FEBRUARY 22nd, 2025
PRE-SHOW INFORMATION
FOR THE INFERNO FESTIVAL 2025
HOTEL INFORMATION:
The Inferno family; artists and fans, media and music industry will gather at the official festival hotel Clarion Hotel The Hub for happenings, partying and a good night of sleep. The Inferno Music Conference will take place at the hotel in the daytime Thursday and Friday. There will be pre- and after- parties in the Hub Bar with Inferno DJs, artist interviews, the famous Black Metal Auction hosted by Tore Bratseth and more! For guests staying at the hotel, it will be Oslo’s best hotel breakfast until 11:00 (you don't want to miss it) and free access to swimming pool and sauna.
The Hub boasts Oslo’s best location, right in the city centre, next to Oslo Central Station and the Airport Express Train – and only about a five minutes walk from the venues Rockefeller & John Dee, SALT, Kniven, Vaterland and Rock In. No expensive taxi rides!
The special Inferno discount price is valid in the period April 13th - 22nd, 2025.
Extend your stay and experience Oslo!
Prices start at 1005 NOK for a standard double room with single occupancy and 1234 NOK for a double room with 2 occupants. Voucher Code: INFERNO
These prices will increase from March 17th, 2025
Go to https://www.strawberryhotels.com/hotell/?search=inferno-no to order and make sure the discount/booking code INFERNO is enabled to get the correct festival prices.
Clarion Hotel The Hub
Biskop Gunnerus gate 3
N-0106 Oslo, Norway
Tel. + 47 23 10 80 00
E-mail: cl.thehub@choice.no
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clarionthehub
Offical Website: Clarion Oslo - The Hub
The Inferno Music Conference has been organized since 2006 in conjunction with the Inferno Metal Festival. From being a small informal meeting place for industry and media that nevertheless came to the Inferno Metal Festival, it has now become a big conference. In 2022 we had a total of 243 delegates from 35 different countries, which makes it the largest metal music conference in the world! Inferno Music Conference is a unique offering for anyone who works with metal and who wants to find international partners.
The Inferno Metal Festival has been the most important music festival in Norway for the metal genre since 2001 and is held every year at Easter at Rockefeller and John Dee as well as local clubs in Oslo. Around 300 international delegates (press / labels / producers / artists etc.) visit the festival every year.
****The conference is held at Clarion Hotel® The Hub ****
Main Goal
The music business is always changing. To achieve long-term survival, a business must develop and adapt with the times. Inferno Music Conference creates an opportunity to keep up with the changes and to expand networks. Our genre is strong and narrow, and we love it! Our main goal is to create the world's best and most important meeting place for the International metal music industry.
Equality - we're all red on the inside
Inferno Music Conference is an international music conference where everyone is welcome. All genders from any continent; we all have a strong common denominator; metal music. We work diligently to help create a well-mixed collection of women and men from all over the planet. Unfortunately, we see that there is an uneven distribution of gender in today's industry and do what we can to contribute in this area.
This year, the conference features such events as:
BLACK METAL BUS SIGHTSEEING TOUR:
Join us on a tour of some of the places that marked the beginning of the legend
of Norwegian black metal. Guide: Anders Odden (Cadaver, Celtic Frost, Order).
The myths about the early history of Norwegian black metal are many. Countless documentaries, films,
and books have tried to find answers to what happened in Norway in the early ‘90s. Being able to visit the
places where these events took place, with someone who was there, makes it a personal journey.
Through his record store, Helvete, and his band, Mayhem, Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, became a
key figure in the scene. He both inspired and promoted all the early bands in the Norwegian metal scene,
such as Emperor, Darkthrone, Immortal, Burzum, and others. He was later killed by Varg Vikernes, aka
Greven, the notorious leader of Burzum, in his apartment on August 10, 1993, after a year of turmoil in the
growing underground scene in Oslo and Bergen.
This date marked the end of an era. The small scene, which had been unknown to the public until then,
became infamous in the tabloid media and made headlines far beyond Norway.
Anders Odden formed his first black metal band, Slaught, in 1986 after attending a Mayhem rehearsal
at the age of 14. He was one of the pioneers of the underground scene, which involved tape trading,
organizing concerts, and creating his own form of extreme metal.
He formed Cadaver in 1988 and released the first Norwegian death metal album on Earache Records in
1990. Cadaver played concerts with Darkthrone, Mayhem, Old Funeral, and many other bands that would
later become important in the early Norwegian black metal scene. This excursion will feature exclusive
anecdotes and personal memories of the early days of the community from someone who experienced it
firsthand.
BLACK METAL BUS SIGHTSEEING - A FIELD TRIP THROUGH NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL ITINERARY
11:30 Meet up with ticket in the lobby, The Hub, Inferno Festival Hotel
12:00 Departure from The Hub, Inferno Festival Hotel
12:30 Langhus Station
13:15 Ski Cemetery
13:45 NOSEBLEEDS RECORDS, aka “HELVETE” (1991-1993)
15:00 Holmenkollen Chapel
16:00 Return to The Hub, Inferno Festival Hotel
TICKET INFORMATION:
https://www.infernofestival.net/no/Festival/News.aspx
**bus tour MUST be purchased separately from Festival/Conference tickets**
Tattoo Fair:
Inferno Metal Festival welcomes all tattoo fans and art lovers to our annual Tattoo Fair!
The tattoo show has been a part of the Inferno Metal Festival for years. The famous “dozen of chosen” artists will be taking a stand on the left wing of our main venue, Rockefeller Music Hall. There will be a strong group of international award-winning artists that will be happy to visualize your creative ideas in a form of safe, beautiful, custom-made tattoos. Artists list coming soon.
Discussions about:
Drag Music Bingo!
Smashing through Walls: Metal in the Middle East
In Defense of Valhalla
and more coming soon!!!
For more information on the Inferno Music conference, where to buy tickets, and details on speakers and events, please click on the links below:
Home Page: https://www.infernomusicconference.com/
Early Bird Tickets: https://www.infernomusicconference.com/tickets
INFERNO FESTIVAL 2025 LINE-UP & SCHEDULE
BUY TICKETS HERE
WEBSITE:
https://www.infernofestival.net/no/festival/news.aspx
SCHEDULE:
https://www.infernofestival.net/no/festival/artistsschedule.aspx
