Inferno Metallic Competition is already stoking the fires for its 2026 version, and the primary wave of bands is nothing wanting fairly fuckin’ evil. The long-running excessive metallic gathering will return to Oslo throughout Easter weekend, April 2 by 5, taking on a number of venues throughout the town for 4 days of darkness and devastation.
The opening announcement reads like a dream lineup for followers of the intense: dying metallic legends Deicide, symphonic black metallic staples Old Man’s Child and The Kovenant, German historic black/dying upstarts Kanonenfieber, and U.S. dying metallic veterans Incantation. They will be joined by Norwegian black metallic torchbearers Whoredom Rife, the hellish collaboration Darvaza, Austrian pagan metallic act Perchta, and atmospheric black metallic challenge Myr.
Extra acts will likely be revealed within the months main as much as the pageant, however this primary announcement already guarantees a mixture of iconic names, cult favorites, and rising forces throughout the intense spectrum. Inferno Metallic Competition Norway 2026 to this point contains:
- Deicide
- Outdated Man’s Baby
- The Kovenant
- Kanonenfieber
- Incantation
- Whoredom Rife
- Darvaza
- Perchta
- Myr
Tickets and passes are on sale now for what is bound to be one other unforgettable Easter weekend in Oslo. I am fairly certain Jesus could be thrilled, too. Get your tickets here.
For over twenty years, Inferno Metallic Competition has reigned as one of many world’s most iconic gatherings for excessive music, drawing followers to the very coronary heart of black metallic’s homeland — Oslo, Norway. Since its inception in 2001, the pageant has hosted round 70 concert events every year, overlaying black, dying, thrash, doom, and past. With greater than 60% of tickets bought to followers from over 50 nations, Inferno has turn out to be a real cult phenomenon, attracting metallic pilgrims desperate to expertise the style the place it was born.
The beating coronary heart of Inferno is the legendary Rockefeller venue, a Norwegian establishment since 1986 and the nation’s most often used live performance corridor. However the pageant spills far past Rockefeller’s partitions — turning Oslo right into a four-day metallic metropolis each Easter.
It isn’t simply in regards to the music — Inferno Music Convention runs alongside the pageant, bringing collectively a whole bunch of delegates from the worldwide metallic trade for dialogue panels, networking occasions, and instrument clinics. Held on the official pageant lodge, Clarion Resort The Hub, the convention provides an opportunity to attach with professionals and artists from round 50 nations.
The pageant expertise extends even additional with film screenings, tattoo artists, artwork exhibitions, beer tastings, sauna classes, signing occasions, and guided excursions of Oslo’s black metallic landmarks. Your 4-day pageant move grants you entry to Wednesday’s opening concert events and daytime membership exhibits scattered across the metropolis, making each hour of Easter weekend a possibility for discovery (or destruction).
The Hub itself is a hub in each sense — internet hosting pre- and after-parties with Inferno DJs, artist interviews, and the famed Black Metallic Public sale hosted by Tore Bratseth. Company on the lodge can gas up on Oslo’s greatest breakfast (served till 11:00), chill out within the pool and sauna, and swap tales with fellow followers, artists, and media from throughout the globe.
Whether or not you are there for the riffs, the trade connections, or simply the once-in-a-lifetime environment, Inferno Metallic Competition stays the last word pilgrimage for excessive music devotees — and 2026 is already shaping as much as be one for the ages.
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