17-19. AUGUST 2017 BORRE. VESTFOLD. NORWAY OPEN-AIR FESTIVAL BY THE VIKING GRAVE MOUNDS OBITUARY IHSAHN CARPATHIAN FOREST DARK FUNERAL NAPALM DEATH FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE MEMORIAM ORIGIN ONE TAIL, ONE HEAD NORDJEVEL NECROPHOBIC BATUSHKA AUÐN Are you ready for the next chapter of the Midgardsblot Saga? DJEVEL MEPHORASH EARTH ELECTRIC VANHELGD UADA WIEGEDOOD ERIMHA EARLY BIRD TICKETS OUT NOW! THREE DAY FESTIVAL PASS: 999,- NOK 4 DAYS – A HELL OF A LOT OF BANDS! Limited number so be quick! – The festival pass will rise to ordinary price of 1.666,- NOK Camping tickets: 250,- / Tent space ticket: 350,- 29. MARCH – 01. APRIL 2018 16-18. AUGUST 2018 BORRE. VESTFOLD. NORWAY 18 YEAR AGE LIMIT. TICKETS AT WWW.TICKETMASTER.NO OPEN-AIR FESTIVAL BY THE VIKING GRAVE MOUNDS TICKETS AND INFO: WWW.MIDGARDSBLOT.NO #midgardsblot @midgardsblot WWW.INFERNOFESTIVAL.NET WELCOME! SEMINARS Ever since my Mum told me about the Runes she named to the evenings first gig … And then it hits you right in me after and the stories of Odin and Thor, Yggdrasil and the gut; a massive wall of sound, riffs that makes you Ragnarok; and ever since my father showed me at the want to go to war, age of three how to put on his Black Sabbath and Led drums that make Zeppelin records, I’ve got the best from two worlds and your heart run PROGRAM Midgardsblot is a dream come true where the two melt fast and vocals The panel debate: archetypes shortly after, quantum logic at some point, a together to an entity of Metal and Norse history. A mod- that make your This years topic for the panel debate will be «Gender univeral theory on mythologies and magical rituals on ern Viking Blot with laughter, love and music; a place for hair rise – and all roles in Metal and Viking history» “Riiitiir", the physics of time on “In Times” and the history, reflections, friendship and insanity and a cele- you want to do is In the panel will be Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved), Nanna exploration of duality on the coming album “E”. In short; bration of the Norse heritage. scream and bang Løkka (senior researcher on Viking women), Runa the Unified Theory of Weird and Wonderful Things by And now after months of planning and booking, your head, throw Strindin (Founder of Midgardsblot) and Per Ole Hagen Enslaved... and some funny stories from life on the counting the days to see you all by the Gildehall of Borre your hands in the (Music professor and concert photographer). Music funny farm (ie Enslaved). -we all enjoy the wonderful feeling of flying ravens in our air and surrender journalist Harald Fossberg (Aftenposten) will be the stomachs seeing our Blot finally rise again! to the boiling debate leader. Women in the Viking Age It’s the greatest thing - seeing all of you coming mosh-pit! – myths and sources in from near and far, gathering in the festival camp, all Welcome to by Nanna Løkka running high with anticipation. Meeting up with old Midgardsblot – it will be a blasting raid and I can’t wait Nanna Løkka will give a light, friends – making some new, sharing that first cold beer – Hails \m/ but still academic lecture. In and put on your Brynje, your favorite band t-shirt or your her presentation, Løkka will finest Viking tunic for our Blot. Taking the stroll through Runa Luna present women in the Viking the park by our forefathers’ grave mounds on your way Founder of Midgardsblot Festival Age through some modern myths about this historical figurine and discuss the validity of these myths by looking at the historical TICKETS AND Northern Mythology and Rune Mysticism in Enslaved sources. Løkka work as a senior researcher at Telemark The neither/ neither of scientific rationality and runic Research Institute. She has a Ph.d. in Norse religion. She ACCREDITATION metaphysics. has written many articles on different subjects Ivar Bjørnson is one of two lyricists in Enslaved, and has concerning the Viking Age and is the editor of the book, To get your wristbands or buy tickets you'll need to go to our ticket stand by Midgard Museum. been been forging the concepts and underlying belief Kvinner i Vikingtid (Women in the Viking Age) published Opening hours: Wednesday – Saturday from 11:00 – 22:00 system and direction the lyrics has taken since 1991. A in 2014. She is also the editor of a book to be released direction that is dualistic in nature: on the surface going in September, Dronningen i vikingtid og middelalder (The from descriptive references to mythology, history and Queen in the Middle Ages). geography onto internalized takes on mythology and Runes. Yet there are undercurrents that can also be From Satan to Odin – the many roots of black-, Viking described as “less scientifically oriented"; which Ivar and extreme metal, by Harald Fossberg (Aftenposten) also will also try to talk about while trying to make sense Moderne metal comes in many guises, but most have #midgardsblot @midgardsblot at least some of the time: enter Rune Mysticism at the same roots. Black sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Photos by Stig Pallesen, Roy Bjørge, Ola Flåten and Espen Winther. Layout by Asgeir Mickelson. around “Mardraum (Beyond the Within)”, Jungian Venom are obvious "godfathers", but there are also other who have been more or METAL YOGA Instructor Saskia Thode takes spirituality less instrumental in shaping and the worship of metal to a different level. Be prepared the genres. Journalist and to completely tap into the dark side, to scream, beat, author of "Nyanser av svart sweat, and do anything you need to do to unleash your – historien om norsk black inner beast. Listen to your favorite blasting metal tunes metal" (Shades of black, the while letting your body burn with hellish heat. Move and story of Norwegian Black breathe while listening to your beloved bands. We will Metal) Harald Fossberg looks only a few centuries Vestfold was the home of kings, be holding poses until we feel their deep fire creep at the roots of black, Viking queens, chieftains and people who built big farmsteads, into our bodies until we rest like the dead in Corpse Pose and extreme metal. Soundclips, photos and videosnip- trading villages and great halls and who buried their dead archaeologist who is specialised on the Viking Age in the end of the class. All levels are welcome and pets will present more or less known bands and artists in monumental mounds. cuisine, he is also a fabulous teacher, his entusiasm, especially the ones who never dared to try yoga. from the 70's and upwards. knowledge and deep feelt curiosity about food in the By the power of my sword! Viking age is awinspiering and his highly entertaining – Many a metal band style makes his courses and lectures a treat you should By Marius Rafoshei /HEMA not miss. The workshop will also be visited by the Swords, warriors, fights and local expert in Vikng Age food and the matron of the honour are recurring themes festival, providing the crew with wonderful food – Kari in the music and books we Marie Helland. During the festival there will be a daily all enjoy. …But just how workshop, all with a different theme. All dishes and cook- was all this back in ancient ing techniques are based on archaeological finds and times? That is the theme of historical sources. this lecture and following demonstration. Talking, and Thursday: Everyday cooking in the Viking Age. responsible for it, we have Marius Rafoshei who wrote Friday: The Festive meal of Borre's Kingly Hall. Maðr or ragr: Masculinity and the monstrous unmanli- a Masters of History on the topic of Duelling, and who Saturday: Feasting with the Gods. ness in the Viking Age, by Bjørn Bandlien also happens to be the head coach of Longsword at Fek- For schedule and to buy tickets go to our FOOD Viking Age masculinity seems easy enough to define: teklubben Frie Duellister - Norway’s oldest and biggest WORKSHOP event on the Midgardsblot Facebook page. To be a fierce warrior and to let no one question your club dedicated to Historical Euro-pean Martial Arts. honour. At the same time, the manhood of the fiercest He aims to give some insight into the honour cultures MORNING MEDITATION warrior and the wisest chieftain could – and often was of the past and their ritualized violence, starting with By Saskia Thode (Metal Yoga Bones) – challenged by sexual libels in poetry (níð) that charged Vikings and ending somewhere around the decline of Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11:00 in the Borre Park. anot-her man to be ragr. Norse myths, especially those the Knights. Following the lecture there will be a demon- Meet by the main entrance to the park. As we settle involving Odin, Tor and Loki indicates that being ragr had stration of medieval combat techniques, or HEMA. And into a comfortable position close to the earth, we will let a key cosmological and social meaning in Viking the Age. of course, there will be swords and the ring of medieval the surrounding nature, the old lingering spirits, and These stories show that the opposite of men and steel! strong energy of the sea, guide us into our own spiri- Presentation of artist DAVID THIERRE masculinity was not necessarily women and femininity, tual journey. We will root down deeply to free our mind We are more than thrilled to welcome David Thiérrée to but chaos and the monstrous. THE FOOD OF THE VIKINGS WORKSHOP and spirit. All 4 elements and the power that lies with- Midgardsblot 2017, where he will host an exhibition at From travelling to feasting , from the everyday evening in will take us on our journeys as far from ourselves as the Midgard Museum.