I am going to Beyond the Gates this year, my first visits to both the festival itself and Bergen. The entire line up looks very good (2-3 bands I don’t know/care for), but the main draw is King Diamond. King Diamond and Mercyful Fate at the two bands I have to see live to finally be able to die happy, so I really can’t wait for this. But there will be a lot of set lists that really hit the spot for me.
Abbath Doom Occulta - Return to the Raven Realms set
Bar All Shall Fall, every single track is a banger. I don’t care much for Abbath’s solo albums, so this is looking promising.
Helheim - Jormundgand set
I like pretty much everything they’ve released and would be happy nonetheless, but Jormundgang and Av Norrøn Ætt Are by far my favorite Helheim albums, so a Jormundgsng det looks so good. I hope they play the album in its entirety.
Taake - Doesdkvad 20th anniversary set
I’ve seen Taake several times and never been too impressed, but they’ve played a lot of the stuff released after Doedskvad, which I simply don’t care for, so this should be fun. My favorite Taake album, although it’s close between the three first albums.
Gehenna - Original line-up - First three albums set
I mainly listen to the two first albums, but I am all for this. Should be fun.
Destruction - 40 Years of Infernal Overkill
My favorite Destruction album, and they seem to be playing the entire thing. Seen them a few times and they always deliver, even when they play newer stuff I don’t like.
Absu - Featuring Zemial: The Sun of Tiphareth 30th Anniversary
Looks like Absu is playing the entire / most of the masterpiece that is The Sun of Tiphareth, their best album alongside The Third Storm of Cythraul, and ends their set with a handful of classic Zemial songs as Zemial are Prospector’s backing band for this. Looks amazing!
I Am Morbid
They’ve been out on this 30 Years of Domination tour, playing a handful of tracks from Domination and a couple of Altsrs of Madness, Blessed Are the Sick and Covenant. I’m not a fan of Domination, but this might change that. Seeing Morbid Angel play Covenant in its entirety changed my views on that album. Went in not being a fan of the album, but I’ve been a huge fan ever since.
Triptykon plays Celtic Frost
I am not a fan of Triptykon, so this is awesome. They seem to be playing three tracks off of the let Celtic Frost album which I don’t care for, but the rest are bangers.
And beside that I am really looking forward to Hellbuther, Attic, Hellripper, Koldbrann, Askeregn, Misþyrming, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Eternal Evil, Morax, Candlemass, Trinulation, Hexvessel and Dark Sonority.
Kinda looking forward to Paradise Lost, Lucifer, Opeth and Furia as well, although I don’t think any of these are gonna please me too much.
I was actually really looking forward to Opeth after being told they played a really old school set, but the oldest is from Blackwater Park. I like Blackwater Park, but I won’t call it old school Opeth. They had four albums before this, but I don’t play anything off them. That’s so disappointing to me.
But other than that this looks incredible on paper. Can’t wait!