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Concert Reviews: HELLBOTN METALFEST 2023 (Kolbotn, Norway)

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HELLBOTN METALFEST 2023 (Kolbotn, Norway) August 25-26, 2023 by Jorge Patacas   The last metal festival in Eastern Norway this summer was Hellbotn Metalfest, a small but great event with a family-like atmosphere, held annually at the Kolben Kulturhus in Kolbotn. The venue has a large space to hang out as soon as you enter, including tables and seats where you can chat while having a drink from the bar and listening to a selection of metal songs curated by DJs who are usually found in rock/metal bars around Oslo.…

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Concert Reviews: HELLBOTN METALFEST 2022 (Kolbotn, Norway)

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HELLBOTN METALFEST 2022 (Kolbotn, Norway) August 26-27, 2022 by Jorge Patacas   If you’re into that cozy familiar feeling that smaller underground festivals bring, then Hellbotn Metalfest is definitely a must for you! As usual, this year’s edition was held at Kolben Kulturhus in Kolbotn, Norway, but this time there were two stages instead of three as it was the case last time we attended the event back in 2019. Something that is really good about Hellbotn is that the schedule is organized in such a way that when a…

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Interview: HELLBOTN METALFEST

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Hellbotn Metalfest started up in 2014 in Kolbotn, the Norwegian city where bands like Darkthrone were founded. It’s located approximately twenty minutes by car from Oslo, and it’s the hometown for the organizers of the festival. This year’s edition will take place at Kolben Kulturhus on August 30 and 31 and the lineup features Cadaver, Carpathian Forest, Mysticum, Mork, Nekromantheon, Nocturnal Breed and many others! We did an interview with the organisers to get to know more about the history of the festival and all the details you want to…

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