MAYHEM FEST: MARILYN MANSON, SLAYER, AND MORE

The first stop of this summer's 16-band Mayhem Festival brought out a "sweaty mass of devil horns, flying fists, and bleary-eyed drunkards lumbering recklessly toward the bathroom," wrote SPIN's Josh Fernandez. The 9,000 fans were in for am evilly austere treat: Slayer's set was "less of a spectacle than a simple, blistering sonic experience; there are no grandiose special effects, only well-timed blasts of guitar, drum, and growl."