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Concert Reviews: TONS OF ROCK 2023

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TONS OF ROCK 2023 – Ekebergsletta (Oslo, Norway) June 21-24, 2023 by Jorge Patacas Tons of Rock festival continues to grow year after year and 2023 was no exception. Once again held at Ekebergsletta in the capital city of Oslo, the organization decided to add one more day, so it became a 4-day event instead of 3 as it used to be. This way, they managed to break last year’s record in terms of public attendance, gathering a total of more than 100.000 people of 72 different nationalities. Three stages…

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Concert Reviews: IN FLAMES at Oslo Spektrum (Oslo, Norway)

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IN FLAMES at Oslo Spektrum (Oslo, Norway) Special guests: AT THE GATES – IMMINENCE – ORBIT CULTURE December 11, 2022 by Jorge Patacas   Just a few days before Christmas, In Flames visited Norway as part of their two-month European tour to promote the upcoming album “Foregone” to be released in February 2023, and the venue selected for the show was Oslo Spektrum with a capacity for 9700 attendees. The legendary and also melodic death metal pioneers, At the Gates, were also part of this tour as well as two…

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Interview: FREDRIK NORDSTRÖM

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by Jorge Patacas One of the key persons of the early Melodic Death Metal scene from Gothenburg, Sweden was the producer Fredrik Nordström. He has worked with bands like In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, responsible for what is known today as the “Gothenburg Sound”, and has also produced albums for Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, Hammerfall, Soilwork, The Haunted and many others at his Studio Fredman which he runs since 1990. Besides being a legendary producer, he’s also a musician himself and has been playing guitar for the…

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Concert Reviews: TONS OF ROCK 2019

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Starting in 2014, Tons of Rock has quickly become one of the biggest and most important festivals in Norway with people from more than 50 other countries visiting as well. Also they always feature bands from different genres, so there’s something for everyone no matter your age and musical taste, and that’s one of the keys for their success. For its sixth edition, the organisers decided to move the event from Halden to Oslo, using a huge green area called Ekebergsletta located in the Ekeberg area, a few minutes away…

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TONS OF ROCK 2019 – PREVIEW

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In just 5 years, Tons of Rock has become one of the most important rock and metal festivals in Norway. The first edition (2014) was held at the Frederiksten fortress located in Halden, a town near the border with Sweden, and it was a success thanks to a great organization and lineup which featured bands such as Slayer, Anthrax, W.A.S.P., Ghost, Sabaton, Kvelertak, among many others. The event got bigger on the follow-up editions (even Black Sabbath played their final show in Norway at the festival) and this year the…

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