Formed in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2026 Katatonia put this line-up on stage in Tokyo: Jonas Renkse (lead vocals), Niklas ...

Back on stage in Japan for the first time since 1998, British gothic-metal pioneers Paradise Lost faced high expectations.

Cemetery Skyline released its debut album, “Nordic Gothic”, in 2024. The live show in Tokyo was built on that album’s ...

Bloodbound formed in Bollnäs in 2004 by guitarist Tomas Olsson and keyboardist Fredrik Bergh. In the current line-up of the ...

Skindred ’s Australia tour was a victory lap. Headlining decent-sized venues and with a fresh UK no. 1 album, this was not your average rock tour. This was a Welsh state visit. Old Wales coming to New ...

Tobias Sammet brought his rock’n’roll circus and all his rock star friends to the Swedish sticks for a headline show at the Skogsröjet festival.

Former H.E.A.T, Skid Row and Michael Schenker frontman Erik Grönwall went solo and showed us why he is one of the best entertainers of our time. But best of all this evening in the Swedish countryside ...

Swedish melodic hard rockers Europe are back with a smashing new album. The hairspray and spandex pants are long gone. Europe’s dead. Long live Europe! The album is catchier than a mousetrap. This is ...

Swedish melodic hard rockers Eclipse are always a great live act. This festival gig at Skogsröjet in Sweden was no exception. Eclipse opened the set with “Roses on Your Grave”. It was obvious from the ...

Anthrax’s first studio album in a decade sadly doesn’t live up to the high expectations. I love Anthrax. By being from the American East Coast rather than California’s Bay Area, they were different ...

The odds were against Norwegian hard rock band TNT when they realised founding guitarist Ronni Le Tekrø couldn’t perform their summer shows. But they found a solution and rocked Skogsröjet. TNT at the ...

Kurdt Vanderhoof brought his new star-studded version of Metal Church to the Swedish sticks for a terrific festival show. This line-up has already proved that they are terrific on the new album “Dead ...