Author Topic: Sonisphere Vs Download Vs High Voltage (Read 5190 times)

ACID_FOX · « **on:** January 25, 2011, 12:01:52 PM »

WHERE TO GO!?

Ps. Voltage*

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2011, 12:16:04 PM »

You should obviously go to Sonisphere.

Not that I'm biased by the fact they let me in free every year.

Nah, in all seriousness Sonisphere has the best lineup by far as of yet. The DL lineup is a terrific advert for Soni as far as I'm concerned.

Sigz · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2011, 12:24:18 PM »

High Voltage probably has the best lineup though it's by no means amazing, and Sonisphere and Download are both pretty shit. It makes me a

jonny108 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2011, 12:29:39 PM »

High Voltage. No contest so far...download is looking really pants with their bands this year, Sonisphere is alright and HV is the best.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2011, 04:46:42 PM »

Sonisphere - Big Four & Mastodon, others I'm not too keen on. I'm worried that this might be my only chance to see the Big Four, so that's a pretty big factor.

Download - A7X, Pendulum and Rob Zombie, although I'm not terribly bothered about missing these.

High Voltage - Total smile, and the first ever show with the new DT drummer (!)

So basically a toss up between seeing a historic show or a boner fest show. Guess I'll wait for more line up announcements.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2011, 04:48:08 PM »

Voltage has DT, Sonisphere has Mastodon...tough choice.

ariich · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2011, 04:51:20 PM »

Sonishphere and Download both have a few good bands but aren't that great overall. High Voltage is definitely looking like the best UK festival this year.

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2011, 05:01:23 PM »

I'm going to Sonisphere and High Voltage.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2011, 10:02:58 AM »

HV doesn't really appeal to me at all tbh.

I mean, I know part of the point of the festival is that it's got lots of classics on the lineup but what's the point in a festival without anything new and exciting on the bill? That's part of the whole point of festivals surely.

jonny108 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2011, 10:15:07 AM »

Quote from: bodiesinflight on January 26, 2011, 10:02:58 AM

HV doesn't really appeal to me at all tbh.

I mean, I know part of the point of the festival is that it's got lots of classics on the lineup but what's the point in a festival without anything new and exciting on the bill? That's part of the whole point of festivals surely.

They have Black Country Communion, they only formed last year and there's still another 20+ top quality acts to be announced yet.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2011, 11:06:05 AM »

BCC are formed out of ex-members of bands like DT and Deep Purple, give me a break.

I know the bill is nowhere near complete but I mean from the bill last year as well.

ariich · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2011, 12:50:16 PM »

Quote from: bodiesinflight on January 26, 2011, 10:02:58 AM

HV doesn't really appeal to me at all tbh.

I mean, I know part of the point of the festival is that it's got lots of classics on the lineup but what's the point in a festival without anything new and exciting on the bill? That's part of the whole point of festivals surely.

I haven't noticed any up and coming bands on the bills for Sonisphere or Download either.

And the point of festivals is to see lots of good bands, regardless of how long they've been around.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2011, 01:10:32 PM »

The bills for Sonisphere and Download have barely been announced yet so that's a non-point Rich. If you looked at the bills for either last year then they both had LOTS AND LOTS of upcoming bands.

Again a non-point, I didn't say that festivals should only book young bands did I? I just said that HV seems to almost exclusively book bands of a certain, shall we say, vintage.

ariich · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2011, 02:36:53 PM »

Quote from: bodiesinflight on January 26, 2011, 01:10:32 PM

The bills for Sonisphere and Download have barely been announced yet so that's a non-point Rich.

Uh, Download has had more bands announced than the others, and Sonisphere has had about as many announced as HV.

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If you looked at the bills for either last year then they both had LOTS AND LOTS of upcoming bands.

Probably on the small stage which nobody really goes to anyway.

But yeah, I'm looking at this year's announcements rather than last year's. Last year was the first year HV existed, so it's not really fair to judge on a single festival.

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Again a non-point, I didn't say that festivals should only book young bands did I? I just said that HV seems to almost exclusively book bands of a certain, shall we say, vintage.

Well, it is run by Classic Rock magazine, so I'm not sure what else you'd expect.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2011, 03:50:29 PM »

Quote from: ariich on January 26, 2011, 02:36:53 PM

Quote from: bodiesinflight on January 26, 2011, 01:10:32 PM
The bills for Sonisphere and Download have barely been announced yet so that's a non-point Rich.
Uh, Download has had more bands announced than the others, and Sonisphere has had about as many announced as HV.

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If you looked at the bills for either last year then they both had LOTS AND LOTS of upcoming bands.
Probably on the small stage which nobody really goes to anyway. But yeah, I'm looking at this year's announcements rather than last year's. Last year was the first year HV existed, so it's not really fair to judge on a single festival.

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Again a non-point, I didn't say that festivals should only book young bands did I? I just said that HV seems to almost exclusively book bands of a certain, shall we say, vintage.
Well, it is run by Classic Rock magazine, so I'm not sure what else you'd expect.

1. Yeah but the Download lineup is abysmal and has a couple of up and coming bands on it anyway. Additionally upcoming bands are generally smaller and announced later on, as well we both know.
2. Are you saying you never go and watch bands you've never heard of at festivals? You're doing it wrong. That's a fair comment about the first year admittedly but I don't see any changes any time soon, do you?
3. I'm not expecting anything else in particular, just saying I think it makes a festival far less exciting.

I'm genuinely hoping the HV lineup gets more exciting because I want to go to see DT but I really don't care about anyone else on the bill at the moment tbh, although I'd be vaguely curious about a couple of the bands.

ariich · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2011, 04:12:37 PM »

I dunno, I do see some bands that I haven't heard of, but most importantly I check out bands that I don't already know, which I can do regardless of how long they've been around or whether I've already heard of them or not. I only really know 3 or 4 of the bands at HV, and I've only seen one of them live, so there's a lot of stuff that is new to me, which is all that really matters, surely? And as with all the festivals they start by announcing the bigger bands and then add the less well-known ones later on.

But yeah, fair enough if you're not really interested in the bands they have so far, although it's kind of a separate point.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2011, 10:53:43 AM »

yeah fair enough

DarkEternalNight · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2011, 11:41:21 AM »

I'd kill to go to High Voltage, Download would be my 2nd choice because of The Big Four and Mastodon.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #18 on:** January 27, 2011, 01:45:35 PM »

Quote from: DarkEternalNight on January 27, 2011, 11:41:21 AM

Download would be my 2nd choice because of The Big Four and Mastodon.

You mean Sonisphere, who have the Big Four and Mastodon

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2011, 08:10:44 AM »

New Sonisphere announcement: https://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/sonisphere-line-up-additions-announced/

Sigz · « **Reply #20 on:** February 14, 2011, 08:13:29 AM »

Gojira and PTH? AGGHHHHHH

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #21 on:** February 14, 2011, 09:49:05 AM »

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #22 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:16:41 AM »

Thought that might please a few people. There's more where that came from...

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #23 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:36:17 AM »

PTH have removed all possibility of HV and Download, I wanna see them live so bad.

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 14, 2011, 12:31:17 PM »

Jesus Sonisphere has a good lineup, the big 4 wasn't a massive draw for me (I've seen all those bands except Anthrax several times before) but Gojira, Architects, Protest and Mastodon are great additions. My Dad knows one of the guys who arranges High Voltage so I was going to try and get in to that for free, but now I might have to give Sonisphere a go too. Only thing is I don't know anyone else who wants to go (although I haven't asked around) and I like to be surrounded by good people at festivals, as I tend to party a little too hard

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #25 on:** February 14, 2011, 03:22:24 PM »

High Voltage announcement at 9am tomorrow.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #26 on:** February 28, 2011, 11:15:18 AM »

Periphery added to Sonisphere

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #27 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:27:12 PM »

Quote from: ACID_FOX on February 28, 2011, 11:15:18 AM

Periphery added to Sonisphere

Oh bloody hell, Arch Enemy too. Now I really want to go, but I'm already going to High Voltage and I doubt I'd be able to get the time off work for both

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #28 on:** March 14, 2011, 07:25:11 AM »

Opeth self-confirmed for Sonisphere UK.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #29 on:** March 14, 2011, 09:16:55 AM »

Quote from: cyberdrummer on March 14, 2011, 07:25:11 AM

Opeth self-confirmed for Sonisphere UK.

And The Mars Volta

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #30 on:** March 23, 2011, 09:57:58 AM »

Well I booked the time for Sonisphere and High Voltage off work. Still need to buy Sonisphere tickets, who else on here is definately going?

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #31 on:** March 23, 2011, 10:49:57 AM »

I'm going to both.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #32 on:** March 23, 2011, 11:33:00 AM »

Me, I can't fucking wait!

Arch Benemy · « **Reply #33 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:20:21 PM »

Awesomeness. We should combine to make an awesome DTF camp

ariich · « **Reply #34 on:** March 23, 2011, 03:05:39 PM »

Quote from: cyberdrummer on March 23, 2011, 10:49:57 AM

I'm going to both.

Same here.

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Author Topic: Sonisphere Vs Download Vs High Voltage (Read 5190 times)