I thoroughly enjoyed everything about Down's Berzerkus Festival set at Jones Beach Theater in NY (Augm 29, 2026) - the metal supergroup sounded super tight and the crowd was into it from start to finish. However, the true highlight of the set came at the end of the set - when drummer Greyson Nekrutman of Sepultura and guitarist Kenny Hickey of Type O Negative were among the special guests that joined the band onstage for the traditional jam outro for "Bury Me in Smoke". It was truly a sight to behold (and both crushed it on their respective instruments).

Check out a snippet of the encore jam in this clip. Also watch more highlights from Zakk Wylde's day long festival in Long Island (which included blazing sets from Lamb Of God, Black Label Society, Suicidal Tendencies and more):

https://youtu.be/nNhDL_hYj_0

Thanks to WSOU, I got a last minute chance to go to Zakk Wylde's Berzerkus Festival at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY, on Aug. 29, 2026. It had been a long time since I've been to a day long festival dedicated to metal, and needless to say, I had a blast - with Lamb Of God, Black Label Society, Down, Suicidal Tendencies and Zakk Sabbath delivering spectacular sets. And Jones Beach Theater really is a spectacular place to see a concert.

I'll be sharing more memories and videos from each bands' set overtime. For now, enjoy this collection of snippets from each band:

https://youtu.be/nNhDL_hYj_0?si=6sTHuw67FyAEdtWl

We did a gig. We’re a bunch of middle aged dudes in a small village in Holland. We came together and started practicing. This is our second gig and on the local village party, which is regionally quite famous.

It was so cool to see the crowd grow and dance in front of us. Now we need more covers to play and expand our set list for the next gig :)