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A Fist in the Face of Oslo

By VICE Staff

Here are some pics from my trip to Oslo. It was a blast.

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Lots of Oslo is under construction. Look how pretty the sky is.

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Dan from Deathhammer shredding like it ain't no thang, until he got super hot...

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...and kicked off both sneakers. He then decided to put them back on, but one was on the other side of the stage so he spent the remainder of their set playing with one shoe on.

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When Nekromantheon played, him and this thrashed-out kid from a band called Töxik Death (who simply couldn't understand why I was taking pics and not moshing) went fucking nuts.

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Arild and Sindre of Nekromantheon thrash in unison.

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The Deathhammer guys literally thrash the hardest and were easily the drunkest dudes in Europe whilst this show was going on.

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Some kid decided the whole metal patch vibe wasn't for him and went for a homemade advertisement that will get him far in life

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Whereas this guy was oblivious to the fact he was wearing Nekromantheon's set-list on his back

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Whiplash threw down some classic 80s thrash.

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Agent Steel shed some light on things. Everyone went fucking nuts during their set.

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Band tattoos were a big look in Oslo. This is Obliteration/Nekromantheon guitarist Arild's Slayer ink.

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This girl's Bathory tattoo owned. Not sure about the goat portrait on her shoulder though.

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I had a zoot with some of Norway's finest thrashers. They said it was the best weed they'd ever smoked. Lucky I, er, found some in the, er, street.

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Appollyon and Blasphemer. What, what else can I say?

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I went to a pinball bar one night (yeah, really) and they had a fucking Baywatch pinball machine!

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I hung out at Fenriz's house on the last night, one of the highlights of my trip/life. Thanks again to Fen for having us, the music was incredible! A real fist in the face of God.

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Him and Sindre DJed against each other, playing everything from Burzum to Yes. It was insane.

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This is on the roof of Oslo's opera house which overlooks the harbour (see below). I think it's a look-out point for vikings from the future who will use laser technology to vapourise any incoming invasions/attacks/cheap booze. This is going to happen.

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