by Arta Gailuma
— Photojournalist —
May 10-12, 2018 at island of Karmøy in Kopervik, Norway —
Karmøygeddon Metal Festival 2018 was held on 10.-12.05. in Kopervik, at the island of Karmøy on the west coast of Norway. Over 30 bands took the stage for 3 days to celebrate the 15th anniversary of this intimately small festival, where it seemed as if everyone knew each other. Even though this was a small, plenty of the artists performing needed no introduction, and there was plenty of space inside and outside to have drink, food or just chill.
The small Scandic stage featured Norwegian doom trio Purple Hill Witch with its Black Sabbath influenced melodies, Viking/Folk metallers from Iceland Skálmöld, German extreme Metal project The Ruins Of Beverast, Norwegian Death Metal band Shaarimoth, the energetic Finnish six-piece Omnium Gatherum and plenty of others.
The main stage, named Gassco, on Friday opened with style with a fiery performance, quite literally, from Norwegian hard rockers The Carburetors. They were a great band to watch and photograph, there was something exciting constantly happening on stage while the crowd was enjoying their fast forward Hard Rock. And a great closing on Saturday night too by the mighty German Thrash metallers Kreator. In between, we did see Ukrainian metalcore band Jinjer, Greek black metallers Rotting Christ, Norwegian progressive five-piece Leprous and Finnish Heavy Metal band Amorphis amongst others.
Day 1 Concert Photo Gallery —
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Scandic Stage:
Mental Disaster
Stam1na
Purple Hill Witch
Skálmöld
Harikiri For The Sky
Manegram
In Vain
Omnium Gatherum
Day 2 Concert Photo Gallery —
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Scandic Stage:
Slegest
Alfahanne
Mors Principium Est
Vorbid
The Ruins Of Beverast
Sabbath In Black
Gassco Stage:
The Carburetors
Nifelheim
Jinjer
Rotting Christ
Skid Row
Axel Rudi Pell
Enslaved
Day 3 Concert Photo Gallery —
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Scandic Stage:
Drakar
Allfader
Backstreet Girls
Wolf On Fire
Shaarimoth
Metal Militia
Gassco Stage:
Cor Scorpii
Leprous
Evergrey
Solstafir
Primordial
Amorphis
Kreator
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