Undaunted by the large stage and booming amphitheatre before them, Iskald put on a hell of a show, technically stunning and extremely atmospheric.

Up next was the icy, melodic black-thrash of Iskald, one of only two bands playing tonight whom IвЂ™d actually seen before. Give these guys a longer set and a bigger stage someone! didnвЂ™t let the fact that the band were opening the festival proper intimidate him, spitting necrosadistic venom at the crowd with his spiteful, belligerent snarl, while the aptly-named Carnage on bass was a stalking, twisting revelation of spindly fingers and malevolent contortions. Material from across their four albums bulked out the set, with the strongest focus being on Contaminating The Divine and Necro Spirituals.ДЇrontman S. Nasty, brutal, and brimming with feral punk aggression, the group come across as a bad-boy version of the Misfits, raised on black metal nihilism and death metal misanthropy, and kick up a hell of a racket, with a truly demolition-strength guitar tone. Kicking off the festival-proper at the early time of 17:30 Horned Almighty were like a veritable boot to the face of the assembled audience.

(NCS writer Andy SynnВ has returned from OsloвЂ™sВ Inferno Festival, held on March 27-30, 2013, and brings us a multi-part report of what he saw and heard, along with photos.

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