Beyond the Gates announce their biggest and most ambitious festival yet!
5th March 2020With Candlemass, 1349, Whoredom Rife, Hexvessel and Year of the Goat capping off the already stacked bill, featuring bands like Mercyful Fate, Opeth, Enslaved, Heilung and Sodom, the 2020 edition of Beyond the Gates will be sure to kick things up a notch.
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Says Beyond the Gates festival boss, Torgrim Ăyre:
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– Beyond the Gates 2020 is by far the biggest and most ambitious metal event in Bergen ever. Being so fortunate as to have a band like Mercyful Fate headlining the event is certainly a dream come true.
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The band will perform one of very few indoor shows this summer in the iconic Grieghallen, one of Norwayâs most revered concert venues. This is also where legendary albums like Mayhemâs âDe Mysteriis Dom Sathanasâ, Emperorâs âIn the Nightside Eclipseâ, Immortalâs âBattles in the Northâand Enslavedâs âFrostâ were recorded.
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The festival will run for four days, each loosely based on different concepts with Heilung, Sodom, Mercyful Fate and Opeth headlining their respective days. Ăyre says:
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The festival has a very diverse bill this year with all four days moving in different directions, from black metal, via alternative music and prog, as well as more traditional metal, we feel that we are branching out. Bands are going out of their way to make this a special occasion. Mercyful Fate will be joined by Candlemass, who will perform the seminal doom classic âNightfallâ in its entirety, and Enslaved will perform one of modern prog metals finest hours, âBelow the Lightsâ. Needless to say, we are very excited indeed.
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The festival will utilize three different concert venues and promises to include black metal landmark sight-seeing, signing sessions, listening parties, panels, in-depth live interviews and DJâs – lots of events and activities that hopefully will give you a Beyond the Gates Experience that will last for a lifetime.
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Full line-up:
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WEDNESDAYÂ
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USF Verftet:
Heilung
Gaahls WYRD
Me and That Man
Vemod
Year of the GoatÂ
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THURSDAY
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USF Verftet:
Sodom
1349
Dead Congregation
Whoredom Rife
Darvaza
Possession
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Kvarteret – Terratur Possessions showcase
Drottinn – matinĂ© show
Umbra Conscientia – matinĂ© show
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FRIDAY
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Grieghallen:
Mercyful Fate
Candlemass – âNightfallâ
Tribulation
Idle Hands
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Kvarteret (club shows):
Archgoat – matinĂ© show
Djevel – matinĂ© show
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Mystik (Afterparty presented by Born For Burning)
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SATURDAY
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USF Verftet:
Opeth
Enslaved – âBelow the LightsâÂ
Perturbator
HexvesselÂ
Chapel of Disease
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