Day 2 of TollRock 2025 was opened as usual by the TollRockerz Band Contest. At the very early afternoon of the day three selected bands have the opportunity to present themselves to the festival audience. The winner will have the honours to open the next year’s TollRock Festival. In 2025 there was a really hard competition with Tasty Trashpandas, Black Remains and Uncrook. It was a hairline finish for the winners: Black Remains.

Next in line was Moonshot from Finland. Their appearance has blown the audience away for the first time this day. Being rather unknown to the broader part of the festival visitors, all voices that we could pick up said that they have been the major positive surprise of the day. Frontman Ville and his partner in crime on guitar Jussi brought a massive show full of energy, sweat and action onto the stage. What an appearance and won everybody’s heart by storm.

Irish folk punk group Saint City Orchestra from Switzerland took the mighty task to follow. The six piece held up the bar for this day and kept the audience going along. Pyro, flags, water on the drums for splashing effects, permanent movements all over the large venue stage were for sure to the viewer’s enjoyment. Look out for their upcoming Wacken Open Air appearance in a few weeks.

Time for stadium rock and the German embodiment of it: Kissin’ Dynamite. They brought the big stage to TollRock 2025. Massive drum riser, stairs, pyro, fog, perfect choreography and on-the-point light show in combination with their songs is great entertainment. Vocalist Johannes Braun managed to involve the fully loaded infield to play along to all the band’s wishes. The well known Kissin’ Dynamite piano, which is widely recognized, was also played live for a ballad and a rock song. The band is simply a warranty for a bombastic rock show, never disappointing to deliver.

The level of preparation for the evening allowed the Donots to shine. These German punk rock veterans delivered brilliantly and put on a great show, a massive final highlight. No pyrotechnics or fancy effects—just Ingo and his brother Guido bouncing around like human pinballs and top-tier punk rock music with partly German and partly English lyrics. As in every show, Ingo initiates a circle pit around him to perform in the middle. Later on, he dives into the mosh pit. The crowd goes wild and keeps jumping until the very last song. The Donots are totally in control and just as thrilled as every band before them… TollRock 2025 is something special! The vibe, the team, the people, the setting, the audience—it all comes together.

At the very end Five Finger Skull Crushers closed this year’s festival. Performing a Five Finger Death Punch tribute show and being a perfect sent-off.