DAATH SAYS OZZFEST IS NOT REALLY FREE AND FOR DIEHARDS

One of the bands turning heads on Ozzfest, Daath, talk about the record breaking attendace at 2007’s free Ozzfest.

As Ozzfest in 2207 begins to make it’s way around the U.S., early results show the festival is experiencing an extreme influx of fans who came out for a free festival. With ALL tickets to Ozzfest being free many wondered if the music, which has long been about Quality Rock n Roll, would suffer. But with Ozzfest gearing the lineup more towards underground extreme metal, the lineup features performances by Ozzy, Static X, Lamb of God and Hatebreed along with Daath, Behemoth, Nile, Ankla, 3 Inches of Blood, Circus Diablo, The Showdown and Chthonic. So far one of the bands that are turning heads and making a name for themselves on Ozzfest 2007 is the extremely tight six piece from Atlanta, Daath.

We caught up with Eyal Levi of Daath just before a recent appearance at Ozzfest to find out the bands thoughts on being apart of this ground breaking festival for the first time.

“People don’t tend to value things that are free, but obviously they value this because there is record attendance. We’ve seen the amount of people that have been showing up for these, it’s unbelievable. I think the hoops that people had to jump through in order to get the tickets was basically the equivalent of paying money for one. People had to spend four hours or five hours online and who would do that unless they really wanted to show up. So I think the people are showing up because they actually want to be here and there’s a whole load of people.”

Daath are currently touring in support of their Road Runner Records debut ‘The Hinderers’ and the band will be performing a plethora of off dates in cities surrounding their performances on Ozzfest. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Mondo Generator had to drop off of the remaining dates of Ozzfest 2007. However, DevilDriver will now be performing on the 2nd Stage in place. DevilDriver will join the tour at in Dallas and will perform on all remaining dates of Ozzfest 2007 that extend until Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL on August, 30th.