Why I’ll be at Pedal to the Metal at MetroCentre and how to win free CD

9 comments July 24th, 2009

My general interest in heavy metal music has been waning, maybe because I’m finally admitting to getting older and less energized by the genre.

But because I’ve never seen Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society in concert, I decided to buy a ticket to see the band and others Aug. 8 at the MetroCentre. Granted, I’ll be away from the madding crowd on the floor. My daughter and her boyfriend and I will check out the goings-on from a suite with a dozen other people. So, we’ll enjoy the show without being jostled — to put it mildly — about.

(Zakk Wylde, photo at gibson.com)

Anywho, the lineup includes headliner Mudvayne, whom I saw at Ozzfest several years ago. I dig them, too. Static X, whom I saw at Ozzfest and again maybe five years ago at Forest Hills Lodge in Loves Park,  is one of my faves. You can almost boogey to their hard riffs.

Oh, in case you hadn’t heard, Chicago-based Dope dropped off the lineup. The band didn’t provide an explanation to the MetroCentre. I saw Dope once in Chicago.

I haven’t seen the rest of the bands, nor had I even heard of them until the concert was announced. They are: Suicide Silence, Hellzapoppin and Bury Your Dead. Bury Your Dead’s publicity people sent me five copies of the death metal/black metal/hardcore punk band’s “It’s Nothing Personal” CD to give away. I’m keeping one, but I’m giving four away.

Here’s how to get one: Tell me in the comments section here by 5 p.m. Aug. 3 why you like heavy metal music. I’ll pick the four comments I like best and let you know via my blog and e-mail if you’re a winner.

And if you want to “review” the concert by posting your comments online after the show, be watching at go.rrstar.com for a thread to do so.