Anniversary, Hayleys B'Day & Hammerfest

Well first off, mine and Deans anniversary was great :) We went to Caesars Palace and had yummy food :) It was funny cause when we sat down we ordered drinks and everything, and then afterwards realised that we had no money on us! haha Luckily they took Deans card :P

Then after our meal, we went over to The Swan and met everyone to celebrate Hayleys Birthday :) It was good, I felt like I hadn't saw anyone in ages! I was a bit gutted we didn't go to the K though with Andy, Sean, Bev etc but oh well.

Thennnnnnn the next day, we got up nice n early for Hammerfest! :) Which was EXCELLENT, thanks to Lewis for giving us tickets! He rawks!!

Anyways, we got to the hotel and we had a nice little room with a shower (not that we got one though since we were only there for 2 days lol). It was nice and cozy anyways which was good :) So yeah, first we visited McDonalds in Rhyl... I'm sorry but wtf? lol It tasted like poo :( Then at about 4 we headed off to Prestatyn in a taxi to see the bands. We were just walking around looking at everything, and then bumped into Kathleen! haha Was pretty crazy since we thought we were the only ones going :P

Then after we spoke to her for a bit, we were looking through the stalls and I turned round and bumped into Dez Fafara from DevilDriver/Coal Chamber who was doing an interview for Scuzz. It was hilarious, I moved out the way quickly just like :O in total shock haha

Then after having some delicious chips and beans (i was happy!), we walked past Solsikk who had replaced Tony Martin, needless to say I wasn't impressed by that anyway, but the band were pretty dire aswell from what we saw. However their bass player was caught up in traffic and they managed to put a backing track on through a laptop which I thought was awesome haha

After watching some of them, we then headed over to the second stage to see Xerath. They were pretty good :) I liked the fact that all the bands had really long sets aswell, cause you got to see the real band as if it was a proper gig :)

After Xerath we went back to the first stage to see Epica, who were GREAT. I had a listen before we left and I liked them, but I was pleasantly surprised by them live aswell. Oh and the singer has gorgeous hair :) If only it was pink and not ginger, it'd be amazing! Then we saw Katatonia, who I'll be honest I wasn't too impressed with. Scott & Lew liked them though and they said they thought they were really good lol :) The singer actually has no face aswell which is weird, its just a hairy mess a bit like It from the Adamms Family lol.

Anyways, to finish the night off we saw Devil Driver who were awesome! We were sitting on the couches and had a really good view so I was made up, and the pits, THE PITS!, my god they were berserk! haha

After that we all agreed we wern't too assed about 5FDP or Napalm Death so we headed back to the hotel and watched some tv :) That night, we discovered the most.. hmmmmm... hilarious thing ever to exist. Louis Theorux, sorry, Louis Castle singing 'A little help from my friend'. It was soo diabolical i actually felt his shame, and so it stuck just like at Sonisphere with the "A FUCKIN CHICKEN" lol

The next day we went to Prestatyn at about 4ish again :) We were there just in time for Panic Cell which was I'm pleased about because they were great! Then afterwards we grabbed some food and waited until 6 to see Attica Rage and Orange Goblin, both I wasn't too crazy on tbh :/

But then... Skindred♥ They were fucking amazing I loved them! As always, they put on a good show :) So anywho, after that we went and had a bit of a wander around and had some chips, and then BAM! we see Luke from Panic Cell standing in front of us :D Scott n Lew get a pic, n then i think yeno wat fuck it so got one too haha. Then after that we were walking away and BAM! Theres BENJI from SKINDRED! haha so yeah we go over and get a pic :) He was more rock star though tbh didn't wanna talk much just act all cool haha. So yeah, then we were walking over to see Akercocke and BAM! Theres Ben from Orange Goblin haha, so we follow him n then Scott gets a pic. It was funny tho cause he started talkin to us and we had a proper convo with him for ages! lol I didn't rly talk much though cause it was all about football :P

Then we saw Akercocke, who were also quite dissapointing :( In 2004 I remember them being so different, it was weird, they al had short hair!
Oh and something really strange happened, I was up close taking photos of Akercocke, and then all of a sudden I caught a glimpse of the Keyboard player and I froze. He looked exactly like Edward Cullen.. I actually froze thinking omg.. is that actually Edward Cullen/Robert Pattinson? I felt like Bella when she keeps seeing him and wondering if hes actually there or not. Yeah I know I sound like another stupid Twilight fan now, but I'm being serious! Lmao No joke I stood there wondering.

Anywho, after watching some of Akercocke we caught a bit of Iced Earth who were quite good but not my cup of tea :) And thennnn we went back to the hotel. Oh and what a surprise, Dean lost his phone har har no shocker there lol :P

Overall, it was an excellent week! :) Hammerfest was so weird it wasn't like a gig but it wasn't like a festival either, it was a happy middle lol. I would defo go again thats for sure :)