We got three great Norwegian bands to announce for you: Abbath, Beaten to Death and Blodhemn are all confirmed for Inferno Metal Festival 2023! By now the band has only released one song – but it sounds good – and soon they will release their debut album on Dark Essence Records. When Abbath left the mighty Immortal in 2015 he went on to form a new band under his pseudonym. The legendary frontman did not hesitate and by now the band has released three amazingly powerful albums. Abbath has a long history with Inferno Metal Festival, performing with Immortal in 2003, 20. In 2017 he came to Inferno with the band Abbath, but left the stage after four songs. Water under the bridge – a lot has happened since then – and Abbath is back stronger and better than ever. A new album was released in 2022 with some of the best material the man has made to date. We are happy to have Abbath back with us at Inferno Metal Festival 2023!īeaten to Death is a grindcore band from Oslo. The band has since their formation in 2010 released five full-length albums where two of them got nominated for best metal album at the Norwegian Grammy award known as Spellemannsprisen. Beaten to Death consist of members and ex-members from such bands as She Said Destroy, Grimfist, The Cumshots and Tsjuder. This will be Beaten to Death’s first gig at Inferno Metal Festival.īlodhemn came to life in 2004 – a one-man black metal band from the west coast of Norway formed by Invisus. The first demo raised a lot of eyebrows in the underground scene in 2008, and the critically acclaimed EP “Brenn Alle Bruer” from 2010 made it clear that Invisus and Blodhemn were very serious about what they were doing. Blodhemn became an underground phenomenon, which soon earned a reputation as a stunning live band. Blodhemn released their fourth album “Sverger hemn” in 2022 and are now ready to return to Inferno Metal Festival for a second time! Blodhemn continues the tradition of great Norwegian black metal bands like Immortal, Enslaved and Gorgoroth but with their own distinct sound and aggression in the mix. We are proud to announce the almighty EMPEROR for Inferno Metal Festival 2023. Prepare yourself for a very special gig done by the masters of Norwegian black metal!Įmperor is without a doubt one of the most important bands from the Norwegian black metal scene. The festivals curated by other Uproxx writers and editors include Dave Matthews Band, Eels (as a headliner!), and the Riverdale cast.Ĭheck out the site to create your own personalized fest lineup, and please be nice if you roast my horrendous listening habits in the comments.The band started in 1991 and already the following year they released the now legendary demo tape “Wrath of the Tyrant”.

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