Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

MELODIC METAL FROM ICED EARTH RETURNS TO SRF! One of the inarguably most important bands from the great 90s-renaissance of melodic metal is returning to SRF – this time with their classic vocalist Matt Barlow. ICED EARTH debuted in 1991 and have never budged from their ambition to create grandiose, melodic music in the finest [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

BRITAINS AOR HEROES FM TO SWEDEN ROCK! Britain’s pride and joy on the AOR scene of the 80s. FM conquered every fan of melodic rock with their debut “Indiscreet” (1986) and its successor “Tough It Out” (1989). Songs like “Frozen Heart”, “That Girl” and “Bad Girl” have definitely earned the name of classics. Like so [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

DOOM METALLERS ELECTRIC WIZARD CONFIRMED FOR SWEDEN ROCK ELECTRIC WIZARD is one of the most revered and influential doom metal-acts of our time. They’re also a band that loves flipping the bird at everybody, themselves included. Since their 1995 debut they have released a total of seven albums packed with drug-romanticism, hedonism, occult symbolism and [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

GERMAN HEAVY METAL FROM HELLOWEEN AT SRF 2011 Germany’s most iconic rock band ever and the first father to the great musical movement we now call heavy metal. Ever since the self titled debut ep was released in 1985, HELLOWEEN has had a faithful audience in Sweden, and their popularity exploded in 1987-88 and with [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

DESTRUCTION COMING TO SWEDEN ROCK! February 2011 will see the release of Destruction’s eleventh studio album, which the band promises will be truly raw and brutal. Four months later the trio will arrive at SRF – making one of the most anticipated thrash metal debuts in the festival’s history a reality. For more SWEDEN ROCK [...]

Sweden Rock Festval – Sweden

The most secretive band in Sweden – GHOST confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2011! GHOST have not, and will not, disclose the names of their members. This knowledge would only distract the public from what is really important – the fact that GHOST was created to accompany the end of the world. Using music brought [...]

Sweden Rock Festvial – Sweden

Already an established force on the Swedish rock scene RAUBTIER make their first appearance at Sweden Rock 2011. “Sweden’s Rammstein” is what Raubtier (“Predator” in German) has been labeled since their debut single “Kamphund” (Fight dog) became a hit in February 2009. Obviously this was inevitable for an industrial metal band with lyrics in their [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

DAN REED confirmed for SRF for the 2nd year in a row! In 2010 he was Unplugged but next year it’s time for some Full on ROCKIN’ from Mr Reed and Co! In the late 80s, Dan Reed Network was one of the Swedish audience’s favorite bands. Hits like “Get to You” and “Rainbow Child” [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

Blues / Rock artist MASON RUFFNER added to SRF 2011 line up If you like Blues rock, Texas native Mason Ruffner is one of the prime artists you should have loved for years, but have probably never heard. The lanky guitarist, mainly inspired by classic blues, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, debuted in 1985. “Mason [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

Gothenburg’s THE HAUNTED have been added to the 2011 line up for Sweden Rock Festival At present, The Haunted are recording their seventh studio album, and in 2011 the SRF audience will once more get to see them where they impress the most – onstage. For more SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL information – click here >>>

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

Rage goes acoustic! RAGE is unquestionably the most productive band in German metal history. Since 1986 they have so far produced no less than 19 studio albums, plus several EP:s and live releases. This is even more impressive given the consistently high quality of their discography. RAGE has even managed to create their own unique [...]

Sweden Rock Festval – Sweden

STYX confirmed for SRF 2011! Do you remember the song Cartman in “South Park” compulsively must finish if someone starts singing it? That’s right – “Come sail away”, the big hit off Styx’ breakthrough album “The Grand Illusion” (1977). The Chicago band that debuted in 1972 reached tremendous success with their grandiose blend of progressive [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

OVERKILL added to Sweden Rock 2011! New York may not have spawned as many classic Thrash Metal acts as the Bay Area, but Anthrax and Overkill both rank among the most legendary bands of the genre. The latter act has produced such classic albums as “Feel the fire” (1985), “Taking over” (1987) and “Years of [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

Four more bands announced for SRF 2011 – Finally it’s time for RHAPSODY OF FIRE to play Sweden Rock. With “The Cold Embrace of Fear” the band have arrived at their ninth full-length album, and in 2011 they make their highly anticipated return to the live scene. Machistic rock, based on fat riffs, contagious choruses [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

SAXON have ben confirmed for Sweden Rock festival once again. Not only are they one of the biggest, most classic bands from the perennial New Wave of British Heavy Metal – they are also one of the bands the audience at SRF never get tired of seeing. Now they come to celebrate the fact that [...]

Sweden Rock Festival – Sweden

The legendary OZZY OSBOURNE will be making his very first appearance at Sweden Rock Festival 2011 and his only Swedish appearance of the year The first 3000 early release tickets have now sold out – keep checking back for more ticket on sale details! For more SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL information – click here >>>