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Superjoint Ritual At Madd Maxx's Metal Bash

Max Baker Jr.

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All hell broke loose at the Diamond Ballroom.

Superjoint Ritual headlining Madd Maxx’s Metal Bash. Not the shortened Superjoint era. This was early. First album. Raw. Violent. Loud.

Lineup stacked.

Strapping Young Lad
 Spooky Fruit
 Superjoint Ritual

About 459 people in the building, but it felt like triple that once the floor started moving.

And yes — that was the show where Hank Williams III was on bass.

Phil Anselmo fronting it. Kevin Bond on guitar. Hank III holding down the low end. That lineup doesn’t happen every year.

It was one of the last Metal Bash events in that run. The 14th or 15th edition. Hard to remember the exact number. When you’ve built that many heavy shows, they start to blur together.

But this one didn’t.

Superjoint Ritual in that era was pure hostility. No polish. No radio ambitions. Just aggression and chaos in a packed room at the Diamond.

That’s what Metal Bash was built for.

No arena safety net. No corporate sponsorship glow. Just bodies on a concrete floor and riffs hitting like a hammer.

Those were the nights you felt in your bones.


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