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
FALCONER (Finally) reunited with original singer Mathias Blad, Falconer were able to gather a respectably-sized crowd of mostly Swedish (it seemed) and quite enthusiastic fans in front of the Zeppelin Stage Saturday morning. Blad has …READ MORE
PRETTY MAIDS Danish rockers Pretty Maids started just as Friday saw afternoon under a hellish sun for the audience. Whereas veteran bands often settle for primarily older material when playing live (especially at a festival), …READ MORE
DARK TRANQUILLITY Despite several chart entries, Dark Tranquillity never got the same recognition as In Flames, The Haunted, or Arch Enemy, but still they do have some fantastic albums to their credit – The Mind’s …READ MORE
RANDY PIPER’S ANIMAL Whatever opinion you may have about the role he’s played in the media after his departure from W.A.S.P., there’s no doubt that Randy Piper, visiting Sweden Rock Festival with his new band …READ MORE
FIREWIND Fronted by super-shredder Gus G, the Heavy Rock band Firewind has managed to put out three full-length releases so far in their career. The style is very traditional Hard Rock/Metal -– Gus’ riffs and …READ MORE
ARCH ENEMY Why both Entombed and Arch Enemy –- two highly profiled, domestic, and very popular bands –- both were scheduled to play at noon remains a mystery, especially as both bands belong to the …READ MORE
ENTOMBED After the intro from Unreal Estate, Entombed opened their set (as usual you’d probably say) with “Chief, Rebel, Angel”, and it was hard to fight the goose bumps growing rapidly to the sound of …READ MORE