KATATONIA

Sweden’s Katatonia was formed in 1991 and quickly gained recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom and death metal – joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined ad structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became the third album "Discouraged Ones". May 2016 saw the release of Katatonia’s eleventh studio album, titled "The Fall of Hearts". The band has since then been touring South America, Europe, Australia and North America with great success. This will be Katatonia’s first visit at Inferno Metal Festival, so be sure to catch them at our icon festival.

Ulsect is the newest signing on the label Season of Mist and has just released their debut album. The band hails from the Dutch city Tilburg – that has spawned such acts as blackened extremists Dodecahedron and rhythmic progressives Textures. Out of this circle, Ulsect have emerged. The death metal innovators feature guitarist Joris Bonis and drummer Jasper Barendregt from Dodecahedron as well as former Textures bassplayer Dennis Aarts. It therefore hardly comes as a surprise that elements of their origins have permeated into Ulsect’s eponymous debut album. You will find high technical precision and prowess woven into dense dissonance and lucent atmosphere. The primeval forces unleashed by pioneers such as Gorguts and Deathspell Omega are violently harnessed to serve a sinister musical purpose. Ulsect herewith cordially invite you to dare explore their dark dimension at Inferno Metal Festival 2018.

 

Inferno Metal Festival is the longest running and most extreme metal festival in Norway and one of the most important extreme metal festivals in the world. We are very proud of this position and we will continue fronting Norwegian metal and bringing bands from all over the world to Norway. 2018 will be our 18th edition of the festival that keeps on growing and for the first time the festival will be located all four days at Rockefeller Music Halls two stages – Rockefeller & John Dee.

 

  EMPEROR
OBITUARY
IHSAHN – CARPATHIAN FOREST – DARK FUNERAL – KATATONIA
NAPALM DEATH – FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE – TSJUDER – MEMORIAM
ORIGIN – ONE TAIL, ONE HEAD – NECROPHOBIC – BATUSHKA
KRAKOW – ODIUM – NORDJEVEL – AUÐN – DJEVEL – MEPHORASH
AHAB – VANHELGD – UADA – EARTH ELECTRIC – WIEGEDOOD
ERIMHA – ULSECT
+ MANY MORE TBA