Tag: metal

Interview: VULTURE INDUSTRIES

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by Jorge Patacas The Norwegian avant-garde/progressive metal band Vulture Industries is going to release their fifth studio album “Ghosts from the Past” in June, so it was the perfect opportunity to sit and have a conversation with vocalist Bjørnar Nilsen about the concept behind the new material, details about the album cover, music videos and other topics, including the top 3 typical Norwegian things he does!   RISE!: – You have a new album coming out in June called “Ghosts from the Past”. The press release says that “Ghosts from…

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Concert Reviews: TONS OF ROCK 2022

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TONS OF ROCK 2022 – Ekebergsletta (Oslo, Norway) June 23-25, 2022 by Jorge Patacas Since its inception in 2014, Tons of Rock has become one of the most important rock festivals in Norway and nowadays it’s definitely the biggest one in the country when it comes to this genre. Three years have passed since the last edition and this time a total of 52 countries were represented in the audience and a total of 80.000 tickets were sold over the three days. Since the number of people doubled this year,…

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Interview: JANNICKE WIESE-HANSEN

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by Jorge Patacas During the last edition of Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway, we were able to talk to Jannicke Wiese-Hansen, the artist who created logos for bands such as Immortal and Enslaved, as well as the album covers for the now legendary first two Burzum albums. She’s a tattoo artist who has her studio called Nidhogg in Bergen and was invited to the festival as part of the art exhibition. We discussed the beginning of her career, the inspiration behind some of her most iconic artworks, the early Black…

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Album Reviews: ASTRA – “Oathkeeper – Part 1”

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ASTRA “Oathkeeper – Part 1” (Eufonia Records) by Jorge Patacas Astra is a new two-man project based in Oslo, Norway. As the story goes, the multi-instrumentalist Sondre Ramstad Paulsen started to work on his own songs while he was still a teenager back in 2012 after not being accepted into the music school and being told he wasn’t good enough for his friends band, which, ironically, included the other current member of Astra, his childhood friend William Strengelsund. They both reunited in 2016 and ended up working together as a…

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