Cannibal Corpse live in Baltimore (video)

Chris EEEE Barnes is the Dave Mustaine of Cannibal Corpse: his parting was for the best. Just look

Cannibal Corpse "Stripped, Raped and Strangled" and "Hammer Smashed Face" (5/27/23) Hell in the Harbor

(LORDOFTHE80S) May 29, 2023: BALTIMORE SOUNDSTAGE. Live from Hell in the Harbor (Baltimore, Maryland, East Coast, USA). The West Coast may be all about Hollywood pop music, rural country music, and urban rap and hip hop.

He sold his soul for rock 'n roll w/ Black Sabbath

But back East, metal lives. Aggro Chris Barnes replacement George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher antagonizes the crowd, stirring them up for a particularly vicious mosh pit and slamfest. Careful, kids, you might spill your drinks.

It isn't just Coachella and Stagecoach that California is famous for. There are also big mega shows and a kind of hard rock almost metal show on the same Polo Grounds in Indio.

Slipknot took the mantle from Ozzy.

Knotfest and OzzFest used to come through Southern California every year out in a dusty field surrounded by hills next to the 15 Freeway. Is metal making enough money for the Devil to still be interested?

If rock 'n roll is the great Satan, or at least the sort of music the Dark Lord prefers, why would so much more progress be made using Taylor Swift, Beyonce, weird Billie Eilish, sexy Dua Lipa, and all the flash-in-the-pan pop singers, particularly those from Korea (K-Pop) and manufactured in Hollywood public relations offices?

Ozzy loves California so much, he lives here and has for years. He's close to Hollywood.

Metal gal crowd surfs over the mosh pit as the band pounds out "Hammer Smashed Face"

• Cannibal Corpse; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Crystal. CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly