“Due to unforeseen circumstances in regards to the Armageddon Festival in London, VON has decided to cancel their live appearance at the Hole in the Sky this year.  The creators of VON (Goat and Venien) are both in the studio working hard on their solo projects and wish to acknowledge and offer their continued support and thanks to the both “The Hole in the Sky” and their management for given the opportunity”.

As Von was booked as a bonus to an already full booked Wednesday, they will not be replaced. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and apologize to all people that has been looking forward to this show.

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It’s with great pride and joy we can announce what we’ve known since September 2009. Hole in the Sky will be hosting the first Autopsy show in Norway ever. The massively influential San Francisco-based Death Metal pioneers has resurrected to do a few select shows over the course of the summer with Party-San and Hole in the Sky being the European stops.

Autopsy drummer/singer Chris Reifert was a member of legends Death before he, together with Eric Cutler and Danny Coralles, founded Autopsy in 1987. Albums like «Severed Survival» and «Mental Funeral» subsequently made Autopsy one of the most revered Death Metal bands ever, with their downtuned and doomy riffs, memorable artwork and sick lyrics. Playing together for the first time in fifteen years, Hole in the Sky are one of the very few festivals Autopsy will play – be there and witness Death Metal the way it was meant to be.

Comments Autopsy main man Chris Reifert: “Autopsy is pleased to be invading the stage at Hole in the Sky. We are putting 100% of our blood, bones and brains into this band and we are confident that our performance will remind people of how real Death Metal is played.

Thanks to all who have brought us back from the grave. Your dedication will be met with an assault of pure gore soaked brutality. See you then!”

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One of THE cult acts in the Black Metal Pantheon, the legend that is VON will perform in Bergen during Hole in the Sky 2010. Their two demos «Satanic Blood» and «Blood Angel» are among the most unique releases in Black Metal ever, songs like «Lamb», «Devil Pig», «Veadtuck» and «Watain» have never been copied or bettered in all their minimalistic, hypnotic glory.

Founding members Goat and Venien have decided to reform VON for a select number of shows, with Hole in the Sky being one the few festivals.

Comments the band: Hole in the Sky Festival is a gathering of the Hordes of Norwegian Darkness and Ritual of Chaos, and that in itself is a significant precursor to our involvement and participation. VON is pleased and honored to be included within the ranks of such bands.

VON will perform as special guest on the Wednesday dubbed Invocation together with Rotting Christ, Dead Congregation, Repugnant, Grave Miasma and Urfaust.

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Welcome to Hell, or should we say, welcome to Hole in the Sky 2010. This particular introduction is of course chosen carefully as we all know what happened back in 1981, when three lads by the name of Venom decided to put out their debut album with that heartfelt title. Metal music has never been the same afterwards.

Venom has influenced everything from Metallica and Slayer to the vast majority of all black metal bands we know today, even coining the genre name with their second album “Black Metal”.

But Hole in the Sky isn’t all about the legends; it’s about drawing the lines from the roots to the present. Lately there’s been a great resurrection of underground talent and a growing interest in the underground in general, something that we find healthy and inspiring. Lately a lot of smaller specialized festivals have surfaced around in Scandinavia and on the continent and these gatherings play a major role in keeping the music scene alive and exciting.

This year all four days have been put together with a loose theme for each day that all together is intended to be the ultimate celebration of death, doom, and black metal, from the pioneers Venom, Obituary, and Cathedral, via underground heroes such as Grave Miasma, Enforcer, and Dead Congregation, to rising stars Secrets of the Moon, The Devil’s Blood and Watain. In-between, you’ll find legends in new outfits such as Ihsahn and Tom G Warrior’s Triptykon and a whole bunch of other fantastic bands that make the world a better place.

In addition to usual four days of metal mayhem, there are also a few other occasions ideal for some serious hellraising. On the Sunday before the festival kicks off, Bergen Live, in cooperation with Hole in the Sky, is presenting the absolutely brilliant French metal act, Gojira, which did their first gig in Norway during the Hole in the Sky festival in 2006. In addition we have the “Incoming” day on Tuesday, featuring some mighty fine acts from Oslo and Bergen.

Hole in the Sky 2010 is not for the weak hearted, it’s there to challenge and celebrate. Raise your fists.

22.08 Bergen Live in cooperation with HITS: Gojira at USF Verftet
24.08 Incoming: Dead To This World, Valhall, Lobotomized, Byfrost, Rikets Crust
25.08 Invocation: Rotting Christ, Dead Congregation, Repugnant, Grave Miasma, Urfaust
26.08 Evil Spells: Suffocation, Angel Witch, Evile, Enforcer, Astrosoniq
27.08 Black Mass: Venom, Cathedral, Ihsahn, The Devil’s Blood, Solstafir, Secrets of the Moon
28.08 Total Death: Surprise act TBA in June, Obituary, Watain, Triptykon, Nunslaughter, Obliteration
28.08 HITS for KIDZ: Secrets of the Moon, Hellish Outcast, Gravdal

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Location: USF yard
Date: Sunday 22 August
Time: 21.00
Doors: 20.00
Minimum age: 18 years
Ticket price: 320 (normal) / 270 (BT Card) + tax Ticketmaster

Presented by Bergen Live in partnership with HITS
www.bergenlive.no / / www.holeinthesky.no

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It’s on! Friday the 9th of April, Hole in the Sky will host a kick-off party where the line-up for the entire 2010 festival will be announced.

The party will include a very special headliner set from Bergen’s own undisputed masters of ugly, vintage thrash, The Batallion.

Says Stud Bronson:

The Batallion will kick your asses into orbit at the Hole in the Sky kick-off 2010. Expect loads of teasers from their 2nd album which is soon to be released as well as their old testosterone-filled “classics”. Prepare for a helluva dirty thrash party, ALL RIGHT!

In addition there will be lots of great music, tickets to win and maybe a surprise or two. See you there!

Venue: Garage Bergen
Date: 9th of April
Doors: 22.00
Tickets: 120,-

Confirmed artist so far:

VENOM (UK)
CATHEDRAL (UK)
OBITUARY (US)
TRIPTYKON (CH)
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD (NL)
ANGEL WITCH (UK)
SECRETS OF THE MOON (D)
DEAD CONGREGATION (GR)
OBLITERATION (N)
REPUGNANT (S)

Hole in the Sky will take place the 25th – 28th of August 2010.
Tickets on sale via www.ticketmaster.no Phone: +47 815 33 133

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Hole in the Sky is very honoured to be able to present the brand new outfit from one of the most influential metal musicians of our time, Tom Gabriel Warrior.

Celtic Frost did us immensely proud in 2006 and when hearing Triptykon’s brand new album «Eparistera Daimones» for the first time, there was never any doubt that we had to invite Warrior’s new power house back to the rainy shores of Bergen. If you haven’t already purchased this sinister and gloomy piece of metal art, we suggest you get on your feet immediately. It really is an extraordinary metal album on every level.

Says Warrior:

“The performance at the Hole in the Sky festival was one of CELTIC FROST’s most memorable concerts of the entire ‘Monotheist‘ tour in 2006, and we feel extremely honored to be asked to evoke our musical demons in Norway once more.”

Also confirmed:
VENOM (UK)
CATHEDRAL (UK)
OBITUARY (US)
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD (NL)
ANGEL WITCH (UK)
SECRETS OF THE MOON (D)
DEAD CONGREGATION (GR)
OBLITERATION (N)
REPUGNANT (S)

Hole in the Sky will take place the 25th – 28th of August 2010.
Tickets on sale via www.ticketmaster.no Phone: +47 815 33 133

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Hole in the Sky is incredibly proud to present legendary NWOBHM act Angel Witch together with Germany’s finest darkest force Secrets of the Moon and resurrected Swedish death metal masters Repugnant.

Hole in the Sky 2010 is bound to be the greatest festival so far with spectacular acts like Venom, Cathedral, Obituary and The Devil’s Blood already announced. And a lot more will follow.

Legend-alert! Kevin Heybourne & co released one of the definitive cornerstones of NWOBHM and occult heavy metal with their timeless self-titled debut back in 1980. Containing immortal tracks like «Atlantis», «White Witch», and, of course, «Angel Witch», this album has influenced countless bands and sub genres within heavy metal for 30 years. Two more great albums followed before Angel Witch split up, but the recent years have seen them make a comeback on the live circuit, and it is with great pride we present these reborn legends live at Hole in the Sky 2010.

Secrets of the Moon have for years been one of Germany’s premier black metal-acts, as witnessed by those fortunate enough to attend their show at Garage during Hole in the Sky 2007. Since their last visit they have been joined by acclaimed bassist LSK of Hell Militia/Antaeus/Vorkreist-fame, and released perhaps their strongest album to date; the occult and doomish hymns that constitute «Privilegivm». Secrets of the Moon ensure that Germanic black metal is stronger than ever.

One of the Swedish undergrounds best kept secrets, these Stockholm-based Death Metal-maniacs released a string of acclaimed demos and EPs during the turn of the Century, before calling it quits with the modern classic Epitome of Darkness». As time has grown, and more and more serious Death Metal-fanatics have become aware of these fantastic recordings, Repugnant have decided to reform and perform at Hole in the Sky! Mastermind Mary Gore will be joined by the very elite of the modern Swedish Death Metal-musicians, and we can promise a show that no self-respecting DM-fan can afford to miss out on.

Also confirmed:

VENOM (UK)

CATHEDRAL (UK)

OBITUARY (US)

THE DEVIL’S BLOOD (NL)

DEAD CONGREGATION (GR)

OBLITERATION (N)

Hole in the Sky will take place the 25th – 28th of August 2010.

Tickets on sale via www.ticketmaster.no Phone: +47 815 33 133

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