It was a day of metal madness in Orange County. BREAKING SERENITY, the band behind SELF INFLICTED FEST and SELF INFLICTED PRODUCTIONS partnered up with FIRE IT UP FEST for a one day event of pure metal music on two stages at The Garden Amp. The event called FIRE IT UP FEST MEETS SELF INFLICTED FEST was hosted by non-other than Mike Z. of 96.7 FM KCAL ROCKS.
Written by Don Marcelo
Many Angelenos traveled from all different parts of Southern CA for an afternoon and evening of moshing, mayhem, madness, head banging, and metal music. The line up was insanely filled with different styles of heavy metal music. Originally set to just photograph two bands on this day, EDGE OF PARADISE and ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (check out my previous articles and reviews of both bands here on S.L.R. MAGAZINE. Click on the links below in the photo gallery), I decided to extend my work and include the other bands that I got to see perform on the MAIN STAGE, since Illusions of Grandeur’s set was at 4pm and Edge of Paradise’s set was at 10pm. So I said to myself, “I’m already here, why not enjoy the festivities and rock out and photograph and help promote the other bands as well.” Huge shout out to EDGE OF PARADISE and ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR for having me…