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…

  Interview with VREID

  Interview with HELLHAMMER of Mayhem

From the series of interviews conducted at this year’s Inferno Festival by our colelague Karina, we present you the dialogue with Daniel and ANdreas of Sepulcher.

  Interview with Tobias Gustafsson (Vomitory, Nifelheim) about Vomitory’s reunion and future plans with his bands.

    Inferno 2019 Review – by Karina Noctum Months ago when I first heard that Vomitory was going to play at this year’s Inferno Festival I was ecstatic. Then as the line-up was unveiled, little by little, I started to notice it contained more and more major Swedish acts like Bloodbath, Hypocrisy, Vomitory and…

      Cryptopsy, Demonical, Ingested and Gloryhole Guillotine Concert Review   Having seen Cryptopsy several times before, only once in Norway though, in Bergen so I knew what to expect. Previous experiences at big festivals aren’t definitely the same as to have the opportunity to see them at a smaller scene and a smaller…

  Part 1 of Karina’s interview with Seidemann of 1349/Svart Lotus

  Our colleague Karina had a chat with the American detah metal act MALEVOLENT CREATION

  WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM live at Rockefeller, OsloPhoto by Silje Storm Drabitius   Having seen both Behemoth and At the Gates previously I was really curious and looking forward to see Wolves in the Throne Room because it is a band that is pretty well established in the atmospheric Black Metal subgenre. The…

RIDERS OF THE APOCALYPSE live@Blå, Oslo Photo by Andrea Chirulescu The first thing that caught my attention when I saw the line-up for the concert that took place the 19th of December 2018 was Svart Lotus. I had heard about the band before and knew it was 1349‘s bassist who was behind the project. But…

 A chat with the Norwegian death metal act OBLITERATION

WHOREDOM RIFE live at Tons Of Rock 2018Photo by Andrea Chirulescu The band I was really looking forward to see the most was Whoredom Rife so that’s why I arrived early to not to miss it. It is absolutely what one looks for in Black Metal and that is so difficult to find these days.…

I think I had seen the opening act Hatesphere before probably in Aalborg some years ago, but I hadn’t really listened to it in a while so I had kind of forgotten them previous the concert. But yeah I’ve been listening to other subgenres a lot and well I’m not usually listening to post thrash.…

I was pretty excited when I got asked to review Høstsabbat because there were some bands in the line-up that I had not listened to and I do enjoy a lot the process of finding out what they play. But more than anything it is the fact that I enjoy downtuned music so much—all from…

Raphael Weinroth-Browne performing at MOTSTRØMS, Norodden 2018 Photo by Andrea Chirulescu   I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Motstrøms, which translated from Norwegian means “against the current”. Motstrøms was a celebration of a long and many-faceted musical career. It was about Emperor, Ihsahn’s solo project, the projects he has developed together with…

INTER ARMA  live@Rockefeller, OsloPhoto by Andrea Chirulescu I must confess that my ears where virgin to what Inter Arma was previous the concert. Being a fan of dark and low tones I regret Inter Arma had escaped my radar so far because it is this kind of music I use to relax. Previous the concert…

Beyond the Gates has been getting bigger by the year, and it is an interesting festival. Next year’s line-up will be pretty Swedish, with Marduk and Watain on the line-up. Watain will play somewhere dark in Bergen, and they are probably bringing more blood, since the show is going to be special, so be there…

  Interview with the Australian band Atra Vetosus

  Brutal Assault 2018: Return of Behemoth, At The Gates, Converge or Ihsahn

  After four years of silence, the Arctic black-metallers Iskald finally return to the battlefield with more fierce and power than ever before! Iskald will release their fifth studio album titled "Innhøstinga" (Norwegian: ‘the Harvest’) on August 31 and now a new video is out!

IHSAHN live@Inferno Metal Festival 2018Photo by Stig Pallesen/StiPa PhotographyIhsahns ny plate, Àmr, er ute idag og Karina har fått sjansenå ta en prat med metal legenden

Tsjuder live@Inferno Metal Festival 2018Photo by Stig Pallesen/StiPa Photography The last day I got to see far more bands than the previous day. Djevel delivered a pretty good show. I like their 90’s vibe a lot. I had read an news article, previous the festival, about how unreachable they are. Their frontman does not like…

IHSAHN live@Inferno Metal Festival 2018Photo by Stig Pallesen/StiPa Photography   On Saturday I skipped so many bands I don’t really know what’s wrong with me. I was mainly interested in Nordjevel, Ihsahn and Satyricon. I kinda saw Memoriam tho, I was there physically but I got bored, my mind was elsewhere and I kind of…

The day started with a pretty incediary show from Mephorash from Sweden. They did their best to create a pretty hellish atmosphere. Silver masked and using robes they set Rockefeller in flames. Sigils and all aside I think it is from the music that the real atmosphere comes, at least for me. It was also…

ODIUM live@Inferno Festivalphoto by Stig Pallesen/StiPa photography Inferno started off for me with the IMC conference – about which you can read here. Then for the first day,  I was of course early at the venue because I was really looking forward to see Odium. I really like the 90’s and especially many bands that…

 Our colleague Karina had a chat with the Canadian Symphonic Black/death Metal Erimha, together with some impressions from the IMC conference during the Inferno Metal Festival 2018

Our colleague Karina had a chat with the rockers in DREAMARCHER and what is going on after the recent release of ‘Harding’

  Interview with Apollyon from the Norwegian thrash metal band Aura Noir

Horizon Ablaze’s new album The Weight of a Thousand Suns is Black Death with progressive influences. This album shows all the highly skilled musicianship of Andre Kvebek (Den Saakaldte, 1349, Pantheon I), Kevin Kvåle (Svartelder, Gaahls Wyrd (live)), Ole Bent Madsen (Blood Red Throne), Shandy MacKay (Absu, Pantheon I, Khonsu), and Stian Ruethemann. It is…

X – Varg Utan Flock is a display of all the kind of accumulated experience that results in musical excellence. In succinct terms: it sounds Black Metal elite! The sort of music that into a third Moonfog Compilation. It sounds just right. I really like the way they brings different non-metal and metal influences together.…