Day one at Wacken reviews include Hammerfall, Steel Panther and Accept. Hammerfall by Iris: Of the four bands I would end up watching, Gothenburg, Sweden's Hammerfall were up first. The five-piece band 'opened' the second stage in the late afternoon, with flash pot pyro set to "Child of the Damned", a high-energy power metal classic. Minor soundDay one at Wacken reviews include Hammerfall, Steel Panther and Accept. Hammerfall by Iris: Of the four bands I would end up watching, Gothenburg, Sweden's Hammerfall were up first. The five-piece band 'opened' the second stage in the late afternoon, with flash pot pyro set to "Child of the Damned", a high-energy power metal classic. Minor sound mix issues were straightened out within a few seconds, and the band's full range of musicality could be heard. This was my second time seeing Hammerfall, so I sort-of knew what was in store, and was not disappointed. The band played through a typical "festival classics" type set, and they brought out the props to complete the effect: a wall of un-miked Marshall cabs (plus, no amps), a 20+ piece drum set, and more black leather and chains then Judas Priest sports nowadays… Vocalist Joacim Cans sounded good throughout the show with only minor technical issues – during "gang vocal" choruses, he was drowned out by the backing vocals several times. The crowd seemed fairly in to the band, warming up to their "German power metal from Sweden" within a few songs. With the "pyro-lite", they may have been a better band for [...]
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