Iron Kobra at the small show we went to was really really good.
Avantasia was fantastic. 3 hours flew by really fast. Seeing Bob Catley sing was worth it.
At KIT: Air Raid was one of the best of the weekend. High Spirits were super energetic and the whole place was singing all thier songs. Quartz was also really good. Liege Lord were good but I was beat so I went up front for 4 songs and stood near the back and hung out talking while watching them. Midnight was great live. Angel Witch was boring. They came across like jerks.
Seeing Helloween / Gamma Ray / Shadowside in a community center basket ball gym was also really cool. Small crowd of 400 for them. Huge stage for them with big lightshow as well.
The vendors at KIT was unreal as well. So many cheap power metal CD's. The average price for a CD there was 10 to 13 euro which is around 12 to 15 bucks US. It was just cool to have such a variety there to chose from.