The greatest metal music festival of all time?

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Sorry if this has been done before guys, but with the Festival season about to start, I got to wondering. If a promoter came to me and gave me a blank cheque to organise my own festival(think Waynes World) Who would I book.

The rules would be.

10 bands playing 5 songs each.

It would be all night instead of the day to get the benefit of a light show.

You could resurrect anyone you wanted.

Mine would be:-

1st on Immortal
        Rush
        Thin Lizzy
        Slayer
        Blue Oyster Cult
        Judas Priest
        Iron Maiden
        Led Zeppelin(with John Bonham)
        Jimi Hendrix
        Black Sabbath (original line up)-Their 5 songs would be- , Supernaut, Snowblind, Sweet Leaf, Tomorrows Dream, finishing off with Symptom of the Universe.

There are loads of other bands I could have booked, but I was thinking of the most appropriate for a festival setting.
 
Only 5 songs each?  Hmmm....

In running order:


Symphony X
Gamma Ray
Heaven & Hell
Iced Earth
Blaze
Rush
Dream Theater
Blind Guardian
Kamelot
Iron Maiden
 
Barring the possibility of Maiden playing all day, or at least taking the place of every second band, I'd just have ASAP, The Entire Population of Hackney, Psycho Motel, Samson, Wolfsbane, Bruce, and Blaze (I can't think of more side projects, but insert two more here), with Maiden headlining. :D  Well, in all seriousness, I'd have something like this:

Edit: Added song choices too.

Blaze
- Leap of Faith
- Ghost in the Machine
- Smile Back at Death
- The Tenth Dimension
- Stare at the Sun

Bruce Dickinson
- Abduction
- Jerusalem
- Darkside of Aquarius
- Book of Thel
- Road to Hell

Gamma Ray
- Send me a Sign
- Somewhere Out in Space
- Armageddon
- Rebellion in Dreamland
- Fight

Iced Earth
- Dante's Inferno
- A Question of Heaven
- Prophecy
- When the Night Falls
- Stormrider

Slayer
- Cult
- War Ensemble
- South of Heaven
- Raining Blood
- Angel of Death (yes, quite a cliché list...)

Metallica
- Anesthesia Pulling Teeth
- The Call of Ktulu
- Orion
- To Live is to Die
- Suicide & Redemption
Just so I don't have to hear James sing...

Megadeth
- Into the Lungs of Hell
- Sleepwalker
- In My Darkest Hour
- Peace Sells
- Holy Wars

Judas Priest
- Painkiller
- Between the Hammer and the Anvil
- United
- Revelations
- Rock Hard, Ride Free

Black Sabbath (with Dio)
- Neon Knights
- Heaven and Hell
- Children of the Sea
- Die Young
- The Mob Rules

Iron Maiden (sorry, Maiden would still headline over their influences)
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Brighter than a Thousand Suns
- Paschendale
- Fear of the Dark
- Hallowed Be Thy Name

I'm sure this has been done before, but what the hell, it's always fun to dream. :)
 
GuineaPig said:
Only 5 songs each?  Hmmm....

In running order:


Symphony X
Gamma Ray
Heaven & Hell
Iced Earth
Blaze
Rush
Dream Theater
Blind Guardian
Kamelot
Iron Maiden
Click to expand...

I like this one :D

But I don't like the rules, specifically the resurrecting folks, there are plenty of current bands worth watching...
 
What choices to make?!?

Metallica
    Battery
    Master of Puppets
    Fuel
    Sanitarium
    For Whom The Bell Tolls
Megadeth
    Symphony of Destruction
    Hangar 18
    Peace Sells
    Anarchy in the UK
    A Tout Le Monde
Dream Theater
    Pull Me Under
    Constant Motion
    Home
    Octavarium
    A Change Of Seasons
AC/DC
    Back In Black
    Thunderstruck
    Highway To Hell
    For Those About To Rock
    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Kiss
    Rock and Roll All Night
    Strutter
    Calling Dr Love
    Detroit Rock City
    Shout It Out Loud
Scorpions
    Rock You Like a Hurricane
    The Zoo
    Lovedrive
    Blackout
    Holiday
Heaven and Hell
    Lady Evil
    Mob Rules
    Heaven and Hell
    Voodoo
    Die Young
Rush
    Tom Sawyer
    2112
    Red Barchetta
    YYZ
    In The Mood
Judas Priest
    Grinder
    Exciter
    Livin' After Midnight
    Ram It Down
    Breaking The Law
Iron Maiden
    Revelations
    Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    Infinite Dreams
    Hallowed Be Thy Name
    Paschendale





   
 
Now that I think about it, I might as well make this the longest festival ever.

Symphony X
     -The Odyssey
     -Through the Looking Glass
     -The Divine Wings of Tragedy
     -Rediscovery, Pt. 2
     -The Accolade
Gamma Ray
     -Rebellion in Dreamland
     -Somewhere Out in Space
     -Armageddon
     -Heading for Tomorrow
     -Heal Me
Heaven & Hell
     -Sign of the Southern Cross
     -Heaven and Hell
     -Die Young
     -The Devil Cried
     -Voodoo
Iced Earth
     -Burnt Offerings
     -Dante's Inferno
     -Travel in Stygian
     -The Coming Curse
     -A Question of Heaven
Blaze
     -Stare at the Sun
     -The Tenth Dimension
     -Smile Back at Death
     -Born as a Stranger
     -The Hunger
Rush
     -2112
     -Cygnus X-1
     -Hemispheres
     -Xanadu
     -Natural Science
Dream Theater
     -A Change of Seasons
     -Octavarium
     -In the Presence of Enemies
     -Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
     -In the Name of God
Blind Guardian
     -And Then There was Silence
     -Majesty
     -Somewhere Far Beyond
     -Lost in the Twilight Hall
     -Imaginations from the Other Side
Kamelot
     -Elizabeth
     -Memento Mori
     -Call of the Sea
     -Forever     
     -III Ways to Epica
Iron Maiden
     -Sign of the Cross
     -To Tame a Land
     -Rime
     -Seventh Son
     -Paschendaele


Dream Theater gets by far the longest set, at about 2:15  :lol:

Come to think of it, I'd pretty much kill to see any one of these sets.
 
How long is that altogether, out of interest?

That Maiden set is absolute fucking killer, by the way.  I edited my song choices in.
 
Cool topic, I really enjoyed making this diverse set! 
I guess I'd be the only one enjoying all these bands. Especially Bad Religion taking the stage right after Pink Floyd would be quite shocking for some Floyd fans, mhahaha!

But it's my private party anyway.
;)



Sear Bliss
- Ancient
- Far Above the Trees
- Land of the Phantoms
- In The Shadow of Another World
- Aeons of Desolation

Running Wild
- Evilution
- Mordor
- Marooned
- The Battle of Waterloo
- Soldiers of Hell

Iced Earth
- The Phantom of the Opera Ghost
- Brainwashed
- The Path I Choose
- Travel in Stygian
- Dante's Inferno

Helloween (with Kai Hansen back in the ranks)
- Murderer
- Warrior
- Victim of Fate
- Judas
- Helloween

Judas Priest
- Rapid Fire
- Some Heads Are Gonna Role
- Run of the Mill 
- Here Come the Tears
- One Shot at Glory

Black Sabbath (with Tony Martin in his best days)
- The Headless Cross
- The Shining
- Nightwing
- Anno Mundi
- Glory Ride

Pink Floyd
- Echoes
- Welcome to the Machine
- Keep Talking
- Comfortably Numb
- Sorrow

Bad Religion
- Shades of Truth
- Skyscraper
- Only Entertainment
- No Control
- Faith Alone

Midnight Oil
- Outside World
- Bullroarer
- Koala Sprint
- Put Down That Weapon
- Powderworks

Iron Maiden
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- Infinite Dreams
- To Tame a Land
- Alexander the Great
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 
My whole festival breaks down like this:

Symphony X - 1:20
Gamma Ray - 0:50
Heaven & Hell - 0:40
Iced Earth - 0:50
Blaze - 0:35
Rush - 1:10
Dream Theater - 2:15
Blind Guardian - 0:45
Kamelot - 0:40
Iron Maiden - 0:50

All told, it would last 10 hours of playing time!
 
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