The first edition of Sonisphere worldwide took place in Nijmegen, Holland, and featured 7 bands. Two weeks before there was a first cancellation with The Sword. On the morning of the festival Mastodon also cancelled their gig. With a rainy day forcasted 10.000 people travelled towards Nijmegen for the festival. In the end it turned out to be a nice day with expensive beer and some cool shows.
Pure American Metal, or at least, that's what their backdrop says. Lamb of God played a nice selection of new and 'older' material, with classics like 'Ruin', 'Laid To Rest' and 'Omerta' mixed up with 'Redneck' and of course 'Set To Fail' from their latest album, Wrath. The sound on Sonisphere wasn't all that, and a lot of guitarwork went lost in the wind. All in all, the band just wasn't able to sound like Pure American Metal, but it seemed like the band was enjoying themselves and just tried to make the best of it.