HARD ANGER OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL 2012

12 band skal i ilden under de to dagene festivalene blir arrangert. Headlinere er Susperia og Disgorge.

Et festivalpass koster i underkant av tusenlappen og for den vil du garantert få det mest varierte programmet sjangermessig i Norge i år.

Vi gjorde et intervju med René og Hedvig, gutta bak festivalen, mens snøen fremdeles dekket det ganske land og her kan du lese hva herrene hadde og si.

First of all, tell us about the idea behind Hard Anger Open Air, how it became a reality and a also add a few words of the people behind the scenes.

René: On a rainy day, Hedvig and I went to the Vøringfoss waterfall on the Hardangervidda to take some pictures. On our way back we passed Måbødalen again and Hedvig looked at me and said: do you think what I think? A metal festival? Was my reaction. Yes, she said with a big smile and the first idea was born. Continuing our way back to Eidfjord we started fantasizing and brainstorming about this idea and 5 minutes later we had the name of the festival. The following weeks we gathered as much information as possible. Who are the owners of the land, is it logistically possible, what are the financial possibility's and so on until we had the feeling that our idea could be realistic. The next step was having conversations with people at the town hall and see if they could help us with our plan. They advised us to start an association, so Hard Anger Festivals was born, an association with a very active board. That really did speed things up.

Hedvig: It`s pretty awesome how far things have become after one small idea! It has always been my little secret dream to do something like that , but I had not met the right people for this before. So I`m glad I met Rene , who has the same interests as me and who is crazy enough to make it happen together with me haha!

Everybody who is into booking and festivals have their own dream lineup. How does your dream lineup look like? Which band(s) is on top of your wish list?

René: For me personally it would be a lineup which re-presence all the metal styles. I don't have favorite bands or preferences for style. It all depends on my mood.

Hedvig: The more different bands we have , the more exciting it is. I have many great ideas for the future already ,but I'm not going to mention any names yet.

A festival like Hard Anger Open Air necessarily needs many volunteers to implementation. How do you solve this?

René: Like we mentioned before, we have a real active board. One of these board members, Ingrid Hendrix, is responsible for gathering the needed volunteers and putting them on the right places. We still need some people but Ingrid is doing a great job and managed to get volunteers from all over the world.

Hedvig: We appreciate every volunteer we can have, and still looking for some more. If someone has interest in becoming a volunteer at Hard Anger Open Air, then please find the contact information on our website : www.hard-anger.com

Folk/viking metal band Ensiferum from Finland, death metal band Disgorge from the states, German black metal band Endstille and the Norwegian thrashers Susperia are the biggest names in the lineup, and the first thing that strikes me is the dispersion and variety musically with these 4 bands and also with the rest of the bands in the lineup. What kind of profile do you have?

René: Hard Anger Open Air Metal festival, "the place where metal meets"!

Hedvig: We want to have different metal styles, so there would be something for everyone. So, like Rene already mentioned - Hard Anger Open Air is the place where metal meets!

Economy has gradually become more and more important in an enormous festival jungle where the losers often doll. One can see that some new promoters start too optimistic and book big bands and expects sold out festival in year one, while others are more sober and think more realistically. Is this something you spend much time on?

René: Do you start with a lineup with bands that are not world wide known and take the risk that this will not attrackt enough paying visitors to cover the costs? Or do you have a lineup with expensive big bands and take the risk that the costs can't be covered by 2000 sold tickets? I think we play as safe as possible by having the best of both: amazing talented young bands, and very good headliners. For foreigners we have Norwegian bands and for the Norwegian visitors we have foreign bands. And this all in a mighty and natural metal arena.

Hedvig: To survive, you have to have confidence and enthusiasm to push things through. And also you have to have a good board to make it all work. We have it both ! And things are getting better and better. There is always a risk when you organize something that big, but like someone smart once said :" No guts ,no glory!" We have been working very hard on this and we are optimistic enough to believe that our festival will turn out well.

Anything else you want to share with our readers?

René: For the people that want to visit us it's maybe good to know that there are really not more than 2000 festival passes available and there is much interest. So don't wait too long with buying your festival pass. They are available at www.billetservice.no.

Hedvig: See you all at Hard Anger Open Air !

Billetter:

FESTIVALPASS: NOK 975

Bestilles fra BILLETTSERVICE.NO

Overnatting:

Det er fire hoteller og tre campingplasser i området

Program:

Fredag 31. august:

14:00 Portene åpner
15:15 FJORDFADER
16:30 66CRUSHER
17:45 THARAPHITA
19:30 NEOANDERTALS
20:45 ENSIFERUM
22:45 SUSPERIA

Lørdag 1. september:

14:00 Portene åpner
15:15 SKOGEN
16:30 GODDAMN
17:45 LEVIATHAN
19:30 CLAYMORDS
20:45 ENDSTILLE
22:45 DISGORGE

http://www.hard-anger.com/

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