Da er det endelig tid for å pakke snippsekken å dra til ett av årets høydepunkt, nemlig SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL. Årets line up er verken blant de beste eller svakeste, men som vanlig er det en god variasjon mellom både sjangre og aldersnitt blant årets band. Den store spenningen er selvsagt været, men også…

  TOTSÅSROCK 2019Bilder av Håvard Kvam/Eskild Kløften   Totsåsrock startet sitt tredje år med et smell fredag kveld. Festivalen ble høytidelig åpnet av ordføreren i Lierne kommune, som avduket en to meter høy lysende hodeskalle. Dermed var stemningen satt. El Rodeo var første band ut, gjenforent med vokalist Kristian Klykken (kjent fra Babysnakes) etter 17…

  Tons Of Rock 2019Photo by Andrea Chirulescu   I remember vividly the first time I attended Tons of Rock and that was in 2017. It was a pretty special show that Friday, with that Emperor had to offer. They hadn’t played in 10 years in Norway. Prior to their show, we had a pretty…

MINISTRY + IN VAIN  VULKAN ARENA  25/6-2019  OSLO Tirsdagskveld i hovedstaden, og mye skjer denne uken med ACCEPT / KORK i operaen dagen etter, og Tons of rock på Ekebergsletta resten av uken. Men uken begynner altså med MINISTRY + support i kveld. Siden jeg rett og slett ikke rakk FIGHT THE FIGHT (som åpnet…

FEIGDARBOD: Man trenger ikke reise helt til Bergen eller Oslo for å finne nye og bra BM band, man trenger tydeligvis ikke dra lenger enn til Levanger. Feigdarbod er ikke ett band jeg vet mye om, og denne kvelden er mitt første møte med dem. De ga ut en EP kalt "Tomb of death" i…

Copenhell 2019 has the slogan ‘Celebrating 10 years in Hell’ as the cozy Danish festival marks its 10th anniversary. For me it is the first time, and even if I remember salivating at previous lineups and always being unable to attend due the collision with other festivals, for this I basically booked the tickets when…

  TUSMØRKE FRU LUNDGREEN 25/5-2019   TRONDHEIM Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen Da er lørdagen kommet, og trønderhovedstaden er endelig klar for ett nytt besøk av TUSMØRKE. Bandet har ikke vært her siden de spilte på forlengst nedlagte Blæst i 2015, og det er tydelig at de har vært savnet da det er ganske så bra…

    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…

  Now in its third year, Bergen’s very own prog festival appropriately named Close to the Rain took place this weekend and its line-up was as diverse and interesting as ever and truly showcased the many different nuances and avenues of progressive music. Unfortunately, neither of us had the chance to attend Friday’s gigs due…

           TAAKE – LIVE AT KVARTERET, BERGEN, NORWAY The renowned harbinger of magnificent Norwegian black metal that is Taake laid siege to Kvarteret in the city center of Bergen last night and it was a glorious display of fierce and emotionally intense music. We arrived rather late at the venue, which entailed that…

PURPLE HILL WITCH Anmeldt av Roger Hagerupsen  GOOD OMENS  TRONDHEIM  24/5-2019 Det er fredagskveld i trønderhovedstaden, og litt av hver som skjer for den hardrock interesserte med både Black Sabbath Tribute-band ett sted i byen, og ikke minst 80-talls heavy metal party ett annet sted i byen. Det kunne dessverre se litt ut som kveldens…

      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…

The musically stimulating and highly slippery entity that is Sólstafir paid the cozy and dimly lit venue that is Hulen a visit last night, and that turned out to be pretty fucking amazing experience for those of us who attended the gig as the progressive Icelandic ensemble chimed in with an exhilarating performance that left…

  There was a decent choice of cool concerts in Oslo the past Thursday but retrospectively I am very glad I went for the Seid one, as this was one of the three shows where the band celebrates their 25 (or 6, depends how you count) of existence, and most important of cosmic-pirate-rock, a genre…

DEVIN TOWNSEND  – acoustic live at by:larm 2018Photo by Andrea Chirulescu   Among the great names brought to Norway by Radar Booking, Devin Townsend is one of those who instantly makes me purchase the ticket when the shows get announced. Especially when you find out it’s going to be an acoustic one, in a small…

The hugely talented Australian act named Led Zeppelin Masters is undoubtedly one of the greatest tribute acts to the pioneering band who changed the musical landscape forever by means of their legendary 1969 debut offering and a string of other masterpieces that followed in its wake. Countless other Zeppelin tributes are out there touring and…

    MONSTER MAGNET spilte på Byscenen i Trondheim Da er det duket for psykadelisk stoner rock på Byscenen, og ingen ringere enn Monster Magnet. Bandet har kun besøkt Trondheim en gang før, nemlig Pstereo festivalen i 2013, og etter billettsalget å dømme så er dette ett velkomment gjensyn til Trondheim. Bandet ble startet i…

What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon! The legendary Bruce Dickinson paid the lovely city of Bergen a visit on a cold and windswept day to perform one of his spoken word shows in front of a somewhat small crowd in a rather intimate setting. When I say small crowd, it goes without saying…

The end of 2018 saw both Aura Noir and Obliteration on a short European tour and luckily they extended that with some dates in Norway, including a snowy/rainy Friday evening in Drammen on February 8th. I’ve personally never visited Union Scene in Drammen, but I notice that lately Union Rock takes care of adding quite…

This past Saturday turned out to be great fucking day to be in London as the legendary Skid Row were headlining the O2 Forum in Kentish Town. Not only were the New Jersey hard rockers awe-inspiring to behold in front of two thousand British maniacs, but they had four bands supporting them including the highly…

  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…

MONSTER MAGNET live at ParkteatretPhoto by Silje Storm Drabitius Jeg oppdaga Monster Magnet i 1991,da var skiva Spine of God var akkurat kommet ut.De var litt midt i mellom metalen, punken og psykedelikan,stonerrock.Jeg hørte  intens mye på de en periode,så ble de sporadiske turer innom de to neste skivenJeg gikk fort litt lei og mye…

    Denne helgen er Slayer, en av thrash metallens " Fire store". og gjør sin etter eget utsagn siste konsert i Norge . Samtidig med dette er ett av norsk rocks "fire store" i Oslo og gjør 3 konserter på noget mindre Rockefeller scene. Da undertegnede var på Slayer konserten dagen før, så er…

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…

    THE ZOMBIES Denne kvelden bød dessverre på visse logistikmessige utfordringer, noe som førte at kveldens konserter ble utsatt en halv time. Dette førte igjen til ett litt mer hektisk og redusert setlist i forhold til resten av turneen for disse gruppene. Personlig kom jeg inn i lokalet i det som må ha vært…

  GEHENNA live at Folken, StavangerPhoto by Irmina Lunnøy   Army Of The North Star Tour 2018: Enslaved, Gaahls Wyrd, Vreid, supp. Gehenna, Folken Stavanger   Gjennom sine sju år som festival har Beyond The Gates klart å oppnå betydelig annerkjennelse i metaluniverset, ikke bare i Norge, men over hele verden. For to år siden…

SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX OG OBITUARY  LIVE 06.12.2018 I OSLO SPEKTRUM (det var ikke tillatt å ta bilder av andre band enn Slayer under denne konserten)   SLAYER  live at Oslo SpektrumPhoto by Anine Desire   Litt uventa fikk jeg plutselig muligheten til å se Slayer en tredje og siste gang,de skulle plutselig gi…

Endelig fredag og klar for konsert på Trondheims for tidens beste scene, nemlig Byscenen. Å i kveld er det ingen ringere enn Black Debbath som står på menyen. De har i år gitt ut sitt sitt 8. album med det fengende navnet "Norsk barsk metal" , og som navnet antyder så er denne plata også…

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.…