WAS AMAZING. If it's coming to your town, seriously, go. It was soooo cool. I went with my friend and his girlfriend (who I met for the first time, and is super awesome), and we had a blast.

There was Metal Mulisha, a motorcycle thing, but that didn't seem to be anywhere, so we didn't see it XD. There was expensive food, free swag, etc. No cool posters, but I got an awesome T-Shirt (which I'm wearing right now =D), as did my friends. There were side bands, but they weren't as good, though we did watch one or two of em from afar.

Then, the bands. Mastadon came on first, and were entirely underwhelming. They're an average band, and they put on a mediocre performance. You could tell the crowd was just there because they had paid for it. Dragonforce, on the other hand, was great. Unfortunately, ZP Theart's mic seemed to have some sort of problem, and his voice kinda faded in and out. But the guitars were epic, and they actually put on a show, as opposed to Mastadon, who just stood there and growled.

Disturbed came on, and everybody was pumped. I'll get the set list some time, suffice to say, they started with Perfect Insanity and they never let go of the audience. Ten Thousand Fists was the high point, the entire crowd was just infused with power and energy. They played a few songs from the new album (Perfect Insanity, Indestructible, Criminal, and Inside the Fire), which was a nice surprise. They ended with Down With the Sickness, which was probably the best way to go out.

Slipknot was pretty good too. I'm a fan of Slipknot, but I don't know all of their songs, so it was harder to sing along, but they played some good classics (The Heretic Anthem), as well as a few new songs of their upcoming album, which was good. I'll say this, even if you don't like Slipknot's music, you can't say they don't put on a good show.

So that was my experience. It was good, I met cool people, I had a good time, and it was just all around awesome. Seriously, if Mayhem Fest coming to you, go see it.