RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://tusm-rke.bandcamp.com/album/balderdom Few if any acts are as musically devious, lyrically interesting, deeply eclectic, and all-out quirky as the inimitable Tusmørke are, and those are obviously traits and characteristics to be loved and admired. Whenever they unearth new material, you know that it is going to be positively strange and surreal yet never…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://viadoloris.bandcamp.com/album/guerre-et-paix Conceived, meticulously crafted, and perfectly nursed in solitude, this majestic and heartfelt opus by Via Doloris, which is the brainchild of former Satyricon live guitarist Gildas Le Pape, is a most welcome surprise. Across seven inspired compositions and forty-eight thrilling minutes, Le Pape and renowned drummer Frost (1349, Satyricon) guide us…
From Dutch Prog to Ukrainian Precision: A Night of Controlled Chaos in Oslo Full photo gallery here: Photos: Andrea Chirulescu Text: Jonathan Mazin The evening opened with Dutch progressive metal outfit Textures, who leaned heavily into intricate prog structures from the first note. Very proggy, highly technical, with clear djent elements driving much of the…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://pymlicomusic.bandcamp.com/ The classy Norwegian outfit Pymlico never fail to stir the senses and tick all the right jazz prog boxes whenever they gift us with new music, and the upcoming album titled No More, No Less is a perfect example of how to bring inspired and forward-thinking sounds to life in a…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://ihxhi.bandcamp.com/album/unheeding-sun The talented multi-instrumentalist L.R. Måløy (If Nothing Is, Dødheimsgard) teamed up with drummer Jens Noteng and vocalist Kjersti Marie Seiersten a while back, which resulted in the intriguing and musically adventurous prospect known as IHXHI. They released a self-titled EP last year, and just a few days ago the mysterious entity…
RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/liturgy-of-death-24-bit-hd-audio Legendary Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem surely need no introduction as these charismatic and chimeric entities have been at the vanguard of forward-thinking music for decades now. Renowned, infamous, musically exceptional, and nothing less than wholly captivating are words and phrases that seem relatively apt here with respect to their back…
– VENUE: Unity Arena– DATE: 11.12.25– ORGANIZER: Live Nation Full photo gallery: https://eternal-terror.com/2025/12/15/sabaton-oslo-11-12-2025/ Sabaton at Unity Arena felt less like a traditional concert and more like a large-scale war opera, carefully staged and tightly executed. The Legendary Orchestra The evening began with the Legendary Orchestra, featuring Noa Grumman from Scardust, and it immediately raised the…
RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://1349som.bandcamp.com/album/winter-mass Captured for posterity four years ago at the Parkteatret in Oslo, this ungodly conjuring of Norwegian black metal by long-running ensemble 1349 is an exciting live document that shows how well their compositions translate to the stage, and the fact that they performed on home turf in front of an appreciative…
RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://airbagsound.bandcamp.com/album/airbag-dysphoria-live-in-the-netherlands A live album by Norwegian prog rock stalwarts Airbag is not something to be taken lightly; it is a huge-sounding representation of some of their most outstanding and inspired epics being performed by a tight, well-oiled machine that knows exactly how to stir the senses and stimulate the mind of the…
VENUE: Unity ArenaDATE: 18.10.2025ORGANIZER: Live NationPHOTOGRAPHER: Cezar CazanPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. WITCH FEVER BUSH VOLBEAT
RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://panzerpappa.bandcamp.com/album/landsbysladder It has been a long time since I last sat with a new record by the lovely Norwegian proggers known as Panzerpappa between my hands, but I can honestly that this time around has been the most exciting and stimulating one yet. Landsbysladder, which roughly translates to village gossip, sees the…
Photo galleries from day 2 at Tons of Rock 2025 can be found here Photos by Andrea Chirulescu & Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea Chirulescu One new item on the agenda – besides the 4th stage – for this year’s Tons of Rock was the organized Black Metal Bus Sightseeing. Certainly borrowed from Inferno festival,…
Full photo galleries can be found at the link below. Photos: Andrea Chirulescu/Jonathan MazinText: Andrea Chirulescu & Jonathan Mazin Having a big, world class festival in your town is something one kinda gets used to by now and I feel like somehow the days and weeks leading up to it have become more exciting with…
Full photo gallery by Jonathan Mazin Text by Andrea C The same work related issues that had me leave early the other day, delayed me a bit on Saturday, thus missing the chance at the very early concert with Feral Nature at Revolved Background. And it’s sad since everyone I heard was super enthusiast about…
Full gallery by Jonathan Mazin here: Text by Andrea C The second edition of Desertfest Oslo took place 9th and 10th of May 2025 and I am happy to have had a chance to attend. For various reasons I have stepped down a bit from the insane amount of concerts and festivals I used to…
RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://tusm-rke.bandcamp.com/album/en-pakt-med-naturen Norwegian proggers Tusmørke are not only one of the most prolific and creative outfits in this green and pleasant land of ours but also one of the very best and most rewarding listens there is. Their discography is both vast and unique, and their take on psychedelic folk prog is as…
RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://pymlicomusic.bandcamp.com/ Core is the fifth full-length album by Norwegian prog rockers Pymlico to have been released by Apollon Records (and the ensemble’s eighth overall as far as I recall), and it is easily the group’s most organic, accessible, and memorable output to date, which is saying something. The brilliant and intuitive interplay…
– VENUE: Oslo Spektrum – DATE: 12th March 2025 – ORGANIZER: FKP Scorpio On March 12, 2025, Oslo Spektrum became a portal to another age as Heilung took the stage. The Danish-German-Norwegian collective is known for their immersive and theatrical performances, and this night was no exception. As the lights dimmed, the sounds of the…
Full photo gallery from the concerts can be seen here: – VENUE: Rockefeller – DATE: 8th of March 2025 – ORGANIZER: All Things Live Some concerts are merely performances, while others feel like full-fledged rituals. The collaboration between “Witch Club Satan” and “MoE” was unmistakably the latter. From the moment the first notes rang out,…
VENUE: Cosmopolite SceneDATE: 11 February 25ORGANIZER: FKP Scorpio Full photo gallery: Rolling Quartz, an all-female rock band from South Korea, has been making waves in the global music scene since their formation in August 2019. The group emerged from the merger of two bands, Rolling Girlz and Rose Quartz, bringing together the talents of vocalist…
