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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 →
Friday 31/03/23 So passing by the Elder Gods and searching for Rex the unofficial (totally official) mascot it must be Warhorns time once more. This is the shorter festival they put on, a little attempt to welcome spring and to… Continue Reading →
It was a bitterly cold evening in Leeds this night, the hardy throng that had queued up outside some half hour or so before doors endured sleet and snow with the wind knifing through you, whereas as I went into… Continue Reading →
I only found out about this concert the day before as a result of a chance enquiry so my research into the bands I didn’t know about was therefore extremely limited. Whether research before live concerts is a good thing… Continue Reading →
Despite the vast number of gigs this weekend, this was the one I simply had to go to. Sex Gang Children were odd and avant-garde even by Goth standards as they emerged in the early 80’s, sticking out due to… Continue Reading →
First major gig for me in 2023, unless you count seeing British Lion with Steve Harris in Huddersfield as major as well, depending on your point of view. My shooter and I decided to get the train over so we… Continue Reading →
It’s certainly not the first time to round off the gig going year with a show from the Nephs. They do like playing as close to the Summer and Winter solstices as possible. Indeed, a poster behind me reminds of… Continue Reading →