Rock is dead, long live rock. Hard rock, that is. After years in the shadows, metal is experiencing a renaissance on the live front. "It's the mid-to-late 90s all over again," says Cory Brennan CEO/Founder of 5B Artists + Media, the management firm for Slipknot, Stone Sour, Megadeth, Danzig, The Misfits and Lamb Of God, among other metal bands, and producers of KnotFest. Look no further than the May 13 announcement of a merged OzzFest/KnotFest -- with headliners Black Sabbath (featuring OzzFest founder Ozzy Osbourne) and Slipknot -- as evidence of a scene that's seeing renewed prominence in the musical landscape. Already so...
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