Metallica's Orion Festival to Feature Custom Car and Motorcycle Show

  When Metallica's Orion Festival was announced a couple months back the response was less than positive.  The lineup for the festival consisted of a lot of indie bands that many fans feel didnt represent Metallica.

  As the months went on and more and more bands were announced it's starting to feel like a Metallica Festival.  The Damage Inc. stage was announced recently with heavier bands added like Suicidal Tendencies, and Sepultura.

  Now Metallica has announced the Orion Custom Car + Motorcycle Show, curated by James Hetfield himself.

  Over 300 Customs, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars and Custom Motorcycles will be on display inside the festival grounds throughout the weekend.  Cars from around the world, including celebrity cars will be displayed.

  Orion Music + More is June 23-24 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

  Watch the video below of Hetfield explaining the vision behind the show.

Metallica Defend Their Orion Festival Lineup

   Last month Metallica announced the lineup for their Orion Festival, taking place in an abandoned airport in Atlantic City June 23rd and 24th.  But after the announcement some people weren't happy with the lineup, saying it was to indie rock for their metal audience.

  Now Lars Ulrich is defending the festival, in a interview with Pulse Radio:

  "This whole thing is kind of based more around the classic festivals that we've been playing in Europe for the better part of the last 25, 30 years, which is really about diversity and really about kind of many, many different musical experiences.  Now whether anybody buys into that or not, we'll find out, but there's gonna be lots an lots of cool, heavy stuff, trust me."

   Metallica will play the 'Black Album' and 'Ride the Lightning' in their entirety at the festival.

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The headlines this week so far, that explain themselves..

• Killswitch Engage Say Decision To Bring Back Jesse Leach Was 'Very Easy'  read more

   

• Adrenaline Mob Tap Disturbed's John Moyer As New Bassist  read more

         

• Foo Fighters And Deadmous5 To Perform Together At Grammys  read more

• Tenacious D To Realease New Album In May read more

• Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng Showing Promising Signs Of Recovery  read more

• Metallica Announce Orion Music + More Festival  read more

• New Hatebreed Album In The Works  read more

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