Bergen’s Past The Gates pageant has introduced its first eight bands for 2025.
The four-day black/demise steel weekender, which takes place from July 30 to August 2, will probably be headlined by squealer extraordinaire King Diamond, enjoying his first Norwegian present in nearly 20 years.
Decrease down on the invoice are Abbath Doom Occulta enjoying songs from his years in Immortal, Triptykon performing Celtic Frost classics, and Destruction celebrating 40 years of debut album Infernal Overkill. David Vincent’s I Am Morbid, Hellbutcher, Hellripper and Darkish Sonority have additionally been confirmed.
Weekend tickets to the pageant at the moment are in the stores for 3,785 Norwegian Krone (roughly £269).
Competition booker Torgrim Øyre feedback: “For the primary time in 19 years, King Diamond will return to Norway together with his improbable, horror-infused, heavy steel spectacle. The King will grant us with a present second to none. The Saint Lucifer’s Hospital tour has been wreaking havoc within the US these days and we will’t wait till it arrives at these shores!”
In July, King Diamond introduced the North American leg of his Saint Lucifer’s Hospital tour, which is at present underway and can subsequent cease at The Complicated in Salt Lake Metropolis tomorrow (November 16). Notably, black steel solo artist Myrkur is a part of Diamond’s stay lineup for the tour, dealing with keys and vocals. Whether or not Myrkur will probably be current through the Past The Gates set is as but unconfirmed.
Past The Gates is now coming into its thirteenth yr and will probably be held at numerous Bergen venues. Amongst them is the famed black steel hub Grieghallen, the place such masterpieces as Emperor’s Anthems To The Welkin At Nightfall and Mayhem’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas had been recorded.
This yr, the occasion was headlined by Watain, Mayhem and Trelldom. Behemoth, Venom, Enslaved, Satyricon and Dying SS additionally had outstanding locations on the lineup.
