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Concert Reviews: MIDGARDSBLOT 2023 (Borre, Norway)

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MIDGARDSBLOT 2023 (Horten, Norway) August 16-19, 2023 by Jorge Patacas   When it comes to combining metal music, viking culture, spirituality, historical surroundings and beautiful nature, there’s no other festival like Midgardsblot. It’s a very special and unique concept and the energy you feel there is somewhat magical and evokes the past. There’s a Viking camp, a Viking market, Viking battles, talks on interesting topics at the Midgard Vikingsenter located next to the festival area, a tattoo convention, a Viking ship trip and people wearing traditional tunics and dresses of…

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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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Concert Reviews: ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO at Herr Nilsen (Oslo, Norway)

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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO at Herr Nilsen (Oslo, Norway) Wednesday, March 27, 2019 by Jorge Patacas   On March 27, the legendary Testament guitar player, Alex Skolnick, arrived in Oslo with his Alex Skolnick Trio project, which also features Nathan Peck on bass/double bass and Matt Zebroski on drums. The event took place at Herr Nilsen, a small Jazz club located in front of the court where Varg Vikernes was sentenced in 1994. For those who are not familiar with Alex’s side project, it was formed in the beginning of the…

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Concert Reviews: MYRKUR at John Dee (Oslo, Norway)

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MYRKUR at John Dee (Oslo, Norway) Opening Act: JO QUAIL Tuesday, November 4, 2018 by Jorge Patacas   Since the release of her first self-titled EP in 2014, Myrkur, the project of the Danish multi-instrumentist and actress Amalie Bruun, has been acclaimed and at the same time criticized with prejudice and without any serious foundation just for the fact that she included Black Metal parts in her music, because she didn’t play this kind of music before. Despite those detractors with unfounded prejudices, “M”, her debut album released by Relapse…

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