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NOCTURNAL SORCERY – Steelfest Thursday 18/5 2023
“Coming together in 2011 from members of two other Finnish bands, SADOKIST and DAEMONLUST. They released a demo in 2014 called Satanists Angels Victory Call and a split album with the aforementioned DAEMONLUST. In 2019 they put out a six-track demo titled Symbols of Violent Death.”
Didn´t find so much info about these guys but overall a good gig even in full sunlight. We got lots of that sun stuff during the weekend:) Great in many ways, could have turned down a bit during the performances but what can you do.
[Live clips by Gronn Onland, sarvi, Tales From The Frontline & BestialWarMachine]
Collected notes & links:
- Latest release: Thus Concludes the Age of Reason Demo 2022
- Latest album: The Holy Law in Total Ruin Full-length 2022
- Label: Kvlt
HAIL CONJURER – Steelfest Thursday 18/5 2023
“Hail Conjurer is the sole province of prolific underground veteran Harri Kuokkanen, renown for Hooded Menace, Ride For Revenge, and Horse Latitudes.
Under the selfsame nom de plume Hail Conjurer, he creates ugly and idiosyncratic black metal born from ancient fires and dark desires, and since the band’s birth in 2017, he’s explored this unique muse across a grand total of five full-lengths, four demos, two splits, one collaborative album, and a digital single. Truly, Hail Conjurer is a dark and dank headspace like no other”
– Kronosmortus NewsHAIL CONJURER is a one man band even on stage, but still lots of sound. No live guys, just Harri Kuokkanen who is a very productive person with quite a lot of different stuff going on. Been checkin him out afterwards and so far the -22 album “Earth Penetration” is the coolest.
Not heard everything yet, tho.
Collected notes & links:
- Also drummer in Ride for Revenge (also @ the festival) & vocalist in Hooded Menace amongst others.
- Latest release: Ouroboros Lust Full-length 2023
- Interview with HAIL CONJURER MARCH 4, 2019 UNDERTHEBLOODYMOON
- Hail Conjurer – Hail & Fire review by RAUTA
- Hail Conjurer – Ouroboros Lust review by RAUTA
- “In-depth discussion on Danzig, weightlifting, Body Count, religion, and the delicate cultural intricacies of pissing in public” https://podbay.fm/p/death-metal-dads/e/1529283600
https://www.facebook.com/hailconjurer/
https://www.instagram.com/hailconjurer/
metal-archives.com/bands/Hail_Conjurer
https://hailconjurer.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/09lptXFVU2Wz4EqV03NPkh
Steelfest.fi[Live clips by Gronn Onland & Infinite Chaos Promotions]
UTUK-XUL – Steelfest Thursday 18/5 2023
Black metal from Colombia. Founded 1994 as “Dies Irae”, change of name to Utuk-Xul in 1997. So far a demo in -07, 5 full lengths, a bunch of splits and a compilation.
Can´t find som much info of these guys but there´s a link to an interview with Rauta somewhere below↓
Great gig, tho, and they had their fans for sure. Inferus Vobyscum had a great voice and the guitarist Nibras was one of the most photogenic ones at the festival.
The bassplayer made a LOT of promotion for “Utuk-Xul” coffee that was sold in the merch:)) Colombian coffee of course.
[Live clips by Gronn Onland,Tales From The Frontline,Infinite Chaos Promotions]
Collected notes & links:
– Latest release: Ritual in the Full Moon Full-length 2022
– Label: Legion of Xul
– Band: Tophel Drums Inferus Vobyscum Vocals Siniestro Bass Nibras Guitars (2022-present)
– Utuk-Xul – Colombian black metal madness at Steelfest 2023 [interview] (Rauta. Ofc:))spotify.com – The Goat Of The Black Possession
youtube.com/@utukxul
Steelfest.fi
NATTVERD – Steelfest 18/5 2023
“Nattverd was initially started in the 90`s, but due to reasons beyond control, was delayed up until 2014.”
Great gig and the new album is really good! Would most definitely go & see live again. Quite a few Norwegian bands at Steelfest. All of them awesome!Band: Ormr – Vocals Serpentr – Guitars Atyr – Guitars Sveinr – Bass Aven-Guitars Renton-Drums
[Live clip by Gronn Onland]
Collected notes:
– Latest release: “I helvetes forakt” May 2023
– Label: Soulseller Records
– The band played their first live gig at Revolver in Oslo on the 31st of march 2023. So that makes the Steelfest their second appearance ever?
– Sveinr (bass) also played in with Gehenna and Nordjevel at the festival.
– Interview (Sveinr) @ Metalsucks
– Review “I helvetes forakt” by RAUTAhttps://www.facebook.com/nattverdofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/nattverdofficial/
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Nattverd/3540431568
https://nattverdofficial.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com
AZAZEL – Steelfest Thursday 18/5 2023
“Black Metal band from Mänttä, Finland, founded in 1992 by Satanachia (Miika Ojala) and Samiaza (Niko Niemelä). The band made only two recording in the 1990’s and was largely inactive for many years, not releasing anything between 1996 and 2011. Also, it wasn’t until 2009 when Azazel performed live for the first time.” -metason.net
My second year at Steelfest and AZAZEL playing as first band on the outdoor stage both times. Hope they do even next year. Seems like a good tradition:) Dunno if they´ve been there every year but at least many times. And no, the 2017 Steelfest has not been repeated even tho alcohol is obviously a part of the whole AZAZEL thingy. They have actually been pretty good live and I like the latest album “Aegrum Satanas Tecum” quite a bit.
[Live clips by Gronn Onland & mukor]
Collected notes & links:
– Latest release: Aegrum Satanas Tecum Full-length 2021 (Cover art by the great Chris Moyen)
– Label: Primitive Reaction
– Band: Lord Satanachia Vocals Mavrofos Guitars Idimmu Drums Raakalainen Guitars Lucifuge Rofocale Bass
– Lord Satanchia appears in the Finnish Black Metal documentary “Eternal Flame of Gehenna” (Original title: Loputon Gehennan liekki) 2011
– Mavrofos and Lucifuge Rofocale also performed in RIENAUS at the festival
– The 2020 edition of Steelchaos was streamed with all the bands at the venue but no crowd. Lord Satanachia got sick but they didn´t want to cancel, so he was doing his part from home when the rest of the band was at the venue playing on stage. Lord Satanachia commenting:
“We all saw the situation differently in the band but I didn’t think it was a good idea to be sick in a place where there were a bit more people anyway, and even though the gig was virtual, there was still an audience and, of course, staff. I belong to a risk group so my first thought was just to cancel the show. Then our drummer, Idimmu, had this sick idea that what if we pull the gig anyway having me singing at home, and them playing at the venue. So we made some very special adjustments and pulled it through. It was a good thing even though I was a bit wasted that time, as well. Azazel does what Azazel wants” – Interview for chaoszine.net
– » AZAZEL at Steelfest 2022facebook.com/Azazelblackmetalfinland
metal-archives.com/bands/azazel
Steelfest.fi
CORAXUL – Steelfest Thursday 18/5 2023
The first day, the first band to play (around 2PM). Just arrived to the festival area and had stuff to organize up so couldn´t give them proper attention.
Took some pics and had to get going. Recognized Ari XIII in the lineup. He played with Iku-Turso at last years edition of Steelfest. This festival is really great even for getting updated with the Finnish scene. Lots of good bands and musicians there.
The debut album “Vihavirsiä aamunkoin” sounds pretty good and also got good reviews @ Imperiumi.net.
Didn´t find so much info about them.[Live clip by Gronn Onland]
facebook.com/Coraxul/ // metal-archives.com/bands/Coraxul
Steelfest.fi
CHURCH OF MISERY – Debaser 12/5 2023
Senast CHURCH OF MISERY var i stan (2014) gjorde dom en hysterisk bra spelning på P.A.G.G. i Liffys källare. Så hade rätt höga förväntningar. Svinbra spelning!!! Kommer nog alltid att ha åsikter om den sista kvarvarande Debasern men ibland funkar den finfint som denna kväll. Bra ljud och tom ok ljus utan rök till överdrifter, som ofta har varit fallet.
I vanlig ordning som ofta med Japanska turnerande band var i princip hela lineupen utbytt. Förutom Tatsu såklart.Med på Europaturen: TOSHIAKI UMEMURA (drums) FUMIYA HATTORI (guitar) TATSU MIKAMI (bass) KAZUHIRO ASAEDA (Original C.O.M. vocalist)
[Liveklipp CoM & iamlars]
https://www.facebook.com/churchofmiserydoom
https://www.facebook.com/aeternumconcerts
VOKONIS – Debaser 12/5 2023
VOKONIS även bättre nu när jag var lite mera bekant med deras släpp (kolla bandcamp!). Briljant spelning av Simona & co!!
[Liveklipp från GBG kvällen innan av The Golden Dust Archive + ett par mera personliga klipp om & med Simona. Om livet och gitarrer med tillbehör:))]https://www.facebook.com/OfficialVokonis
https://vokonis.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/aeternumconcerts
NILE – Katalin 11/4 2023
NILE första gången på en massa år och så jävla bra det var!
Man hamnar inte i Uppsala på gigs hur som helst men tack vare Joakim R. (Desolator,Within The Fall) och hans eminenta polare som hjälpte till med logistiken (tack som fan!), så blev det ett besök.
Najs ställe, bra folk (halva Uppsala eliten + Kungen av Åland var ju där så hängde med dom lite av & till) och träffade Evelina som driver EveR Vision Art. Turnémanagern hade jag också sprungit på ett antal gånger tidigare genom åren och hann tjöta lite med honom också. Bra kväll! Både publiken och bandet levererade och Sanders & co verkade va på riktigt gott humör:) Möjligt att det blir nån till bild i galleriet senare.
[Live klipp av david & Dimitris Gvs]
På scen: Julian David Guillen Bass Scott Eames Guitars, Vocals Karl Sanders Vocals, Guitars George Kollias Drums
https://www.facebook.com/nilecatacombs
KLBRLive
https://www.facebook.com/katalin.uppsala
OMOPHAGIA – Katalin 4/11 2023
Swiss-Brazilian Death Metal since 2006.
“OMOPHAGIA is an ancient Greek term (ōmophagia, “eating raw [flesh]”) for a ritual in the ecstatic worship of Dionysos”
– encyclopedia.com
Nytt band för mig, och missade en del av giget för man fastnade med folk hela tiden. Har lyssnat lite på det som finns inspelat och det låter inte alls dumt. Ska ge det några vändor.
https://www.facebook.com/Omophagia
KLBRLive
https://www.facebook.com/katalin.uppsala
