Beyond The Gates festival is now revealing the full lineup for its eleventh edition, which will take place in the heart of Bergen, Norway from August 2 – August 5, 2023! The full lineup and daily schedules, which includes Dimmu Borgir‘s only performance in 2023 as well as special album sets from Deicide, Enslaved, and Primordial, is as follows:
- Dimmu Borgir (only show in 2023)
- Kreator
- Deicide (performing “Legion” in full)
- Enslaved (performing “Eld” in full)
- Gorgoroth
- Alcest
- Possessed
- Marduk
- Perturbator
- Taake
- Pentagram
- Primordial (Performing “To The Nameless Dead” in full)
- Midnight
- Blood Incantation
- Mare
- Eternal Champion
- Bölzer
- The Ruins of Beverast
- Aeternus
- Negative Plane
- Grave Miasma
- (Dolch)
- In Twilight’s Embrace
- Stormkeep
- Sijjin
- Issolei
This pummeling festival will take place for four days across multiple venues, including USF Verftet, Kulturhuset, and the legendary Grieghallen, where many seminal Norwegian black metal albums were recorded in the 90s. The day to day schedule of bands can be found below. Four day passes purchased before the end of December 2022 will include all night shift and day shift concerts in addition to the main event.
Tickets can be found HERE.
In addition to this massive extreme metal event, Beyond the Gates offers attendees unique and exciting opportunities to explore Norwegian and black metal culture in this historic city. For years, fans have been flocking to Bergen to experience their favorite Norwegian artists in their home environment. Nature and local culture has always been a poignant source of inspiration for the bands emerging from the Bergen scene.
Beyond the Gates will make a great effort to give all the traveling fans a unique insight into all aspects of the Norwegian Metal scene and the local culture in general. In that regard, the festival hosts will be putting together a series of events so that fans can enhance and build on the Beyond the Gates Experience, including guided tours, art exhibitions, a tattoo festival, and more that will be revealed soon.
