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Inferno Metal Festival

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 Jan-Martin Jensen of Radar Booking in 2001.

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. 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. 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. Inferno tattoo fair & art exhibition As part of IMC, a tattoo fair and an art exhibition are organized, including sales booths for the artists. The exhibition takes place at the festival hotel, while the tattoo fair is located at the main venue, Rockefeller. ==Lineups==
Lineups
2026 The 2026 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 2 to 5 April. Deicide, Mayhem, Cult of Luna, Enslaved, Tormentor, The Kovenant, Kanonenfieber, Old Man’s Child, Incantation, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Samael, Primordial, Svarttjern, Mùr, Whoredom Rife, Auðn, 1914, Funeral, Darvaza, Mork, Carnivore A.D., Groza, Sadistic Intent, Firespawn, Hulder, Morax, Bizarrekult, Nite, Myr, Nihilvm, Hierophant, Perchta, Forsman, Sovereign, Angell, Abhorration. 2025 The 2025 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 17 to 20 April, featuring the highest number of artists in the festival's history. This was also the first festival held without founder, festival director, and head booker Jan-Martin Jensen, who died from cancer in February of the same year. A number of tributes were made in Jensen's honor during concerts and other events, and he was awarded the Bylarmer of the Year prize shortly before his death. Behemoth, Satyricon, Abbath, 1349, Rotting Christ, Septicflesh, Batushka, Tsjuder, Tiamat, Kylesa, Aura Noir, Naglfar, Blood Incantation, Necrophobic, Cadaver, Schammasch, Gaera, Dødheimsgaard, Coven, Celeste, Minami Deutsch, In the woods..., Seth, Spectral Wound, Aeternus, Negative Plane, Sibiir, Non Est Deus, John Cxnnor, Lamentari, Kirkebrann, Violent Magic Orchestra, Bismarck, Abyssic, Bythos, Syn, Attan, Vorbid. 2023 The 2023 edition took 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 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: 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 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. 2015 The 2015 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from 1. April (club night), to 4. April. Headliners were: 1349, ADE, Arcturus, Behemoth, Bloodbath, Crescent, Enslaved, Kampfar, My Dying Bride, Septicflesh, Taake 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. 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, Ihsahnm Mayhem, Como Muertos, Sarkom, Irr, Exumer, Necrophagist, Årabrot, Taake, Deströyer 666, The Kovenant, Death Angel 2009 The 2009 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall from April 8 (club night), to April 11. • Carpathian ForestKeep of KalessinVreidParadise LostNegură BungetSamaelSeptic FleshPestilencePantheon IHelheimKampfarKoldbrannSwallow the SunDew-ScentedTrollCodeRootBlack ComedyVicious ArtGrand MagusExecrationRamessesUnearthly TranceTaetreAzarathKraaniumEpisode 13SeregonThe Battalion, in replacement for Meshuggah • Krypt • SahgSarkeMenceaWarlord UK 20081349Gaahl and King ov Hell (under the name Gorgoroth) • UnleashedSatyriconKeep of KalessinBehemothGallhammerDestructionKruxShiningTulusTristaniaCult of LunaOverkillSkitlivKruxObliterationGorefestOnslaughtThe BattalionDead to This WorldMortal SinDiskordNegură BungetVreidDesecration 2007 The 2007 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall on April 5, April 6 and April 7. • Norwegian Metal All-StarsTrinacriaPrimordialZyklonSuffocationFatal Demeanor • Karkadan • UnspokenParadigmaWatainRed Harvest (After Sabbat cancelled) • God DethronedSighMoonspellImmortalRavencultGround Zero SystemRotten SoundLegion of the DamnedHecate EnthronedBrutal TruthDødheimsgardDark FuneralTiamatSodomLobotomizedResurrectedBlood TsunamiKoldbrannAnaal Nathrakh Kick-off party • Allfader • Olm 2006 The 2006 edition took place at Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee from the 13th to the 15th of April. • BatteredBloodthornBolt ThrowerBorknagarCarpathian ForestCathedralDemonizerDisiplinDismemberEmperorEndstilleFace DownFuneralImbalanceKeep of KalessinKhold • Legion • ManngardMardukMyrkskogNightrageRimfrostSahgSusperiaSystem:ObscureThe Deviant • Usurper • VesenWaklevörenWitchcraft 2005Amon AmarthArcturusAura NoirCandlemassChtonDeceiverDissectionGehennaGraveGreen CarnationGrimfistGoatlordGorelordHatesphere • Horricane • Lamented SoulsMorbid AngelMortiisNebular MysticNaer mataronObliterationSethShe Said DestroySlogstormSunn O)))TsjuderTaakeferdVreidZeenon 2004AborymAeternusAsmeginDecapitatedDefiledDimension F3hDisiplinEnslavedForgeryGorgorothHelheimHoly MosesKholdKonkhraManesManifestMayhemMaze of TormentMercenaryMindGrinderMy Dying BrideMyrkskogPawnshopRotting ChristSadusSinners BleedSusperiaTonka 20031349AlsvartrAudiopainBelphegorCadaverChildren of BodomDerideEntombed • Exmortem • Grand AlchemistImmortalKoldbrannLost at LastLumskMadder MortemN.C.O.NecrophagiaOpeth • Perished • RagnarokRaise HellRed HarvestRunemagickShadows FallThyruzSireniaSoilwork • The Allseeing I • The KovenantTaakeVader 20021349AeternusAgressorBehemothBlack Comedy • Blood Red Throne • Carpathian ForestDimmu BorgirEternal SilenceLock UpLost in TimeLowdownManatarkMinas TirithNocturnal BreedScariotSource of TideVintersorgWindirWitcheryZection 8 2001AudiopainBloodthornBorknagar • Burning Rubber • Cadaver Inc.Crest of DarknessCybeleEnslavedFarout FishingGehennaHades AlmightyKholdM-EternalPainPeccatumRam-ZetRed HarvestSusperiaTidfallTrail of TearsWitcheryZeenonZyklon ==See also==
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