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Sick New World music fest arrives in Las Vegas -- PHOTOS
Sick New World music fest arrives in Las Vegas — PHOTOS
By Jason Bracelin Las Vegas Review-Journal
May 13, 2023 - 11:00 am
Updated May 13, 2023 - 10:06 pm
Skinny Puppy Guitarist Matthew Setzer and lead singer Nivek Ogre perform during the Sick New World festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Lelft_Eye_Images
Remember those glory days of the late ’90s, when big-top-sized JNCO jeans were roomy enough to provide affordable housing for a family of six, shirtless lads named Shifty Shellshock were rhyming “fierce” with “nipple pierce” and rage was all the rage? ... Of course you do!
And even if you don’t, Sick New World is here to offer a loud, daylong reminder of said era.
The massive, sold-out heavy music fest made its debut at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, featuring nü metal prime movers System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, a reunited Coal Chamber, P.O.D., Papa Roach and just about every other band that played Ozzfest 20 years ago.
But it’s not just rap-rock-indebted sounds that the fest mines: There’s an impressively wide gamut of genres explored here, spanning industrial (Ministry, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy on its farewell tour), goth (Ville Valo, Sisters of Mercy on their first U.S. tour in 14 years), a number of female-fronted acts (Evanescence, Kittie, Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm, Lacuna Coil) some newer faces (Spiritbox, Turnstile, Scowl) and a variety of awesomely inscrutable square pegs (Mr. Bungle, 100 Gecs, Death Grips).
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By Jason Bracelin Las Vegas Review-Journal
May 13, 2023 - 11:00 am
Updated May 13, 2023 - 10:06 pm
Skinny Puppy Guitarist Matthew Setzer and lead singer Nivek Ogre perform during the Sick New World festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Lelft_Eye_Images
Remember those glory days of the late ’90s, when big-top-sized JNCO jeans were roomy enough to provide affordable housing for a family of six, shirtless lads named Shifty Shellshock were rhyming “fierce” with “nipple pierce” and rage was all the rage? ... Of course you do!
And even if you don’t, Sick New World is here to offer a loud, daylong reminder of said era.
The massive, sold-out heavy music fest made its debut at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, featuring nü metal prime movers System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, a reunited Coal Chamber, P.O.D., Papa Roach and just about every other band that played Ozzfest 20 years ago.
But it’s not just rap-rock-indebted sounds that the fest mines: There’s an impressively wide gamut of genres explored here, spanning industrial (Ministry, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy on its farewell tour), goth (Ville Valo, Sisters of Mercy on their first U.S. tour in 14 years), a number of female-fronted acts (Evanescence, Kittie, Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm, Lacuna Coil) some newer faces (Spiritbox, Turnstile, Scowl) and a variety of awesomely inscrutable square pegs (Mr. Bungle, 100 Gecs, Death Grips).
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