Not my favorite band, but Body Count ft. Ice-T can always make my body move. Not too much to say about the performance, besides nice heavy metal music with political rap lyrics to think about if you want to, but to just dance to if you don’t want to think for a moment. They also did a Raining Blood cover (Slayer) and a cover of War / UK 82 / Disorder (The Exploited).

For a moment I thought it was strange to see SpongeBob cut-outs in the crowd when Corey Taylor, frontman of Stone Sour and Slipknot, started to play on stage. But when he started to sing the theme song to the cartoon, I remembered the running joke. He does play the song a lot on his shows, and I was happy to have heard it live too. It gets everybody laughing. I loved it when he played my favorite Stone Sour song Song #3. He played a mix of original solo project songs like Post Traumatic Blues and Home, Stone Sour songs like Made of Scars and Through Glass and Slipknot songs like Snuff and closer Duality. I didn’t know what to expect from his show, but it was very entertaining and fun to say the least. I really enjoyed myself listening to the variety of songs.

Deep Purple is Deep Purple; true classics. Yeah, you notice that the band is old. Lead singer Ian Gillan is shaking while holding the microphone, and drum solo’s tent to be a bit longer, so the band has a bit of a break in between. But these guys are legends. It is great to see such a legendary band live, even though their sound quality is not exactly on point anymore.

The same can be said for Scorpions. It’s a true classic and a legendary band. But compared to Deep Purple, Scorpions‘ sound was still rich and full. Everybody knows the songs that they played. Classics like Wind of Change, Blackout, Rock You Like a Hurricane, … Turns out that Scorpions‘ music can be romantic too, but that’s a personal experience.

Machine Head was the closer of this day and of the festival. A great show with nice heavy metal music to enjoy. They played a variety of songs, bringing their greatest hits throughout their discography. Songs like Ten Ton Hammer, Is There Anybody Out There?, and closer Halo were all there. Simply great to listen to and having a great time. At the end of the show, square beach balls with the band logo on it came out for the crowd to play with.