at the Cricket Club in Irvington, NJ. 2 day fest, friday and saturday, 12-13. i went on Saturday. i was originally not going to go but decided to go because it was a good opportunity for merchandise and to see Vital Remains and Obituary. overall, i'd give it a 7 out of 10. there were like 5 good bands i saw, including those that i mentioned before, and also Testament, Anal Blast, and The Gathering (that chick can fucking growl!!!!!) within 15 minutes of arriving at the club i had purchased 11 cds and they are:

Haemorrhage/Impaled: Dementia Rex
Vile: Stench of the Deceased
Leng Tch'e: Death by a Thousand Cuts
Aborted: Engineering the Dead
Goretrade: Ritual of Flesh
Origin: Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas (this cd was stolen when my car was broken into last november so i had to replace it)
Fleshgrind: Murder Without End
Into Eternity: Buried in Oblivion
God Forbid: Better Days
Lacuna Coil: Unleashed Memories
Cannibal Corpse: The Wretched Spawn

Vital Remains made the whole night. They started the set with the intro for Dechristianize, and went right into the song. it was mosh-tastic. Glenn came out with this SICK ASS suit on. at first you couldn't even hear him singing (i guess the mask was in the way). overall their sound could have been alot better (i could barely hear the guitars) but they were still amazing. Tim Yeung is an amazing drummer and that mother fucker windmills while blasting!!! Tony Lazaro has a custom made guitar that has light up 666's in it. and Dave Suzuki. the man is a drummer, guitarist, and as i learned from last night, a singer as well. he did all of the backup screaming vocals. is there anything that guy can't do???

next year Jack Koshik should try and book more known metal bands for his fest. i gotta say there was a much better turnout than i had expected, but there were still too many crappy bands that played. and when u book bands like Testament and Obituary on the main stage, don't even bother booking bands to play at the same time on the second stage. they end up playing in front of 7 people (literally)

cool, i love reading aaron's reviews and i think it's awesome when other people post theirs too!
glad you had fun!

do you have a list of all the bands that played?

a shitload of nobodies. seriously the bands that i mentioned before were the only ones anyone knew

did Beyond the Embrace play? Didn't they just lose thier bass player?

no they didn't play. the bass player thing is news to me

did you see the Accursed?

no

yea........i went to march metaldown..........it sucked.............the only reason i went was because my friend is playing guitar for MOD. Vital Remains was intense,glenn benton is a tool,he looked like a long lost member of the famous WWF tag team, DEMOLITION,when he came out on stage........i think his vox were processed too,either that or the mic sucked hard. plus benton drives a shitty white ford focus..........thats not even satanic at all......

Yeah but TimYeung is worth the price of admission alone.