Fri 25 May – Dimmu Borgir

This was the kick-off to Defile The Holy Cross, European Tour 2012. The venue in Bodø is pretty tiny, but goddamn what an atmosphere! It took a while before the entire crowd arrived, but as soon as it did, it remained absolutely packed for the whole show, non-stop. Both floors were jumping, headbanging and throwing their fists into the air, singing along to all the classics from Enthrone Darkness Triumphant.

The opener was exquisite - a masterful performance of Mourning Palace. They kept the pace up, before finishing with a display of utter dominance…

Live @ Lerkendal Stadium here in Trondheim. \o/

Ozzy Osbourne came to Norway again, and put on quite the show. The only songs I recognized were "Mama I'm coming home" and "Paranoid", but apparently, he said he played some tracks from the new album.

All in all, I was a little disappointed. I've always heard a load of ranting about how Black Sabbath were so hardcore and satanic, so my expectations were high, being a black metal fan. But no. I don't know what music Black Sabbath plays, but Ozzy isn't even beyond hard rock, IMO. You would have to…

Blasting good concert. Best show ever. Avatar opened with some ear-splitting metal, which I do believe was black, or a black/death combination. I've never heard of them before, but they are extremely skilled on the technical side of things, and they appeared to have lots of experience with playing live. All in all, Avatar rules.

And then In Flames took the stage. Wow. Between the two bands, both from Gothenburg, they delivered a massively awesome night for everyone present. The bass thundered hard enough to put shame on Thor himself.. and by Odin, that's not easy to do. Not to…

11th of Nov, I attended a Satyricon concert. I can't say much more than this to describe it: It was fricking awesome. There is no word, in any language, to accurately describe the degree of awesomeness that show brought.

The speakers thundered with Frost's insane barrages and Satyr's screams seemed to rip into my very spine. If a nuclear bomb paired with a thousand orgasms could be described in sound, this concert would definitely be that sound. I had goosebumps the entire first half of the 3 hour long show.

I could've been without the constant rain of beer and…