These last few days in Gothenburg have been eventful.

Me and a friend of mine (Ruffa, don't ask why we call him that.) arrived at Gothenburg station by 4 PM and met up with another friend (Andreas). Upon arriving at the pub we came to realize that the pub was more like a larger apartment converted into a pub for the people living in that apartment building. In other words, we had pretty much invited ourselves into a private party without knowing anyone there. We (Me and Ruffa) decidedthat we'd probably be better off staying somewhere else. The entire Thursday was spent looking for a place to live. In the end we found a hotel that had a room for the night, then we bought a cheap tent the following day and checked in at Liseberg Camping. Luckily we had brought our sleeping bags along for the ride, but nothing soft to sleep on. The nights were pretty uncomfortable, but at least we had somewhere to sleep.

On saturday the festival began. We (Me, Ruffa, Andreas) decided to arrive in time to see Pain play but didn't expect the que to take over an hour, thus we missed them. The bands we did see the first day were:

---Napalm Death---

These guys played Grindcore, a genre I'm not such a big fan of. However, I was pleasantly surprised as they were far more melodic than those grindcore bands I've previously heard. To me they sounded like a mix of Death and Thrash Metal.

---Trivium---

I didn't see much of these guys and I had mixed feelings regarding their material. Still, not bad. They might be worth checking out. Appearantly their music style is a mix of Thrash and Metalcore.

---Meshuggah---

I started listening to these guys recently and was anxius to see how they'd perform. While the sound was pretty good the vocalist did little to get the crowd going. His sarcastic jokes were more irritating than anything else to me. I'm really unsure what genre these guys are. My guess would be Technical Death Metal.

---Children of Bodom---

I finally got around to see COB perform live! They started playing 15 minutes earlier acording to schedule and ended 15 minutes too late. Not that I mind, they were pretty damn good! They started out not so good with a bunch of songs from "Are you dead yet?" and it made me realize that I'm starting to get rather tired of them. Later on however, they continued with "Downfall", a long quote from "American Psycho" followed by "Angels don't Kill" and then ending it all with "Hate Crew Deathroll", it was great! They started playing "The final countdown" and one of Michael Jacksson's songs in honor of his work, but then stopped suddenly and started bitching with eachother on the scene."Why did you stop playing?" "Why didn't you sing?" "Trust me, it's pretty fucking much better if I don't fucking sing, ok?". It was great! These guys really have a sense of humour.
I'm not gonna go into which music genre they are since there's enough trivia about that as is.

---Volbeat---

Saw a bit of them. Sounded more like old school heavy metal and was refreshing from hearing all that growling and fast guitars/drums. I don't remember much about them now however, I guess they were pretty overshadowed by Mustasch the other day...

---Disturbed---

Only reason I went to see these guys was because me friends dragged me along, but I'm glad they did, they were awesome! I usually don't listen to the kind of music they play, but the vocalist did an amazing job. His vocals were clear and easy to make out. He also did an excellent job encouraging the crowd to sing along and headbang. I'm going to remember them for a long while. For those of you who didn't know, they play Nu Metal.

---Slipknot---

I'm not a big fan of Slipknot. They do have a few songs I really like, but for the most part I really dislike them. I've heard rumours they were supposed to be amazing live though and decided to go see them anyway. Guess what? They were nothing short of amazing. It was almost like watching a theater act with all the crazy masked guys running and climbing around on stage. Reckless and brutal are the first words that come to mind. I didn't watch the whole show though as I was dead tired and broke my voice very quickly. We left as they were playing People=Shit, but in hindsight I kinda regret not staying just a little bit longer.

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The next day my neck hurt like crazy and I could feel a cold trying to pull me into it's embrace. Still, I was determined to see the day through and watch as many bands as possible.

---Dragonforce---

These guys were a joke. I don't regret seeing them though, it will make a good story. The vocalist did his part. His vocals were powerful and clear, but he couldn't get the crowd to do what he wanted. I would personally blame part of that on the rest of the band however. The guy with the Synth was a real clown. His hair colored red while he was clad in tight, bright yellow pants, a black shirt with white spots on and a bright yellow tie. Like that didn't look crazy enough, he bounced around like a Kangaroo on crack on the stage. The lead guitarist missed a few notes here and there, especially during the solos. He also made grimaces afterwards as if he was displeased with his own performace. This also made the crowd cool down quite a bit. I believe the reason they failed so badly was because they were trying to put up with too much of a show. If they had just been stading there and played it might have been a lot better. I mean, don't play guitar with your fucking tungue if it sounds like ass! There were good parts though. Near the end there were these two hot blonde chicks that went up to the stage with beer for the band while they were playing. On their way back from the stage one of them flashed her boobs in front of the camera and suddenly everyone were interested again. Did I mention she was hot? Anyways, Dragonforce, as you may well know, play Speedmetal.

---Bring me the Horizon---

I had already met up with for a short while the other day (I seem to be lucky, as all the people I first meet online and then IRL have so far been cooler than I first imagine them to be. ) but today we met upby the smaller stage to catch a glimpse of Bring me the Horizon. I know nothing of these guys when I first went there and I can't say I know much more after seeing them. The sound was so muffled and bounced around in the tent so much it was difficult to make out. What I do know is that their fans are crazy. I was sucked into a pretty big mosh pit the moment they started playing. It was pretty fun though, if I had had more energy I might have spent more time in the mosh. They arranged a wall of death also, I didn't feel tempted to participate though.

---My Dying Bride---

The vocalist in this band had an amazing voice (though I might have mixed them with All that Remains). It was all pretty depressive though, seeing him fall over and act as if he was sobbing on the ground. Still, might be worth checking them out on youtube sometime. Really unsure what kind of music they played. At first I thought it was Death Metal, but then came a few songs with clean vocals...

---Mustasch---

The only song I've previously heard by these guys is "Black City", but I'll definitly have to check out more of their work now, wow, they rock! Their stuff reminds me of old school metal with metallica influences (Think ReLoad). The vocalist was also awesome and made some great jokes. I was headbanging along to a lot of these songs and didn't really pay any attention to what was going on around me. When they were done I noticed a pretty big pool of blood right in front of me, and when I looked down I also noticed blood spatter on my pants and shoes. It was almost like someone in front of me had been stabbed badly and then disappearing without anyone noticing. =S

---Opeth---

These are the guys I had been looking forward to the most, and they didn't disappoint. I must say they weren't nearly as good as Mustasch, Bodom or Disturbed. I also didn't like how they played two songs from "Watershed" and none from "Orchid". Still, they played "Ghost of Perdition", "Closure" and "The Leper Affinity". I was pleased. Opeth is a Progressive Death Metal band stronly influenced by various other music genres.

I did promise to go and see Dir en Grey with her, but by the time Opeth were done I was done for it. She also messaged me "Waiting for Dir en Grey, I'm gonna go fucking crazy! ", and if I was about to see another band at all I figured I really didn't want to stand in the middle of the crowd and be pushed around. I even decided to skip Cult of Luna (Which I regret deeply.) and leave the area for food and rest.

Today I woke up with a waterfall in my nose and have been coughing and sneezing all the way home. Due to some reason I've always gone sick after/before/during a concert. The train ride home was almost unbearable. It was about 30 celcius degrees hot outside and even warmer inside the train carts with all the people and no air conditioner. It wasn't even possible to open the windows! Finally home again, I must say a shower never felt so good.

But now that I've spent so long writing this crap it's time for me to grab a bite. I'm fucking starving!

Thank's for reading this... or just skipping to this last sentance... whatever. Peace!