Sounds of the Underground

The Sounds of the Underground tour was a festival-like tour that rivaled Ozzfest in its first year of existence (2005).

The tour features extreme metal and metalcore, and hardcore bands. The existence of this tour, which was held in national arenas, was to attract the rising interest of metal, hardcore, and metalcore bands in the mainstream. In December 2007, it was announced that the tour would no longer be held as it could not compete with Ozzfest and Mayhem festival scheduled to start sometime in the summer of 2008. ["http://metalnews.typepad.com/themetalreport/2008/01/sounds-of-the-u.html"]

2005 Line-up

*Lamb of God
*Clutch
*Poison the Well
*Opeth
*From Autumn To Ashes (dropped off tour in July because of musical differences)
*Unearth
*Chimaira
*Norma Jean
*Every Time I Die
*Throwdown
*GWAR
*Strapping Young Lad
*High on Fire
*All That Remains
*Madball
*DevilDriver
*Terror
*A Life Once Lost

On Select Dates Only:
*Fear Before the March of Flames
*The Red Chord
*Nora
*The Black Dahlia Murder
*Full Blown Chaos

2006 Line-up for the UK/Europe

*Chimaira
*Madball
*Unearth
*Terror
*All That Remains
*Manntis

2006 Line-up

*As I Lay Dying
*In Flames
*Trivium
*Cannibal Corpse
*GWAR
*Terror
*The Black Dahlia Murder
*Behemoth
*The Chariot (did not play in Edmonton)
*Through the Eyes of the Dead

On Select Dates Only:
*3 Inches of Blood
*Above This Fire
*Break The Silence
*Converge
*Dog Fashion Disco
*E.Town Concrete
*Evergreen Terrace
*Horse the Band
*X-Ray Cat
*It Dies Today
*Job for a Cowboy
*Killswitch Engage
*Machine Head
*Municipal Waste
*Ringworm
*Shadows Fall
*Still Remains
*Strength in Numbers
*This Is Hell
*Vision of Disorder

2007 Line-up

*GWAR
*Shadows Fall
*Chimaira
*Every Time I Die
*Necro (Through July 25th)
*Job for a Cowboy
*Darkest Hour
*Amon Amarth
*The Acacia Strain
*The Devil Wears Prada
*Heavy Heavy Low Low
*The Number Twelve Looks Like You
*Goatwhore
*This Is Hell (Through July 20th)
*2Cents

On July 25, 2007 Necro dropped off this tour due to not being well received by a majority of the attendees.

On Select Dates Only:

*All That Remains
*Behemoth
*Hatebreed
*Lamb of God
*Mushroomhead
*Suicidal Tendencies
*Testament

References

External links

* [http://www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com/ Sounds Of The Underground Official Website]

*{http://metalnews.typepad.com/themetalreport/ozzfest-2008.html Sounds Of The Underground Tour Held Off Until Next Year]