I started off the festival by watching Amaranthe in the rain. That didn’t matter though, we had a blast. Dancing on their beats and jumping around, Amaranthe made sure everybody had a great time. For clean singer Nils Molin, this would not be the last time we would see him, we will see him again tomorrow morning with is band Dynazty. Amaranthe gave a great selection of songs from different albums. From new to old, there was something there for everybody to enjoy. The rain was played away, we didn’t see much rain after Amaranthe left the stage.

After Amaranthe, we ran to see Bury Tomorrow. We arrived too late to get a good spot, but their melodic metalcore reaches far and wide and makes everybody in the neighborhood bounce around. The set felt short and time flew by. They did only get to play 9 songs, but Bury Tomorrow chose a wide verity of songs which made a great setlist. My personal favorite ‘Earthbound‘ was part of it. Check them out if you are in to some heavy subject melodic metal core, played by a positive and all-inclusive band.

We all know Kerry King as the guitarist of Slayer, but I’ve never heard his solo project before. If you know what Slayer sounds like, you know what Kerry King sounds like. It was a bit less immersive than Slayer if you ask me, but then again, I’m not a huge Slayer fan. He played mostly his own stuff, but couldn’t get away without playing some Slayer songs as well. When he played ‘Raining Blood‘, the crowd went wild and sung the song and the melody along.

I’ve wanted to see Babymetal for a long time, but have missed them every time they were in the neighboring countries or in Belgium. This time, I finally got my chance to see them. It didn’t disappoint, it was a great show with mostly recent songs like ‘Ratatata‘, a song they recently made with Electric Callboy, but also some classics like ‘Gimme Chocolate’. I had hoped to see Electric Callboy perform Ratatata together with Babymetal, but that unfortunately didn’t happen. The song was still great, though. I’m happy I got to experience a Babymetal performance. Next to their music, their dancing skills are also great to see. It must be exhausting to sing and dance like that at the same time.

Alice Cooper is great as always. Even though the man is over 70 years old, you don’t really notice it. The show is still great, all his greatest hits are in there, he plays with the crowd and thanks the great band and actors behind him at the end of the show. If you have seen him before, though, it seems to be the same show over and over again. But then again, fans might get angry if some hit songs aren’t played. So who knows, but the same show is, and will always be, nice to see over and over again.