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Concert Reviews: MANOWAR at Oslo Spektrum (Oslo, Norway)

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MANOWAR at Oslo Spektrum (Oslo, Norway) February 22, 2023 by Jorge Patacas   The metal legends Manowar returned to Norway four years after their last tour where they had played in cities like Hamar, Stavanger, Bergen and even Longyearbyen, Svalbard (check out a documentary about it here), but not in Oslo. This time, their only show in the country was in the capital city in a really good venue called Oslo Spektrum located in downtown and it was very special because they were celebrating over forty years as a band…

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Concert Reviews: BRUCE DICKINSON at Sentrum Scene (Oslo, Norway)

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BRUCE DICKINSON at Sentrum Scene (Oslo, Norway) January 12, 2023 by Jorge Patacas   Iron Maiden’s frontman Bruce Dickinson started 2023 taking his celebrated Spoken Word performance “An Evening with Bruce Dickinson” out on the road for a few dates in Europe starting on January 12th in Oslo, Norway. We’re used to see him from a distance when he plays big arenas with the heavy metal legends, but this format is something completely different. He’s standing alone in a much smaller venue and the only things that can be seen…

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Concert Reviews: IN FLAMES at Oslo Spektrum (Oslo, Norway)

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IN FLAMES at Oslo Spektrum (Oslo, Norway) Special guests: AT THE GATES – IMMINENCE – ORBIT CULTURE December 11, 2022 by Jorge Patacas   Just a few days before Christmas, In Flames visited Norway as part of their two-month European tour to promote the upcoming album “Foregone” to be released in February 2023, and the venue selected for the show was Oslo Spektrum with a capacity for 9700 attendees. The legendary and also melodic death metal pioneers, At the Gates, were also part of this tour as well as two…

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Interview: CRYSTAL GATES

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by Jorge Patacas Seven years after their EP “A Quest for Life”, the Uruguayan symphonic power metal band Crystal Gates is back with their debut album “Torment & Wonder: The Ways Of The Lonely Ones”, released via the Italian label WormHoleDeath. The guitar player and band leader Benjamín Machín has recently moved to Riga, Latvia, and this may bring new opportunities for the band, so we did an interview with him to talk about that as well as many details related to the album, their new music video and more!…

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Concert Reviews: HØSTSABBAT 2022 (Oslo, Norway)

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HØSTSABBAT 2022 (Oslo, Norway) October 7-8, 2022 by Jorge Patacas   There are plenty of festivals around Europe nowadays, but some of those are unique for one reason or another. Høstsabbat in Oslo, Norway is one of them. It’s a small festival with a lineup that mostly features bands which are along the lines of doom, psychedelic and stoner genres and it’s held in a church! Last time we attended this festival was in 2019 and just like then, they had three stages this time: the main stage located at…

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