Author: Karina Noctum

  Karina had a chat with drummer Derek Roddy (Serpents Rise, ex-Malevolent Creation, ex-Nile, ex-Hate Eternal)

  Interview with Akhlys’ drummer Eoghan, led by colleague Karina Noctum

  Interview with Janne Jaloma (Night Crowned, Dark Funeral)

  Interview with Septimiu Hărşan (Pestilence)

    The first festival of the year while predominantly Black Metal it offered a wide variety of music styles and non-music related acts enough to cater to the different tastes in the audience. The artistic contribution was done by Trine Grimm and Nick Morte who are tattoo artists. A Theodor Kittelsen inspired painting was…

  SLIPKNOT live at Telenor Arena, OsloPhoto by Linda Tveiten/Tveiten Fotografi   The last Behemoth concerts I attended were at big stages outdoors with awesome sound but lacking the darkness that makes flames look cooler, for example. So the full impact of the band’s image got enhanced at this huge indoors scene. In addition you…

  Interview with drummer Hannes Grossmann 

  TESTAMENT live@Rockefeller, OsloPhoto by Andrea Chirulescu   The attendance for the Exodus, Death Angel and Testament concert the 8th of February was massive. Few missed the chance to see three awesome big thrash acts in a row. These bands are usually a part of major festivals’ line-ups and oftentimes play at the same time…

  Interview with mastermind T. Ciekals of DJEVEL 

  MORTEM live at Blå, Oslo Photo by Andrea Chirulescu Full gallery here   Mortem and Ragnarok marked the release of their new albums the 20th of December. I was pretty looking forward to experience Mortem live since it was one of the albums I liked the most in 2019. Mortem’s music combines all the…

    Day 1 The first festival of the year while predominantly Black Metal it offered a wide variety of music styles and non-music related acts enough to cater to the different tastes in the audience. The artistic contribution was done by Trine Grimm and Nick Morte who are tattoo artists. A Theodor Kittelsen inspired…

  MARDUK live at Røverstaden/OsloPhopto by Storm D -Live Photography   Previous the concert I got time to check the merchandise and I was very surprised to see a Marduk t-shirt with two renaissance cherubs wearing soldier helmets but still cute. I still find the trend of bringing in religious art without major blasphemic modifications…

    The opening act were the Swiss Silver Dust many stage props and made an innovative use of these. The mirror-like screen played a series of scenes that looked perhaps a bit too modern for the victorian fashion-style displayed by the characters in the film. All professionally made and all. Both the soundtracks being…

  ENDEZZMA live at John Dee Photo by Silje Storm Drabitius/Storm D -Live Photography   The last time I saw Endezzma was in the middle of nowhere in Sweden on a stage that had considerable sound problems and on daytime, but now under improved conditions in Oslo the show was much better. The kind of…

    On the 22th of November we got the pleasure to listen to a great mix of proto metal sounds, stoner rock, psychedelia and bluesy grooviness, Tempelheks delivered a pretty convincing performance. Their stage appearance and lively performance added a lot to the general 70’s vibes. The proto metal riffs surface now and then…

  Einherjer live in OsloPhoto by Terje Ottesen There have been many extreme concerts arranged at Røverstaden now. 1349 delighted the audience with new songs from their latest album recently, and the polish Death Metal machinery of Vader and Hate were also performing at this venue. The next show to look forward to is going…

    Swedish Death Metal legends Entombed, together with Aborted and Baest manage to draw a decent crowd in spite of having to compete with Killswitch Engage and Revocation who were playing next door. The concert started with Baest which delivered a pretty energetic performance. They play well executed Death Metal and offer pretty good…

  Interview with band member of Dold Vorde Ens Navn, by our colleague Karina Noctum

  Interview with Anders Odden about the Norwegian Death Metal act CADAVER

    Hellbotn is a festival that is located at Kolbotn which is a suburb in Oslo so the transportation is not a problem from downtown. The local venue counts with several stages of different sizes. The biggest one of them has really good sound and plenty of space so it has nothing to envy…