Inferno Metal Festival is an annual extreme metal festival that takes place every year during Easter in Oslo, Norway. The festival was founded by Borknagar guitarist Jens F. Ryland in cooperation with Radar Booking in 2001 and takes place at Rockefeller Music Hall.
| Inferno Metal Festival | |
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| Genre | Heavy metal |
| Dates | Easter |
| Location(s) | Oslo, Norway |
| Coordinates | 59°54′58″N 10°45′03″E / 59.9162°N 10.7508°E |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | infernofestival.net |
Lineups
edit2023
editThe 2023 edition will take place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 6 to 9 April.
- Emperor
- Amorphis
- Watain
- Cannibal Corpse
- Abbath
- Dark Funeral
- Unleashed
- Nile
- Elder
- Arcturus
- Crowbar
- Godflesh
- Wolves in the Throne Room
- Uada
- Odium
- Sakis Tolis
- Harakiri for the Sky
- Urgehal
- Vemod
- Djevel
- Nekromantheon
- Mork
2022
editThe 2022 edition replaced the 2020 edition, cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 14 to 17 April.
The festival tried to keep the same lineup as for the 2020 cancelled edition. The announced lineup was:
- Mayhem
- Venom
- Kreator
- Triumph of Death
- Gorgoroth
- Marduk
- Ihsahn
- Kampfar
- Asphyx
- Bölzer
- Vreid
- Cadaver
- Dark Fortress
- Einherjer
- Djerv
- Asagraum
- Oranssi Pazuzu
- Myrkskog
- Benighted
- Sovereign
- Tulus
- Valkyrja
- Ved Buens Ende
- Hamferð
- Entombed A.D.
- From the Vastland
- Zifir
- Isvind
2020
editThe 2020 edition was planned to place at Rockefeller Music Hall in April 2020, but was cancelled and rescheduled to April 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
2019
editThe 2019 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 18. to 21. April.
- Taake
- 1349
- Vomitory
- Gaahls Wyrd
- Hypocrisy
- Carach Angren
- Tribulation
- Misþyrming
- Archgoat
- The Ruins of Beverast
- Der Weg einer Freiheit
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Avast
- Acârash
- Impaled Nazarene
- Mgła
- Dimmu Borgir
- Ragnarok
- Svarttjern
- Aura Noir
- Witchcraft
- Bloodbath
- Opeth
2018
editThe 2018 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 29. March, to 1. April.
- Shining
- Dark Funeral
- Obituary
- Origin
- Emperor
- Fleshgod Apocalypse
- Ihsahn
- Satyricon
- Necrophobic
- Ahab
- Djevel
- Tsjuder
- Napalm Death
- Electric Wizard
- Carpathian Forest
- Grave
- Memoriam
2017
editThe 2017 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 12. April (club night) Vulcan Arena, to 15. April.
- Abbath
- Befouled
- Carcass
- Gorgoroth
- Destruction
- Samael
- Belphegor
- Borknagar
- Primordial
- Red Harvest
- Tangorodrim
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Slagmaur
- Crowbar
- Furze
2016
editThe 2016 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 23. April (club night), to 26. April.
- Mayhem
- Nile
- Marduk
- Exodus
- Sodom
- Vader
- Nifelheim
- ICS Vortex
- Blood Red Throne
- Order
- Gorguts
- Craft
- The 3rd Attempt
- Mistur
- Thaw
- Psycroptic
- Lucifer's Child
- Orkan
- Mork
- Scarred
- Abbysion
- Stahlsarg[3]
2015
editThe 2015 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 1. April (club night), to 4. April.
2014
editThe 2014 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 16. April (club night), to 19. April.
2013
editThe 2013 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 27. March (club night), to 30. March.
2012
editThe 2012 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 4. April (club night), to the 7. April.
2011
editThe 2011 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from April 20 (club night), to April 23.
2010
editThe 2010 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from March 31 (club night), to April 3.
- Nifrost
- Svarttjern
- Demonic Resurrection
- Spearhead, in replacement for The Psyke Project
- Nachtmystium
- Madder Mortem
- Eyehategod
- Belphegor
- Finntroll
- Marduk
- Throne of Katarsis
- Fortid
- Blodspor
- Obscura
- Ragnarok
- Mistur
- Ram-Zet
- Benediction
- Ihsahn
- Mayhem
- Como Muertos
- Sarkom
- Irr
- Exumer
- Necrophagist
- Årabrot
- Taake
- Deströyer 666
- The Kovenant
- Death Angel
2009
editThe 2009 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from April 8 (club night), to April 11.
- Carpathian Forest
- Keep of Kalessin
- Vreid
- Paradise Lost
- Negură Bunget
- Samael
- Septic Flesh
- Pestilence
- Pantheon I
- Helheim
- Kampfar
- Koldbrann
- Swallow the Sun
- Dew-Scented
- Troll
- Code
- Root
- Black Comedy
- Vicious Art
- Grand Magus
- Execration
- Ramesses
- Unearthly Trance
- Taetre
- Azarath
- Kraanium
- Episode 13
- Seregon
- The Battalion, in replacement for Meshuggah
- Krypt
- Sahg
- Sarke
- Mencea
- Warlord UK
2008
edit- 1349
- Gaahl and King ov Hell (under the name Gorgoroth)
- Unleashed
- Satyricon
- Keep of Kalessin
- Behemoth
- Gallhammer
- Destruction
- Krux
- Shining
- Tulus
- Tristania
- Cult of Luna
- Overkill
- Skitliv
- Krux
- Obliteration
- Gorefest
- Onslaught
- The Battalion
- Dead to This World
- Mortal Sin
- Diskord
- Negură Bunget
- Vreid
- Desecration
2007
editThe 2007 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall on April 5, April 6 and April 7.
- Norwegian Metal All-Stars
- Trinacria
- Primordial
- Zyklon
- Suffocation
- Fatal Demeanor
- Karkadan
- Unspoken
- Paradigma
- Watain
- Red Harvest (After Sabbat cancelled)
- God Dethroned
- Sigh
- Moonspell
- Immortal
- Ravencult
- Ground Zero System
- Rotten Sound
- Legion of the Damned
- Hecate Enthroned
- Brutal Truth
- Dødheimsgard
- Dark Funeral
- Tiamat
- Sodom
- Lobotomized
- Resurrected
- Blood Tsunami
- Koldbrann
- Anaal Nathrakh
Kick-off party
edit- Allfader
- Olm
2006
editThe 2006 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee from the 13th to the 15th of April.
- Battered
- Bloodthorn
- Bolt Thrower
- Borknagar
- Carpathian Forest
- Cathedral
- Demonizer
- Disiplin
- Dismember
- Emperor
- Endstille
- Face Down
- Funeral
- Imbalance
- Keep of Kalessin
- Khold
- Legion
- Manngard
- Marduk
- Myrkskog
- Nightrage
- Rimfrost
- Sahg
- Susperia
- System:Obscure
- The Deviant
- Usurper
- Vesen
- Waklevören
- Witchcraft
2005
edit- Amon Amarth
- Arcturus
- Aura Noir
- Candlemass
- Chton
- Deceiver
- Dissection
- Gehenna
- Grave
- Green Carnation
- Grimfist
- Goatlord
- Gorelord
- Hatesphere
- Horricane
- Lamented Souls
- Morbid Angel
- Mortiis
- Nebular Mystic
- Naer mataron
- Obliteration
- Seth
- She Said Destroy
- Slogstorm
- Sunn O)))
- Tsjuder
- Taakeferd
- Vreid
- Zeenon
2004
edit- Aborym
- Aeternus
- Asmegin
- Decapitated
- Defiled
- Dimension F3h
- Disiplin
- Enslaved
- Forgery
- Gorgoroth
- Helheim
- Holy Moses
- Khold
- Konkhra
- Manes
- Manifest
- Mayhem
- Maze of Torment
- Mercenary
- MindGrinder
- My Dying Bride
- Myrkskog
- Pawnshop
- Rotting Christ
- Sadus
- Sinners Bleed
- Susperia
- Tonka
2003
edit- 1349
- Alsvartr
- Audiopain
- Belphegor
- Cadaver
- Children of Bodom
- Deride
- Entombed
- Exmortem
- Grand Alchemist
- Immortal
- Koldbrann
- Lost at Last
- Lumsk
- Madder Mortem
- N.C.O.
- Necrophagia
- Opeth
- Perished
- Ragnarok
- Raise Hell
- Red Harvest
- Runemagick
- Shadows Fall
- Thyruz
- Sirenia
- Soilwork
- The Allseeing I
- The Kovenant
- Taake
- Vader
2002
edit- 1349
- Aeternus
- Agressor
- Behemoth
- Black Comedy
- Blood Red Throne
- Carpathian Forest
- Dimmu Borgir
- Eternal Silence
- Lock Up
- Lost in Time
- Lowdown
- Manatark
- Minas Tirith
- Nocturnal Breed
- Scariot
- Source of Tide
- Vintersorg
- Windir
- Witchery
- Zection 8
2001
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Inferno 2020 Cancelled Due to Corona Restrictions". infernofestival.net. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
We are sorry to inform you that Inferno 2020 is cancelled. All public events in Norway are banned until the end of April, and this period might be extended. The health authorities estimate 4-5 months. So, there are no chance that we can make Inferno happen this year.
- ^ "Inferno Metal Festival Cancels 2020 Edition Due To Norway Shutdown and Coronavirus Concerns". metalunderground.com. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^ "Inferno 2016 - March 23-26th 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-08.