So here it is. A short review of the Rock Hard Festival 2011

Thursday:
As always we travel to the festival on Thursday. We got a new car last year (a bigger one ^^) and we also have a friend on board. So the car is fully packed again, but at least we have some more legroom than in the old car.
We arrive at the camping ground at 17:00 (5 pm) and the camping ground is quite full already. We still can camp at our regular place, but we literally have to squeeze our tents in between other tents.

Friday:
I overdid it a bit with the beer on Thursday, so I have to slow down a bit on this day. Iced Earth are playing next day after all and I want to be fit for that show.

Bands today:
Postmortem: They are OK, but the songs get a bit dull after a while.

Primoridal: Better than Postmortem, but the sound is horrible. It all sounds like a huge mess. It's really a pity since the band is quite good.

Later this day we have a storm with heavy rain and even some hail! This is a first for me. I mean, I experienced quite a lot of weather conditions on festivals, but never hail.

Saturday:
I planned to only watch a bit of Epica's show, but they where so good that I had to stay until the end, lol.
I missed Bullet, but you have to eat something sometimes, right?

Then I planned to watch Amorphis, but a huge thunder storm is coming up. The band isn't that important for me, so I decide to stay at the camp.

Iced Earth are up next and the weather is better again. I expected a great show and I got a great show. It's one of the last shows with Matt Barlow, so I guess they wanted to play some kind of a "thank you" show for the fans.
During the middle of the show it started to rain again. I was wearing my raincoat, but my legs and my shoes got soaking wet. Oh well, doesn't matter that much, it's still a good show. And the many many crowdsurfers are helping me to not get cold, lol.
But maybe it didn't help that much to stand in the first row... the first row without a roof, I mean. Luckily I still had dry trousers and dry socks in my tent.

Sunday:
Oh man. Last day of the festival and the weather is absolutely perfect. Not too hot but not too cold, no rain at all... damn!

Bands today:

Atlantean Kodex (hey, they don't even have a wikipedia entry yet!): I don't like them too much, but at least the guys on stage have fun playing.

Metal Inquisitor (at least they have an entry in the german wikipedia...): Quite a good show, a very good way to end the festival.

I decided against Overkill this year since I wouldn't want to wait so long for a band I hardly know. It was around 16:00 (4 pm) when we left and Overkill where announced to play at 19:10 (7:10 pm)...

Picture:
You can see me in this picture. Bottom left, with a yellow raincoat on. >_>