Tusmørke@Tons of Rock 2018Photo by Andrea Chirulescu Editor Note – our photographer has attended the wonderful Tusmørke concert and right after that got a chance to sit down for an interview with the band, thus missing some of the bands reviewed by our colleague Nichlas at the beginning of the 3rd day. …
Sibiir@Tons of Rock 2018Photo by Andrea Chirulescu The first band of day 2 was the Norwegian up-and-comers, Sibiir, which plays an interesting mix of hardcore and extreme metal. Their sound on stage wasn’t too bad (even if it was in the tent) and they had a decent crowd watching them (even if it…
Festival Crowd@Tons of Rock 2018 Photo by Andrea Chirulescu In Vain was one of the first bands to feel how horrible the sound quality on the tent stage was, and even enteringthe stage area felt like a bad omen for the rest of the festival. The band did however do a good job themselves in…
The last day of a rather good festival would now solitify whether or not the Bjørgvin Black Mass would go down in history as one of the greatest tributes to old and new underground bands and occult experiences. Black Magic is not that old, but it really capture the essence of the older occult bands.…
With the first day of the Bjørgvin Black Mass over, it was up to the (very different) bands of day two to bring the energy to even higher levels. Misthyrming was the first band of the evening, and it was not the most impressive opening act the festival could have had. It was for the…
Beyond the Gates is back, and it is bigger than ever! The best festival in Norway if you like underground and occult music was moved from Garage to USF Verftet, and with that, it grew into something very different. Whoredom Rife was the festival’s first band, and to put it in rather simple terms:…
Vulture Industries from Bergen makes their return in 2017 (four years after The Tower) with their new album, Stranger Times. The new album does not take the band in any new direction, but rather keeps them going steadily forward with the expression we have come to expect from these weird, circus-like musicians. The album starts…
And so it was the last day of Tons of Rock 2017. Thus far it had been a rather good festival, so the question remained if the (rather solid) line up of the third day would be able to keep up the heat of the last two days. Due to wind, the Huth Stage was…
After a quite impressive opening day, the festival continued to shine for another day. Divided Multitude took the Huth Stage rather early in the day, and this is possibly the reason why there were a bit too much space between the people in the crowd. The band did not let this stop them from delivering…
Tons of Rock takes place in Halden, and 2017 is the fourth year that the festival is arranged. Bands from all over the world came to entertain a fairly large audience in the Fredriksten fortress for three days. Eluveitie entered the main stage somewhat early on Thursday, but people were still coming in from all…
Kicking off the last day on Rockefeller was the Fosen based band, Slagmaur. This band basically didn’t hold anything back on their stage show. From the «opening shot» when the carpets were pulled back, everyone could still see that this was going to be extreme. Two people placed on tables on each end of the…
Starting off John Dee on the Friday, was Vinterblot. They gave an energized show and played a rather tight show, as well as being interesting to look at. The audience looked quite happy with the show, and in the end, this was a solid start for the third day. Now, it was still rather early,…
Helheim enters the stage at Rockefeller, greeting a medium sized audience that is only going to grow during their performance. The second the band starts to play, they establish their presence as a tight band that knows exactly what they are doing. Songs like "Dualitet og Ulver" and "Baklengs mot intet" sounded especially nice and…
Sulphur kicked off the club day of Inferno at Blå with a bang. The band appeared controlled and tight on stage, and they gave a solid performance to their audience. Some of the moments in between songs could have been shorter, as they had a tendency to lose the energy of the room, but except…
Oppvarmingsbandet Mork kom på scenen og leverte et solid show med massive låter. Bandet er en veldig groovy utgave av black metal, og de holdt en meget profesjonell stemning på scenen. Til tross for at bandet ikke egentlig er så veldig gammelt, virket det som at hele bandet hadde stålkontroll på sin egen sjanger og…
Ashes of Her Memory fra Sotra har hatt en hard livstid med lange pauser og lengre perioder hvor bandet har vært nede for telling. "Ashes" har til tross for dette klart å komme seg til enden av en lang tunnell, og klart å bli et aktivt, sterkt og relativt relevant metalcore band i Bergen igjen.…
Svart Lotus fra Hallingdal har holdt på siden 2012. Bandet inneholder medlemmer fra Disintegration og 1349. Bandets litt okkulte form for black metal ressonerte helt greit i publikum, men cirka halve setlisten virket desverre noe tom. En åpenbar svakhet som ble enda mer åpenbar av at publikum heller ikke virket helt til å spille på…
The final day of this good feel festival provided some amazing moments. From Rock n’ roll to industrial black metal. Absolutely an interesting note to end on! HEATSEEKERS is, as the name suggests, an AC/DC tribute group. The band provided a somewhat soft and nice opening for the people of the audience that showed up…
The second day is the "official opening" of this nice spring adventure. Somewhat nice weather mixed with bands, beer(/soda for the non 18 people) and great people equals Karmøygeddon day two! Sweden is known for Abba, Death Metal and Power Metal when it comes to their music, and they chose to send a representative of…
The west coast of Norway now has alot of festivals dedicated to rock and metal, among them is Karmøygeddon, which is 12 years old, and still going strong! One of the most interesting, upcoming, prog bands from Norway is LEPROUS. The band delivered a nice and atmospheric performance, which seemed to please their target audience…
