Simply good entertainment – with acts like Volbeat, Electric Callboy, Bad Omens and Ice Nine Kills.
After the big noughties class reunion on Friday (June 5th) with Linkin Park, Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit, the second day of the festival belongs to the future legends. The focus is on the headliners Volbeat and Bad Omens, but Electric Callboy and Marteria also provided festival fuel for an exuberant evening. Saturday provides three very different answers to the question of what makes audiences tick in 2026.
Disco fox at sunset
Electric Callboy manages the feat of transforming the Utopia Stage into an ultra-fun mosh pit with a village disco soul at sunset. As a secret act last year, they impressively proved that metalcore, Eurodance and meme culture don’t require any distinction. At the ring, shoulder pads, wigs or neon-colored tracksuits no longer necessarily seem like a beer-spirited gag that just happened to go viral – the band now bombards the audience with a perfectly rehearsed show and rich pyrotechnics. Perfect for everyone who wants to mosh, jump, laugh and dance discofox at the ring. Marteria then extends the good mood after Electric Callboy to the Mandora Stage and briefly shifts the focus towards party-friendly German rap.
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The big rock show at Volbeat
Volbeat, on the other hand, deliver the classic contrasting program that you would expect from Rock am Ring – a big rock show with a solid foundation. The Danish band has proven itself several times at the Nürburgring and is a headliner with its own language. Their metal riffs, stadium choruses and, above all, Michael Poulsen’s voice are unmistakable. All of this may not make Volbeat the most surprising band of the day, but they make full use of their musical strengths in the festival format without having to beg for attention.
Bad Omens: The hype is real
Meanwhile, the most longed-for moment of the weekend by many is unfolding on the Mandora Stage. Bad Omens fuse hard metalcore with radio-friendly melodies, electronic beats and R&B influences. The show itself is brilliantly orchestrated: Instead of a loose setlist run-through, Bad Omens present an overall concept divided into several sections. Atmospheric tape intros mark the individual chapters.
Her stellar career is perhaps the prime example of “being in the right place at the right time”. Last but not least, the viral success on TikTok (especially with the song “Just Pretend”) made Noah Sebastian and his fellow musicians into global superstars of the modern alternative music scene in a very short time.
A little bit of a horror show
But Saturday also has strong moments outside of these three major musical taste axes. Tom Morello starts an anti-fascist earthquake on the Utopia Stage and alternates between songs by Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine, among others. Ice Nine Kills, the masters of slashercore, are playing a little bit of a horror show on the Mandora Stage. Knives, chainsaws and cleavers are used in the over-the-top performance, and “severed arms” are triumphantly held in the air. An over-the-top set for splatter fans that fits what you can expect from a festival Saturday: simply being entertained.