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  • VULTURE INDUSTRIES – 15.04.2023 – Bergen, Norway

    VENUE: KvarteretDATE: 15.04.2023 ORGANIZER: Det Akademiske Kvarter PHOTOGRAPHER: C. Nepper The uniquely gifted purveyors of dark and captivating avantgarde rock known as Vulture Industries never cease to amaze me regardless of whether we are talking about their recorded outputs or live performances. What this scribe is about to concisely sum up in the next few…

  • KAMELOT + supp. live at Sentrum Scene, Oslo, March 2023

    March 24th was a cool concert evening in Oslo, as Radar Booking made it so that the American power metallers Kamelot visited again to perform at Sentrum Scene and bring along three support acts, Myrath + Eleine + League of Distortion. However, being a week day, and with another usual train delay or transport issue,…

  • KATATONIA + SÓLSTAFIR + SOM

    Review by Karina Noctum Full photo gallery form the event: https://eternal-terror.com/2023/02/25/katatonia-solstafir-oslo-24-02-2023/ SOM were the opening act that evening. They are promoting their new album The Shape of Everything. The concert experience that SOM brought to us was a pretty dark one, but it was full of ambience. They are in many senses the perfect choice to…

  • DATADYR – 23.02.2023 – Bergen, Norway

    VENUE: Apollon PlatebarDATE: 23.02.2023 ORGANIZER: Apollon Platebar/Is It Jazz? Records   Being a huge fan of Datadyr’s two outputs on Is it Jazz? Records, it goes without saying that yours truly could not miss out on the ridiculously skilled trio’s mini-concert at the awesome and always attractive Apollon Platebar in the city center yesterday. With…

  • AKSEL RØED’S OTHER ASPECTS – 22.02.2023 – Bergen, Norway

    VENUE: Bergen KjøttDATE: 22.02.2023 ORGANIZER: Bergen Kjøtt   Being rather infatuated and taken with the vibrant and playful debut offering by Aksel Røed’s Other Aspects titled Do You Dream in Colours?, I could not resist the temptation to witness this talented ensemble live on stage in the cozy environs of Bergen Kjøtt. While jazz (and…

  • BLACK STONE CHERRY, THE DARKNESS & DANKO JONES – 04.02.2023 – London

    VENUE: OVO Arena WembleyDATE: 04.02.2023 ORGANIZER: AEG Presents and Live Nation in association with X-Ray    Saturday night in old London town is always a treat but even more so when such stellar acts as Danko Jones, The Darkness, and Black Stone Cherry are set to take the stage at OVO Arena Wembley in front…

  • THE NORDIC FLOYD SHOW – Grieghallen, Bergen

    VENUE: GrieghallenDATE: 28.01.2023 ORGANIZER: Stageway   What better way to spend the early part of a Saturday evening than witnessing the immensely talented The Nordic Floyd Show pay tribute to their heroes, Pink Floyd? It has actually become a tradition of sorts to attend one of the act’s performances in Bergen, Oslo, or some other…

  • MELODI GRIND PRIX

    Text & Photos: Karina Noctum Melodi Grind Prix took place on the 13th of January at Vaterland. This mainly Hardcore and Grindcore festival featured Beaten to Death, Rat Lord, Kobol, Higgs Boson, Makkmat, Gummo and Avgrunsljud.    The first band Kobol was a really good start for a festival that promised lots of extreme fun.…

  • AMORPHIS/ELUVEITIE supp DARK TRANQUILITY – review

    Photos by: Karina Noctum After a good number of weeks away from the live concerts, the Amorphis/Eluveitie show in Oslo with support from Dark Tranquility and Nailed To Obscurity, was a good lineup for my personal ‘comeback’. It was midweek though, so the run from work, dinner and other detals didn’t allow to catch the…

  • WinterStorm festival, Troon, Scotland 2022

    VENUE: Troon Concert Hall DATE: 25.11.2022-26.11.2022 ORGANIZER: Plan B Events PHOTOGRAPHER: C.N. The excellent WinterStorm festival in Troon, Scotland, is undoubtedly one of the year’s highlights for this writer and a very cozy tradition of sorts. The line-up is simply amazing each year and if one is a sucker for all things hard rock and…

  • SPECTRAL WOUND + HELLRIPPER live in Oslo review

    Review by Karina Noctum The expectations were high on the 28th of October  at Blå venue in Oslo, before the Hellripper and Spectral Wound concert, since I had heard several recommendations and advice on not to miss it.   Hellripper opened with a show that consisted of a blend of songs from their two albums…

  • PANZERBALLET – concert review

    Event: PNAZERBALLET + YAWN – live at Vaterland, OsloDate: 13. October. 2022Author/Photographer: Karina Noctum On October the 13th, open minded fans of Jazz and Metal/Rock alike gathered to experience a different soundscape than what is usual. Norwegian Yawn opened with a pretty dense, harsh and downtuned guitar work, as well as hard and yet pretty…

  • JEFF BECK WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST JOHNNY DEPP – 03.07.2022 – BERGEN

    VENUE: Bergenhus Festning (Plenen)DATE: 03.07.2022 ORGANIZER: Bergen Live   The legendary guitarist that is Jeff Beck surely needs no introduction as the man has been a musical pioneer and trailblazer ever since the early sixties, and yours truly was very excited about seeing Beck and his talented cohorts grace the stage at Bergenhus Festning in…

  • TONS OF ROCK 2022 – festival review

    Photos by Andrea Chirulescu Yes, there’s currently life after a world wide pandemic that managed to put almost everything on hold for two years. And one of the most missed aspects of life – for some of us – were big open air festivals, mainly Tons Of Rock for the inhabitants of Oslo and surroundings.…

  • ONKLP – Tahitifestivalen – Norsk rap på sitt beste

    OnklP og De Fjerne Slektningene – Tøyen på Tahiti I fjøresteinene på Innlandet er det duket for fest av det tropiske slaget, vi skal til Tahiti på Nordmøre. Siden 2000 har de tiltrekt seg artister av rang her ute med havet. Er det maten? Lufta? Eller er det rett og slett den Nordmørske trivselen og…

  • ALICE COOPER/AIRBOURNE live at Oslo Spektrum, June 2022

    It was a bit of a surprise to head that Live Nation is organizing a concert with Alice Cooper at Spektrum, which is a venue with very high capacity and not that the might Aice Cooper doesn’t deserve a sold out stadium, but it feels like there’s not enough people willing to attend the nightmareish…

  • MEGADETH – 05.06.2022 – Oslo

    VENUE: Sentrum Scene DATE: 05.06.2022 ORGANIZER: Rockefeller PHOTOGRAPHER: C. Nepper Photos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context.   The legendary thrash metal pioneers that are Megadeth paid Norway’s capital city a visit on a warm and sunny Sunday night in…

  • WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER & EUROPE – 14.05.2022 – Newcastle

    VENUE: Utilita ArenaDATE: 14.05.2022 ORGANIZER: Live NationPHOTOGRAPHER: C. NepperPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context.   The day had finally arrived where my better half and I (and roughly eleven thousand other fans) were to witness a most impressive line-up…

  • FUNERAL: 30 years anniversay concert + special guests SUPERLYNX

    Prior to the extreme metal celebration of Easter in Oslo, we got treated to a special event on Tuesday, April 12th at Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo: 30 years of FUNERAL, one of the pioneers of funeral doom genre, an event that offered an evening filled with musical history from the band’s career and a really…

  • M2TM Norway – Heat 2

    As summer festivals seem to have gotten the long awaited green light after 2 years of silence and uncertainty, the ‘qualifying rounds’ begun for the international bands who can get a chance at performing on the stages of renowned events. One of them is Bloodstock festival, in UK, a festival with over 20 years of…

  • RICKY WARWICK & THE FIGHTING HEARTS – Unplugged Live Full Band Performance from Backstage at KK’s Steel Mill – 23.03.2022 – Wolverhampton

    VENUE: KK’s Steel MillDATE: 23.03.2022 ORGANIZER: StageIt   Renowned songwriter Ricky Warwick (Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy) is currently touring the UK with his insanely talented solo outfit named The Fighting Hearts, but a couple of hours before they went onstage at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on a Wednesday night, they did a little…

  • MAYHEM/CADAVER live@Verkstehallen i Trondheim –

        MAYHEM/CADAVERVERKSTEDHALLEN TRONDHEIM 3/12 – 2021 Jeg var noe nervøs i forhold til om det kom til å bli noe av kveldens konserter. Pesten herjer i sin nye form (Omikron) i Sør-Norge, og der begynte de allerede å stenge ned konsertlivet denne helgen.  Kveldens konserter var i tillegg utsolgt, så det hadde vært en…

  • VREID + DJERV & THE NEW DEATH CULT live@Byscenen, Trondheim –

          VREID + DJERV & THE NEW DEATH CULT Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen BYSCENEN 22/10 – 2021 TRONDHEIM   THE NEW DEATH CULT: Det er relativt glissent i salen når THE NEW DEATH CULT går på scenen i trønderhovedstaden denne oktoberkvelden som første band ut. Jeg hadde aldri hørt om denne gruppa før,…

  • ENSLAVED/SHAMAN ELEPHANT live i Trondheim –

    ENSLAVED/SHAMAN ELEPHANT  BYSCENEN 20/10 – 2021 TRONDHEIM Dette er undertegnedes første konsert etter gjenåpningen, så borte siden forrige gang er stolene, bordene og det obligatoriske spekematfatet og tilbake på plass er endelig publikum. Skjønt, helt fullt er det ikke i dag på en mørk og dyster høstdag midt i uka. Jeg ankommer Byscenen noen minutter…

  • AUDREY HORNE live i Trondheim –

      Omtale av konserten med AUDREY HORNE på Byscenen i Trondheim, 1. Mai 2021   Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen   Lørdagskveld i Trondheim, og endelig klart for konsert igjen. Rådende regler sier at det kun kan være 100 tilskuere,  da sittende på faste plasser, og ikke minst tidlig skjenkestopp kl. 22.  Så i kveld er…

  • ENSLAVED live i Trondheim –

        ENSLAVED BYSCENEN 4/11 – 2020 TRONDHEIM Det er kaotiske tilstander i verden med to gamle menn som sloss om makten i USA, en pandemi som ikke ser ut til å ville slippe taket riktig enda og økt polarisering mellom folk hvor en enn snur seg (mye pga. av nevnte presidentvalg og pandemien). En…

  • TOTSÅSROCK 2021 –

      Må bli meir som et tebakeblikk/stemningsrapport egentlig? Du får læs over å sjå ka du trur..TOTSÅS I CORONAENS TIDEt par uker har gått siden Totsåsrock, en av de få festivalene som arrangerte tilnærmet som vanlig gikk av stabelen.Denne lille festivalen er plassert i trønderske Lierne, midt ute i skogen, noe som gir en unik…

  • Lindy Fay-Hella, Gaahl og Dei Farne live på Sentralen –

    Lindy Fay-Hella, Gaahl og Dei Farne Sentralen 17.07.20 I return with fire I det jeg entret var Marmorsalen fylt med noe som minnet om den beste sangen på Subtrata-plata til Biosphere, jeg kan ikke tenke meg et bedre preludium enn det. Ut på scena kom to vokalister, to trommeslagere og en luring med et bord…

  • GÅTE – Akustisk konsert i Trondheim – STORMFETSIVALEN –

    STORMFESTIVALEN  FOSENKAIA  27/6-2020  TRONDHEIM Dessverre har ikke 2020 levert annet enn Covid-19, bisarre statsledere med mildt sagt fantasifulle måter å takle pandemien på, og en verden som mer eller mindre har vært stengt ned. Dette har jo naturlig nok kulturlivet også fått lide under, så de siste 4 månedene har vært nærmest blottet for konserter.…

  • Orgivm Satanicvm festival 2020 –

        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…