Inferno Metal Festival 2013 is now over and we hope all the people that attended the festival had a blast. We know we at Inferno had a great time and the 13^th edition of our festival was a nothing but a great success. Your response has been overwhelming.

We would like to make a huge thanks to all the volunteers that made it possible to make this festival. We would like to thank our partners, our sponsors, the press, all the photographers, all the artists, Rockefeller and crew as well as everybody else that made this festival so special. Last but not least; we would like to thank all the metal fans that took part of Inferno Metal Festival 2013. Without you this would not be possible.

We hope to see you all again in 2014.

Make sure you don't miss Jason Rouse's performance at Rock In today at 16:00. The doors open at 15:00.

Free entrance for anyone with a 4 day festival wristband. 

Tickets will be sold at the door and cost 100 NOK.

Today you can purchase, pickup and exchange tickets at the Rockefeller venue entrance from 17:00. Only tickets for today can be bought or exchanged today.

Accreditation can also be picked up at the entrance from 17:00.

Ticket Sales:
Royal Christiania from 12:00 to 16:00. All types of tickets can be bought here.

At the venue entrance, Rockefeller, from  17:00 onwards. Only Thursday passes can be bought here.

Ticket exchange:
You can exchange your festival passes and Thursday tickets at Royal Christiania from 12:00 to 16:00. From 17:00 and onward you will be able to exchange tickets at the venue, Rockefeller. 

Friday and Saturday tickets will NOT be exchanged into wristbands today.

Pick up tickets:
If you have tickets you are going to pick up due to late foreign orders etc. you will be able to do so at the accreditation at Royal Christiania from 12:00 to 22:00 today. This is NOT possible to do at the venue entrance today.

Accreditation:
The accreditaiton will be available at Royal Christiania from 12:00 to 22:00 today.

Below is a description of where you can buy tickets, exchange your ticket into wristbands and pick up your accreditation the various days.

Wednesday March 27th:

Tickets: Tickets can be bought at hotel Royal Christiania between 12:00 and 24:00. 

Ticket Exchange: Your ticket HAVE to be exchanged into a wristband before you go to any club. You can exchange your ticket into wristbands at hotel Royal Christiania between 12:00 and 24:00. Only Wednesday tickets or 4 day tickets will be exchanged this day.

Accreditation: Your accreditation can be picked up at hotel Royal Christiania between 12:00 and 24:00. Remember to bring your ID.

Thursday March 28th:

Tickets: Tickets for all days can be bought at hotel Royal Christiania between 12:00 and 22:00. At the venue entrance you will only be able to buy tickets for Thursday from 17:00.

Ticket Exchange: You can exchange your ticket into wristbands at hotel Royal Christiania between 12:00 and 16:00 and at the venue after the doors open at 17:00. Only Thursday tickets or 4 day tickets will be exchanged this day.

Accreditation: Your accreditation can be picked up at hotel Royal Christiania between 12:00 and 22:00. Remember to bring your ID. After 22:00 you will NOT be able to get your accreditation anywhere on Thursday so make sure you pick up yours in time.

Friday March 29th & Saturday March 30th:

Tickets: Tickets can be bought at the venue entrance after the doors open at 17:00.

Ticket Exchange: Your tickets will be exchanged into wristbands at the venue entrance from 17:00. Only Friday tickets or 4 day tickets will be exchanged on Friday.

Accreditation: Your accreditation can be picked up at the venue entrance from 17:00.

Map to the venue and hotel Royal Christiania can be found here.

"FREEDOM OF SPEECH - MUSIC BUILDS BRIDGES" FOUNDATION PRESENTS "FROM THE VASTLAND" FROM IRAN TO OPEN THE INDIE RECORDINGS LABEL NIGHT AT INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013

We are very happy to announce that "From the Vastland" is confirmed to play at the Inferno Festival 2013 under the banner "Freedom Of Speech - Music Builds Bridges" Foundation.

"From The Vastland" will be opening up the Indie Recordings Label night in support of Man the Machetes, Blood Tsunami and Altaar. Mainman Sina will be backed up by none other than Thor Anders Myhren - Guitar (Morbid Angel, Myrkskog, Zyklon), André Kvebek - Bass (Pantheon I) and Vegard Larsen - drums (Keep of Kalessin) to perform a hellish experience of oriental Black Metal!

Indie Recordings Label Night at John Dee March 27th:

20:30 From the Vastland
21:15 Man the Machetes
22:00 Blood Tsunami
23:15 Altaar

From The Vastland "Kamarikan" CD available exclusively during Inferno Festival Iranian Black Metal Band "From The Vastland" will be releasing the album "Kamarikan" on Indie Recordings March 27th. The CD will - as for now - only be available exclusively during the Inferno Festival at our booth! All profit from "Freedom of Speech - Music Builds Bridges" Foundation will go to support Sina's art!

Listen to From The Vastland's 1st song "Kamarikan" HERE!

Blackhearts / Indie Recordings / From The Vastland Project
In some countries people are not able to express themselves freely and live out their visions and lifestyles as they please. One of these examples is Sina with his band From The Vastland from Iran. When the makers of the upcoming Black Metal documentary "Blackhearts", addressing this issue, approached Indie Recordings, Indie immediately decided to help out. Therefore we founded the "Freedom of Speech - Music Builds Bridges" Foundation where this project is the first we support!

Click HERE to view a teaser for the cooperation between the film makers, Indie Recordings and From the Vastland!

A limited number of Inferno 2014 tickets will be available for sale at the festival at the price of 1000 NOK. Make sure you get your limited ticket and save some money.

These tickets can be bought at the ticket sales stand at Royal Christiania and at the official merchandise stand at Rockfeller.

We are sorry to announce that GHOST are canceling this years gig at Inferno Metal Festival. Sometimes things don't go as planned and there is nothing we at Inferno can do about the situation. We are sorry for all the fans that had been looking forward to see GHOST at Inferno.

On the other hand; we are happy that WITCHCRAFT could step in on such a short notice and fill the spot on Rockefeller Friday 29th of March. The Swedish band are no strangers to fans of doomy seventies inspired heavy rock.

WITCHCRAFT released their first single ten years ago and has since then four full-lengths and several EPs in their back catalog. Their last album was released in 2012 and called "Legend".

Grab the chance to win a festival pass to Inferno through this NRK P3 competition. The winner will be drawn tomorrow. To join read the competition rules here (PS: In Norwegian):

http://p3.no/musikk/vinn-festivalpass-til-inferno/

We are currently starting to run low on 4 day passes. Make sure you get yours in time.

As a Norwegian get yours at billettservice using this link:

http://www.billettservice.no/event/inferno-metal-festival-4-day-pass-billetter/366629

As a foreigner order on our website by clicking on the buy link in the right hand column.

Tickets ordered from abroad from Wednesday on will not be shipped by regular postal services like earlier. This is due to the fact that they may not arrive in time.

This does not mean that foreigners can't still order tickets but your tickets will rather be available for pick-up in your name at the following times and locations:

Wednesday March 27th - Accreditation desk at Royal Christiania (our official festival hotel) from 12:00-24:00.

Thursday March 28th - Accreditation desk at Royal Christiania (our official festival hotel) from 12:00-22:00.

Friday March 29th - The venue door at Rockefeller from the venue opens until 24:00.

Saturday March 30th - The venue door at Rockefeller from the venue opens until 24:00.

Remember to bring an ID when picking up tickets.

Tickets will also be for sale at these locations and times.

If you have any questions please contact tickets@infernofestival.net

Baptism and Kråke will play at Inferno Metal Festival 2013, and we got a bunch of CDs we would love to give away to you. The rules are simple. Recognize the bands these logos belongs to and send the answers to runar@infernofestival.net. A tip is that all these bands have been playing at Inferno earlier.

The deadline is March 18th.

Good luck!

See all the details and logos here.

From the bands press release:

"The Swedish black metal legend DARK FUNERAL is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013 with a number of festival shows all over Europe. Formed in 1993 by Lord Ahriman the band quickly gained massive underground support by being one of the most ferocious and fastest black metal bands on earth. Since then they have spread their unholy gospel over the whole world and build up a loyal cult following from the coldest parts of the northern hemisphere to the hottest hell of Asia.

Now it's time to praise their diabolic past with a very special set-list on some of the summer festivals (more details soon) and also with a surprising return of their classic vocalist: Emperor Magus Caligula who left the band on good terms for personal reasons in 2010 will take over the mic again for the 2013 festivals. He was DARK FUNERAL's frontman from 1996 to 2010 from the second album, "Vobiscum Satanas" (1998) album to the last "Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus" (2009)."

http://www.darkfuneral.se
http://www.facebook.com/darkfuneral

The man with the metal teeth is back in Norway. I'm not talking about the James Bond villain called Jaws, but about stand-up comedian wild man Jason Rouse. The man is childish, obscene, tasteless, obnoxious, insulting, hideous, immature and hilariously funny. The Canadian born man is now based in London and traveling the world around doing his gladiator act where he from the first second starts to bash his audience. His humor is just as extreme as his taste in music. Not only are is teeth made of metal, Jason is also a huge metalfan and among his favorite groups are Slayer, Metallica, The Haunted, At the Gates and Gorgoroth. This has made him known for being "the most metal comedian on the planet". He has made performances for Showtime, HBO, MTV and BBC. And now finally, the man will preformed his act at Inferno Metal Festival. Well, if he can get through customs. Be warned! Jason Rouse is not for the easily offended. His comedy is dark and twisted, and his jokes consists of extremely bad language. And you just may die of laughter.

Jasons performance at Inferno 2013:

Revolver - METAL HAMMER NORWAY STAGE -  March 27th at 00:15. Free access with 4 day passes or a club day ticket.

Rock In - March 30th at 15:45. Free access with 4 day passes. For others the ticket price is 100NOK. Tickets can be bought at the festival hotel ticket sales stand Wednesday and Thursday as well as at our merchandise stand at Rockefeller Thursday and Friday and at the door.

http://http://www.jasonrouse.com
http://www.facebook.com/JasonRouseOfficial

Go through The Nine Circles of Hell to win Inferno festival tickets and goodie bags from Anti Denim!

From March 4th to March 12th Anti Denim invites you to join their journey through the Nine Circles of Hell. For nine days you will be given respective sins to inspire the darkest and most original Instagram photos. One lucky winner will be chosen each day.

Visit www.antidenim.no or Anti Denim on Facebook for competition details.

Dear metal head,

The Black Metal Bus Sightseeing trip during the Inferno Festival is over. R.I.P.

I wanted to let fans of the Norwegian metal scene know more about the reality of events that took place in Norway between 1991 and 1993. Many documentaries and books have been speculating about the matter without true insight. This bus ride was set up with the purpose to enlighten the fans and let them know what was reality and what was fairytale.

Some people questioned the motives for making a bus sightseeing trip about the early Norwegian metal scene in the first place. It could be seen as a mockery of the musical and artistic view the Norwegian black metal was about.

Doing this I realized this was therapy for me to digest what I experienced at that time.
I needed to get this dark chapter closed and dealt with emotionally and personally through this annual bus ride into the past. Doing it for 5 years in a row was way more than the doctor ordered. I'm done with it now.

I have therefore decided to put this event to a final rest. There will be no more black metal bus sightseeing. I have no interest in sharing my personal experiences in the early Norwegian metal scene to complete strangers anymore. Thank you for your time.

Infernal hails from,
Anders Odden

We congratulate our suite competition winner Steffen Sætereie and wish him a great festival stay at Royal Christiania.

The correct answers were:

1. Autopsy 2012
2. Cathedral 2006
3. Death Angel 2010
4. Djerv 2011
5. Ihsahn 2010
6. Pentagram 2011
7. Soilent Green 2011
8. Sólstafir 2012
9. Urgehal 2004
10. Vesen 2006 

Do you want to play at the Metal Hammer stage at Inferno Festival 2013? This might be your chance (article in Norwegian only)

http://metal-hammer.no/vinn-en-konsert-pa-inferno/

Suite yourself at Royal Christiania! You now have the chance to win a stay at the Fabulous suite. This is a suite on two floors where major artists have enjoyed hotel life. The piano in the suite was originally installed to accommodate Frank Sinatra's needs back in the days…. Need we say more? We wish you all the best of luck!

To enter click below for the competition rules:

Yet another of those great death metal pioneers are ready to blast your ears off at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013. Widely consider as one of the creators of brutal technical death metal, SUFFOCATION is a band most extreme metal fans owes a debt of gratitude to. The band will fly in directly from New York to do an exclusive show for all you crazy headbangers at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013. This is something you can't miss!

Founded back in 1988, SUFFOCATION used three years to devolve their unique sound and style of death metal, until the released of the EP "Human Waste" and their legendary debut album "Effigy of the Forgotten" in 1991. The band released several albums, that are considering as classics today, during the nineties, before disbanding in 1998. SUFFOCATION reformed in 2002 and has since then steadily given out great records, and are now ready with their latest album called "Pinnacle of Bedlam". It's about time the legends return to the land of the midnight sun with some pure brutal death metal.

http://www.facebook.com/suffocation

Shop metal goodies at the Inferno festival hotel:
Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday 12:00 - 16:00 HRS

The Royal Christiania is the social hub of the Inferno festival. Now you also can buy, sell and trade "metal goodies" at this hotspot:

The Black Market offers vintage vinyl, CDs, DVDs and other merchandise presented at small stands. Located in the room "Oslosalen" right beside the hotel bar and where you get your accreditation (wristband and bag.) Opening hours from 12:00 HRS to 16:00 HRS all days from Wednesday to Saturday. Free entry for all, both Inferno festivalgoers and metal fans just passing by.

Got a too large music collection, want promote your own band stuff or changing your music collection into digital? For a small fee you can bring your goodies and sell them at the Black Market. Here you can sell your vintage vinyl, CDs, DVD, tees or whatever as long as it's music and metal/rock orientated. 

A stand at the black market includes:
- Three tables
- One chair 
- Electricity
- Access all days
Price is only kr. 300,-/45€. 

Drop us a mail at bm@turbine.no and we'll sign you up for a stand or reserve a spot by ordering a market ticket in the ticket box in the right column here.

NB: This is an offer for private persons, artists and collectors. Not for commercial shops - they are welcome to participate the stand and expo area at Rockefeller. 

Hell yeah! Once again we invite you all to the warm-up and after parties at the festival hotel.

Royal Christiania is located next to the Central Station in down town Oslo. Just a 5 minute walk from the venue.

Obviously no cover charge… Just metal and alcohol all day! Every day, the warm-up events ends, just in time to make the first band at Rockefeller.

Quiz on Saturday, and the prices are fab! Win festival tickets to Inferno 2014 and Bunker 2013, CDs, Vinyl, Merch and all kind of shit!

Put together your own team (max 5 persons), and join us for Pete Evils Quiz for Faen on saturday!

Here's the schedule:

Wednesday March 27th:
Vorspiel (14-20): DJ Einz
Nachspiel (23-03): DJ Paadskebrunen og DJ TANKS 

Thurday March 28th:
Vorspiel (12-18): DJ Wirdheim & DJ Arse!

Friday March 29th:
Vorspiel (12-18): DJ N`Culto & BFF!

Saturday March 30th:
Vorspiel (from 12:00): DJ Pete Evil.
Quiz for Faen from 13.00

Norwegian heavy doom rock band DEVIL rides out to play at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013! Since the start in 2009, the band has quickly risen to be one of the best newcomers in the Norwegian heavy metal scene. If you like your doom metal heavy and combined with elements from NWOBHM, you sure don't want to miss DEVIL when they are entering the stage at Victoria on the club night.

DEVIL was founded in 2009 in Nes, Norway. Their music style can simply be described as heavy metal as it used to sound back in the seventies and the early eighties. If you combined the doom elements from Black Sabbath, Pentagram and Witchfinder General with the awesomeness of eighties heavy metal such as Angel Witch, Holocaust and Witchfynde, you got some idea what DEVIL is all about. The band gave out one demo in 2010, that was quickly sold out and soon went for ridiculous high prices onEbay. The record company Soulseller Records soon after signed a deal with DEVIL, releasing their highly acclaimed debut album called "Time to Repent". Just in time for INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013 their second opus, "Gather the Sinners", will be out. So all you sinners out there - gather up for some occult doom rock at Victoria when DEVIL will pay us a visit during the Easter time.
http://www.facebook.com/devilband

Our Inferno Magazine 2013 edition is now available for download. Make sure to grab your copy here.

Finally the day has come to reveal the line-up for INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL
2013. We are proud the present a huge variety of great artists of legendary
giants to smaller up-and-coming bands. We are sure that most metal fans will
find lots of artists this year suitable for their taste in metal. Some of the bands
are well known for all metalheads, while some are new to discover. See you
all at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013 and take care until then!

View the full schedule here

The full lineup of Inferno Switzerland 2013 has been announced and includes My Dying Bride, Samael, Aura Noir, Dark Funeral, Primordial, Anaal Nathrakh and others.

Check out what you can experience live in Lausanne, Switzerland March 14-16th by visiting the Inferno Switzerland homepage.

The Inferno kickoff in Trondheim is back after its absence last year. 

The event will be on Saturday February 2nd at Fru Lundgreen. The doors open at 21:00 and the tickets cost 120 NOK. Ticket sales at the door only. 20 year age limit.

Live on stage:

ØRKENKJØTT (Notodden)
- "What would happen if old school death metal, Norwegian black metal, alternative rock like Faith No More or System of a Down and some bluesy heavy rock in the Led Zeppelin style all blended together? Well, you'd end up with ØRKENKJØTT"

VREDEHAMMER (Mo I Rana)
- An extreme metal project started in 2009 lead by Per Valla, also in Allfader and ex Elite.

RUDHIRA (Trondheim)
Dark Prog Metal from the Trondheim-area, inspired by bands such as Opeth, Rush and Iced Earth. 

All artists can be found on Spotify!

The full Inferno 2013 lineup will be announced this evening.

There will also be a Season of Mist showcase where albums will be raffled off and music from this quality label will be heard all night.

In addition you will have the opportunity to win Inferno Festival passes this evening. 3 lucky winners will win festival passes to the 2013 Inferno Festival.

For further information visit the Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/131544013672756/?fref=ts

Hostile Terrortory is giving away Inferno festival tickets to some of their lucky visitors next weekend. 

When you arrive at Hostile Terrortory you will be given a questionnaire with Inferno related questions. Remember to fill in this questionnaire as before the Mayhem gig Saturday two lucky winners will be drawn to receive Inferno festival passes.

Hostile Terrortory is a Norwegian winter metal festival in Stavanger. The first Hostile Terrortory ever is now on the 24th-26th of January 2013.

Hostile Terrortory is a 3 day indoor festival. Headliners for those 3 days are: Mayhem, Arcturus and Gehenna. 24 bands, 3 days on 1 big stage.

Band battles are very important for the festival because of their focus on small bands with great potential. During 2012 they had 7 band battles in 7 Norwegian cities. So if your band wants to play check out their facebook page at: www.facebook.com/HostileTerrortory.

Tickets for Hostile Terrortory 2013 is available here:
www.hostileterrortory.com/hostileterrortory/Billettsalg.html

Legendary giants of death metal DEICIDE will headline INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013. The band has been spreading their brutal and evil music for over twenty-five years and are one of the true pioneers of death metal. DEICIDE has rarely been playing live in Norway and this is their first appearance at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL.

DEICIDE needs no introduction. The legendary American death metal band has one of the biggest names of their genre. The band was founded all the way back in 1987 under the moniker Amon, and since then released ten full-length albums. From truly death metal masterpieces as "Legion", "Once Upon a Cross" and "Serpents of the Light" to newer, but still great, albums like "The Stench of Redemption", "Till Death do us Part" and "To Hell With God". DEICIDE plans to release their eleventh album sometime within this year. The first two classic albums "Deicide" and "Legion" are among the best selling death metal albums of all time. The band has rarely been in Norway before, so this is one of the rare chances to see one of the greatest death metal band kick your ass live.

http://www.myspace.com/theofficialdeicidemyspacepage

Dark Essence Records & Propulsion Music presents four of their bands at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013. Be ready for live performance from HELHEIM, VULTURE INDUSTRIES, COR SCORPII and KRAKOW. The happening will take place at Blå during the club night Wednesday 27. March.

HELHEIM:
HELHEIM started up back in 1992, playing black metal with the spirits of their viking blood highly in presence. Seven full-length albums and three EPs later; the band is still going strong with live performance made of pure aggression and power. Their latest effort called "Heiðindómr ok Mótgangr" has received great reviews and shows the band in their most epic and brutal ways, with the ability to slow down to show a more progressive side. The vikings will headline the stage at Blå and give you some of the best viking hymns of modern times.
http://www.helheim.com/

VULTURE INDUSTRIES:
Avantgarde  metallers  VULTURE INDUSTRIES  is  a  unique  mixture  of extreme  and  experimental  metal  with sinister melodies and elements of industrial and symphonic music. Their music style is often compared to the likes of Arcturus and Solefald, but are still original with their own sound intact. The members of VULTURE INDUSTRIES  are  well  known  for  several other  bands  like  Black  Hole  Generator, Aeternus, Sulphur and Deathcon - to name a few. Their live shows is just as unique as their music, and something you surely don't want to miss at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013.
http://www.vulture-industries.net/

COR SCORPII:
COR SCORPII  was  formed  in  2004  by Windir  keyboard  player  Gaute  Refsnes. The band continues the music style that got Windir  world  famous,  often  cited  as Sognametal.  COR  SCORPII  has  the atmospheres of Norwegian extreme metal, with influences from both classical and folk music, blended perfectly in to make their unique sound. COR SCORPII is writing on their  second  album  and  has  some  nice tunes  in  the  making.  Until  then  you  can check them out at Blå during INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013.
http://www.corscorpii.net/

KRAKOW:
KRAKOW was founded in Bergen in the fall of 2005. To this day the band has released two full-length albums. Their newest album called "Diin" was out in 2012. A record filled with experimental stoner metal, with lots of heavy  riffs  and  beautiful  atmospheric melodies.  Their  sound  is  massive  and looming,  with  just  the  right  touch  of mesmerizing darkness to get the listeners sucked in to the music. KRAKOW is just as hefty live when they bring their doom to the stage at concerts. This will be an experience you will remember.
http://www.krakowoffical.com/

Oslo Faenskap has been added as the 4th band performing at our kickoff party February 2nd.

Check out their music here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XcYdR73lc0

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oslo-Faenskap/147505395280291

In good tradition INFERNO FESTIVAL invites you to the annual kick off party held at John Dee in Oslo. There will be live shows from KOLDBRANN, NIDINGR and ISKALD, and as usual the complete line-up for INFERNO 2013 will be revealed. Between the bands DJ SATAN will keep the music going. Let's get this party started!

KOLDBRANN:
The pride of Drammen, KOLDBRANN, are no strangers to followers of Norwegian black metal. The band started up way back in 2001 by vocalist Mannevond, and has since been active spreading their old school satanic black metal. The new album called "Vertigo" will be out on the streets on 25th of January - right in time for the INFERNO KICK OFF PARTY. The album has received great reviews and was selected album of the month in issue 172 of Scream Magazine

http://www.facebook.com/koldbrannofficial

NIDINGR:
NIDINGR started out as Audr - a solo-project of Teloch (Mayhem, The Konsortium, Ov Hell) in 1992. The name was changed when Blargh (Dødheimsgard) joined the band in 1996. Since then the band has released several records, including their newest effort called "Greatest of Deceivers", that was out November 2012. An album filled up with complex music of extreme metal with the perfect ratio of brutality to finesse.
http://www.nidingr.no/ 

ISKALD:
From the northern wasteland of Norway, ISKALD surely lives up to their name. The band has been active since 2005, given out several of highly acclaimed albums known for technically accomplished, melodic and well produced black metal. ISKALD is currently finishing their fourth full-length album which is scheduled to be released later this year. 
http://www.iskald.com/

Order your tickets today by using the buy links of the tickets box in the right column of this website.

The doors will open at 20:00.

Don't miss the change of winning festival pass to INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013 at Rockman's advent calendar. Rockman is offering you this year great prizes from 1st to 24th December, and under the window at 22 there will be an Inferno pass waiting for you. Be aware that the calendar is in Norwegian.

Merry Christmas to all from the Inferno crew and from Rockman, and to all GOOD LUCK!

http://julekalender.rockman.no/22-2/

Legendary Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL are confirmed for the INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013. They will play a special vintage set consisting of songs from the classic albums Wolfheart and Irreligious

Once upon a time in Portugal, a band was formed under the name Morbid God before changing it to the well known MOONSPELL in 1992. After one EP, they released their debut full-length album Wolfheart in 1995. With songs such as "Vampiria" and "Alma Mater" the band quickly gained high status and became one of the leading and best metal bands from Portugal. In 1996 they followed up the success of Wolfheart with the more epic and goth sounding Irreligious - that features some of the best-known songs of the band, such as "Opium" and "Full Moon Madness". At INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013 we will celebrate those two classic and unique albums that changed the sound of gothic metal forever. So don't miss the chance to experience some of the highlights of one of the great metal bands for the last twenty years.

http://moonspell.com/

Netherlands' finest symphonic black metal band, CARACH ANGREN, will pay Oslo and INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013 a visit to give us the ultimate experience in supreme majestic satanic horror metal.

Well known for their mighty orchestral sound, CARACH ANGREN takes symphonic black metal to new levels. The band was formed back in 2003 in the Netherlands, and have so far given out three excellent full-length albums. Among them, the well received new album called "Where the Corpses Sink Forever", that came out earlier this year. A unique record - blessed with originality that is so often lacking in nowadays black metal.  As with all their albums; CARACH ANGREN uses a concept for the lyrics, telling an epic and dark horror story, that fits perfect with their theatrical and atmospheric music of horror and mayhem. CARACH ANGREN have gained a reputation as an massive live act which they will prove to deserve at INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013.

http://www.carach-angren.nl/

Twenty years ago at the dawn of Norwegian black metal - HADES ALMIGHTY was formed under the name Hades. The band played live at the very first Inferno Festival in 2001, and are now back and ready to destroy again at INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013. 

At the very dawn of Norwegian black metal, HADES ALMIGHTY were formed in 1992 in Bergen, under the moniker Hades. Several albums was released during the nineties before the name change in 1998. Under the name HADES ALMIGHTY, the band gave out the highly acclaimed "Millenium Nocturne" in 1999 and "The Pulse of Decay" in 2001. For the last decade the band as remained active and held several gigs performing their unique blend of Bathory inspired black metal with doom elements and majestic atmosphere. The trio that forms HADES ALMIGHTY are still the same as it was twenty years ago - now ready to perform at INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2013.

http://www.hades-almighty.com

Swedish DARK FUNERAL are ready for INFERNO 2013 with their supreme black metal. Almost twenty years since the start, the band is considered one of the most important bands of the second wave of Nordic black metal.

Back in 1993, DARK FUNERAL was founded by Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman. Over all these years the band has become well known by fans of extreme metal. The swedes played their very first concert in 1994 at Lusa Lotte in Oslo. Now, almost twenty years later, they still sound as raw and aggressive as back then. And they sure as hell will give you an raw and aggressive show when they are entering the stage at Rockefeller during INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013. DARK FUNERAL have several of classics behind them - such as "The Secrets of the Black Arts" and the EP "Teach Children to Worship Satan". Their latest effort came in 2009 and was called "Angelus Exuro pro Eternus" and proves that DARK FUNERAL is still a band that has a lot to offer. Their next album will be out in 2013 and will mark their twenty years celebration. http://www.darkfuneral.se/

There will be Finnish ritual black metal when cult legends BEHEXEN enter the stage at Rockefeller during INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL  2013. Their newest effort, called "Nightside Emanations", proves that the band is one of the most interesting bands coming from Finland and it might also be one of the best releases this year within the genre.

Finnish BEHEXEN has over the years built up a huge cult following of fans. The music is brutal, yet thick with atmosphere and satanic darkness. From the very start in 1994, under the name Lords of the Left Hand, they released several demos before the debut album in 2000 called "Rituale Satanum". This year they have released one of the best black metal albums of 2012 called "Nightside Emanations" elevates them to one of the leading acts in Finland's black metal scene. No wonder when the members of BEHEXEN hails from other great bands such as Horna, Sargeist, One tail, One Head and Mare - to mention a few. This will be the first gig for BEHEXEN in Oslo and it will be an visual ritual experience you can't miss.

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Legendary Norwegian black metal bands SATYRICON and TAAKE will play at INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013. SATYRICON will perform an exclusive and special long set - with songs from their upcoming album that has never been played live. The pride of Hordaland, TAAKE released their highly received album "Noregs vaapen" last year and will perform at INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013 after popular demand.

SATYRICON was established all the way back in 1990 and is now highly regarded as one of the leading acts within the genre. With seven albums released and an upcoming album SATYRICON will perform a special and exclusive gig at INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013, with new songs never before played for a live audience. The band has played around the world and at a huge number of international festivals. They have won several awards, including Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy) and Alarmprisen for best metal album. SATYRICON is well known for energetic live performances - something they will give us when they headline INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013. http://www.satyricon.no

Since the debut album "Nattestid Ser Porten Vid..." came out in 1999, TAAKE has been one of the most up and coming bands in the Norwegian black metal scene. The band hails all the way back to 1993 when TAAKE was started by their charismatic front man Hoest. With their latest effort «Noregs vaapen» they prove that they are more vital than ever. The album has received great reviews all around the world and was nominated to Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy) for best Norwegian metal album. With a wealth of stage experience behind them TAAKE has always performed amazing live shows - and will also do so when they enter the stage at INFERNO FESTIVAL 2013. http://taake.svartekunst.no

We are now accepting accreditation applications for Inferno 2013. The deadline for applying is February 15th.

Purified in Blood, Aeternus, Diskord and In Vain have been added to the 2013 festival lineup.

We're aware that there are a lot of suggestions and interest in recommending bands for the festival on our own forum and elsewhere every year. We read and take these suggestions into considerations every year but this year we've decided to put this into an easier to manage system and also give you a chance to get rewarded for bands  that end up being booked.

You will be able to suggest up to 5 bands in prioritized order. If one of the bands you suggest are booked (after you've suggested them obviously) you will be entered into a draw to win tickets for the festival. You can make suggestions from now until December 1^st. You can also make a number of suggestions now and add more later until you've reached your maximum of 5 suggestions. 

The demo upload for Inferno 2013 is now open. Click on the link below or in the menu on top to upload your music and information. The deadline for uploading is December 20th.

Tickets for 2013 are now available for purchase. Use the ticket links in the ticket box to the right to order.

Club day tickets will be made available at a later date.

The masters of uncompromisingly progressive avant-garde metal SOLEFALD will hit the INFERNO stage next year! Until then enjoy some of their music using our playlist in the right column.

Big congrats to the lucky winners who got free festival tickets in their Inferno bag. Have fun and enjoy Roskilde, Brutal Assault, ElektroStat, Oslo Rock City Jamboree and of course next years Inferno Metal Festival. We wish you all a happy festival year; Free your mind and enjoy the people, music and surroundings!

We have some merchandise left so if any of you were unable to pick some up at the festival and want some e-mail us and we'll see what we can do.