Continuing the style of last year, Metaldays rounded the day off on the second stage with the darker side of metal. On the first day of its opening, the band to do so was blackened death metal band Necrophobic from Sweden.

“Metaldays, show me your horns!”
- Anders Strokirk (vocals)

Necrophobic had a nice setup going, with a colourful backdrop and stage banners, skin-tight leggings, large chains and even larger pentagrams. We were now truly in the blackened end of the scale, there was no doubt about it.
Bathed in red light, the band welcomed the crowd with raised arms and horns, and then delved straight into the meat of it. The music was fast, heavy, and wicked sounding, yet the expressions, while certainly going for the same, came off with a bit of a humorous edge to them.
I'm not saying the band was silly, don't get me wrong, but parts of the delivery was just so over the top, that I couldn't help smiling with them. Not at them, because I believe that the intention was to entertain. Guitarist Johan Bergebäck certainly did what he could to connect and get the crowd going.

In part, it worked as well. To begin with, I was mostly impressed with the sheer size of the crowd. Considering the lateness of the hour, combined with the fact that Arch Enemy was still blasting the main stage for a bit more at this time, there was a very good amount of people here.
The front was very enthusiastic in their headbanging efforts, and while the rest of the crowd took it easier, they were still focused on the band, and joined in the applause and shouts between songs.

In all honesty, we didn't stick around for the entire show however. The band was playing and performing well, but the day had been long and warm, and we were simply beat. I can almost guarantee that those who stuck around, had a good time though - it looked like it.