Here's my review: Metallica were orright. Really old stuff they played (Hit The Lights, Four Horseman, even Creeping Death) didn't sound great, not much impact. Some stuff was fast, slow, speeding up, slowing down all over the place (Sad But True, Master of Puppets, Blackened). Their very newest stuff actually translated really well live, from a performance point of view they were the best songs of the night. But, they have far too many slow songs/ballads. And if James mentioned the "Metallica family" one more time I was going to stab someone.
Lamb of God were fucking amazing, played like motherfuckers, did not drop the ball for one second, had the crowd enthralled. After the set finished I was seriously considering trying to get hold of a standing area ticket for Saturday night just so I could see them again.
Baroness are a really great band, pity they were stuck on one side of the stage and couldn't move around more (I assume because of the gear set up around them for LOG and Metallica). I guess it's hard to have a whole heap of impact when you're playing with the house lights still up and daylight coming through from above. Still, impressive.
And $12 for a premix can of spirits and cola, OUCH.