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Sunday Day 3 The final day and nine more cool bands to watch started with Thy Dying Light on a much cooler day than the previous two. Their stripped back primal black metal possessed a dirty dissonant feel as they… Continue Reading →
Saturday Part 2 With an earlier start to Saturday’s proceedings and the prospect of nine excellent bands to watch I headed off promptly for the same lovely walk down to the Spa where some industrious artist was creating artwork in… Continue Reading →
Friday Part 1 Holding the inaugural event of this three day festival within the finery of Scarborough Spa is possibly the most unlikely of venues you could imagine, but was an absolute stroke of genius. The journey from West Yorkshire… Continue Reading →
It’s been 1,187 days, or is it nights, since I last reviewed a live show. and I must admit I was really looking forward to attending this gig. Unfortunately, it would appear I misread the start time and arriving shortly… Continue Reading →
Running since 2014 Incineration Festival is London’s highly anticipated, yearly most extreme all day event. Taking in four venues a stone’s throw from each other, people have the choice of no less than 28 bands to pick between at The… Continue Reading →
Established in 2014 and tried and tested by industry professionals with a long track record of running events, the annual Incineration Festival is a key date in the UK extreme metal scene. Taking place in Camden London on Sat 13th… Continue Reading →
Easter Sunday began with a walk around the Oslo Opera House and the waterfront area, before catching up with a couple of friends over a beer before heading down to the venue in time for Urgehal. They were, of course,… Continue Reading →
Many of the festival goers were bleary eyed on Saturday morning either due to the fire alarm causing an evacuation of the hotel at 3am, or still being out partying at that time! I grabbed a coffee and then headed… Continue Reading →
Keen to make the most of my time in Oslo, I grabbed the opportunity to visit the ‘Bad vibes – The sound of emotions in Norwegian black metal’ exhibition at the Norwegian National Library before the festival began. This exhibition… Continue Reading →
While Easter is a time for religious worship for many, or perhaps overindulgence in chocolate, for the extreme metal community it means making the annual pilgrimage to Oslo for the unrivalled Inferno Festival, and this year was my tenth consecutive… Continue Reading →
For many fans of extreme metal, Easter has become synonymous with the Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo, and it is traditional for this awesome festival to begin with a warm up night, whether it be the Inferno “club night” a… Continue Reading →
The day dawns, a low mist of hangover drifts across the campsite and us delicate flowers who slept in a proper bed wander in for breakfast and to make sure no one froze or drowned the night before. Stuffed with… Continue Reading →