Except for Mayhem, Arcturus is one of the longest living Norwegian metal bands. The started in 1987, and split up in 2007, then reunited in 2011. There were great expectations to their closing gig at the Inferno Festiival Saturday night, and they met these with flying colors.
Sweden has many great metal bands like Opeth, Meshuggah, In Flames, Entombed, Bathory and the Haunted. Witchery is an interesting Swedish band, mixing elements from several styles in their music.
Tsjuder is one of the oldest Norwegian black metal bands, being formed in 1993. They have been off and on for the last 19 years, with different members, but reformed a couple of years ago. Friday night they played at Rockefeller Music Hall during the Inferno festival.
Norway has many black metal bands, and 1349 is one of the best and also well known. When Aborted had to cancel their gig at the Inferno festival, 1349 stepped in. They did a great job at the Rockefeller Music Hall Thursday nught. Here are some pictures from the concert.
The club night at this year’s Inferno Festival had many interesting and exciting bands. I stayed at John Dee, where Nekromantheon and Dunderbeist played.
Here are some pictures of Dunderbeist, the 7 headed “thieves band” from Hedmark, Norway.
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SXSW 2012 is over, and how to summarize an event like this? Around 2000 official showcases, about 1000 unofficial bands, numerous parties, a 6th Street where you almost couldn’t get through because of all the people, many people not getting in at gigs, Bruce Springsteen 50 Cent, Norah Jones, Jimmy Cliff, Alabama Shakes.
Friday March 30th my exhibition, Norwegian Metal – In Concert opened at Galleri MAP in Oslo. Here are some pictures from the opening. All pictures are courtesy of Aleksander Dye and the Inferno Festival. The exhibition is open until April 22nd.
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