[Goatwhore]Carving Out the Eyes of God
[Chickenfoot]Chickenfoot
[Saga]The Human Condition
[Clutch]Strange Cousins From the West
[Doro]Fear No Evil

[Mayhem]06/11/09
[Ratt]05/30/09
[Slaughter]05/30/09
[Y&T]05/30/09
[LA Guns]05/30/09
[Extreme]05/30/09

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[Destroyer 666 - Aware of War]"The lineup has been stable since I joined. I had already known the rest of the lads for a long time, so it was not difficult slotting in. We have had a lot of fun over the years, but lately there is a bit of a feeling that we need to get a bit more serious. I think there is a sense that we can have a real impact, and also that more is being expected of us. I guess that means we have to stop drinking too much all the time…just sometimes.” - Matt

[The Gathering] Getting one’s head around The West Pole is going to require some work. This thing is not as far removed from the bone-chilling excellence of the band’s mid-90’s period as one would initially think, but the dearth of distortion and guitars is going to make The Gathering circa 2009 a tougher sell than they should be. However, The West Pole is quite good. Not Nighttime Birds good, but a well-executed, occasionally mesmerizing effort that gets their post-Anneke era off to a good start...