Alter Bridge

The annual Rock Am Ring Festival in Germany and its sister event Rock Im Park, which features the same bands on the same weekend, only the days they play are changed, have become an incredible happening for music fans from central Europe. Three days, three stages and many bands make up for a giant festival, which sports some Metal bands as well, although it is not the main focus. (Note from Metal Express Radio Management: It is, of course, quite impossible for one person to see and capture every band on the festival. Also, Metal Express Radio was only there for two of the three days. So this review includes a selection of bands that Metal Express Radio was able to see, and far from complete. If your favorite band from the billing isn’t featured here, that’s why. Also, some photos had to be taken from quite a distance as Metal Express Radio did not get an official photo pass, so if the quality is somewhat less than you are used to, please cut us some slack. It is still better than having none, right?). The three days were of different interests for the Metal fan. The main portion of Metal was delivered on Saturday on the main stage, the least interesting seemed Sunday. In combination, this could have been a nice Metal fest if they had compiled all Hard Rockin’ bands to one stage, on two days. Pity they did not, as there were some fillers in between, if judged from the perspective of a Metal fan. That also made for an unusual crowd with different preferences, only for the headliners did most of the 85,000 people unite in front of one stage, which was an impressive amount of people! Friday The stage with the biggest Metal share was …READ MORE