Tons of Rock

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Tons of Rock
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Tons of Rock in 2025
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, all genres of metal/rock
DatesJune
Locations Ekebergsletta, Oslo, Norway
Years active2014-present
Organised by Live Nation
Website tonsofrock.no

Tons of Rock is an annual hard rock and metal festival hosted in Ekebergsletta in Oslo, Norway. Held since 2014, it is the largest music festival in Norway.

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History

The first iteration of the festival was held at Fredriksten Fortress in Halden in 2014, featuring hard rock and heavy metal. In 2017, the festival was awarded the title "Festival of the Year" by the news paper Halden Arbeiderblad. [1] After five years of hosting the festival in Halden, the festival was moved to Ekebergsletta in 2019. [2]

The Norwegian humor rock band Black Debbath released a song dedicated to the festival on their 2018 album "Norsk Barsk Metal". [3]

Since 2023, it has been the largest festival in Norway with 100.000 visitors, which increased to 150.000 in 2024. [2]

In 2025, the festival expanded to have four main stages; Scream Stage, Vampire Stage, Moonlight Stage and the Storm Stage

Stages

Opeth performing at the main Scream Stage at Tons of Rock in 2024 Opeth, Tons of Rock, Oslo Norway (53843395825).jpg
Opeth performing at the main Scream Stage at Tons of Rock in 2024

As of 2025, the festival has four stages [4] [5] :

Lineup

The following bands have played at Tons of Rock:

YearBandSource
2014 Volbeat , Slayer , W.A.S.P. , Anthrax, Ghost, Sabaton, Kvelertak, Turbonegro, Sepultura, Soilwork, Shining, Oslo Ess, TNT, Valentourettes, Deathcrush, Blaze Bayley, IAmFire, Sahg, Witchhammer, Spirits of the Dead, Black Debbath, Obliteration, Silver, Thulsa Doom, In Solitude, Year of the Goat, One Tail, One Head, Alfahanne, Reptilian, Backstreet Girls, Jorn, Kampfar, Audrey Horne, Avatarium, Purson, Vanderduyst, Reckless Love, Devil, Slegest, Saffire, Bloodlights, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Heatseekers, Warp Riders, Rundown [7]
2015 In Flames , Twisted Sister , Opeth , Testament, Venom, Seigmen, Backyard Babies, Gojira, Kreator, Parkway Drive, DumDum Boys, Solstafir, Black Debbath, Mayhem, Dunderbeist, Ihsahn, Graveyard, Artch, Eluveite, Alcest, Bömbers, Nifelheim, Aura Noir, Pagan's Mind, Studfaust, Niterain, Supernova Downtown, Enforcer, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Tribulation, The Good the Bad and the Zugly, Triosphere, Planet Mastergod, Rammsund [7]
2016 Black Sabbath (avskjedsturné [8] ), Alice Cooper , Megadeth , Europe, Ghost, Vreid, Rival Sons, Behemoth, Sixx:A.M., Amon Amarth, Raga Rockers, Converge, Pain, Blues Pills, August Burns Red, Insomnium, Leprous, Black Debbath, Red Harvest, El Caco, Nekromantheon, The Dogs, Mannskoret, MGLA, The Carburetors, Havok, Pil & Bue, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Heatseekers, Buzzdrivers, The Shrine, Krakow (Norwegian band), Mork, Ammunition, Västerbron (Swedish rock band), Steak Number Eight, Ethereal Sin, Below, Bodies, Eurotrash, Lucky Malice, Vaya Con Satan, Blodstrupmoen, Les Punx, Freedumb, Tormods Orgelkvartett (cancelled) [9] ), Dr. Joe & the Fusion Clinic [7]
2017 Five Finger Death Punch , Slayer , Rob Zombie , Blink-182 (cancelled [10] ), Sabaton, Emperor, Turbonegro, TNT, Devin Townsend Project, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Satyricon, Airbourne, Eluveitie, Marky Ramone, Spidergawd, Enslaved, Black Star Riders, Rotting Christ, Candlemass, Entombed A.D., Diamond Head, Black Debbath, Sodom, Amaranthe, Myrkur, Bölzer, Honningbarna, Anekdoten, Bombus, Avatar, Chain Home (band), Me and that man, Valentourettes, Swing of Death, Deathhammer, Aiming for Enrike, Black Magic, Ondt Blod, Divided Multitude, Invaders, Taake, Vazelina Bilopphøggers, Delain, Horisont (band), Virus, Beaten to Death, Sibiir (cancelled [11] ), Dreamarcher, Føss (cancelled [11] ), Wildnite [7]
2018 Ozzy Osbourne , Alice in Chains , Helloween , Arch Enemy, W.A.S.P., Opeth, Abbath, Wardruna, Kvelertak, Exodus, Alestorm, Gåte, Soulfly, At the Gates, Audrey Horne, Epica, Equinox, Skambankt, Coven (band), Gaahls Wyrd, Witchcraft, Gothminister, Føss, Girlschool, Battle Beast, Whoredom Rife, In Vain, Imperial State Electric, Ragnarok, Carach Angren, Black Debbath, Malignant Eternal, Sibiir, Tusmørke, Skeletonwitch, The Good The Bad and The Zugly, Lüt, Mantar [7]
2019 Kiss , Volbeat , Def Leppard , Dropkick Murphys, Slayer, In Flames, Behemoth, Satyricon, Wolfmother, Raga Rockers, Dream Theater, Gluecifer, Ulver, Amaranthe, Black Debbath, Djerv, While She Sleeps, Perpurator, Heave Blood and Die, Mayhem, Tesseract, Conception, Posessed, Bury Tomorrow, Vreid, Vltimas, The Hu, Hällas, Testament, Powerwolf, HEX A.D., Oslo Ess, The Dogs, Carcass, Circus Maximus, Kalmah, Inglorious, Obliteration, Black Viper [12]
2020 (cancelled) Iron Maiden , Faith No More , Deep Purple , Disturbed, Alter Bridge, Gojira, Bring Me the Horizon, Dimmu Borgir, Airbourne, Within Temptation, Amon Amarth, Mastodon, Baroness, Enslaved, Black Debbath, Hypocrisy, Steel Panther, Seigmen, CC Cowboys, D-A-D, Sepultura, HammerFall, Accept, Ricochets, Wig Wam, Paradise Lost, Ensiferum, Backstreet Girls, Joyous Wolf, The Raven Age, Tempt, British Lion, The Pretty Reckless, Dark Funeral, Jinjer, Bokassa, Spidergawd (with Jørn Lande), Dirty Honey, Raised Fist, 1349, Blues Pills [13]
2021 (cancelled) Scorpions , Faith No More , Deep Purple , Mastodon, Europe, Devin Townsend, Sum 41, Bring Me the Horizon, Dimmu Borgir, Steel Panther, Puscifer, Within Temptation, Amon Amarth, Gojira, Opeth, Baroness, Black Debbath, Enslaved, Death to All, Hypocrisy, Joyous Wolf, Raised Fist, Fire from the Gods, Spiritbox, Backstreet Girls, Seigmen, CC Cowboys, Ricochets, D-A-D, Sepultura, The Pretty Reckless, HammerFall, Spidergawd, Dark Funeral, Jinjer, Bokassa, Accept, Wig Wam, Turbonegro, Kampfar, Paradise Lost, Ensiferum, White Reaper, Hjelvik, 1349, Blues Pills
2022 Iron Maiden , Faith No More (cancelled), Korn , Bring Me the Horizon , Deep Purple , Five Finger Death Punch , Europe, Mastodon, Sum 41, The Darkness, Dimmu Borgir, Steel Panther, Opeth, Turbonegro, Within Temptation, Baroness, Black Debbath, Bullet for My Valentine, Death to All, Enslaved, Fire from the Gods, Hjelvik, Hypocrisy, Raised Fist, Spidergawd, Spiritbox (cancelled), Accept, Backstreet Girls, CC Cowboys, D-A-D, Dark Funeral, Jinjer, Katatonia, Måneskin (cancelled), Seigmen cancelled), Sepultura, Tribulation, Abbath, Blues Pills (cancelled), Bokassa, Ensiferum, Joyous Wolf (cancelled), Kampfar, Nestor, Orbit Culture, Paradise Lost, Ricochets, Vemod, Wig Wam, 1349, Fixation
2023 Guns N’ Roses , Volbeat , Nightwish (cancelled), Madrugada [14] , Ghost , Pantera , Iggy Pop , Kvelertak , Generation Sex, Skid Row, Airbourne, Behemoth, Clutch, Powerwolf, Architects, Gojira, TNT, Wardruna, In Flames, Puscifer, At the Gates, Black Debbath, Carpenter Brut, Dead Poet Society, Municipal Waste, Sator, Sleep Token (cancelled), Smash Into Pieces, Spiritworld, Asking Alexandria, Avatar, Fever 333, The Good The Bad and The Zugly, Halestorm, Mayhem, Soulfly, Storm, Voivod, Audrey Horne, Brenn., The Bronx, Death By Unga Bunga, Napalm Death, Spiritbox, Vreid, Witch Club Satan, Aura Noir, Bury Tomorrow, Candlemass, The Dogs, HammerFall, Honningbarna, Magna Carta Cartel, Stage Dolls [15]
2024 Metallica , Tool , Judas Priest , Greta Van Fleet , Parkway Drive, Motorpsycho, Black Debbath, While She Sleeps, Rotting Christ, Better Lovers, Opeth, Oslo Ess, Thy Art Is Murder, Abbath, Orange Goblin, Satyricon, Seigmen, Igorrr, Thundermother, ZZ Top,Saxon, Europe, Extreme, Avantasia, Kreator, Gluecifer,Heart, Mr Bungle, Turnstile,Uriah Heep, Alien Weaponry, All Them Witches, Asinhell, Batushka,Cavalera Conspiracy, Doro, Einherjer, Empire State Bastard, I am Morbid, Katatonia,Mammoth WVH, Span, Go-Go Gorilla,SKYND, Health, Nervosa, Night Verses, Palaye Royale, Valentourettes, Tsjuder,Twin Temple, Pil & Bue, Sklitakling [16]
2025 Muse , Green Day , Kaizers Orchestra , Avenged Sevenfold , Megadeth, Dimmu Borgir, Sex Pistols (with Frank Carter), Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Within Temptation, Machine Head, Weezer, Black Debbath, Turbonegro, Orbit Culture, Poppy, Tarja, Candlemass, Djerv, Deafheaven, Bad Nerves, Dark Angel, Moillrock, Whitechapel, Landmvrks, Bleed from Within, Dead Poet Society, Electric Callboy, Lorna Shore, Alestorm, Emperor, Jinjer, Kim Dracula, Old Man's Child, Powerwolf, The Good The Bad and The Zugly, Arachno, Cocktail Slippers, Drakånis, Eternal Evil, Fixation, Stargazer, The Clumps, Backstreet Girls hyller Müller, Nidhög [17] , Jerry Cantrell, Steel Panther, The Damned, Myles Kennedy, Carcass, Ugly Kid Joe, The Sword, Belphegor, Finntroll, Kat von D, Slomosa, Bastardane, Fit for an Autopsy, The Cruel Intentions, Exodus, Hurra Torpedo, Sleggefett,

References

  1. ↑ Øby, Morten (2018-03-02). "Tons of Rock er kåret til årets festival 2017". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  2. 1 2 "Tons of Rock". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Musikknyheter.no - Barsk, barskere, barskest". www.musikknyheter.no. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  4. ↑ Mathai, Shana Fevang (2019-07-01). "Et velsmurt festivalmaskineri". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Arenakart 2025". www.tonsofrock.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  6. ↑ NRK (2024-12-03). "Tons of Rock med fjerde scene for unge håpefulle rockere". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Historie". Tons of Rock. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  8. ↑ Torjusen, Anette (2016-06-23). "Tons of Rock har blitt en kjempesuksess". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  9. ↑ "Tormods Orgelkvartett // Bandprofil". Hoppla Hesten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  10. ↑ "Blink-182 avlyser Tons of Rock-konserten". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  11. 1 2 "Tons of Rock:- Mest vellykka noensinne". www.ha-halden.no (in Norwegian). 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  12. ↑ "TONS OF ROCK 2019 PROGRAMMET ER KOMPLETT!". Tons of Rock (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2019-02-22. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  13. ↑ "Line Up". Tons of Rock (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2020-04-04. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  14. ↑ "Arkivert kopi". Archived from the original on 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  15. ↑ "Program 2023 - Tons of Rock". Tons of Rock. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  16. ↑ "Program". Tons of Rock. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  17. ↑ Gaffa (2025-05-16). "Ungt band vinner plass i programmet til Tons of Rock" (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-07-17.
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