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Tampa death metal legends CANNIBAL CORPSE are the latest act confirmed for this year’s edition of the Sweden Rock Festival which will be held in Sölvesborg, from June 6th – 9th.

Confirmed bands now include: AXE, SEBASTIAN BACH, BAD COMPANY, BLACK SPIDERS, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, BONAFIDE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DANKO JONES, THE DARKNESS, DEALS DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, EDGUY, ELECTRIC BOYS, EXODUS, FEAR FACTORY, FISH, THE FLOWER KINGS, GAMMA RAY, GIRLSCHOOL, THE GLORIA STORY, GOTTHARD, GRAVEYARD, HELL, IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC, KATATONIA, KING DIAMOND, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, MASTODON, MÖTLEY CRÜE, MOTÖRHEAD, NATIONALTEATERN, ORANGE GOBLIN, AXEL RUDI PELL, PENTAGRAM, SABATON (performing Swedish national anthem), SACRED REICH, SAINT VITUS, MICHAEL SCHENKER, SKYFORGER, SLADE, SOUNDGARDEN, STEEL PANTHER, SYMPHONY X, TYGERS OF PAN TANG, UGLY KID JOE, and VDELLI.

Sweden Rock Festival is the biggest rock festival of the Nordic countries and has been sold out every time the last few years, which means 33,000 visitors. Three-day tickets (for the main festival days) and four-day tickets (including the Wednesday opening) are available through Swedenrock.com.

Source : Bravewords.com

New Jersey progressive metallers SYMPHONY X have been confirmed for next year’s edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9, 2012 in Sölvesborg, Blekinge in southern Sweden. Around 70 bands will perform on the festival’s five stages next summer.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
BONAFIDE
DANKO JONES
DIMMU BORGIR
EDGUY
GAMMA RAY
HELL
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
MÖTLEY CRÜE
PENTAGRAM
SYMPHONY X

Three-day tickets (for the main festival days) and four-day tickets (including the Wednesday opening) for next year’s event are available through www.swedenrock.com. The first 5,000 ticket buyers received a Sweden Rock T-shirt which will not be available anywhere else. The design was made by British artist Sleba, known for his work with LED ZEPPELIN and “Star Wars”, among others.