Inferno Metal Festival

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Inferno Metal Festival
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Genre Heavy metal
DatesEaster
Locations Oslo, Norway
Coordinates 59°54′58″N10°45′03″E / 59.9162°N 10.7508°E / 59.9162; 10.7508
Years active2001–present
Website infernofestival.net

Inferno Metal Festival (usually referred to simply as Inferno or the Inferno 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. [1]

Contents

Concerts are mainly held at Rockefeller Music Hall plus its basement venue John Dee. The early evening programme is scattered around smaller venues nearby – Kniven, Goldie, Vaterland, Dattera til Hagen, amongst others. [2]

Like the Beyond The Gates festival in Bergen, the Inferno Festival offers a “fringe program” where concertgoers are provided with daytime activities. One example is Black Metal Bus Sightseeing, a guided tour with Anders Odden to locations of historical interest for metal fans, including the record store Helvete. [3] [4] 60 percent of Inferno’s festival tickets are sold abroad, attracting audiences from over 50 countries. The fringe program has therefore received funding from the Research Council of Norway, which is also studying the ripple effects for the regions hosting the two festivals. [5] [6]

Inferno Music Conference (IMC)

Parallel to the festival, the Inferno Music Conference (IMC) takes place, with hundreds of delegates including international festival bookers, agents, press, and PR companies. [7] The conference was first held in 2006. In 2024, nearly 300 delegates from 36 countries participated in panel debates and Q&A sessions, making it the largest metal conference in the world. [8] The conference is organized in cooperation with partners such as Fritt Ord, the international news portal Metal Injection, Creo – the Union for Art and Culture, Music Norway, BandOrg, AKKS, RadiOrakel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Indie Recordings. Previous partners have included Innovation Norway and the US Embassy. [9]

Inferno Tattoo Fair & Art Exhibition

As part of IMC, a tattoo fair and an art exhibition are organized, including sales booths for the artists. Both take place during the daytime at the festival hotel. [10] [11] [12]

Lineups

2023

The 2023 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 6 to 9 April.

2022

The 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:

2020

The 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. [13] [14]

2019

The 2019 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 18. to 21. April.

2018

The 2018 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 29. March, to 1. April.

2017

The 2017 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 12. April (club night) Vulcan Arena, to 15. April.

2016

The 2016 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 23. April (club night), to 26. April.

2015

The 2015 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 1. April (club night), to 4. April.

2014

The 2014 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 16. April (club night), to 19. April.

2013

The 2013 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 27. March (club night), to 30. March.

2012

The 2012 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 4. April (club night), to the 7. April.

2011

The 2011 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from April 20 (club night), to April 23.

2010

The 2010 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from March 31 (club night), to April 3.

2009

The 2009 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from April 8 (club night), to April 11.

2008

2007

The 2007 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall on April 5, April 6 and April 7.

Kick-off party

2006

The 2006 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee from the 13th to the 15th of April.

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

See also

References

  1. ↑ NRK (2002-04-23). "Infernosjefen takker for seg". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Inferno venues". www.infernofestival.net. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  3. ↑ "INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2024 – Black Metal Bus Sightseeing returns – Eternal Terror Live" . Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Black Metal Sightseeing Bus Tour". Flickr. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  5. ↑ Kleveland, Guro (2021-01-05). "Metal-turisme med merverdi • ballade.no". ballade.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Arena Oslo Podden #4 - Åsmund Prytz om Innovasjon, virkemiddelapparatet, samarbeid og metal". Spotify. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  7. ↑ "Metal-påsken tilbake for fullt med 180 Inferno-delegater". musicnorway.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  8. ↑ "About". Inferno Music Conference. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  9. ↑ "Speakers". Inferno Music Conference. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  10. ↑ "@infernoartandtattoos at Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  11. ↑ "Tattoo Fair | Inferno Metal Festival". Inferno Music Conference. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  12. ↑ "Art Exhibition". Inferno Music Conference. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "Inferno Metal Festival Cancels 2020 Edition Due To Norway Shutdown and Coronavirus Concerns". metalunderground.com. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  15. ↑ "Inferno 2016 - March 23-26th 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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