Hammerfall tonight.
Openers:
Infinite Descent were alright. Vocals were a bit too high in the mix and their songs seemed pretty predictable, but the last song they played, which the singer said was old material, was pretty damn good. Apparently it's on the free demo they passed out. Overall wasn't impressed, but I'll give it a listen.
Frozen were pretty mediocre. The guitar sound was absolutely horrible and the drums were inaudible. The vocalist cupped the mic. His cleans were excellent, though, and some of the songs sounded good. Still, the solos were unbearable due to the tone + the guy just wailing on the high notes.
Powerglove were fucking awesome. Their costumes were ridiculous, one guy had a triforce tattoo, they had an inflatable bat onstage, and they closed with the Power Rangers theme. At one point they threw foam swords into the pit for people to fight with. For one song they got the crowd to sing "Fuck that bird" over and over again. Musically, their stuff was well-written video-game metal. I wouldn't want to listen to it on album, but it was enjoyable to watch live due to a mix of headbanging riffs and dopeass leads.
Hammerfall kicked ass, plain and simple. Stuff from the new album sounded damn good.