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Ozzfest - 10 years and counting

July '05, Post-Gazette Pavilion.

As the final strains of "Sanctuary" rang in my head, along with chants of "Maiden! Maiden!" from the weeping 40-year-old metal fans around me, I couldn't help but smile. For you see, yet another summer was coming to a close, and I had just witnessed yet another spectacle from the mind of Madame Osbourne. Last year it was a reunited Judas Priest and Black Sabbath; this year a set by Iron Maiden culled exclusively from their first four albums. (And, yeah, Black Sabbath too.) What more could one reasonably ask for?

Well, perhaps Rob Zombie coming out of the darkness for a Second Stage show, along with The Haunted, Soilwork, Arch Enemy, and the remaining half of Sweden. Add a little...

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