Some major metal hit the Gibson Amphitheatre.  Opeth smashed everyone’s faces with their songs from Heritage and Mastodon held everyone’s attention with tunes from The Hunter.  Fellow Swedes Ghost opened the madness. Photos by Tamea Agle. Ghost: Con Clavi Con Dio Elizabeth Prime Mover Death Knell Satan Prayer Ritual Mastodon: Black Tongue Hand of Stone Crystal [...]

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Ramon Sampson, the 19 year-old winner of Guitar Center’s 2010 Drum Off, kicked out the beat to “Smooth Criminal” as he coyly slipped on a single white glove. Michael McGrath played a lightning-fast portion of his set on his feet and only on the cymbals. Troy Molsberry tossed and caught his drumsticks so many times while playing that I couldn’t tell if I was feeling excitement or nauseating terror that he would drop one.

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Although we have yet to toy around with the Coachooser, we present here (via Goldenvoice and Coachella) the set times for this weekend:

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