APRIL 4th, 2026
CONFLICT: LEATHER TOUR 2026

APRIL 1st, 2026

THE ROCK ORCHESTRA

It was a cold, rainy night in Abbotsford, kind of adds to the dark atmosphere of tonight’s experience. Plus, it seemed like a perfect night to get out of the house, and back into concert photography and reviews for 2026 (for myself personally). The arena was slowly filling up with fans eager to see, the one and only, The Rock Orchestra. For those who may not know The Rock Orchestra, before I dive into their performance, let me tell you about them. They formed back in 2020 out of the U.K., the man behind the project, Nathan Reed, who is the producer, and event empresario (who performed on the trumpet tonight as well). Nathan took the idea of reimaging some of Rock’s classic songs like “Welcome to the Jungle” or “Thunderstruck” and combined the hard rock with classical music. You may think, “what, those don’t go together?”, let me tell you, they sure do! 

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FEBRUARY 4th 2026
PRE-SHOW INFORMATION
FOR KARMOYGEDDON 2026

Two friends came together, Johnny Angelund and Harald Magne Revheim, who merely wanted to gather friends and like minded people to have a few beers and listen to live music in their hometown, which lead them to starting the festival. It originally began as an outdoor, one-day festival with both local acts,  but also more national acts across the country; like Thunderbolt, Thundra, Mind Crime, Heat Seekers, Pagan’s Mind and Jørn Lande. The following year, they expanded the festival to a two day event, and had bands playing both Friday and Saturday. They even booked their first foreign band: Mercenary (SE).

In 2006, the festival management decided to move the festival to a larger indoor venue in Haugesund, located 20 minutes from Kopervik. Slowly, but steadily, the Karmøygeddon festival began to establish a good reputation in both the Norwegian- and international metal scene, which of course attracted both audience and bands from afar. Bands like SepticFlesh, Sabaton, Helloween, Brainstorm, Kamelot, Behemoth, Katatonia and Finntroll have been performing at the festival. 

 
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