KATATONIA AND ULSECT TO INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2018 Sweden's doom metal masters KATATONIA and Netherlands rising technical death metal band ULSECT are confirmed for the 18th edition of Inferno Metal Festival! INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2018: EMPEROR – OBITUARY – IHSAHN – CARPATHIAN FOREST - DARK FUNERAL – KATATONIA – NAPALM DEATH – FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE – TSJUDER – MEMORIAM – ORIGIN – ONE TAIL, ONE HEAD – NECROPHOBIC – KRAKOW – ODIUM – NORDJEVEL – AUÐN – DJEVEL – MEPHORASH – AHAB – EARTH ELECTRIC- VANHELGD – UADA – WIEGEDOOD – ERIMHA – ULSECT KATATONIA Sweden's Katatonia was formed in 1991 and quickly gained recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom and death metal – joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre's defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became the third album “Discouraged Ones”. May 2016 saw the release of Katatonia's eleventh studio album, titled “The Fall of Hearts”. The band has since then been touring South America, Europe, Australia and North America with great success. This will be Katatonia's first visit at Inferno Metal Festival, so be sure to catch them at our icon festival. https://www.facebook.com/katatonia/ ULSECT Ulsect is the newest signing on the label Season of Mist and has just released their debut album. The band hails from the Dutch city Tilburg – that has spawned such acts as blackened extremists Dodecahedron and rhythmic progressives Textures. Out of this circle, Ulsect have emerged. The death metal innovators feature guitarist Joris Bonis and drummer Jasper Barendregt from Dodecahedron as well as former Textures bass- player Dennis Aarts. It therefore hardly comes as a surprise that elements of their origins have permeated into Ulsect's eponymous debut album. You will find high technical precision and prowess woven into dense dissonance and lucent atmosphere. The primeval forces unleashed by pioneers such as Gorguts and Deathspell Omega are violently harnessed to serve a sinister musical purpose. Ulsect herewith cordially invite you to dare explore their dark dimension at Inferno Metal Festival 2018. https://www.facebook.com/ulsect/ INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2018 Inferno Metal Festival is the longest running and most extreme metal festival in Norway and one of the most important extreme metal festivals in the world. We are very proud of this position and we will continue fronting Norwegian metal and bringing bands from all over the world to Norway. 2018 will be our 18 th edition of the festival that keeps on growing and for the first time the festival will be located all four days at Rockefeller Music Halls 2 stages - Rockefeller & John Dee. We are also adding one more band on Rockefeller stage each day, so there will be 8 more bands on the main stage in 2018. TICKETS Click on the links below to order tickets. The festival got a 18 year age limit. Tickets are non-refundable. Type Price Ticketmaster PayPal 2018: 4 Day Festival Pass - March 29th-April 1st 2250 NOK buy buy 2018: Thursday Ticket - March 29th 750 NOK buy buy 2018: Friday Ticket - March 30th 750 NOK buy buy 2018: Saturday Ticket - March 31st 750 NOK buy buy 2018: Sunday Ticket - April 1st 750 NOK buy buy PS: Ticket fees are included. Postage is also included on foreign orders when using PayPal. INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL HOTEL: SCANDIC ST. OLAVS PLASS For the second year we are happy to announce Scandic St. Olavs Plass as our official festival hotel. Scandic St. Olavs Plass is located in the city center with approximately 10 minutes walk from the festival venue Rockefeller. The airport express train, Flytoget, from Oslo Airport Gardermoen stops at Nationaltheatret station and is within walking distance to the hotel. Main street Karl Johan and The National Gallery (Nasjonalgalleriet) is just down the street, for shopping and exploring. The alternative culture house (and previous illegal squat) Blitz is just around the corner – with affordable vegan food and drinks. Basically all main sites are at your feet from this location! The Inferno Music Conference (IMC) will use the main conference facilities at the hotel, Edderkoppen Scene, and there will metal expo with exhibitions and stands in the spacious lobby area. Join the official vorspiels and nachspiels with DJs in the stylish art deco bar. During the festival period from 25. march to 2. April Scandic St. Olavs Plass offers rooms at these rates: Early bird festival price available to 1. February 2018: Single room: NOK 725,- per night including breakfast Double room: NOK 999,- (NOK 499,- each person) per night including breakfast Booking: Web: https://www.scandichotels.no Choose Scandic St. Olavs Plass and add your details. Use booking code: BINF250318.