Ozzfest Going Virtual Via Metaverse Music Festival
Ozzfest, the famed metal festival founded by Sharon Osbourne, will be resurrected as part of the upcoming Metaverse Music Festival. Per a number of outlets — including Loudwire and Classic Rock…
Ozzfest, the famed metal festival founded by Sharon Osbourne, will be resurrected as part of the upcoming Metaverse Music Festival.
Per a number of outlets -- including Loudwire and Classic Rock -- Ozzy is booked for the second installment of the virtual festival, which takes place in Decentraland, a blockchain virtual world. According to the event's listing, "Set in an otherworldly cyberpunk landscape being reclaimed by nature, the Festival will feature 15 uniquely designed stages that will see performances from 100+ musical artists from across a wide variety of genres, as well as new interactive experiences."
Details about the Ozzfest portion of the Metaverse Music Festival are scarce, but more acts are expected to be announced in the coming days.
The Metaverse Music Festival 2022 takes place November 10-13. Complete details can be found at Decentraland.org.
Ozzfest at 25: Looking Back on the Festival’s Lineups
Ozzfest kicked off its first year on October 25, 1996.
The festival was famously founded by Sharon Osbourne after Lollapalooza turned down Ozzy Osbourne for a spot on their lineup. Ozzfest would later expand to a touring festival traveling throughout the United States and have stints in Europe and Japan.
Scroll through the gallery below to see past lineups from the history of Ozzfest.
1996
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Danzig, Biohazard, Sepultura, Fear Factory, Neurosis, Narcotic Gypsy.
1997
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Type O Negative, Fear Factory.
1998 (U.K. Edition)
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters, Pantera, Soulfly, Slayer, Fear Factory, Therapy?
1998 (U.S. Edition)
George DeSota/Newsmakers/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit, Soulfly, Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Motorhead.
1999
Jo Hale/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Deftones, Slayer, Primus featuring Buckethead, System of a Down, Godsmack.
2000
Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Godsmack, Static-X, Incubus, Methods of Mayhem, P.O.D., Queens of the Stone Age, Black Label Society, Apartment 26.
2001 (U.K. Edition)
Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Tool, Papa Roach, Soulfly, Hed PE, Raging Speedhorn.
2001 (U.S. Edition)
Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Crazy Town, Black Label Society.
2002 (Germany & Belgium edition)
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne, Tool, System of a Down, Bad Religion, P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Black Label Society Oomph!, Such a Surge.
2002 (England edition)
Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, System of a Down, Slayer, Lostprophets, Millencolin, Cradle of Filth, Drowning Pool, The Mad Capsule Markets, Black Label Society, AntiProduct
2002 (Ireland edition)
Getty ImagesMain stage: Tool, System of a Down, Slayer, Therapy?, Lostprophets, Drowning Pool, Cyclefly, Black Label Society.
2002 (Poland & Czech Republic edition)
Jo Hale/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Slayer, AntiProduct, Decapitated, Metalium, Royal Playboy Cartel, Black Label Society, Skwor, Astro Metro.
2002 (Netherlands edition)
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Slayer, Within Temptation, Kittie, Ill Nino, Drowning Pool.
2002 (Portugal edition)
Steven Ferdman/Getty ImagesMain stage: Tool, Slayer, Ill Nino, Kittie, Drowning Pool, AntiProduct, 500 & Crave Ramp.
2002 (United State edition)
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Rob Zombie, P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Adema, Black Label Society, Tommy Lee.
2003
Robert Mora/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Disturbed, Chevelle, The Datsuns.
2004
Dave Etheridge-Barnes/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual, Black Label Society.
2005 (U.K. Download Festival edition)
Ned Dishman/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, HIM, Anthrax, Alter Bridge, A, Bowling for Soup, The Mad Capsule Markets, The Dwarves, Trivium.
2005 (United States edition)
MJ Kim/Getty ImagesMain stage: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Mudvayne, Shadows Fall, Black Label Society, In Flames, Velvet Revolver, Slipknot, Drowning Pool.
2006
Jo Hale/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil, DragonForce.
2007
Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Lamb of God, Static-X, Lordi, Black Tide.
2008
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage: Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Serj Tankian, Hellyeah, Jonathan Davis, Cavalera Conspiracy, Shadows Fall, Apocalyptica, In This Moment, All Star Dimebag Darrell Tribute.
2010 (United States edition)
Charley Gallay/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Halford, Devildriver, Nonpoint.
2010 (U.K. edition)
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Murderdolls, Steel Panther, Skindred.
2010 (Israel edition)
Ian Hitchcock/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Soulfly, Betzefer.
2013 (Japan edition)
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSlipknot, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Deftones, Maximum the Hormone, Man with a Mission, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Treatment, Namba 69, crossfaith, Galneryus, Momoiro Clover Z, Knock Out Monkey, Artema, Black Sabbath, Tool, Stone Sour, Dir En Grey, Anthem, coldrain, Steel Panther, Mucc, AA=, Ningen Isu, Head Phones President, and fade.
2015 (Japan edition)
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesKorn, Evanescence, Bullet for My Valentine, Noisemaker, VAMPS, ONE OK ROCK, Crossfaith, Corey Taylor, MEANING, Crystal Lake, SiM, Ozzy and Friends, Jane's Addiction, Hatebreed, A Day to Remember, Black Label Society, Babymetal, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Her Name in Blood, Ningen Isu, and OLDCODEX.
2016 (Ozzfest Meets Knotfest)
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage (aka: Lemmy Stage): Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Megadeth, Opeth, Black Label Society, Rival Sons, Slipknot, Slayer, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Trivium, Motionless in White.
2017 (Ozzfest Meets Knotfest
Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Prophets of Rage, Deftones, Children of Bodom, Orange Goblin, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Stone Sour, Eighteen Visions, Prayers.
2018
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMain stage: Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Jonathan Davis, Body Count.
