MEGADETH REVISITS GIGANTOUR

(VIDEO) Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has decided to revisit the Gigantour, which features Lamb Of God this year.

Megadeth has once again produced a stellar Metal-themed festival in Gigantour, which is set to start September 7 in San Diego, California. The tour will also feature Lamb Of God, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Overkill, Into Eternity, and a few others that will be announced at a later date.

Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine, who created Gigantour, talked about the concept of the festival.

“Part of the reason why I wanted to do Gigantour was that I’ve been on a lot of festivals around the world, in Japan, Europe and most places people don’t ever get to see let alone perform, and I noticed that one of the things in America is that festivals are really highly priced. On top of that a lot of the festivals here that are successful have the same types of bands on them. I wanted to do a festival that consisted of a lot of exciting bands that had really good players but weren’t necessarily all the same genre of music. You’ve got some speed metal, you’ve got some thrash metal, you’ve got some prog metal, you’ve got hard rock/heavy metal, so on and so forth. There’s some nu-metal, there’s some industrial metal, I guess you would call it.”

He added that he also created Gigantour because he wanted to create a festival where fans didn’t feel ripped off and used.

“What I wanted to do was dig into all these different areas, grab some great bands, and make it affordable for people so that they could come out and see the concert and walk away satisfied, not feeling like if you’ve gone to some concert, spent two or three hundred dollars for one nights performance if you take a guest or a date or something and get some souvenirs. Walk away satiated. For me, I feel music should be something that you should get a climax out of, not walk away feeling like you were the one that was used.”

Last year’s fest featured the likes of Antrhax, Dream Theater, and Fear Factory, and a Gigantour DVD is being released September 5 to coincide with the launch and lifespan of the 2006 festival. The audio version of the compilation Gigantour album is set for release August 22.