Inferno Metal Festival is an annual
extreme metalExtreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a number of related heavy metal subgenres that have developed since the 1980s...
festival in
Oslois the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the town was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania . Oslo, then an alternative name, became official again in 1925...
,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
. The festival take place at
Rockefeller Music HallRockefeller Music Hall, ordinarily referred to simply as Rockefeller, is a concert venue in downtown Oslo, Norway. The building, known as "Torggata Bad" earlier used to house a public bath facility. The music hall was established in 1986...
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2009
The 2009 edition took place at
Rockefeller Music HallRockefeller Music Hall, ordinarily referred to simply as Rockefeller, is a concert venue in downtown Oslo, Norway. The building, known as "Torggata Bad" earlier used to house a public bath facility. The music hall was established in 1986...
from April 8 (club night), to April 11.
- Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.Carpathian Forest's lyrics deal with themes such as Satanism, evil, anti-Christianity, sodomy, sadism, sexual depravity and suicide.-Biography:...
- Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin is a black metal band from Trondheim, Norway formed in 1993. The group's early lineup consisted of Ghash on vocals, Obsidian C. on guitars and keyboards, Warach on bass, and Vyl on drums. They released two albums under this lineup: Through Times of War in 1997, and Agnen: A Journey...
- Vreid
Vreid is a black metal band that was formed after Windir broke up, following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The band was formed in 2004 by three former Windir members and a new guitarist; Ese...
- Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification...
- Negură Bunget
-Biography:Negură Bunget formed at the end of 1994, as a duo, with Hupogrammos Disciple on guitars, vocals, and keyboards, and Negru on drums. In 1997, Sol'Faur Spurcatu joined the group on guitar...
- Samael
Samael is a heavy metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.-Biography:Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for post-black...
- Septic Flesh
Septic Flesh is a gothic-influenced death metal band from Athens, Greece, which was founded in 1991.- History :Septic Flesh was formed in March 1990 by Sotiris Vayenas , Spiros Antoniou , and Christos Antoniou , and quickly released a debut EP, Temple of the Lost Race in December 1991...
- Pestilence
Pestilence is a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence has reunited in 2008...
- Pantheon I
Pantheon I is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway, and sharing some current and past members with 1349. They have the particularity to include a Cello artist in their line-up, and are often praised for being unafraid to experiment with their sound, while still keeping the musical ethos of black...
- Helheim
Helheim is a Viking black metal band from Bergen, Norway.-Biography:Helheim was founded in 1992 by V’gandr and H’grimnir , who added drummer Hrymr...
- Kampfar
Kampfar is a pagan folk/black metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway. According to their singer, Dolk, their name is an ancient Norse battle cry which means Odin or Wotan.-History:...
- Koldbrann
Koldbrann is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001.Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Mayhem and Darkthrone...
- Swallow the Sun
Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic death metal / doom metal band.- Biography :Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along . They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out...
- Dew-Scented
Dew-Scented is a German thrash metal band. They have released 7 studio albums so far and are currently signed to Nuclear Blast Records. Their name is inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe...
- Troll
Troll is a Norwegian black metal band. It was founded in 1992, when 14-year-old Stian Arnesen aka "Nagash" started writing music with Glaurung and Fafnir. When Glaurung and Fafnir left the project, Nagash continued Troll as a solo project and released Trollstorm over Nidingjuv in 1995 and Drep de...
- Code
Code are an English/Norwegian black metal band that formed in 2002.The band's original line-up consisted of Aort on guitars, Viper aka Vicotnik from the bands Ved Buens Ende and Dødheimsgard on bass guitar and Kvohst from the bands Void and Dødheimsgard on vocals. They were joined later on by...
- Root
Root is a Czech black metal band. It was one of the bands that sparked the increasing black metal movement in the Czech Republic. It was formed in 1987.-Current members:* Jiří "Big Boss" Valter - vocals* Igor Hubík - bass guitar...
- Black Comedy
- Vicious Art
- Grand Magus
- Execration
- Ramesses
Ramesses is a sludge/doom metal band from Dorset, England, featuring ex-members of Electric Wizard.-Biography:Ramesses was formed in February 2003 by Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening with Adam Richardson formerly of Lord of Putrefaction, Spirmyard, and Hexed...
- Unearthly Trance
Unearthly Trance is a sludge metal/doom metal trio from Long Island/Brooklyn New York, composed of guitarist-vocalist Ryan Lipynsky, bassist Jay Newman, and drummer Darren Verni. They were formed in 2000 and have released material on leading labels of the genre like Southern Lord, Rise Above...
- Taetre
- Azarath
- Kraanium
- Episode 13
- Seregon
- The Batallion, in replacement for Meshuggah
Meshuggah is a Swedish five-piece experimental metal band formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1993...
- Krypt
- Sahg
Sahg is a four-piece Norwegian metal band formed in the summer of 2004. After years of involvement on different ends of the Norwegian rock and metal scene, four hard rock devotees teamed up under the name Sahg. The band consists of King on bass, Olav on lead vocals and guitar, Thomas on guitar and...
- Sarke
- Mencea
2008
- 1349
1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997. The band's musical style and songwriting is modeled after that of bands from the Second Wave of Norwegian black metal of the early 1990s, and notably does not incorporate synthesizers...
- Gaahl and King ov Hell
The Gorgoroth name dispute was in the context of the use of a name for a Norwegian black metal band - which was derived from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium - between band founder Infernus and members Gaahl and King ov Hell...
(under the name GorgorothThe Gorgoroth name dispute was in the context of the use of a name for a Norwegian black metal band - which was derived from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium - between band founder Infernus and members Gaahl and King ov Hell...
)
- Unleashed
Unleashed may refer to:In music:*Unleashed , a Swedish death metal band since 1989*Unleashed , also Danny the Dog Soundtrack, a 2004 album by Massive Attack*Unleashed, a 2000 country album by Renee Olstead...
- Satyricon
Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band.-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Haavard soon joined them. Satyr took over lead vocals in 1991. Satyricon's current drummer, Frost, who joined the band in 1992, has appeared in 1349, Keep of Kalessin, Gorgoroth, and Gehenna...
- Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin is a black metal band from Trondheim, Norway formed in 1993. The group's early lineup consisted of Ghash on vocals, Obsidian C. on guitars and keyboards, Warach on bass, and Vyl on drums. They released two albums under this lineup: Through Times of War in 1997, and Agnen: A Journey...
- Behemoth
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
- Gallhammer
Gallhammer is a Japanese extreme metal group that draws on black metal, doom metal, and crust punk. They formed in Tokyo in 2003. All of the members are female, which is rare in their genre. -Biography:...
- Destruction
Destruction is a German thrash metal band. They are considered one of the "three kings" of the Teutonic thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator and Sodom...
- Krux
Krux is a Swedish doom metal band, created by Leif Edling after Candlemass fell apart for the second time preceding their reunion tour.-Members:* Leif Edling - bass guitar* Mats Levén - vocals* Peter Stjärnvind - drums* Jörgen Sandström - guitars...
- Shining
- Tulus
- Tristania
Tristania is a Gothic Metal band from Norway, formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson.-Music:Tristania's music is usually classified as Gothic Metal with Death/Doom influences , due to its strong ties with the goth metal's history.On their first releases the band had a...
- Cult Of Luna
Cult of Luna is a Swedish sludge/post-metal band from Umeå. They formed from the remnants of a Umeå hardcore punk band called Eclipse in 1998. They slowly garnered critical appreciation and underground popularity with early releases Cult of Luna and The Beyond ; however, it is 2004's Salvation...
- Overkill
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band has been active since 1984, releasing 15 studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 live albums and a "covers" album. The band also has a notable mascot , a skeletal bat with a skull-like face, bony wings, and green eyes. It has...
- Skitliv
Skitliv is a Norwegian black-/doom metal band founded in 2005 by former Mayhem vocalist Maniac.Maniac describes the project as "firmly rooted in black metal" but "much darker and more brooding than anything he has done before."...
- Krux
Krux is a Swedish doom metal band, created by Leif Edling after Candlemass fell apart for the second time preceding their reunion tour.-Members:* Leif Edling - bass guitar* Mats Levén - vocals* Peter Stjärnvind - drums* Jörgen Sandström - guitars...
- Obliteration
- Gorefest
Gorefest was a Dutch band from the Zeeland region of the Netherlands which was founded in 1989 as a death metal outfit by De Koeyer, Harthoorn, van Schaik and Hoogendoorn.-History:...
- Onslaught
Onslaught are an English thrash metal band from Bristol, England. Initially active from 1983 to 1991, they reformed in 2004. The band initially drew influence from the second wave punk rock bands such as Discharge and The Exploited, and then adopted a straight forward thrash metal...
- The Batallion
- Dead to This World
- Mortal Sin
Mortal Sin is an Australian thrash metal band that formed in 1985, and arguably the first band in Australia to play purely thrash metal.- History :The group formed around singer Mat Maurer and drummer Wayne Campbell in Sydney...
- Diskord
- Negură Bunget
-Biography:Negură Bunget formed at the end of 1994, as a duo, with Hupogrammos Disciple on guitars, vocals, and keyboards, and Negru on drums. In 1997, Sol'Faur Spurcatu joined the group on guitar...
- Vreid
Vreid is a black metal band that was formed after Windir broke up, following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The band was formed in 2004 by three former Windir members and a new guitarist; Ese...
- Desecration (band)
Desecration is a British death metal band formed in Newport, Gwent , South Wales in 1992.-Background:Formed in 1992, and releasing their first demo in 1993, the band caused controversy in 1995 when their debut album Gore and Perversion was infamously seized and incinerated by the Gwent...
2007
The 2007 edition took place at
Rockefeller Music HallRockefeller Music Hall, ordinarily referred to simply as Rockefeller, is a concert venue in downtown Oslo, Norway. The building, known as "Torggata Bad" earlier used to house a public bath facility. The music hall was established in 1986...
on April 5, April 6 and April 7.
- Norwegian Metal All-Stars
- Trinacria
- Primordial
Primordial is a black metal band formed in 1991 in Skerries, Ireland, by Pól MacAmlaigh and Ciarán MacUiliam . The band's roots stretch back to 1987 when Pól and Ciarán first began playing together with Pól's brother, Derek...
- Zyklon
Zyklon is a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Emperor, along with former members of Myrkskog. Their style has been defined as modern death metal with black and industrial undertones...
- Suffocation
Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989, and has since released six studio albums.-History:Suffocation recorded the albums Human Waste, Effigy of the Forgotten, Breeding the Spawn, Pierced from Within, and Despise the Sun before breaking up in 1998...
- Fatal Demeanor
- Karkadan
- Unspoken
- Paradigma
- Watain
- Biography :The band's name hails from a recording by the American black metal group Von. After recording a few demos which the band does not intend to re-release, their first official release was the 7" EP The Essence of Black Purity on the Swedish label Grim Rune Productions, recorded in...
- Red Harvest
Red Harvest are a Norwegian industrial metal band from Oslo. Their 2002 album Sick Transit Gloria Mundi was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category...
(After SabbatSabbat is a thrash metal band from Nottingham, England.-Biography:The origins of the band started in June 1985, with vocalist Martin Walkyier and bassist Frazer Craske, who were members of a band called Hydra. Andy Sneap joined Hydra as second guitarist, but the remaining guitarist left 2 weeks...
cancelled)
- God Dethroned
-Biography:God Dethroned was formed in 1991 by singer and guitar player Henri Sattler, with Hans Leegstra and Ard de Weerd. Sattler and Leegstra had previously been in Dysentery; Leegstra, quickly after the band formed, left the music scene altogether. They recorded a demo, Christ Hunt, in 1991,...
- Sigh
is a black metal band from Tokyo, Japan that was formed in May 1990. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, when the majority of black metal in early 1990s came from Scandinavia...
- Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese black metal/gothic metal/dark metal band with death/doom metal elements, formed in 1989 as Morbid God. After renaming themselves Moonspell in 1992, they released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before of the release of their first album Wolfheart...
- Immortal
Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway. The band was formed by Abbathand Demonaz Doom Occulta after their previous band, Amputation, did not take off.-Biography:...
- Ravencult
- Ground Zero System
- Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore band, formed in 1993 in Vaasa.Rotten Sound plays music in the same vein as Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror, lyrically attacking social issues such as greed, conformity and racism...
- Legion of the Damned
Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...
- Hecate Enthroned
Hecate Enthroned are a symphonic black metal band from Cheshire, England.-Biography :The band formed in 1993 under the name Daemonum by singer Jon and guitarist Nigel, as a black/death metal hybrid. After a few practices and recording a demo, vocalist Jon left the band after taking up an offer to...
- Brutal Truth
Brutal Truth are an American deathgrind band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bassist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and have released a new album.-Biography:...
- Dødheimsgard
Dødheimsgard was originally a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1994, but 1999's 666 International saw them change into an experimental and avant-garde / industrial metal band. In 2000, they shortened their name to DHG...
- Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. They are one of the bands to have emerged in Sweden during the Second wave of black metal....
- Tiamat
Tiamat is a heavy metal band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. Their music has been the subject of debate, utilizing subgenres like black metal, progressive, doom/death and gothic, but more recently they have focused on what has been described as "atmospheric"with ethnic, psychedelic and...
- Sodom
Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1982.Along with the bands Kreator and Destruction, Sodom is considered one of the "big three" of Teutonic thrash metal...
- Lobotomized
- Resurrected
- Blood Tsunami
-Biography:Blood Tsunami formed in 2004 with Pete Evil, Jay, Riff Randall and Dor Amazon. The band recorded their first demo shortly thereafter and made their live performance debut on August 24, 2004 as the support act for Swedish death metal legends Entombed. That was followed by a support slot...
- Koldbrann
Koldbrann is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001.Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Mayhem and Darkthrone...
- Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh are a British metal band formed in 1999 who fuse black metal, grindcore, death metal and industrial music. They are currently signed to Candlelight Records.The name comes from Merlin's Charm of Making in John Boorman's Excalibur...
2006
- Battered
Battered is a Norwegian thrash metal band fronted by then-former Einherjer members Frode Glesnes, Gerhard Storesund and Aksel Herløe in 2004. Since then they have only released one demo: ...Beyond Recognition and one album Battered...
- Bloodthorn
Bloodthorn is a Norwegian death metal band from Trondheim. Founded in 1992, they have gone through a number of musical developments, from the doomy, cold tunes of the Natteskyggen demo, to the atmospheric sounds of their debut In The Shadow Of Your Black Wings and their second album Onwards Into...
- Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower are a British death metal band from Coventry, England. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling bands on that label. Their current label is Metal...
- Borknagar
Borknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...
- Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.Carpathian Forest's lyrics deal with themes such as Satanism, evil, anti-Christianity, sodomy, sadism, sexual depravity and suicide.-Biography:...
- Cathedral
Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. Their debut album, Forest of Equilibrium, is considered a classic of the genre...
- Demonizer
- Disiplin
- Dismember
Dismember is a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the extreme metal underground.-History:The band formed in Stockholm in 1988. After a hiatus, during which several members joined Carnage, the band began recording in earnest in 1991 and released their debut, Like...
- Emperor
Emperor were a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. Over the years, the band's music changed to what can be called "extreme symphonic metal" in their later days. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours...
- Endstille
Endstille is a black metal band from Germany. It was founded in 2000 by L Wachtfels , Mayhemic Destructor , Iblis and Cruor in Kiel. L. Wachtfels and Mayhemic Destructor had previously played in the band Tauthr, while Iblis and Cruor came from the band Octoria...
- Face Down
Face Down is a post-thrash/death metal band from Sweden. It was founded in 1993 and disbanded in 1999; they reformed in 2004. The latest formation consisted of singer Marco Aro , drummer Christofer Barkensjö , guitarist Rickard Dahlberg , and bassist Joakim Hedestedt...
- Funeral
Funeral are a Norwegian funeral doom band formed in 1991 by Thomas Angell and Anders Eek; soon afterward, Einar Frederiksen joined as bassist and songwriter and Christian Loos joined as guitarist...
- Imbalance
- Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin is a black metal band from Trondheim, Norway formed in 1993. The group's early lineup consisted of Ghash on vocals, Obsidian C. on guitars and keyboards, Warach on bass, and Vyl on drums. They released two albums under this lineup: Through Times of War in 1997, and Agnen: A Journey...
- Khold
Khold is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2000 after the split-up of Tulus. The band plays midpaced and somewhat "groovy" black metal and has a history of touring with bands such as Behemoth and Satyricon.-Current line-up:*Gard - vocals/guitar...
- Legion
- Manngard
- Marduk
Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1991 and released their first record that year. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...
- Myrkskog
Myrkskog is a death metal band formed in 1993 from Drammen, Norway.-Band history:Usually their music consisted of thunderous high speed double-bass with rapid blastbeats and fills. Guitars were made up of harmonic tremolo picking and sometimes powerchords with fast solos composed by Destructhor...
- Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
- Rimfrost
- Sahg
Sahg is a four-piece Norwegian metal band formed in the summer of 2004. After years of involvement on different ends of the Norwegian rock and metal scene, four hard rock devotees teamed up under the name Sahg. The band consists of King on bass, Olav on lead vocals and guitar, Thomas on guitar and...
- Susperia
Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus.The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film Suspiria, but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues...
- System:Obscure
- The Deviant
- Usurper
- Vesen
- Waklevören
- Witchcraft
Witchcraft is a Swedish doom metal band founded in 2000.-History:Magnus Pelander formed Witchcraft in 2000 in order to record a tribute to Pentagram's Bobby Liebling and Roky Erickson. The "No Angel or Demon" single was released in 2002 by Primitive Art Records which caught the ear of Lee...
2005
- Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth is a Viking-themed melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, founded in 1988 , and named after an alternative name for Mount Doom, a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth...
- Arcturus
Arcturus was a metal band formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortem. In 1990, the band changed their name to Arcturus , after the Behenian fixed star Arcturus.The band released four official full-length albums...
- Aura Noir
Aura Noir is a black metal/thrash metal band from Oslo, Norway. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs...
- Candlemass
Candlemass are a Swedish doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm.-Biography:...
- Chton
- Deceiver
- Dissection
Dissection was a black/death metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989 by Jon Nödtveidt and disbanded in 2006 after Nödtveidt's suicide. Dissection released its first EP in 1991.- Biography :...
- Gehenna
Gehenna is a Norwegian Death/Black metal band.-Biography:Gehenna was formed in January, 1993 by original members Sanrabb, Dolgar, and Sir Vereda. Their first demo, entitled Black Seared Heart, was recorded between the 3rd and 7th of June 1993 in Soundsuite Studios, and was released as a cassette...
- Grave
-Band history:Grave started in 1986 under the name Corpse and changed it to Grave in 1988. They recorded various demos during 1986–1991 and including some singles and EPs as well. Their debut full-length album Into the Grave was released in 1991, which has become a death metal classic over the years...
- Green Carnation
Green Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
- Grimfist
- Goatlord
-Biography:Goatlord began in 1985 although they did not release their first demo until June 1987. Their initial offering was a mixture of sludge and death metal only titled 1987 Demo. A cult following grew and tape-traders re-named this first demo as Forever Black Dwell in Hell, a line take from...
- Gorelord
Gorelord is the one-man side project of Frediablo . Contrary to some reports, Gorelord is based in Norway. In September 2005 Frediablo issued a statement saying he was quitting Necrophagia among all of his music projects and bands he was involved in, except for Grimfist...
- Hatesphere
Hatesphere is a Danish melodic death and thrash metal band from Aarhus. The band was formed in 1998 by guitarist Peter “Pepe” Hansen. As of 2009, the band consists of vocalist Jonathan "Joller" Albrechtsen, guitarists Peter “Pepe” Hansen, and Jakob Nyholm, bassist Mixen Lindberg, and drummer Dennis...
- Horricane
- Lamented Souls
- Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. They, along with Death, Possessed, Obituary, Massacre, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards, separating it from the thrash metal genre...
- Mortiis
Mortiis is a band from Notodden, Norway fronted by Håvard Ellefsen, who is also known as the namesake of the band. The name is a misspelling of the word 'mortis', which is the pronunciation used by the band. However, Mortiis started as the solo project of Ellefsen as a means to convey a story...
- Nebular Mystic
- Naer mataron
Naer Mataron is a black metal band from Greece which draws on imagery from Greek mythology. The band was formed in 1994 after splitting from Nar Mataron, and was soon signed to Black Lotus Records, with whom they released four studio albums...
- Obliteration
- Seth
- She Said Destroy
- Slogstorm
- Sunn O)))
Sunn O))) is an American experimental band that incorporates some elements of the ambient, noise and black metal genres...
- Tsjuder
Tsjuder was a Norwegian black metal band that was founded in 1993.The name Tsjuder was picked from the Norwegian movie The Pathfinder...
- Taakeferd
- Vreid
Vreid is a black metal band that was formed after Windir broke up, following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The band was formed in 2004 by three former Windir members and a new guitarist; Ese...
- Zeenon
2004
- Aborym
Aborym is an Italian/Norwegian industrial black metal band who refer to their style as "hard/black alien industrial metal". This terminology is met out in their image by their use of extreme pornographic and erotic theatrics as well as neon corpse paint, and in their music by their use of...
- Aeternus
Aeternus is a death metal band from Bergen, Norway.-Biography:Aeternus formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. They released their debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, in 1997 on Hammerheart Records , and toured that year with black metal bands Emperor and Limbonic...
- Asmegin
Ásmegin is a Norwegian folk/viking metal band formed in 1998. The name comes from Old Norse and means "by the might of the gods". Ásmegin's lyrics are written in Norwegian as well as some in Old Norse and older Norwegian...
- Decapitated
- Defiled
- Dimension F3h
- Disiplin
- Enslaved
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Haugesund, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal...
- Forgery
- Gorgoroth
- Helheim
- Holy Moses
Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Discography:...
- Khold
Khold is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2000 after the split-up of Tulus. The band plays midpaced and somewhat "groovy" black metal and has a history of touring with bands such as Behemoth and Satyricon.-Current line-up:*Gard - vocals/guitar...
- Konkhra
Konkhra is a Danish death metal band formed in Køge, in 1989.- History :Konkhra was first formed under the name of "Vicious Circle" in Køge—a small town south of Copenhagen—in November 1989. Before changing their name, they issued the self-titled demo Vicious Circle ; renaming themselves...
- Manes
Manes is a band from Trondheim, Norway, which was formed in 1993. They started out as a two-piece band composed of Sargatanas and Cernunnus . They are currently signed to Candlelight Records, but were originally on Hammerheart Records and the Italian experimental label Code666...
- Manifest
- Mayhem
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway. They are regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
- Maze of Torment
- Mercenary
Mercenary is a six-piece metal band from Denmark that was formed in 1991. Although they are usually labelled as a melodic death metal band, they use aspects of power metal in their music, as well as thrash metal in their earlier work.-Biography:...
- MindGrinder
- My Dying Bride
My Dying Bride is an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride has released one demo, three EPs, several singles, ten full-length studio albums, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, one live CD/DVD release, and several video releases. The band released its...
- Myrkskog
Myrkskog is a death metal band formed in 1993 from Drammen, Norway.-Band history:Usually their music consisted of thunderous high speed double-bass with rapid blastbeats and fills. Guitars were made up of harmonic tremolo picking and sometimes powerchords with fast solos composed by Destructhor...
- Pawnshop
- Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ is a Greek metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene. - Line-up :...
- Sadus
Sadus is an American highly technical thrash metal trio from Antioch, California.-History:Sadus was formed in 1984 in Antioch, California. While its very first efforts were based highly on Slayer, the band gradually progressed and developed its sound into a unique, innovative kind of music...
- Sinners Bleed
- Susperia
Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus.The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film Suspiria, but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues...
- Tonka
2003
- 1349
1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997. The band's musical style and songwriting is modeled after that of bands from the Second Wave of Norwegian black metal of the early 1990s, and notably does not incorporate synthesizers...
- Alsvartr
- Audiopain
Audiopain is a Norwegian thrash metal band, formed in 1996. Fenriz of Darkthrone has written the lyrics for Infuriation Scalp on the EP Revel In Desecration.Their lyrical themes are based on antireligion, death and pain.-Current members:...
- Belphegor
Belphegor is an Austrian blackened death metal band from Salzburg, originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...
- Cadaver
Cadaver was a death metal band from Råde, Norway. The band had a brief venture in the early 1990s before splitting in 1993. Cadaver would eventually re-emerge as Cadaver Inc. in 1999 which consisted of only one founding member...
- Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo, formed in 1993. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Alexi Laiho , Roope Latvala , Janne Wirman , Henkka Seppälä , and Jaska Raatikainen...
- Deride
- Entombed
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal, by the early 1990s their sound had broadened to include hardcore punk and other influences. This new style would eventually be...
- Exmortem
Exmortem is a band which was formed in Denmark in 1992 and was at that time called Mordor. The first demo "Souls Of Purity" was released in 1993. In December 1994 the debut album Labyrinths Of Horror was recorded and it was released in June 1995, by Euphonious Records.In 1997 Exmortem was ready...
- Grand Alchemist
- Immortal
Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway. The band was formed by Abbathand Demonaz Doom Occulta after their previous band, Amputation, did not take off.-Biography:...
- Koldbrann
Koldbrann is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001.Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Mayhem and Darkthrone...
- Lost at Last
- Lumsk
Lumsk is a folk metal band from Trondheim, Norway. It combines traditional Norwegian folk music and folklore with rock, progressive rock and metal...
- Madder Mortem
Madder Mortem is a Norwegian progressive metal band. They were formed in 1993 as Mystery Tribe.-Current lineup:* Agnete M. Kirkevaag − Vocals * BP M...
- N.C.O
- Necrophagia
Necrophagia was one of the first death metal bands, assembled in 1983. Their name derives from the act of cannibalizing, or eating a corpse. The word derives from the two Greek words nekron and phagein .-Early days:...
- Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. While the band has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force since joining promptly after its inception....
- Perished
- Ragnarok
Ragnarok is a Norwegian black metal band. The band was formed in Sarpsborg, Norway in 1994 by Jerv and Jontho, after they left Thoth, their previous band. Lyrical themes include paganism, Vikings, anti-Christianity, and Satanism...
- Raise Hell
Raise Hell is a thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. The group changed names several times in their early history; their first demo, 1997's Nailed, was released under the name In Cold Blood, a name they abandoned for Raise Hell after signing with Nuclear Blast--which they did while still in...
- Red Harvest
Red Harvest are a Norwegian industrial metal band from Oslo. Their 2002 album Sick Transit Gloria Mundi was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category...
- Runemagick
Runemagick is a Swedish Death/Doom band formed in 1990, with more than a dozen albums to their name.-History:The band was started in 1990 by Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson under the name Desiderius, which was quickly changed to Runemagic. First, the band consisted solely of Rudolfsson, but he was...
- Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy...
- Sirenia
Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway which incorporates a mixture of gothic metal and symphonic metal, as well as extreme metal and death metal elements...
- Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
- The Allseeing I
- The Kovenant
- Taake
Taake is a Norwegian black metal band whose name is derived from the Norwegian word "tåke" which means fog.-History:In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg, now known as Ulvhedin Høst , formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with Svartulv, who was only twelve years old at the...
- Vader
Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series.-Biography:...
2002
- 1349
1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997. The band's musical style and songwriting is modeled after that of bands from the Second Wave of Norwegian black metal of the early 1990s, and notably does not incorporate synthesizers...
- Aeternus
Aeternus is a death metal band from Bergen, Norway.-Biography:Aeternus formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. They released their debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, in 1997 on Hammerheart Records , and toured that year with black metal bands Emperor and Limbonic...
- Agressor
- Behemoth
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
- Black Comedy
- Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne is a death metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. They released their fourth full-length album, Come Death, on 27 August, 2007...
- Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.Carpathian Forest's lyrics deal with themes such as Satanism, evil, anti-Christianity, sodomy, sadism, sexual depravity and suicide.-Biography:...
- Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark fortresses" in Icelandic and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...
- Eternal Silence
Eternal Silence is a Half-Life 2 modification blending FPS and space combat genres in a team based multiplayer game. The first public release, beta 1.0, was released on September 23 2006. It was originally developed as a mod of Battlefield 1942, then converted to the Source engine. The latest...
- Lock Up
Lock Up is a deathgrind side project created by bassist Shane Embury, with the late Jesse Pintado on guitar, and Nicholas Barker on drums.They released Pleasures Pave Sewers in 1999 featuring Peter Tägtgren on vocals, and Hate Breeds Suffering in 2002, with vocalist Tomas Lindberg.Having played no...
- Lost in Time
- Lowdown
"Lowdown" is a song written by Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their third album Chicago III . It was the second single released from this album, and peaked at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100....
- Manatark
- Minas Tirith
Wuthering Heights is a Danish heavy metal band, with a somewhat eclectic musical style which falls in somewhere between progressive, folk, and power metal.- Biography :...
- Nocturnal Breed
Nocturnal Breed is a Norwegian thrash metal band, formed in Oslo in 1996 by singer/bassist S. A Destroyer and guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud .-Members:*Kenneth : vocals/bass...
- Scariot
Scariot is a Norwegian progressive metal band founded by Daniel Olaisen in 1997. The band has been through several lineup changes, and Olaisen is the only original member still remaining....
- Source of Tide
- Vintersorg
Vintersorg is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, Sweden, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron...
- Windir
Windir was a folkloric black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with Norwegian folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994, and released its debut album in 1997...
- Witchery
Witchery is a Swedish thrash metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. The current lineup is vocalist Tony Kampner, guitarists Patrik Jensen and Rille Rimfält, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, and drummer Martin Axenrot...
- Zection 8
2001
- Audiopain
Audiopain is a Norwegian thrash metal band, formed in 1996. Fenriz of Darkthrone has written the lyrics for Infuriation Scalp on the EP Revel In Desecration.Their lyrical themes are based on antireligion, death and pain.-Current members:...
- Bloodthorn
Bloodthorn is a Norwegian death metal band from Trondheim. Founded in 1992, they have gone through a number of musical developments, from the doomy, cold tunes of the Natteskyggen demo, to the atmospheric sounds of their debut In The Shadow Of Your Black Wings and their second album Onwards Into...
- Borknagar
Borknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...
- Burning Rubber
- Cadaver Inc
- Crest of Darkness
- Cybele
- Enslaved
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Haugesund, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal...
- Farout Fishing
- Gehenna
Gehenna is a Norwegian Death/Black metal band.-Biography:Gehenna was formed in January, 1993 by original members Sanrabb, Dolgar, and Sir Vereda. Their first demo, entitled Black Seared Heart, was recorded between the 3rd and 7th of June 1993 in Soundsuite Studios, and was released as a cassette...
- Hades Almighty
Hades Almighty are a black metal band hailing from Bergen, Norway. They were formed in 1992, originally under the moniker Hades. They were forced to change their name to Hades Almighty in 1998, following complaints from an American band with a prior claim to the name...
- Khold
Khold is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2000 after the split-up of Tulus. The band plays midpaced and somewhat "groovy" black metal and has a history of touring with bands such as Behemoth and Satyricon.-Current line-up:*Gard - vocals/guitar...
- M-Eternal
- Pain
Pain is an industrial metal musical project from Sweden. The project started out as a hobby project for front man Peter Tägtgren, whose idea was to fuse metal with techno influences. Tägtgren, who is also the vocalist/guitarist of Hypocrisy and producer of his own The Abyss studios, is the only...
- Peccatum
Peccatum was an avant-garde metal band from Norway. Their influences range from black metal, progressive metal, industrial music, symphonic metal and gothic metal to European classical music and contemporary music.-Biography:...
- Ram-Zet
Ram-Zet is an extreme metal, avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1998. It began as a one-man project by singer and guitarist Zet, which later evolved into a full-grown band with the arrival of Küth and Solem , leading to the release of Ram-Zet's debut album Pure Therapy in September...
- Red Harvest
Red Harvest are a Norwegian industrial metal band from Oslo. Their 2002 album Sick Transit Gloria Mundi was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category...
- Susperia
Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus.The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film Suspiria, but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues...
- Tidfall
- Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears is a Norwegian Gothic/symphonic black metal band originally formed in 1994 under the name of Natt. Through most of their career the band emphasised the use of contrasting soprano and death grunt vocals, but with the release of Free Fall into Fear in 2005, the band switched this...
- Witchery
Witchery is a Swedish thrash metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. The current lineup is vocalist Tony Kampner, guitarists Patrik Jensen and Rille Rimfält, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, and drummer Martin Axenrot...
- Zeenon
- Zyklon
Zyklon is a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Emperor, along with former members of Myrkskog. Their style has been defined as modern death metal with black and industrial undertones...