Swedish heavy metal music festival
Sweden Rock Festival Final evening of Sweden Rock 2008
Genre Heavy metal , hard rock , blues rock Dates June Location(s) Norje (Sölvesborg ), SwedenYears active 1992–present Website swedenrock.com
The Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock /metal festival held in Sweden since 6 June 1992. While having a clear rock/metal focus, the festival is noted for its diversity across these genres, from southern rock bands such as Molly Hatchet to death metal legends like Obituary .
The first version of the festival, known as Sommarfestivalen i Olofström , was held in Olofström in 1992. In 1993 the festival moved to Karlshamn , and changed its name to Karlshamn Rock Festival . In 1998, the festival moved to Norje , although the name Karlshamn Rock Festival was kept. In 1999 the name was changed to the Sweden Rock Festival.
When the festival began in 1992, it featured nine relatively unknown bands and it only lasted one day. The next year the festival was expanded to two days and more bands were added to the line-up. From 1993 to 2002 the festival would last two days; over those years it would also begin to feature bigger name acts. In 2000 the festival was expanded to three days but it returned to two days the following year.
From 2003 to 2006 the festival lasted three days and had by then featured some of the biggest acts in metal and rock. From 2007 the festival has been expanded to four days and will feature approximately 120 different bands/artists.
Some notable appearances in the past have been Aerosmith , Iron Maiden , Judas Priest , Mötley Crüe , Dio , Bruce Dickinson , Yngwie Malmsteen , Twisted Sister , Whitesnake , Uriah Heep , Europe , Deep Purple , Accept , Motörhead , Saxon , Nazareth , Poison , Status Quo , Lynyrd Skynyrd , Scorpions , Porcupine Tree , Kamelot , Def Leppard , Alice Cooper , Testament , W.A.S.P , ZZ Top , The Orchestra , Thin Lizzy , Ted Nugent , Slayer and Guns N' Roses .
The festival has also worked as a comeback scene for bands like Triumph and Thundersteel Riot .
Bachman & Turner started their world reunion tour here in June 2010. In 2013 both Rush and Kiss together with Europe were headliners for the festival.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the festival to be cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
2022 lineup [ ] 2021 lineup [ ]
9–12 June, Norje Havsbad (Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic )
10cc Lee Aaron Accept Agonize the Serpent
Alestorm Amaranthe Art Nation Artillery [a] Baest
Baroness [b] Jean Beauvoir Belphegor Bombus Browsing Collection
Clawfinger The Coffinshakers
Rosalie Cunningham D-A-D Death by Horse
Dropkick Murphys [a] Eclipse Elden
Eleine[a]
Eluveitie Evergrey Fejd Freedom Call Eric Gales Gojira [b] Grave Guns N' Roses Haken [b] The Hellacopters Hexed
Honeyburst
Honeymoon Suite [a] Horisont[b]
In Flames Kadavar Kingdom Come Kvelertak Magic Pie
Mass Worship
Megadeth [a] Mercyful Fate Metalite
Michael Monroe Månegarm Narnia Nashville Pussy Night Ranger [a] Nightwish Nile (band) Opeth Orange Goblin Orphaned Land Overdrive
Praying Mantis Rage Raubtier Ross the Boss [a] Saga Satan Takes a Holiday
Siena Root Social Distortion Sodom [a] Sonata Arctica Sorcerer Ten Years After [a] Tiamat [a] Devin Townsend Trouble Turbonegro [b] Unleash the Archers [b] VA Rocks
Victory Violator Volbeat Walter E Hodges Band
The Wildhearts Witchcraft Within Temptation Wormwood
^ a b c d e f g h i j Was not confirmed for SRF 2020
^ a b c d e f Was not re-confirmed for SRF 2022
2020 lineup [ ]
3–6 June, Norje Havsbad (Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic )
10cc Lee Aaron Accept Agonize the Serpent
Alestorm Amaranthe Art Nation Jean Beauvoir Baest
Baroness Belphegor Black Star Riders [a] Blue Öyster Cult [a] Bombus Browsing Collection
Clawfinger The Coffinshakers
Rosalie Cunningham D-A-D Death by Horse
Eclipse Elden
Eluveitie Evergrey Fejd Freedom Call Eric Gales Gojira Grave Guns N' Roses Haken Harem Scarem [a] The Hellacopters Hexed
Honeyburst
Horisont
In Flames Kadavar Kingdom Come Kvelertak Magic Pie
Mass Worship
Mercyful Fate Metalite
Michael Monroe Månegarm Narnia Nashville Pussy Nightwish Nile (band) Opeth Orange Goblin Orphaned Land Overdrive
Praying Mantis Rage Raubtier Saga Satan Takes a Holiday
Siena Root Social Distortion Sonata Arctica Sorcerer Stryper [a] Devin Townsend Trouble Walter Trout Turbonegro Unleash the Archers Violator VA Rocks
Victory Volbeat Walter E Hodges Band[a]
The Wildhearts Witchcraft Within Temptation Wormwood
^ a b c d e Was not re-confirmed for SRF 2021
2019 lineup [ ]
5–8 June, Norje Havsbad [1]
A.C.T Amon Amarth Annihilator (cancelled, replaced by Unleashed [2] Arch Enemy At the Gates Bataar
Batushka
Blaze Bayley Beast in Black
Behemoth (cancelled,[3] Myrath [4] Blackberry Smoke Black Mamba
Blue Coupe
The Bones
Brothers of Metal
Burning Witches
Candlemass Zal Cleminson's Sin Dogs Cobra Cult
Danko Jones Darkane Deadland Ritual Death Angel Def Leppard Demon Demons & Wizards Disturbed Dizzy Mizz Lizzy Dream Theater Dust Bowl Jokies
Dynazty Easy Action Electric Boys Electric Hydra
FM Gathering of Kings
The Generations Army
Gorgoroth Gravestone
Green Jellÿ Hällas
HammerFall James Holkworth and the Coolbenders
In Silence
Jag Panzer KISS Krisiun Krokus Lillasyster LOK Lucifer Lisa Lystam Family Band
Magnum Myrath Jared James Nichols The Night Flight Orchestra Oz Axel Rudi Pell Powerwolf The Quill Rainbow Rock på svenska: en hyllning till strängen
Uli Jon Roth Royal Republic Saxon Scarlet
Seventh Wonder Sins in Vain
Sir Reg Skid Row Slayer Styx Tenacious D Three Days Grace Thundermother
Joe Lynn Turner UFO Hank von Hell Pete Way Band The Wild
Witchfynde ZZ Top
2018 lineup [ ] 2017 lineup [ ]
7–10 June, Norje Havsbad
Aerosmith Alter Bridge Amorphis Apocalyptica Artch Art Nation
Black Ingvars Black Star Riders The Brandos Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Candlemass Carcass Clutch Coheed and Cambria Stacie Collins
Corroded Dare (Replaced Kansas )The Dead Daisies Dead Sleep
Edguy Electric Boys Fates Warning Gotthard Grand Magus Grave Digger Great King Rat
Hardline The Haunted Heavy Tiger
Helix (Replaced Y&T )Ian Hunter & The Rant Band Iced Earth In Flames King's X Kix Knogjärn
Leading Light
Lionheart Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Lost Society Lucifer's Friend Merciless Metal Church Ministry Motvind
Mustasch Myrkur Nifelheim Nocean
Picture Primal Fear Primus RATT Rhapsody Rival Sons Rockklassiker All-Stars
Running Wild Sator Saxon Scorpions Skeleton Birth
Steel Panther Supralunar
Svartanatt
Sweden Rock Symphony Orchestra
Thunder Thyrfing Rob Tognoni
Treat A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
The Unguided Emma Varg
VA Rocks
Venom Veonity
Voivod Warlock Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies Wintersun Wishbone Ash
2016 lineup [ ]
8–11 June, Norje Havsbad
220 Volt
Amaranthe Anthrax Avantasia Dan Baird and Homemade Sin
Banditos
The Eric Bell Trio
Blind Guardian Bonafide Graham Bonnet Death DTA Demon (replaced Robin George & Dangerous Music)Diamond Head Dirkschneider
Eclipse
Eleine
Entombed AD
Epica
Finntroll
Lita Ford Foreigner Friday Night Specials
Gamma Ray Grand Slam Graveyard Gun
Halestorm Hawkwind The Hellacopters The Hooters Glenn Hughes Imperial State Electric
The Kentucky Headhunters
King Albatross
King Diamond King Kobra King Witch
The Kristet Utseende L.A. Guns Legion of the Damned
Lordi
Loudness
Mayhem
Megadeth Monster Truck
My Dying Bride Neon Rose Niterain
Painted Sky
Pedalens Pagar
The Presolar Sands
Queen + Adam Lambert Raised Fist
Dan Reed Network
Rockklassiker All-Stars
Sabaton Saffire
Eric Sardinas And Big MotorSatyricon Michael Schenker Fest (With Gary Barden, Robin Mcauley and Graham Bonnet)
Serpent
Shinedown Sixx A.M. Skallbank
Skitarg
Slayer Slough Feg
Soilwork The Struts Symphony X The Temperance Movement
Therapy? Mike Tramp Tribulation
Twilight Force
Twisted Sister Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats Steve Vai Vanilla Fudge Warner Drive
The Winery Dogs
2015 line-up [ ]
3–6 June, Norje Havsbad
Abramis Brama Airbourne Alestorm All That Remains The Angels Avatar Backyard Babies Battle Beast Behemoth Scott H. Biram Blackberry Smoke Bloodbath Browsing Collection
Tony Carey Children of Bodom D-A-D Dare The Darkness Dark Tranquillity Deception
Def Leppard Delain Dokken Egonaut
Electric Mary Eluveitie Jon English Evergrey Exciter Exodus Extreme Fish – Farewell to ChildhoodFive Finger Death Punch Frantic Amber
Ace Frehley Ghost Gloryhammer Gojira Grave Pleasures Steve Grimmett 's Grim Reaper HammerFall Hardcore Superstar Hatebreed HAZY/DIZZY
H.E.A.T Hell Dan Hylander & Orkester
Jerusalem Judas Priest Kaipa Da Capo
Kee Man Hawk
Lillasyster Lucifer's Friend Mad Max Maida Vale
Manfred Mann's Earth Band Marduk Meshuggah M.O.B.
Molly Hatchet Michael Monroe Morbus Chron
Mother's Finest Mötley Crüe Mustasch My Dying Bride (cancelled)Nuclear Assault Opeth The Order of Israfel
Carl Palmer 's ELP LegacyPortrait
The Quireboys Rage (as Refuge)Riot V Rock Goddess Royal Ruckus
Safemode
Samael Seventribe
The Sirens
Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The ConspiratorsSpike 's Free HouseSteve 'N' Seagulls
Torsson
Toto Pat Travers Wasted Shells
Wolf Yardstones
2014 line-up [ ] 2013 line-up [ ]
5–8 June, Norje Havsbad
Accept Amaranthe Amon Amarth Asia At the Gates Avantasia Axxis Backdraft
The Black Day
Black Star Riders Bloodbound Nicke Borg Homeland Bullet Candlemass Civil War
Stacie Collins
Corroded Crazy Lixx Days of Jupiter
The Dead and Living
Demon Doro The Drake Equation
Jon English Europe Firewind Five Finger Death Punch Goda Grannar
Hardline Heathen Audrey Horne Huntress Hypocrisy Ihsahn Imber
Jaggernaut
Michael Katon Kiss Klogr Mia Klose
Kreator Krokus The Last Band
Leningrad Cowboys Leprous The Levellers (band) Magic Pie
Manilla Road Mårran Masters of Reality Morgana Lefay Naglfar Newsted Nine Below Zero Overworld
Paradise Lost Martin Prahl's Skelter Wheels The Quireboys Raubtier Regal Demise
Rockklassiker All-StarsPugh Rogefeldt Rush Sahg Satan Saxon The Scams
Sister Sin Skid Row Sonata Arctica Spiders Rick Springfield Status Quo Survivor Sweet System Annihilated
Tankard Threshold Thunder Devin Townsend Project Treat UFO Vader Vomitory
2012 line-up [ ]
8–11 June, Norje Havsbad
10cc Adrenaline Mob Sebastian Bach Bad Company Blue Öyster Cult Cannibal Corpse Danko Jones The Darkness Dimmu Borgir Edguy Electric Boys Entombed Exciter Exodus Fear Factory Fish The Flower Kings Gamma Ray Girlschool Gotthard Katatonia Killing Floor King Diamond Lynyrd Skynyrd Mastodon Mötley Crüe Motörhead Nationalteatern Night Ranger Axel Rudi Pell Rival Sons Sabaton Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock Sepultura Skyforger
Slade Slaughter Soundgarden Steel Panther Symphony X Twisted Sister Ugly Kid Joe
2011 line-up [ ] 2010 line-up [ ] 2009 line-up [ ] 2008 line-up [ ]
4–7 June, Norje Havsbad
45 Degree Woman
Ammotrack
Apocalyptica April Divine Archer
Astral Doors At the Gates Avantasia Avatar Axewitch Sebastian Bach (cancelled)Birth Control Black Stone Cherry Blue Öyster Cult The Blues Band Boil
Bonafide Carcass The Citadel
Coheed & Cambria Corroded Dampungarna
Dare Def Leppard Rick Derringer Disturbed Eläkeläiset Faith Fastway Five Fifteen
Ace Frehley Glyder Gotthard Graveyard Hanoi Rocks Happy Pill
Havana Black
H.E.A.T. Ken Hensley /John Lawton & Live FireJudas Priest Korpiklaani Lizzy Borden Ministry MUCC Mustasch Negative Omar & the Howlers The Orchestra Pain Of Salvation Picture Poison The Poodles Primal Fear Primordial Ratt Uli Jon Roth (cancelled)Royal Hunt Sabaton Joe Satriani Satyricon Saxon Shakin' Street
Sister Sin Sonic Syndicate Stormwarrior Svölk
Sweet Savage Tesla Testament Triumph Vivian
Volbeat Whitesnake
2007 line-up [ ] 2006 line-up [ ] 2005 line-up [ ] 2004 line-up [ ]
10–12 June, Norje Havsbad
Abramis Brama April Wine Astral Doors Beseech Brainstorm Carnal Forge Children of Bodom Coney Hatch Crazy Led of Mika Järvinen
D-A-D Danger Danger Debase Dr. Feelgood Eddie Meduza Tribute Entombed Europe (Festival Headliners)Exodus Foghat Grand Magus The Haunted Hawkwind Heart Helloween Hirax In Flames Judas Priest Kingdom Come Lake of Tears Lost Horizon Lumsk Magic Slim & The Teardrops Maryslim
Memory Garden Monster Magnet Montrose Narnia Nicky Moore plays Samson Nifelheim Nightwish Opeth Paragon Pathos
Axel Rudi Pell Persuader Pink Cream 69 Raceway
Ritual Scorpions Slade Spearfish
Spridda SkurarS
Sun Caged TNT Testament Trading Fate
Pat Travers Band U.D.O. UFO Wasa Express
Y&T
2003 line-up [ ] 2002 line-up [ ] 2001 line-up [ ] 2000 line-up [ ]
9–11 June, Norje Havsbad
Armored Saint Bai Bang
Bigelf Alice Cooper Dash Rip Rock Demon Dio Edguy Evergrey Fivefifteen
Freak Kitchen Goda Grannar
Dave Hole In Flames King Diamond King's X Lynyrd Skynyrd Yngwie Malmsteen Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush The Midnight Blues
Molly Hatchet John Norum Group + Brian Robertson Primal Fear Running Wild Saxon Stratovarius Street Legal
Union
1999 line-up [ ]
11–12 June, Norje Havsbad
1998 line-up [ ] 1997 line-up [ ]
13–14 June, Karlshamn
Alfheims
The Blues Band Chris Jagger Zydeco Band
Cross Eyed Mary
Dublin Fair
Freak Kitchen Goda Grannar
The Hellacopters Staffan Hellstrand Innocent Blood
Led Zeppelin Jam
Locomotive Breath
Mick Taylor All Star Band
Molly Hatchet M-Train
Nazareth Nomads
Overdrive Saxon Simon Bolivar
Ten Years After
1996 line-up [ ] 1995 line-up [ ]
16–17 June, Karlshamn
Abstrakt Algebra Black Sabbath bob hund Billy Bremner & The Refreshments
Lars Demian
Electric Eskimoes
Fairport Convention Flaped Forge
Fleetwood Mac Freak Kitchen Jukka Tolonen Band
Kashmir Kent Led Zeppelin Jam
Los Stjärtgroggs
Mary Beats Jane Planet Waves
The Pogues The Quill Sator Sky High
Spiritual Beggars Pat Travers Trouble Urban Turban Vitality
W.E.T.
Rolf Wikström
1994 line-up [ ] 1993 line-up [ ] 1992 line-up [ ]
6 June, Olofström
Goda Grannar
Madgic Crowd
M.ill.ion Nazareth Peps Persson The Sinners
Steve & the Lloyds
Stonecake
Sweet Little Company
Wishbone Ash
References [ ]
^ "Artister 2019" Sweden Rock , Retrieved 2019-06-09.^ "Annihilator ställer in, Unleashed ersätter!" Sweden Rock , May 27, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-09.^ "Behemoth ställer in – fast på flygplats" , SVT Nyheter , June 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-09.^ "Myrath spelar igen" , Sweden Rock , June 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
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