NEWS - 2nd February - CRIMSON GLORY MAKE THEIR FIRST TRIP TO SWEDEN TO PLAY ROCKSTAD FALUN 2012!
Crimson Glory from Florida flourished in the early 80s and was ranked as one of the early flagships of American progressive metal, with bands like Queensryche and Fates Warning.
Although they never visited Sweden before there’s actually a rather odd connection to Sweden, and Falun! The band’s legendary singer Midnight died in 2007 and Joakim Broden from Sabaton sang at the memorial concert in Atlanta where he performed “Where Dragons Rule” from Crimson Glory masterpiece “Trancendence”.
The Rockstad Falun show is also their only visit to Sweden in 2012.
NEWS - 21st January - GERMAN POWER METAL FROM IRON SAVIOR JOIN ROCKSTAD FALUN LINE UP
Iron Savior is a German power metal band created by Piet Sielck. Texts themes of science fiction inspired. Most of the songs are based on the story of an intergalactic spacecraft (Iron Savior) whose goal is to protect the continent of Atlantis. In recent days, their texts, however, acted more and more about freedom. Musically they remind of Judas Priest, Gamma Ray and Helloween.”
This is a German power metal at its best.
NEWS - 19th January - CIRCLE II CIRCLE ADDED TO ROCKSTAD FALUN LINE UP!
Circle II Circle features the voice of Atlantic Records recording artists Savatage from 1992-2000, Zak Stevens. CIIC was formed in 2002 and has five world-wide releases to its credit over the last eight years; “Watching in Silence”(2003), “Middle of Nowhere (2005), “Burden of Truth”(2006), “Delusions of Grandeur”(2008), “Consequence of Power” (2010), plus four additional EP releases. Every CIIC show delivers the high-powered thunder of southern-metal, hard rock genre fueled by Stevens’ over-the-top, powerful, ultra-melodic rock vocals.
Their current live set offers a tribute to Savatage, intertwining CIIC songs with all of the most requested songs from Zak’s era in Savatage. Night after night, show after show, CIIC always delivers the goods
NEWS - 17th January - NIGHTMARE ADDED TO ROCKSTAD FALUN LINE UP!
Nightmare was formed in 1979 in the French town of Grenoble where their DVD was shot at their 30th anniversary. Influenced from day one of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Nightmare has become a legendary band in France and much of Europe, and now for their first show on Swedish soil they take on Rockstad Falun!
NEWS - 5th January - D.A.D. CONFIRMED FOR ROCKSTAD FALUN 2012!
"Coz it's after dark now, and Disneyland is closed. We've been served icecold beer, and Waldy is our host!"
Listen instead to immortal hits like ex: “Sleeping My Day Away “Gods Favorite”, “Bad Craziness”, ” Jihad”, or even the super-ballad and after party classic “Laugh ‘n’ A 1 / 2? and think yourself in the situation that they will rock at Lugnet in Falun this summer …
NEWS - 23rd December - TWO NEW SWEDISH BANDS CONFIRMED FOR ROCKSTAD FALUN
SISTER SIN with their charismatic front woman Liv have since their debut “Switchblade Serenade” in 2008 toured the world and spread their old-school hard rock!
With influences from Accept, Judas Priest, Motorhead and early Motley Crue, they have made a name for themselves in North America with over 200 gigs in the US, and with last year’s critically acclaimed album “True Sound Of The Underground” in the back.
Another much asked after band are the happy punks in MIMIKRY, and they have already visited the festival several times before. However, they are releasing a very strong record in the spring, and the band themselves consider that they are the perfect Christmas gift for hard rockers in 2011 ...
NEWS - 14th December - EPICA CONFIRMED FOR ROCKSTAD FALUN 2012
Epica (NL) mixes Proggresive Metal with Goth, Symphonic and Power Metal in a way that makes their sound both unique and interesting to a broad mass. With a woman (Mezzo Soprano) on vocals you automatically have the feeling of Nightwish and Within Temptation. Descriptive words like "epic," "grandiose" and "majestic" fits well into the Epica music!
Epica is nothing new band, they released their first album back in 2003 and currently has four albums and nine singles and a DVD in his luggage. In addition, they successfully pass the one million-mark in terms of friends on Facebook.
NEWS - 13th December - SLEEZE AND MELODIC DEATH METAL ADDITIONS TO THE ROCKSTAD FALUN LINE UP!
This will be the festival's first band release of a total of three this week, tomorrow will be a major international bands to be revealed, and on Friday it's time for another big international bands that broaden the festival a step further.
CRASH DIET - As one of the leading brands in the Swedish sleaze rock scene during the 2000s - a resurrection of the pasty hard rock from the eighties, but with a more specific image, often rawer sound and more daring style - was formed Crashdiet in 2000 inspired by Skid Row , Guns N 'Roses, Kiss, WASP and G.G. Allin and with a promise to re-emphasize the great shows and the great songs from the "unpredictable and dangerous" rock & roll.
DEALS DEATH - Melodic Death Metal from Gothenburg, but with roots in Dalarna. The band was formed in 2008 at Boomtown in Borlange by guitarist Erik Jacobson and Joakim, Par and Richard from Sabaton. Since 2009, the band is complete on its own feet with a bunch of skilled men from the West Coast, and a lead singer from Falun named Olle Ekman.
PANZER PRINCESS - A Falun band that is more or less cult already. The band played at Rockstad Falun in 2008 at the first festival and when it became clear that we would be visited by Crashdiet it was natural to ask these über crazy party monster of a return visit!
NEWS - 7th December - ROCKSTAD FALUN ANNOUNCES 3 SWEDISH BANDS FOR NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL
THE UNGUIDED - Do you remember Sonic Syndicate's discharge at Rock City: Falun 2009? We do ...
Brothers Sjunnesson and Roland and John from Sonic now play together in The Unguided, which is one of the most desired new bands for Rockstad Falun. They recently released their debut album "Hell Frost" which received high rankings on the charts and a very warm reception from an enthusiastic crowd of fans!
DYNAZTY - Since Dynazty did a really good performance at the festival in 2011 it was an easy decision to book them even for 2012.
ASTRAL DOORS - The band is Borlänge's pride that had acquired both a tremendous experience and a loyal fan base over the years. Lead singer is also one of the few who are able to interpret Ronnie James Dio in a dignified manner!
Last album "Jerusalem" ended up high on several charts and got top grades including in Sweden Rock Magazine.Att we booked them earlier seems like a miracle - but now it was time!
NEWS - 10th October - HYPOCRISY, ENGEL AND F.K.Ü JOIN ROCKSTAD FALUN LINE UP!
One-of-a-kind Dalecarlian icon Peter Tägtgren and his hard rocking HYPOCRISY are more than welcome to join Rockstad:Falun in 2012! The show, which according to Peter will be offering the very best the band has to give in every way, will also be exclusive to this part of Sweden throughout the summer.
ENGEL have, with their industry-flirting melodic death metal, created their own niche within the so-called Gothenburg sound. Broad and easily listened to, without compromising on the roughness of the music. In addition the band, given their common merit list, could easily call themselves a Swedish super group. They prefer not to though – they’d rather let the music speak for itself.
F.K.Ü have been active since 1998, and have since then released three albums and a bunch of vinyl singles. Their latest album “Where Moshers Dwell” received great reviews from both Sweden Rock Magazine and Close Up Magazine. We have had our eyes on FKÜ for a long time, and now was the time to book them for a show in Falun.
Tickets for Rockstad: Falun is available for just 575:- SEK right now
NEWS - 31st August - FIRST 4 BANDS CONFIRMED FOR ROCKSTAD FALUN 2012
Organisers have revealed that Sabaton, Amaranthe, In Mourning and Nocturnal Rites have all been confirmed for next year's festival!
Back in the spring, organisers were not at all certain that they would manage to book Sabaton due to other touring plans, etc., but now all the puzzling back and forth turned out to fit perfectly so that Sabaton can join us in celebrating the 5 year anniversary of the festival with a bang, without being forced to opt out of other important gigs or commitments
Melodic metal with elements of death, and roots in both Sweden and Denmark. This band is spinning frequently on the radio and the brilliant reviews keep pouring in. Amaranthe is predicted to reach their big break during the coming winter and obviously they had to come to Falun in August 2012!
The northerners of Nocturnal Rites have been highly requested to play our festival over the years. Now we finally got it done! A new album is being put together at this very moment, and we expect nothing short of magic when Nocturnal Rites visit Lugnets Hard Rock Stadium in 2012!
In Mourning played at Rockstad: Falun back in 2009 and now it’s definitely time again! This Dalecarlian band never disappoints anyone, and we know that they’ll be right at home at a hard rock festival in Falun!
Tickets will be released this Friday!