A taste of Tons of Rock 2024

Oslo, 26-29 June 2024.
Bands in the video:
00:00 Black Debbath
00:07 Europe
00:14 Metallica
01:07 Tool
01:22 Uriah Heep
01:34 Abbath
01:57 Turnstile
02:09 Judas Priest
02:38 Cavalera
03:02 Kreator
03:19 Einherjer
03:23 ZZ Top
03:54 Satyricon
04:09 Greta van Fleet
But there were many others!

[@foiabun1]

My god that Kreator pit

[@yvindwahl8628]

Yeah, strange choice to cut the clip before impact. But it was probably pretty dull, these are mostly metal-tourists...

[@argonk]

@@yvindwahl8628 Hi there. I cut it because it had already conveyed the message. Like in a collision of galaxies, the two systems merged into a single spiral, but there was not much to see with the wide angle perspective of a mobile phone from distance and from the same plane. Also, I did not go around interviewing people asking if they were metal-tourists, but it's definitely a good suggestion 😆

[@yvindwahl8628]

@@argonk Do respect that answer. You are a talented wordsmith. Makes sense too!

[@argonk]

@@yvindwahl8628 Cheers mate. My semi-ironic reply at the end was prompted by the fact that sometimes it feels that some music genre, but I'd say anything cultural, should exclusively be for their "inner circle". But it should definitely not be, I think. Festivals are and should be very inclusive, also if someone is not completely into that particular kind of music. All those people were enjoying the music and having fun, after all. And by the way the only tourists to disrespect are cruise-ship tourists.. hahaha 😉

[@yvindwahl8628]

@@argonk I mostly agree. But some shows are very heightenend when the audience feels more like a family than in individual in a crowd that feels very similar to one on a bus, or a funfair. At ToR hundreds of kids seemed to have showed up just to get the chance to be photographed when crowdsurfing. I actually have no problem with kids having fun, but the whole thing is so nutured, no one even tries to get up on stage, for example... And quiet, serious parts of songs are of course ignored, must be quite sad for the performers. Inclusion is sometimes a bit hard is what I'm sayin'! 😅