Day 1 of 2, Friday July 18th The first year for the Rock Weekend Festival turned out to be pretty successful. With a good amount of advertising and a wide selection of bands on offer, …READ MORE
Day 2 of 2, Saturday July 19th LION’S SHARE Lion’s Share took a break from recording its new album by playing Rock Weekend, and had to do so in front of a rain soaked few. …READ MORE
Throughout Rock history, visual presentation has been important to say the least, whether adorning monsters on album covers, or in some cases a bona-fide mascot, an image or a certain stage act to draw attention …READ MORE
LIZZY BORDEN Well, at long last, Lizzy freakin’ Borden made it to Swedish soil! About damn time! Front man and namesake had promised a worthwhile show prior, and that’s what the audience got as Lizzy …READ MORE
ROYAL HUNT The festival day opener often gets a scattered crowd, but luckily (and somewhat surprisingly) that was not the case for Royal Hunt, definitely a bigger band than the timetable indicated, which a loyal …READ MORE
PICTURE Perhaps it’s from catching a fair dose of the younger Sister Sin right before, but, initially, classic Dutch band Picture feels strangely laid back. However, it only takes a couple songs for Picture to …READ MORE
Introduction: Well, then it was that time of year again! The festival has been around annually since 1992, when it was called Karlshamnfestivalen. Since 1998, though, it has been known as Sweden Rock Festival and …READ MORE
Sex Def Girl? Yep, it’s an amalgamation of sorts. But it’s called Man Raze. The band came together when Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen spent time with his dying father in England. Collen had kept …READ MORE
The Hard Rock/Metal scene of today points to an endless series of references to the past. Gothenburg based Swedish Rockers M.ill.ion, however, do not bring to mind a group donning Shout At The Devil replica …READ MORE
Like on the last effort Maniacal Renderings, Jon Oliva has looked into the past to create something new for the third full length Jon Oliva’s Pain release Global Warning. Meaning; several ideas are from tapes …READ MORE