Photo galleries here Photos by Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea Chirulescu Saturday starts at 3PM with a quiz in the big tent outside, for those who manage to get out of the house in time for it. I think it’s quite an entertaining part of the festival, but I never seem to be ready in…
Photo galleries from day 1 All photos:Jonathan Mazin Text: Andrea Chirulescu Oslo’s autumn musical tradition has already established itself as a small festival with a big big heart and dedicated fanbase: Høstsabbat festival, taking place this year on the weekend 23-24th of October at the same fantastic main location: the church or riffs or, for…
Text by Andrea Chirulescu Photos by Jonathan Mazin: British alt rockers Placebo seem to find their way to Oslo only in October – they have performed this month both in 2016 and 2022 and they’re back at it in October 2026, this time at the bigger venue Oslo Spektrum. While it wasn’t sold at its…
Full photo galleries available here: Photos and text: Andrea Chirulescu It’s not often you get to attend a ‘revived’ festival, such as the Graveyard Gig in Notodden (Norway), a festival which was first held in 1990 in this town in Telemark county and now, 30+ years later, the concept has been revived by Mikael Siouzios,…
When you type the final word of an event’s summary/review, it feels like only then you somehow leave it behind you. And I still don’t want to do it and accept that Dark Bombastic Evening festival, 2026, has already ended. And it’s been at least 2 weeks now but given how beautiful each of the…
KINGS OF THRASH/UNDER THE OAK Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen BYSCENEN 19 August 2026 TRONDHEIM Bilder fra eventen: Om vi går helt tilbake til 1980, så var det noen unge gutter som kalte seg Iron Maiden som var support for noen langt mer meriterte karer som kalte seg Kiss, å ryktene sier at unggutta spilte flettene…
Photo galleries can be found here Photos by Jonathan Mazin and Andrea Chirulescu Text by Andrea Chirulescu Saturday was, yet again, a day when there are tons of events in Oslo, including the ever-colorful pride parade, and that led to some logistical challenges for the transport to the festival area. You’d get there, but need…
Photo galleries can be seen here Photos by Jonathan Mazin/Andrea Chirulescu text by Andrea Chirulescu Eivør – Vampire Stage As the festival has announced that they’d show a football game on a screen on the main stage and thus having the day’s headliner end their show before 9PM, the whole of Friday’s schedule was a…
Full photo galleries here Photos by Jonathan Mazin and Andrea Chirulescu Text by Andrea Chirulescu Audrey Horne – Scream Stage Audrey Horne opened the Thursday program with a polished hard rock set built around strong riffs and melodic structure and a lot of scene playfulness by guitarists Arve Ice Dale and Torkjell Rød, who elegantly…
Full photo galleries can be seen here Photos by Jonathan Mazin/Andrea Chirulescu Text by Andrea Chirulescu Tons of Rock started, once again, on a Wednesday in late June 2026 with a dense schedule across multiple stages all carefully setup at Ekeberg area in Oslo, where you’d usually see a lot of football fields for bigger…
VENUE: HulenDATE: 05.06.2026ORGANIZER: HulenPHOTOGRAPHER: Sander Lindholm AndersenPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. Two superb Norwegian acts from Bergen and Trondheim respectively, more specifically Goatmilker and Dune Sea, paid the excellent venue that is Hulen a visit last Friday, and…
VENUE: Lemon TreeDATE: 23.05.2026ORGANIZER: Aberdeen Performing ArtsPHOTOGRAPHER: C. NepperPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. How often does one come across a tribute band as good as this? The answer is “rarely”, and the highly talented constellation of musicians collectively…
Photo galleries by photographer Jonathan Mazin can be seen here First band of the day was The Big Rip, a young Norwegian stoner/doom act from Porsgrunn and their performance on the backyard stage of Revolver. As there were too many people gathered at the entrance to the yard, I couldn’t really swim through and see…
ROY KHAN Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen TAPPERIET 2/5 – 2026 TRONDHEIM Når selveste ROY KHAN gjør sin entre’ i byen er det oppmøteplikt for alle som er glad i både progrock og powermetal av den melodiske typen. Selv om det er minst 15 år siden KHAN var her med sitt gamle band KAMELOT (hvor han…
Desertfest Oslo 2026 — The Tundra Burns Again While this is only the second year I get to attend this festival, I am convinced there is something beautifully stubborn about Desertfest Oslo. While larger festivals continue chasing trends and algorithm-approved lineups, Desertfest remains entirely devoted to the riff. The slow and heavy one. The 2026…
– VENUE: Kulturhuset i Bergen – DATE: 27.03.2026 – ORGANIZER: Kulturhuset i Bergen, Ottorpedo med Venner Photo by J. Nepper Last Friday night offered something vastly different and delightfully quirky to the usual concert fare in that none other than local legend Ottorpedo and his merry men of musical talent were set to perform at…
PRIMAL FEAR Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen BYSCENEN 20/3 – 2026 TRONDHEIM Jeg er normalt ikke den som tar på meg skinnjakka for å gå på en power metal konsert, men jeg gjør ett unntak når PRIMAL FEAR kommer til byen på sin “Domination” turne (naturlig nok oppkalt etter bandets siste plate Domination som kom…
From Dutch Prog to Ukrainian Precision: A Night of Controlled Chaos in Oslo Full photo gallery here: Photos: Andrea Chirulescu Text: Jonathan Mazin The evening opened with Dutch progressive metal outfit Textures, who leaned heavily into intricate prog structures from the first note. Very proggy, highly technical, with clear djent elements driving much of the…
Full photo gallery here: All photos by Jonathan Mazin Text: Andrea Chirulescu Since I first witnessed IGORRR live few years ago (memory doesn’t serve me right and cannot place it on where exactly have I seen then), I try to make sure to not miss this act live. As I tried to explain to a…
A dark February Tuesday evening in Oslo is not an easy day to fill up a venue, especially that most days of the first few months of this year have been filled with fantastic events in Oslo. Yet, the Swedes in Soen and the two support acts managed a very nice crowd at Rockefeller and…
POWERHOUSE Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen BYSCENEN 14/2 – 2026 TRONDHEIM Bak det litt merkelige navnet POWERHOUSE skulle det vise seg at det var hele fire band som skulle til pers denne iskalde februarkvelden. En fin og internasjonal bukett band fra England, Sverige og Færøyene/Danmark og Norge. Men for mange trøndere var det nok nettopp Norge…
WISHBONE ASH Anmeldt av : Roger Hagerupsen JOHN DEE 30/1 – 2016 OSLO Med sitt andre besøk i Oslo på ca. nøyaktig to år må WISHBONE ASH være som norgesvenner å regne nå. Når det etterhvert er to forskjellige utgaver av bandet som er aktiv er det derfor viktig å si at dette…
VENUE: GrieghallenDATE: 03.02.2026ORGANIZER: FKP Scorpio NorgePHOTOGRAPHER: C. Nepper Legendary British hard rockers Uriah Heep surely need no introduction as their classic song material is the stuff that prog-esque dreams are made of. Timeless outputs such as Demons and Wizards and The Magician’s Birthday from 1972 still resonate with fans of old while simultaneously finding new…
Full photo gallery here: Text and photos by Andrea Chirulescu For my part, the last live event of 2025 happened to be SLOMOSA’s sold out show at Rockefeller on Thursday, December 18th. It was three days after landing from a long holiday so my jetlag tagged along and got to enjoy the shows too. The…
– VENUE: Unity Arena– DATE: 11.12.25– ORGANIZER: Live Nation Full photo gallery: https://eternal-terror.com/2025/12/15/sabaton-oslo-11-12-2025/ Sabaton at Unity Arena felt less like a traditional concert and more like a large-scale war opera, carefully staged and tightly executed. The Legendary Orchestra The evening began with the Legendary Orchestra, featuring Noa Grumman from Scardust, and it immediately raised the…
Full photo gallery: Photos: Jonathan Mazin Text: Andrea Chirulescu Few hours before the concert in Oslo, a work colleague asked what kind of concert I’m going to and I ‘uhmmmm’ed several times and realized I have no clue. I have seen Swans before and, despite the band members being the same, the outcome felt different…
DJEVEL Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen LANGHUSET -HAVET 08.11.2025 TRONDHEIM Følelsen når en gikk inn på LANGHUSET denne mørke lørdagskvelden i November for å bevitne det som helt sikkert er DJEVEL sin siste konsert i Trondheim var mildt sagt surrealistisk. En (u)salig blanding av sortkledde folk klar for konsert kombinert med halvnakne folk klar for sauna.…
Photo gallries: Photos by Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea Chirulescu Mid November in Oslo, there’s no better time of the year to attend a gig with a Swedish combo that delivers dark, melancholic metal – Katatonia and Evergrey. A bit annoying that it’s actually the first day when temperatures seem to drop so low so…
Full photo gallery here: https://eternal-terror.com/2025/10/30/hostsabbat-2025-day-2 Photos by Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea Chirulescu Saturday started ‘early’ – namely 3PM – for those with enough energy to attend a bingo session. I got in time just to see some happy faces at the end of the event and went straight down to the crypt to finally…
Full photo gallery from Day 1 here: Photos by Jonathan Mazin Text Andrea Chirulescu Late autumn in Oslo has already become home to the wonderful HØSTSABBAT festival, a two days-three scenes small festival, with a big big heart and who tries to keep the underground spirit alive. For the festival goers, some of the performing…
BLAZE BAYLEY Anmeldt av: Roger Hagerupsen FESTIVITETEN BAR & SCENE HAMAR 10/10 – 2025 Når en kan iaktta tegninger av bl.a Indiana Jones og The Dude (the big Lebowski) på veggene når en går inn i lokalet, samt det er gamle røde kinoseter en kan slappe av på før konsert,…
Full photo gallery: Text and Photos by Andrea Chirulescu Olso’s biggest indoor venue located in the city center is getting a facelift nowadays, so all of the big concerts (I believe) are now held at the old Telenor Arena, which is now called Unity Arena and located a tad away from the center and making…
GLENN HUGHES BYSCENEN 28/9 -2025 TRONDHEIM Anmeldt av: Roger Hagerupsen Jeg har registrert at det blant mange har vært litt forvirring opp mot denne konserten om hva GLENN HUGHES skulle spille denne kvelden. Mannen selv er jo på turne’ for tiden og gjør sitt “the chosen years” show med låter fra hele sin innholdsrike karriere’,…
Reviewed by Andrea Chirulescu Full photo gallery by Jonathan Mazin: Formed back in 2001, going through various lineup changes, but with a current strong foundation from Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park, and having recently released “Rite of Dyonisus” (the sbling of last year’s “Of Darkness and Light”), Årabrot has embarked on a mini autumn tour…
VENUE: The Forge, Joliet, Illinois, United StatesDATE: 13.09.2025ORGANIZER: QRock and Forge LivePHOTOGRAPHER: ER On Saturday, September 13th, 2025, I, Eternal Terror’s U.S. resident reviewer-who wishes to be exclusively referred to as ER for the purpose, and in the commission of, all my publication-attended my first metal concert in over 18 years, along with my friend…
VENUE: Statsraaden Bar & ReceptionDATE: 13.09.2025ORGANIZER: Apollon Records / Statsraaden Bar & ReceptionPHOTOGRAPHER: J. Nepper Following the release of Annlaug Børsheim’s phenomenal Spring Før Sola Står Opp via Apollon Records roughly a week ago, we had the great pleasure and privilege of attending her appearance at the highly appealing little venue known as Statsraaden Bar…
Full gallery from Day2 here: Photos and Text by Karina Noctum On day two of Hellbotn festival I saw Helvitnir, a band formed in 2023 that has already released one album. Featuring members from Mayhem, Myronath, and Images of Twilight, among others, their set was a strong introduction to the day. It was particularly exciting…
After a few years of relative silence from the tiny little festival in the heart of Transylavnia, the beginning of the year brought back the good news of Dark Bombastic Evening being organized again in August 2025. In the same space as most of its recent edition – inside the beautiful old walls of the…
Full photo gallery here: All photos and text by Karina Noctum This year’s edition of Hellbotn once again delivered a fierce celebration of underground music, bringing together black, thrash, death, punk, and rock in an intense two-day showcase. Both days were stacked with strong headliners that kept the energy high from start to finish. One…
Full photo galleries – including a lot of shots from Jinjer and Dark Angel moshpits and crowdsurfing Photos and Text by Andrea Chirulescu and Jonathan Mazin A cool Saturday morning after a rainy night in Oslo was a decent start for the last bus trip up to Ekeberg. This last Saturday in June hosted a…
Full photo galleries from Day 3: Photos by Andrea Chirulescu and Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea Chirulescu and Jonathan Mazin One nice thing with this year’s Tons of Rock edition was that it didn’t really have any precipitation. Now I can’t really recall on which day some people brought a poncho with them and some…
Photo galleries from day 2 at Tons of Rock 2025 can be found here Photos by Andrea Chirulescu & Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea Chirulescu One new item on the agenda – besides the 4th stage – for this year’s Tons of Rock was the organized Black Metal Bus Sightseeing. Certainly borrowed from Inferno festival,…
Full photo galleries can be found at the link below. Photos: Andrea Chirulescu/Jonathan MazinText: Andrea Chirulescu & Jonathan Mazin Having a big, world class festival in your town is something one kinda gets used to by now and I feel like somehow the days and weeks leading up to it have become more exciting with…
Full photo gallery by Jonathan Mazin: Review by Andrea C: I can’t say I have had the chance to attend the celebration of 40 years of activity of many bands on this planet – not that there are not enough bands that have passed such an iconic age for a band, but because there are…
Blue Öyster Cult, the legendary American rock band formed in the early ’70s, has always occupied a unique space in rock history. Known for their fusion of hard rock, proto-metal, and psychedelic influences – not to mention their love of science fiction and the occult (cough Godzilla cough) – BÖC has built a legacy around…
Full photo galleries by Jonathan Mazin can be found here Text by Karina Noctum The last day of the festival had some killer highlights, starting with Schammasch from Switzerland. Their dense blend of progressive sludge hit hard, and it was great to hear a song from The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean come to life on…
SOEN/ Mantric Momentum Anmeldt av : Roger Hagerupsen BYSCENEN 1/5 – 2025 TRONDHEIM 1. Mai og arbeidernes dag kan brukes til så mangt. Når enkelte hører på taler og går i tog foretrekker jeg personlig å heller finne meg ett mørkt lokale og en bra konsert. Nå synes jeg dessverre ikke jeg lykkes med å…
Full photo gallery by Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea C The same work related issues that had me leave early the other day, delayed me a bit on Saturday, thus missing the chance at the very early concert with Feral Nature at Revolved Background. And it’s sad since everyone I heard was super enthusiast about…
Full gallery by Jonathan Mazin here: Text by Andrea C The second edition of Desertfest Oslo took place 9th and 10th of May 2025 and I am happy to have had a chance to attend. For various reasons I have stepped down a bit from the insane amount of concerts and festivals I used to…
Full gallery from Day 3 can be found here: Text by Karina Noctum The third day of the Inferno Festival opened with a stage bathed in the gentle glow of dozens of candlelights. There were no elaborate props; the atmosphere was built entirely on mood, history, and presence. And Jinx Dawson brought all three in…
