The Sandspur

Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Life & Times

Blood curdling screams filled the cool Orlando evening air as a squad of ambulances raced toward the UCF Arena. Shockingly enough, the pandemonium was not caused by yet another surprise manifestation of the prophet Hannah Montana.

No, in reality O-Town's forgotten youth was just succumbing to the unrelenting onslaught of metal that is The Taste of Chaos.

Five thousand of the most dedicated hardcore thrashers swarmed the UCF Arena March 28th for the annually visiting Taste of Chaos tour, headlined this year by Avenged Sevenfold. Supporting Avenged were Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine, Blessthefall, Idiotpilot, and JRock Invades America.

At this most metal of concerts, there occurred an unprecedented number of injuries. Paramedics on hand were swamped with victims of a mosh pit gone wrong. At least five people required immediate transport to the hospital between 8:30 and 11:00 pm.

One concert-goer described seeing paramedics working an injured man as follows: "He came over on a crowd-surf, went on the floor and they were working on him for seven minutes." The incidents got so out of hand that UCF Arena quickly suspended all alcohol sales, completely bumming out many dudes and dudettes.

The concert was 'Ossum Pawsome.' Also of note, it rocked our sox.

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