Louder Than Life Rocks the Music, Gourmet Man Food & Libations
Summer is officially over, and it is now what is referred to by many as “pumpkin spice latte” season. Louisville, Kentucky, however, has their own idea of what an end of summer bash should be, and that idea is called Louder than Life Music Festival. Coming through on October 1st and 2nd, Louder than Life rocked the socks off of a crowd of over 50,000 people with acts such as Cheap Trick, Korn, Slipknot, and more.
But a rock concert is nothing without some delicious gourmet man food and good drinks. No matter where you turned you could find someone eating some mouthwatering BBQ, turkey legs, or gourmet macaroni and cheese, with Larceny Bourbon, Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey, or an ice-cold beer to wash it down.
Different than many festivals with eclectic lineups, Louder than Life’s lineup serves one purpose: to give you something to rock out to. With sets from a variety of bands such as Hell Yeah, Sick Puppies, Chevy Metal, and Anthrax throughout the day on Saturday, there was something for everyone to enjoy while eating some Gourmet Man Food and drinking bourbon.
At nighttime is when things got really crazy, with Saturday’s “winding down” headliners including Cheap Trick, Slayer, and Avenged Sevenfold to close out the night.
Sunday morning opened up with a band called Crobot, whose awesome stage presence is exactly what you want to see at a rock festival. Trivium put on a kickass show, getting everyone moving and dancing in the early afternoon and even inspiring several instances of crowd surfing throughout their set.
The real treat of Louder than Life was when the afternoon was turning to evening, and the lineup got heavier. Stacked back to back to back to back were Ghost, a Swedish metal band that has a flair for the theatrics, Korn, a crowd favorite that came out and played their new single with Corey Taylor of Slipknot (you heard that right, Korn has new music out), Disturbed, who has recently released their haunting cover of Simon and the Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence,” and the one and only Slipknot to close out the festival. The final five hours of Louder than Life were full of headbanging, “rock on” hand signs, and crowds having a rowdy fun time listening to some of the best rock bands that are currently touring.
