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Interview With VIRUS Hammerfest IX

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 20, 2017
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Interview By David Pearce

This year’s HAMMERFEST IX took place from March 23-26th at Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales. Cycle 3 of HRH United involved a huge variety of bands such as ALESTORM, HAMMERFALL, GRAND MAGUS, VENOM INC, NAPALM DEATH, ARMORED SAINT, DESTRUCTION, EVIL SCARECROW and many more!

David Pearce caught up with three members of Scottish thrashers VIRUS – bass player Andy Kimmet, lead guitarist Paul Randall and drummer Pete Garrow, before their Hammerfest performance. They discussed what’s been happening with the band since the release of their last EP “A New Strain Of An Old Disease”. The full audio interview can be heard on the player below:

For more info visit:

https://www.facebook.com/virusthrash/
http://www.hammerfest.co.uk/news.html

 

Pioneering Experimental Rockers VIRUS Debut Track From Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 21, 2016
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With the release date coming ever closer,  Karisma Records have debuted a track from VIRUS‘  fourth full-length album “Memento Collider”.  The track, “Steamer”, which is being debuted exclusively on Metal Hammer Norway (here) and Decibel Magazine (here).

Undoubtedly one of the most unique bands to come out of Norway, VIRUS have, for over a decade now, developed their otherworldly style and garnered themselves a large following that spans both the metal and rock scene world-wide.  “Memento Collider” heralds VIRUS‘ return to their original 3-piece lineup of Carl-Michael “Czral” Eide on guitars and vocals, Petter “Plenum” Berntsen on bass and Einar “Einz” Sjursø on drums.  This time the iconic trio have taken VIRUS’ idiosyncratic trademark sound of unusual flowing bass lines, experimental riffs and groovy rhythms a few steps further,  to create a sound that is still very much experimental and progressive in the true sense of those definitions, but at the same time is catchy and melodic.

Set for release on the 3rd June and recorded at the Amper Tone Studios in Oslo, “Memento Collider” marks a spectacular return for VIRUS, where they once again demonstrate what the true essence of progressive rock is all about!

As with their  previous releases, VIRUS have invited a guest to perform on the  album, and on “Memento Collider” it is VOIVOD’s  Dan Mongrain who contributes a guitar solo.  Artwork for the album is by the Trine + Kim Design Studio (http://www.trineogkim.no/ ).  Track listing as follows:

  1. Afield
  2. Rogue Fossil
  3. Dripping Into Orbit
  4. Steamer
  5. Gravity Seeker
  6. Phantom Oil Slick

“Memento Collider” is available to pre-order in both CD and 12″ vinyl format from http://karismarecords.bigcartel.com/  as well as in in both formats or digital download from https://virus.bandcamp.com/

More information about VIRUS can be found on their website at http://virusnorway.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/virusnorwayofficial

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Avant-Garde Rockers VIRUS Sign With Karisma Records

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 4, 2015
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Norwegian Avant-garde rockers VIRUS have signed a deal with Karisma Records that will see the label release the band’s fourth full-length album. Alongside a recent busy touring schedule, VIRUS have been writing and honing material for the new album which will be titled “Memento Collider” and the band is currently at work on it in studio. “Memento Collider” is scheduled for release this winter, and more details will follow.

VIRUS was formed in 2000 from the ashes of 90’s avant-garde black metal project VED BUENS ENDE by Carl “Czral” Michael Eide with the idea of creating a new kind of experimental metal / rock. With Czral on guitars and vocals, he brought with him bassist Petter “Plenum” Berntsen and drummer Einar “Einz” Sjursø and the band recorded their only demo that same year.

Having been picked up almost immediately by Jester Records, VIRUS released their debut album “Carheart” in 2003, but Czral’s accident in 2005, which hospitalized him for a year, resulted in the band going on hiatus until the release of their sophomore album “The Black Flux” on Season of Mist in 2008. An album, incidentally, that earned them the title of “Album of the Year” in several publications, as did 2011’s follow up album “The Agent That Shapes The Desert”, which was released on the band’s own label Virulent Music.

VIRUS’ long awaited live debut came in 2011, and aside from club appearances and tours in both Europe and the USA since then, the band has appeared at a variety of prestigious festivals.

More information about VIRUS can be found on the band’s website at http://virusnorway.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/virusnorwayofficial

Fan-filmed footage of VIRUS performing a new song from the upcoming album in New York can be seen at

Inferno Metal Festival 2015: Announced VULTURE INDUSTRIES, COSTIN CHIOREANU And VIRUS For Special Show

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 17, 2015
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15th Anniversary edition of Inferno Metal Festival 2015, set to be held on 1-4th April in Norway, has announced a special event for April 2nd:

There will be a very special happening at Kulturhuset during Inferno Metal Festival on Thursday, 2. April, when graphic artist COSTIN CHIOREANU joins VULTURE INDUSTRIES and VIRUS for a gig. For the first time avantgarde metallers Vulture Industries and graphic artist Costin Chioreanu will come together on stage for a show called “The Babylon Spiral”. Also playing this evening are the always great Virus, with their avantgarde metal. This event is included in the festival pass (3 or 4 days pass), but not in the day pass. Tickets for the event can be bought for 200,- nok. (see more details below)

Already announced artists: BEHEMOTH, ENSLAVED, BLOODBATH, MY DYING BRIDE, SEPTICFLESH, 1349, MORTUARY DRAPE, ANTICHRIST, SLAGMAUR, DØDSENGEL, SKELETONWITCH, SVARTIDAUÐI, ENSIFERUM, SINMARA, MISÞYRMING, SECRETS OF THE MOON, EXECRATION, ARCTURUS, NAGLFAR, SOLBRUD, GOATWHORE, KAMPFAR, TAAKE, KRKOW, GALAR, MOMENTUM and INNER SANCTUM.

VULTURE INDUSTRIES + COSTIN CHIOREANU: “THE BABYLON SPIRAL SHOW”

For the first time avantgarde metallers Vulture Industries and graphic artist Costin Chioreanu will come together on stage. The Babylon Spiral combines the atmosphere and aesthetics of the Expressionist Cinema of 1920’s Germany with the intensity and eeriness of a Vulture Industries concert. Using specially designed stage props, actively manipulated by the artist throughout the show, the concert will draw the audience on a journey through time.The collaboration between Vulture Industries and Costin Chioreanu grew from a mutual admiration between the two sets of artists. The first stop on the journey happened on the third VI album “The Tower”, and was followed by the animation video “Lost Among Liars”. We are now approaching the summit of our collaboration and you are invited to ascend with us.

For the first time in Oslo, Costin Chioreanu will present an exhibition of his selected artworks. The exhibition will be hosted at Kulturhuset exclusively for the Inferno Metal festival. Costin is a Romanian graphic artist and musician, and is renowned for his work with major acts such as At The Gates, Mayhem, Ihsahn, Ulver, Virus, Vulture Industries, Dordeduh and many others.

http://www.vulture-industries.net
http://twilight13media.com

VIRUS
Virus rose out of the ashes of Czral’s 90’s great avantgarde black metal outfit Ved Buens Ende in 2000. The band has now released three albums and one EP, with a new kind of experimental metal and rock, based on the dissonant chord foundations laid in Ved Buens Ende. Virus is one of the truly original bands in Norway nowadays, and they are a band that always give away a great musical experience when they play live. Check them out at Inferno Metal Festival 2015!

http://virusnorway.com

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INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2015
2015 marks the 15 year anniversary for Inferno Metal Festival. This will be celebrated by giving you the best festival ever. Inferno Metal Festival is the longest running and biggest metal festival in Norway and one of the most important extreme metal festival in Europe. We are very proud of this position and we will continue fronting Norwegian metal and bringing bands from all over the world to Norway. In 2015 we will present around 40 metal bands, some of the highlights from earlier years and some bands that have never been to Norway before. Inferno 2015 will go down in history as one of the greatest and best events in Norway!

TICKETS
4 days festival pass (including club night): SOLD OUT!
3 days festival pass (without club night) 1250,- nok. (including ticket fee)
1 day festival pass 500,- nok. (including ticket fee)
Club day festival pass 380,- nok. (including ticket fee)
Tickets available at Billettservice (http://www.billettservice.no/). Phone: +47 81533133

http://www.infernofestival.net / http://www.facebook.com/InfernoMetalFestival

 

VIRUS to Headline The “And Now For Something Completely Different Tour” with Vulture Industries, Krakow And Mondvolland

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 30, 2012
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PATRICIA THOMAS Management has issued as follows:

Details of the “And Now For Something Completely Different Tour” with a four-band line of experimental/avant-garde bands headed by VIRUS have been announced today.  Joining the cult Norwegians will be fellow countrymen VULTURE INDUSTRIES and KRAKOW along with the MONDVOLLAND from the Netherlands.  Confirmed dates on the December tour as follows and anyone interested in booking the two remaining dates should contact bjornar@propulsionmusic.no.

Fri 07 Dec:  Willemeen , Arnhem (NL)
Sat 08 Dec: Ferrailleur,  Nantes (FR)
Sun 09 Dec: Glazart,  Paris (FR)
Mon 10 Dec: Markthalle, Hamburg (DE)
Tue 11 Dec:  The Underworld,  London (UK)
Wed 12 Dec: TBC
Thu 13 Dec: Orto Bar,  Ljubljana (SLO)
Fri 14 Dec: Gaswerk Kulturzentrum, Winterthur (CH)
Sat 15 Dec: TBC

VIRUS was formed in 2000 by guitarist / singer Carl-Michael “Czral” Eide (AURA NOIR, former / founder member of ULVER, SATYRICON, DØDHEIMSGARD, CADAVER etc., along with bass player extraordinaire Petter “Plenum” Berntsen (AUDIOPAIN) and drummer Einar “Einz” Sjursø (LAMENTED SOULS, INFERNÖ,ex BEYOND DAWN), with the intention of taking key elements of Czral’s former avant-garde black metal band VED BUENS ENDE further into weirdness and farther from metal. Through three critically acclaimed album releases Czral’s unique dissonant guitar flavour and song writing has fascinated, puzzled and ensnared listeners worldwide, not least thanks to the live performances (as a 5-piece) the band have undertaken since early 2011, including Sonisphere, Brutal Assault, Hole In The Sky, Aurora Infernalis etc.

VIRUS is also set to release a mini album to coincide with the tour.  Titled “Oblivion Clock”, the album runs at over thirty minutes and features four new track and three bonus tracks that until now have only been available on extremely limited releases.  At the same time band will also be releasing a new vinyl edition of their sophomore album “The Black Flux”.  “Oblivion Clock”, together with a new line of VIRUS merchandise, will be available as a digifile CD on the tour, and is also already available to pre-order from virulentmusic.bigcartel.com along with the “Black Flux” vinyl. More information about VIRUS can be found on the band’s website at http://virusnorway.com.

The other three bands on the tour all bring their own very individual interpretations of the eclectic experimental/avant-garde genre.  VULTURE INDUSTRIES, whose style tends towards the more progressive and extreme, are fronted by Bjornar Nilsen, known for his manic theatrical performances which garner praise for the band wherever they appear.  They have just signed with Season of Mist for the release of their third-full length album, and will be debuting new material during the tour.  More information on VULTURE INDUSTRIES can be found the band’s website at http://www.vulture-industries.net.

KRAKOW, whose second full-length album “diin” was released on Dark Essence Records in September, could fit equally well within the post-rock, metal and stoner rock genres with a sound that ranges from dark, evocative and mesmerizing to fast, aggressive and heavy.  They recently added KAMPFAR drummer Ask Ty Arctander to their line up. More information about KRAKOW can be found on the band’s website at http://www.krakowofficial.com.

Rounding off the line up is MONDVOLLAND, who bring touches of Black Folk metal deeply rooted in ancient myths and traditions of the Eastern Netherlands to their music. The release of their “Pestvogel” EP earlier this year showed that MONDVOLLAND was embarking on a different route from their debut full-length “d’Olde Roop”, with the intention of breathing new life into the somewhat staid Pagan/Folk scene. More information about MONDVOLLAND can be found on the band’s website at http://www.mondvolland.com.