quite a few cool bands

Opeth are dead to me

pourquoi larissa?

le rocher bête de proggressive, je préfère la punition et l'agression crues de Venom

Opeth is so gay that they have to be talked about in french.

hahaha, je consens