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Watain – The Closing Headliner at Inferno
April 20, 2014 11:46 am
The last night at Inferno 2014 was closed by the Swedish band Watain. Together with Dimmu Borgir, Hatebreed and Blasphemy, they were the headliners at the festival. With their satanistic philosophy and extremely competent playing, they were a worthy closing act of this year’s Inferno. 
I have never seen Watain live before or heard their music. I am not specially inclined towards satanism either, but I must admit that the show I saw last night was a fascinating one. The stage was built up with elaborate backdrops and tableaus with animal bones and skulls. The concert started with singer Erik Danielson lighting the candles and lights with a torch. From there it was full speed ahead. 
Watain’s tracklist is closely linked to their forerunners, Bathory, Samael and Mayhem. Their use of animal parts and blood is also an important part of their concerts. But where Mayhem to me is more droning, Watain is much more frenetic, specially Erik Danielson’s act. This makes them a great act for the fans, and also for those of us who come from the outside. Together with Dimmu Borgir, Rotting Christ and Tristania’s concerts, Watain was a highlight from Inferno 2014. 
All pictures are © Per Ole Hagen and must not be used without written permission.
Posted by Per Ole Hagen
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Tags: black metal, death metal, Erik Danielson, Inferno, Sweden, Watain
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The last night at Inferno 2014 was closed by the Swedish band Watain. Together with Dimmu Borgir, Hatebreed and Blasphemy, they were the headliners at the festival. With their satanistic philosophy and extremely competent playing, they were a worthy closing act of this year’s Inferno. 
I have never seen Watain live before or heard their music. I am not specially inclined towards satanism either, but I must admit that the show I saw last night was a fascinating one. The stage was built up with elaborate backdrops and tableaus with animal bones and skulls. The concert started with singer Erik Danielson lighting the candles and lights with a torch. From there it was full speed ahead. 
Watain’s tracklist is closely linked to their forerunners, Bathory, Samael and Mayhem. Their use of animal parts and blood is also an important part of their concerts. But where Mayhem to me is more droning, Watain is much more frenetic, specially Erik Danielson’s act. This makes them a great act for the fans, and also for those of us who come from the outside. Together with Dimmu Borgir, Rotting Christ and Tristania’s concerts, Watain was a highlight from Inferno 2014. 
All pictures are © Per Ole Hagen and must not be used without written permission.
[…] headliner was Watain, also from Sweden. They played at the Inferno festival last year, as the closing headliner. As Blastfest they had less obnoxious stuff on stage, so the […]
By Blastfest – Day One, Thursday | Artist Pictures Blog on February 20, 2015 at 2:53 pm
Great pictures from a great gig.
By Andréas on April 22, 2014 at 8:56 am
Pretty sure that the comment from “John” was sarcasm.. lol nearly 90% of the photos are of the lead singer. Not that they are bad photos, they are great. Seeing as you said you couldn’t get better pics of the other band mates I understand, but it looks like the rest of the band was ignored.
By Abigail on April 21, 2014 at 10:25 pm
Sarcasm or not, the truth is what I said – both that it was difficult to get good pics of the other band members, and, yes, that I have more pics of Erik Danielsson. I pick the best pictures. If that is the drummer – ok. f the singer ok.
By Per Ole Hagen on April 21, 2014 at 10:28 pm
got any more pictures of just the singer?
By John on April 21, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Hi John. Yes, I have some more, but I haven’t processed them from the RAW files yet. It was difficult to get more good ones from the other musicians, so I focused on the singer and have at least 10-15 more than the ones here. If you are interested in any of them, send me an email – you’ll find the adress under “About”.
By Per Ole Hagen on April 21, 2014 at 4:22 pm
Its NOT an act! This is Fucking Watain!!!
By OpusDiaboly666 on April 21, 2014 at 10:48 am
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