A trip through the places that marked the beginning of the legend that is now known as NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL. Conducted by Anders Odden (Cadaver, Celtic Frost, Satyricon, Order).

For the normal music fan the story of Norwegian is in essence something about murder, suicide and church fire. Between 1991 and 1993 many of the most important events in this dark chapter in Norwegian music history took place in Oslo and we have put together a field trip to the sights that takes you back in time.

In the beginning there is always just one man that starts something new and then gets people to follow his vision. This man was Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous. He was through his record store, Helvete, and his band, Mayhem, the key person of the early Norwegian black metal scene and his visions lead to his demise. The equally infamous leader of Burzum, Varg Vikernes aka Count Grishnack, killed Euronymous in his own apartment on the 10th of August 1993. This date marked the end of an era and the small scene that until then was totally unknown to the public was in the tabloid media and made headlines far outside Norway.

Anders Odden formed his first black metal band, Slaught, in 1986 after attending a  rehearsal with Mayhem at the age of 14. He was one of the pioneers in the infancy of the Norwegian scene dealing with tape trading, organizing concerts and creating more and more extreme music on his own. He formed Cadaver in 1988 and released the first Norwegian death metal album on Earache Records in 1990. His band played shows with Dark Throne, Mayhem, Old Funeral and many more bands of what would become the Norwegian black metal scene in the beginning.

This field trip has exclusive anecdotes and personal memories of the early life of the scene  from someone who was there.

Tickets Thursday 6 april: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/699831

BLACK METAL BUS SIGHTSEEING – A FIELD TRIP THROUGH OSLO
12:00 Departure The Hub, Inferno Festival hotel.
12:30 Holmenkollen Kapell, re-done after church-fire 23rd of August 1992
13:30 Visit to the crime scene of Varg vs Euronymous 1993
14:00 Visit to NESEBLOD RECORDS the site of “HELVETE” 1991-1993
15:00 Visit to Nasjonalbiblioteket – Black Metal Exhibition.
16:00 Return to the Hub, Inferno Festival hotel.

INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 6. – 9. APRIL 2023

Cannibal Corpse, Godflesh, Dark Funeral, Unleashed, Uada, Odium, Sakis Tolis, Harakiri for the Sky, Urgehal, Djevel, Nekromantheon, Mork, Darvaza, Nervosa, Ingested, 1914, Svalbard, Masacre, Vredehammer, Lili Refrain, Dwaal, Afsky, Mutilated Tyrant, Stormruler

More artists to be announced!

For tickets go to: tickets.infernofestival.net.

CLARION HOTEL THE HUB – OFFICIAL FESTIVAL HOTELGo to https://www.infernofestival.net/hotel to order and make sure the discount/booking code INFERNO is enabled to get the correct festival prices. These rates are available until March 6th 2023. After this date the prices will go up. Money to save for all early birds!