PROGRAM 2008

Wednesday 19. March

14:00: Opening

14:15: The Death of the album - What does the future look like?
Music business is in a worldwide decline for the 8th year in a row. Digital sales to phones, computers, iPod etc. is increasing, but metal have been believed to stay with the CD for longer than the rest of the market, but is this true? Is this going to last? What changes is coming up and how is this going to change metal? Will the idea of albums die even in metal? We open for a discussion by the people who are in the frontline of the whole development.

Panel:
Christine Carney - MP3.com /Label Relations Manager - USA
Ed Rivadavia - RCA Music group/Digital Marketing - USA
Roel Nan Reijmersdal - Vic records/Owner - HOL
Kristoffer Endresen - Myspace.Norge/Marketing & Content - NOR

15:30 - 17:00: Speed-meetings

18:00 - 20:00: VIP PARTY - Festival opening

Thursday 20. March

14:00: How to tour!
Touring is the most important way for bands to create a fan-base and make money.
Many bands never see the day they pass that line where money spent get you money
back and give in. What does it take to survive on the road and how can bands get
more professional?

Speech by Jörg Michael/ Twisted Talent Booking-agency, GER
Tour agent for Celtic Frost, Ministry, Stratovarius, 1349, Gorgoroth and more.

15:00: The American dream!
America is still the biggest music market in the world and all bands at some point
want to go there to seek fame and fortune. The reality of the American music business
is brutal, but still European bands hold on to the American dream. Some make it -
and what is the key to their success?

Speech by Mike Gitter/ Roadrunner Records, USA
A&R for bands like Nightwish, Megadeth, 3 inches of Blood and more.

16:30 - 18:00: Speed-meetings

Friday 21. March

14:00: Can metal become more extreme? Taboos and metal - where do we go
from here?
15 years after the climax of Norwegian black metal murders and church-fire it is time
to look ahead. Is there a limit to what record labels and other interacting musicbusiness
related people can work with? What is the next extreme thing to happen?
For this interesting discussion we are proved to present the following giants in the
field:

Panel:
Tom Gabriel Fischer - Celtic Frost
Gaahl - Gorgoroth
Maniac - Skitliv

Moderator: Michael Berberian - Seasons Of Mist

15:00: Keynote speaker: Gaahl
Gaahl was born in the village of Espedal, Fjaler, Norway in 1975.
He has a reputation as an enigmatic character, and has been involved with black metal
since 1992. He has been in bands such as Gaahlskagg, Trelldom, Sigfader and
Gorgoroth. This is the first time ever that he will conduct a live interview in front of
an audience.

Interviewer: Gunnar Sauermann - Metal Hammer - GER

Saturday 22. March

13:30: Blackmetal bus sightseeing
The city of Oslo has a great deal of black metal history, but a lot of the sights are
hidden from normal view. For the first time the IMC and the Inferno Festival have set
up a busride to show a little more of it all and the one who will guide you through the
sights is Anders Odden, IMC founder and guitarist in bands such as Cadaver,
Magenta, Apoptygma Berzerk and Celtic Frost. The full program for this ride include
murder scene, Helvete, rehearsal places as well and an unique insight in Norse culture
and the darkside of Norwegian folkmusic and culture.

17:00: Heading back to the festival.