Way Out West is Sweden’s biggest cultural encounter, welcoming over 100,000 visitors to Gothenburg for three days of music, festivities and culture. Year-on-year the programme showcases the biggest names in music, with goth-rock figureheads THE CURE, global phenomenon CARDI B and soon-to-be Glastonbury headliner STORMZY set to top the bill in 2019. The festival is…

The feminist punk and artist collective, PUSSY RIOT became world famous after its protest action against Vladimir Putin in Moscow 2012. A regime-critical “punk prayer” that resulted in the imprisonment of three members, Maria “Masha” Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich. A judgment that during the two years they were imprisoned was severely criticized by…

Today, the first acts for the lineup of Borgholm Brinner are revealed as WELCOME AT THE GATES [SE], OPETH [SE] and OF MICE & MEN [US]. The two-day festival will again take place at Borgholm Castle on the island of Öland where fans can expect another two night performance from the festival’s curators, IN FLAMES…

Christmas is over for another year, so it’s time for a very special treat now as we welcome a living metal legend to the Falun stage – UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER and his band U.D.O.! This band almost needs no introduction after bringing their huge, uncompromising metal sound to audiences all around the world during a stunning…

What’s that we hear? Is it the crashing of thunder and the ominous drumming of the four horsemen’s hooves drawing near…? No it’s not the Apocalypse – it’s incredible Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA.  Nobody else could make this beautiful orchestral instrument sound so heavy! If that was not special enough, the Finns have promised to…

For the next Sabaton Open Air announcement we are taking a journey to Italy… and specifically into a deep green woodland where all sorts of magical happenings occur… There we will find Italian folk-metallers ELVENKING, who are coming back to Falun for the second time, bringing with them a sprinkling of fairy dust and a…

Polish Hussars, have we got a treat for you at Sabaton Open Air 2019, with Poland’s own CRYSTAL VIPER! CRYSTAL VIPER – who played here six years ago when the festival was still known as Rockstad:Falun – are reminiscent of the hard-partying heyday of 80s metal, blending heavy and speed riffs with frontwoman Marta Gabriel’s…

Sweden Rock Festival organisers are happy to announce another 10 bands confirmed for this summer’s festival. The latest additions to the line-up are British heavy metal legends SAXON, the brand new outfit DEADLAND RITUAL – comprised of Geezer Butler (ex-Black Sabbath), Matt Sorum (ex-Guns n’ Roses), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) and Franky Perez (Apocalyptica) –…

Ahoy metalheads! If you were hoping Gloryhammer’s addition to our lineup might mean keyboard player Chris Bowes other band would be here too, we’ve got good news for you… Sabaton Open Air is pleased to welcome ALESTORM – long time touring brothers of Sabaton and the ultimate party band. We know you’re here to drink…

For those who prefer their power metal to be a little on the dark side, please welcome BLOODBOUND back to Sabaton Open Air. This hard-working Swedish band has released eight studio albums in 12 years, blending uplifting power chords with slightly more sinister lyrical themes. The band takes its name from the ancient custom of…

Karisma, decadence and flowing kajal! Storsjöyran Festival’s first artist release should please the fans THE HIVES, HANK VON HELL and LITTLE JINDER – Here we go! In the 90’s punk and hardcore, THE HIVES embraced humor, attitude and handsome clothes. They already declared in the recreation room at the recreation center that they were the…

Moscow’s ARKONA is the next addition to the ever more exciting lineup for Sabaton Open Air. Founded in 2002 by frontwoman Masha “Scream”, this folk metal band tells tales from ancient Slavic mythology and blends traditional Russian instruments with their sound. Singing purely in their native language, ARKONA has brought awareness of their Russian heritage…

SLAYER, DREAM THEATER, STYX, THREE DAYS GRACE, UFO, DANKO JONES, SEVENTH WONDER, WITCHFYNDE, A.C.T., HÄLLAS, LISA LYSTAM FAMILY BAND and JAMES HOLKWORTH AND THE COOLBENDERS are now confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2019! Last Wednesday, SLAYER played a sold out show at Hovet in Stockholm as part of their farewell tour.  Today, SRF announces that…

American world popular hip hop star MACKLEMORE will headline Sweden’s new summer festival Bayside Festival 2019 in Helsingborg on the 12th – 13th July MACKLEMORE is one of the world’s most popular and streaming hip-hop artists. The “These Days”, “Glorius” and “Good Old Days” tracks have been streamed over a billion times. The singles “Can’t…

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal is coming to Falun in 2019 – but it’s coming via Portugal thanks to ATTICK DEMONS, the next confirmed act for Sabaton Open Air festival.  ATTICK DEMONS have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal ever since their formation in 1996, bringing speed, melodies and a power…

Lollapalooza Stockholm has released its inaugural lineup featuring FOO FIGHTERS, TRAVIS SCOTT, LANA DEL REY, LALEH, BRING ME THE HORIZON, THE 1975, ERIC PRYDZ, GRETA VAN FLEET, BILLIE EILISH and more.  When one of the world’s biggest festivals land on Swedish ground on June 28th & 29th 2019, it’s with some of the world’s and…

In the very likely event of an invasion of undead unicorns this Summer, there’s no danger of the party stopping at Falun – because we’ll be under the protection of the mighty Angus McFife and his band GLORYHAMMER.  The five-piece symphonic power metal band, formed by Alestorm frontman Chris Bowes in 2010, has released two…

Gefle Metal Festival has announced MINISTRY as next year’s second headliner next to DIMMU BORGIR.  This legendary industrial metal band has lasted since 1981 and has released classic albums like “Psalm 69” and “Filth Pig”. Last spring, the latest album “AmeriKKKant” came. Their visit to the Gefle Metal Festival will be their only show in…

ZZ TOP, TENACIOUS D, DISTURBED, AXEL RUDI PELL, BLACKBERRY SMOKE, CANDLEMASS, POWERWOLF, GORGOROTH, GREEN JELLŸ, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, JAG PANZER, BLAZE BAYLEY, FM, KRISIUN, MYRATH, THUNDERMOTHER, ZAL CLEMINSON’S SIN DOGS, JARED JAMES NICHOLS, THE QUILL and GATHERING OF KINGS are now confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2019! Another 45 acts remain to be announced….

This is a band that simply needs no introduction. BROTHERS OF METAL have played several times before at the festival, and also been playing the annual Sabaton Cruise a few times in the past.  An last years festival they were the main act on the Pre-Party, but to play the Pre-party 2019 was not in…

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS take you to a world of myths, tales and the long forgotten sea.:  With a unique mixture of symphonic metal and power metal, paired with a fantastic female/male vocal duo, the Austrian quintet has been enchanting the metal world since 2000. Their show at Sabaton Open Air 2019 will be their first…

The World’s hottest artist in electronic dance music makes his only show in Sweden 2019 at Brännbollsyran festival in Umeå on May 30th – 1st June. The American world star MARSHMELLO is one of the planet’s most streamed artists with hits like “happier” (feat. Bastille), “silence” (feat. Khalid), “Wolves” (feat. Selena Gomez) and “friends” (feat….

This year’s Sweden Rock Festival sold out in a week and turned into an amazing event with perfect weather, a peaceful atmosphere and lots of great performances by some of the best bands in rock and metal. Tickets for the 2019 edition of the festival are going on sale on Thursday at 11.00 CET and…

The weekend of 28-29 June 2019 will welcome the international music festival Lollapalooza to Sweden. Stockholm becomes the third European city, after Berlin and Paris to arrange the iconic festival that is now spread across three continents and attracts more than a million visits worldwide.  Lollapalooza Stockholm will take place at Gärdet in central Stockholm….

One of the biggest names in progressive rock now exists in two versions. YES featuring ARW, who are coming to Sweden Rock this summer, are centered around original vocalist Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin who composed their super hit “Owner of a lonely heart”, and the band’s classic keyboard player Rick Wakeman. The definitive lineup…