Sounds of the Underground
The Sounds of the Underground tour was a festival-like tour that rivaled Ozzfest in its first year of existence. It was held annually for three years (2005, 2006, and 2007).
The tour features extreme metal and metalcore, and hardcore bands. The existence of this tour, which was held in national arenas, was to attract the rising interest of metal, hardcore, and metalcore bands in the mainstream. In December 2007, it was announced that the tour would no longer be held as it could not compete with Ozzfest and Mayhem festival scheduled to start sometime in the summer of 2008. Sounds of the Underground was initially a radio show in Kitchener, Canada on 88.3 CJIQ that got taken off the air for indecent remarks, but is now back on air on a different channel 93.3 CFRU, hosted by James Hammond.[1] Sounds of the Underground was later taken off air from 93.3 CFRU as well for indecent remarks.
2005 line-up
- Lamb of God
- Clutch
- Poison the Well
- Opeth
- From Autumn to Ashes (dropped off tour in July because of musical differences)
- Unearth
- Chimaira
- Norma Jean
- Every Time I Die
- Throwdown
- Gwar
- Strapping Young Lad
- High on Fire
- All That Remains
- Madball (started June 30)
- DevilDriver
- Terror (started July 15)
- A Life Once Lost
On select dates only:
- Fear Before the March of Flames
- The Red Chord
- NORA
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Full Blown Chaos
- Strength in Numbers
2006 line-up
- As I Lay Dying
- In Flames
- Trivium
- Cannibal Corpse
- Gwar
- Terror
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Behemoth
- The Chariot (did not play in Edmonton, Denver, or in St. Louis)
- Through the Eyes of the Dead
On select dates only:
- 3 Inches of Blood
- Above This Fire
- Break the Silence
- Converge
- Dog Fashion Disco
- E.Town Concrete
- Evergreen Terrace
- Horse the Band
- X-Ray Cat
- It Dies Today
- Job for a Cowboy
- Killswitch Engage
- Machine Head
- Municipal Waste
- Ringworm
- Shadows Fall
- Still Remains
- Strength in Numbers
- This Is Hell
- Vision of Disorder
2007 line-up
- Gwar
- Shadows Fall
- Chimaira
- Every Time I Die
- Necro (through July 25)
- Job for a Cowboy
- Darkest Hour
- Amon Amarth
- The Acacia Strain
- The Number Twelve Looks like You
- Goatwhore
- This Is Hell (through July 20)
- 2Cents
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Heavy Heavy Low Low
- Lamb of God
On July 25, 2007, Necro dropped off this tour, due to not being well-received by the attendees.
On select dates only:
External links
- Sounds Of The Underground Official Website
- CFRU 93.3 FM Under the main archive you can find the past shows, every Saturday from 11-12 PM
- Sounds Of The Underground Tour Held Off Until Next Year