Amazing weekend. Rivals even the 2002 Gods in the "Best Festival" category. Those two shows anyway have been two of the best days of my life. Hats off to Kieran and Bruce.

My take:
Stormzone - average/run of the mill. Nothing exciting. 3/10
Steve Grimmet Band - never heard anything by them before but was really impressed. See You In Hell was awesome. 7/10
Soul Doctor - A really awesome band, and one of my faves in the weekend. This performance blew away the UFOR one and then some. 8/10
Demon - I can't believe they said goodbye to the band this way - no "One Helluva Night", no "The Plague"....quite shameful really as they were great at Z Rock a couple of years back. 5/10
Threshold - Good on record....sadly total bollocks live. 4/10

Anyway, forget the Friday, it's the Saturday that really counts!

Jaded Heart - Their new album comes across much better live than on record. Good band to start the day with. 7/10
Crunch - Vic Rivera is a great player. No doubt. The less said about the singer the better, lol. He has a great voice but his image needs a total makeover. Good set nonetheless. 6/10
Valentine - Fookin' awesome! Absolutely brilliant set, and Hugo's voice was just incredible. How people say this guy's voice is too weak for Jrny I'll never know. What a band. 10/10
Jorn - Er, a little boring to be honest. It shows that he doesnt have a particularly great amount of stunning material when so much of his set is covers. "Duke Of Love" was one of the highlights of my day tho. I just love that song. 6/10
Harem Scarem - They baffle me a little in the sense that they never play a setlist "for the fans" so to speak, especially as this was their very last show. But hey, I still enjoyed them and their performance was better than at Firefest 2. - 7/10
Tyketto - Stunning. A truly professional band with brilliant songs. Shame thats the end of it. 9/10
FM - There is nothing I could type to describe how sensational I thought their performance was. I have seen plenty of bands, but I cant remeber a performance I enjoyed more than this. Maybe the first time I saw Journey, but nothin' else. And so the @!#$ what that they only played the hits? That's what we wanted to see! 11/10

Brilliant. Next year can't come soon enough!