Dimmu Borgir, Kreator, Gorgoroth, Deicide to Headline
Beyond The Gates festival is now revealing the full lineup for its eleventh edition, which will take place in the heart of Bergen, Norway from August 2 - August 5, 2023! The full lineup and daily schedules, which includes Dimmu Borgir's only performance in 2023 as well as special album sets from Deicide, Enslaved, and Primordial, is as follows:
Dimmu Borgir (only show in 2023)
Kreator
Deicide (performing 'Legion' in full)
Enslaved (performing 'Eld' in full)
Gorgoroth
Alcest
Possessed
Marduk
Perturbator
Taake
Pentagram
Primordial (Performing 'To The Nameless Dead' in full)
Midnight
Blood Incantation
Mare
Eternal Champion
Bölzer
The Ruins of Beverast
Aeternus
Negative Plane
Grave Miasma
(Dolch)
In Twilight's Embrace
Stormkeep
Sijjin
Issolei
This pummeling festival will take place for four days across multiple venues, including USF Verftet, Kulturhuset, and the legendary Grieghallen, where many seminal Norwegian black metal albums were recorded in the 90s. The day to day schedule of bands can be found below!
Four day passes purchased before the end of December 2022 will include all night shift and day shift concerts in addition to the main event!
Tickets can be found HERE.
In addition to this massive extreme metal event, Beyond the Gates offers attendees unique and exciting opportunities to explore Norwegian and black metal culture in this historic city!
For years, fans have been flocking to Bergen to experience their favorite Norwegian artists in their home environment. Nature and local culture has always been a poignant source of inspiration for the bands emerging from the Bergen scene.
Beyond the Gates will make a great effort to give all the traveling fans a unique insight into all aspects of the Norwegian Metal scene and the local culture in general. In that regard, the festival hosts will be putting together a series of events so that fans can enhance and build on the Beyond the Gates Experience, including guided tours, art exhibitions, a tattoo festival, and more that will be revealed soon!
“As a festival, Beyond the Gates is immediately lovable. Bergen is intrinsically part of that embrace… Sure, Norway’s expensive, but seeing the best bands out there, taking in a Tolkienesque fjord or two, pilgrimaging to Fantoft church, hitting up Gaahl’s art gallery (Galleri Fjalar) nestled in the quaint houses at Bryggen while Freyr gleefully and continually pisses rain on you from the heavens? All worth its weight in hordes of kroner.” - Decibel Magazine, December 2022 issue
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