This is not a comprehensive review of the weekend from a team of media savvy writers and togs. It’s a collective of fans who were at the festival and who have spent time reflecting on their favourite performances over a stacked and packed weekend. We start on Thursday with Richard's review of headliners Evergrey.
This was the headline set that very nearly didn’t happen with the band suffering horrific flight delays and the loss of all their equipment. Thankfully arriving at the festival in the nick of time and with borrowed gear, Evergrey brought their A game to the Sophie Lancaster stage with a stunning set of dark and melodic metal. All setbacks and stress seemingly fuelled the band to deliver a set that was one of the clear highlights of the weekend, with passionate performances all round, and frontman Tom Englund in stunning form.
The set was mainly based around their more recent material (bar a stunning A Touch Of Blessing) but when the band has released some of their finest albums later in their career it was hard to argue with what was played, with songs off latest album Theories Of Emptiness sitting comfortably alongside set staples such as Eternal Nocturnal, Distance and King Of Errors. When announced, Evergrey were seen as a bit of an unusual choice for a Thursday night headliner, their melancholic metal not fitting the party night theme but the Swedes proved themselves wholly worthy of the slot and easily won themselves a large amount of new fans, whilst ensuring this reviewer had a hoarse voice for the rest of the weekend.
Live photos by Hutch (https://www.facebook.com/hutch224)
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