Norway

A fragment of former Mayhem frontman Dead's skull, which was mailed by Mayhem's Euronymous to Tormentor's manager five days after Dead's 1991 death, just sold for $3,500.

He also has a reissue of his influential 1993 demo coming out this week.

Norway's Oya Fest is one of our esteemed partners at SXSW this year, and the lineup to their own fest in Oslo is already looking killer as usual.

Bon Iver at Bonnaroo 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Bon Iver recorded an iTunes session at East West studios which is available exclusively from iTunes starting today...

BBG is back in Oslo, this time for Inferno. Here's what he's catching at the Norwegian metal festival... There's no way to put it nicely...

BBG is back in Oslo, this time for Inferno. Here's what he's catching at the Norwegian metal festival... It's true. Everything in Europe is a little bit different than the states...

BBG is back in Oslo, this time for Inferno. Here's what he's catching at the Norwegian metal festival... It's late and I'm strolling down Karl Johan's Gate in Oslo, trying to snag a snack at one of the only late-night spots in the area, 7-11 (it's not only NYC that they've infiltrated)...

BBG is back in Oslo, this time for Inferno. Here's what he's catching at the Norwegian metal festival... I stepped into the elevator at 2AM and almost slipped...

Compared to days one and two, day three of By:Larm was considerably more indulgent. Two artists (Kvelertak and Mayhem) have played the US several times, and though I was definitely familiar with both, I wanted to see them on their "home turf" so to speak...

Day two of By:Larm (read about day one HERE) started out with a "black metal" tour of Oslo lead to Satyricon to Ministry and played in death metallers Cadaver...