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2009-04-09
NO – Oslo |
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| Rockefeller:
John
Dee: Full of expectations I headed for the Rockefeller club early in the afternoon. Armed with a coffee and a muffin I enjoyed the first diffident sunlight. Once arrived, I got a warm welcome by NEGURA BUNGET who just finished their soundcheck. By the way… no one checked me or my bag, was nagging about the cup of coffee bringing in or something else… very relaxed handling. :: pics :: My personal introduction to the official part of the INFERNO FESTIVAL I became a level lower at John Dee with :: KRAANIUM :: This Oslo-based outfit had a home match delivering a cool Grindcore show with a little bit Death Metal in it. Show was quick and easy, with around 20 songs in 20 minutes ;) Entertaining but simply made crushers. I somehow got the impression that every song started with the same riff. Huh… and that’s to me ;) Never mind, had a lot of fun :)
With 7 musicians
on stage :: NEGURA
BUNGET :: was numerically the biggest band of the
festival. Fortunately the stage at Rockefeller was likewise huge,
giving enough room to all band members. Tonight NEGURA BUNGET
also included Secrets Of The Moon drummer Thelemnar for additional
drumming (and also Secrets Of The Moon live guitarist, here for
playing bass). Sound was brilliant and the band’s performance
again magically intensive. The Rockefeller club was crowded with
an enthusiastic audience. Much more I was pleased seeing the guys
performing a brand new song. An instrumental without a name so
far, but gooseflesh-causing and intense as Norilor is.
It’s such a great and awesome band! Outstanding!
By the way… the Rockefeller club is really a great one, a live club on 3 levels. Down you have the concert hall with various stair tops to stand on and lounges. Stairs up there is a big balcony with tables and all around a balustrade. Next level stairs up you get on the rooftop terrace including an inside and outside bar and used as smoker’s corner and again with a balustrade inside to look down on stage and crowd. Walking the
stairs down to the John Dee :: EPISODE
13 :: entered the stage next. Black Metal from
Turkey. Pretty intensive with a charming oriental touch, spoken
words in between and keyboards adding an epical and melodic touch
to the music. I was quite impressed. Cool!
Stepping up
again :: KAMPFAR
:: literally unleashed an Inferno ;) I think
there was no festival before using so many pyros as the INFERNO
FESTIVAL did. Hardly any other band followed without any fires
;) Anyway, Dolk enjoyed performing between all these flames. Whenever
he starts performing it is like a spell was casted, the crowd
follows him totally captivated. Yes, KAMPFAR delivered
an amazing show that was traditionally closed with Norse.
Hihihi…
what had to follow made me speechless ;) After Meshuggah cancelled
their appearance short-term, no replacement worth headlining the
first day could have been found that quickly. Instead Pestilence
and Septicflesh moved up and the leaving slot got filled with
:: THE
BATALLION :: a Norwegian old school Thrash Metal
band that can be best described as a tribute band to German Thrash
heroes such as Sodom and Destruction. These guys were loud, chavvy,
rocking, beer-guzzling and testosterone-spreading. Just great!
Holy shit, what fun I had. The guys had too ;) Just looking at
their outfits made me smiling all over the face. Most surprising
band at INFERNO FESTIVAL! Love them.
In between I strolled to the Anneks Room for the :: SKITLIV :: signing session. More beer-guzzling and testosterone-spreading guys having fun. Especially axe-man Tore Moren did it excessively, pulling faces, the drummer too, and even mooning. Kvarforth meanwhile didn’t show his face…
Another stopover
at John Dee where :: RAMESSES
:: invited the fans on a psychedelic Doom/Stoner trip.
The British guys are right now on tour with Unearthly Trance (who
followed right after) in support of their just released EP Baptism
Of The Walking Dead. Great stuff! Much more I found the
huge cymbals interesting ;)
Now it was
time for another favorite, at least for me ::
SEPTICFLESH
:: I can’t remember when I have seen the playing
live last time. It muct have been ages ago. As more the tonight’s
show kicked me out of my socks. This intensity, magic, darkness
and Sumerian touch was… enthralling, magical, breathtaking.
As for me the highlight of the first festival day!
A little break and :: PESTILENCE :: wanted to enter the throne. Faster, heavier, more brutal. Yeah, PESTILENCE is back. In support of their brand new album Resurrection Macabre, the guys gave everything, playing new songs and old classics. But it was obvious, the crowd was tired, the hall emptying and the Dutch guys couldn’t top Septicflesh. By the way, behind the drumkit no one less than Peter Wildoer sits, having played in bands such as Arch Enemy, Darkane and Old Man’s Child.
It got late. And provided with a handful of beer and JD coupons I did not ruin myself financially ;) And nope… I did not get drunk, as I promised *lol* At a late hour I wanted to snatch a night bus, just to realize that they only run on a Friday and Saturday night, as long as these days are no public days! WTF!!!!??? (remember it’s already Easter days)… *pffffffff* How stupid is that? Ok, then I had to get me a cab, a very, very expensive undertaking, but I was way too tired to walk and even didn’t know the way to walk, if I have wanted… *blah* |
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