Sweden Rock Festival 2015

Hi again!

So here is my quick review of Sweden Rock 2015. I will just quickly mention what bands I saw and what my feelings were about it.

Wednesday

Abramis Brama: I really like what they are doing and they really did not disappoint live either. A good start of the festival for me.

Lillasyster: I have not heard much of Lillasyster, but I like some of the songs Lok did back in the days so I figured this would be interesting. This was not my thing at all I discovered. I stayed for three songs or so. I had no expectations, so it did not matter.

Hell: My festival soul mate said that Hell was good. I had never heard them, but I joined. This should have been my thing, but I did not like the musical performance and the songs was not good. I could have done it better myself ;-)

Evergrey: This is a band that I really like and their newest release is very good. But the show was not good at all sadly. The guitars were really too low and the background samples way too high in the mix. There were a lot of playing errors as well. It is okay for some bands when it's live to make errors every now and then, but not for this band. They are normally very good and competent musicians so this must have been a bad day for them. Pity :-(

D.A.D: I have seen them a couple of times before and they get better and better every time. This was no exception. This was the best concert I've ever seen with D.A.D. A really funny stage decor, the band performed at it's max, even though the base player was replaced by the guitarist Soren Andersen. They even burned down a complete drumkit :-O. Just watch here. Rock 'n Roll!!! This was the best of Wednesday.

Thursday

Steve Grimmet's Grim Reaper, with founder Nick Bowcott on guitar. This was a real treat!! I never thought that I would see this band live and it was as good as I guessed it would be. Steve's voice was amazing, they played good songs, and the the rest of the band delivered. Heaven was near ;-) The only problem was that Slash was on at the same time. :-( Halfway though the show I wandered off to Slash.

SLASH featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators: Well, what can I say? Very good! They totally delivered. Enough said...

Airbourne: I did not like these guys in the beginning, but now I think they rock. They deliver violent rock 'n roll at high tempo with a lot of energy. No finesse, just raw three chord power rock.

Toto: For me Toto has always been too soft, but something has happened during the years. Okay it has always been interesting as a guitar player to listen to what Mr Lukather is up to, but that is not everything I need. I think they are much better live, and maybe I have changed during the years. This concert contained everything that they are known for, good fm-rock with a tooth. Really good.

Def Leppard: I saw them a couple of years ago on Sweden Rock and I was totally surprised how good it was. There songs are really great, that I did know, but they really performed the songs with a lot more rock edge. This show was no exception. Really good with a lot of good songs performed really well.

Ghost: I have seen them a couple of times before and I'm really liking them. Their first release was good, but I think the second one should have had more guitars on it. When I heard the new single I was really thrilled because it was much heavier than anything else they have released. The last time I saw them I thought that the pope (nr two) was not singing well at all. Now they had a new pope and new songs. The show, the music and the vocals was much better than before. It was somewhat of an surprise and a really good one. I can't wait to here the new CD.

The best of Thursday is way harder to decide and I think I'll pass on that.

The other two days will come in the next post. Now it's definitely time to sleep...

Rock on!