Best bands out of Norway

What are some of your favorite bands out of Norway?

Mine:
ARTCH
TNT
EQUINOX
WIG WAM

Enslaved

The only 2 I'm familiar with:

Communic (AWESOME!!)
Chrome Division (ok 1st album, 2nd one was "meh")

I can't think of any ... SPIRAL ARCHITECT perhaps?

Equinox
Communic

Temple of Blood wrote:

I can't think of any ... SPIRAL ARCHITECT perhaps?

I had to go here to find some that I recognized...

http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/allbands.php?country=no&genre=

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

I can't think of any ... SPIRAL ARCHITECT perhaps?

I had to go here to find some that I recognized...

[url=http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/allbands.php?country=no&genre=

http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/allbands.php?country=no&genre=[/quote[/url]]

Thanks. I didn't see any that I care for except for my original answer though.

These:


Blood Tsunami, a Thrash Metal band from Oslo, Norway
Norway
Jorn, a band from Norway

Oh three of my all time favorite bands hail from Norway!


1. Pagan's Mind (my all time fave band)
2. Sirenia
3. Tristania

I also really like:

TNT
Ancient
Green Carnation
Emperor
Midnattsol
Theatre of Tragedy
Immortal
Susperia
Vaakevandring
Antestor


So yeah, I love Norwegian music. Probably even moreso than Kmorg does.

Demonic
Emperor
Darkthrone
Mayhem
Enslaved
Old Man's Child
Twin Obscenity
Blood Tsunami
Gehenna
Blood Red Throne
Gorgoroth
Green Carnation
In the Woods
Elite
Battered
Einherjer
Inferno
Aura Noir

There are too many good bands to list because I like all of them equal.

I just glanced through the 1,100+ band listed in metal archives for bands from Norway, and these are what caught my eye:

Antestor
Windir
Susperia
Extol
Green Carnation

Just went through my CDs and there's not a single album from Norway. Definitely not intentional though - I have plenty of Swedish and Finnish bands in my collection. I had to double check on Otyg, but yeah they're Swedish.

I'm a bit surprised myself. I'd like to think it's a subconscious protest against killing whales or burning churches, but I think it's just a coincidence. And also because Norwegians bands, outside of black metal, haven't really 'made it' internationally. There aren't really any 'essential' bands I'd need to hear, unless I was into more extreme metal.

I used to like black metal in my teens - but more so for the kvlt than the actual quality of the music. So yeah, I was a rebellious poser. I had at least Satyricon's Rebel Extravaganza and Nemesis Divina. And a bunch of copied compilations, Mayhem live at least - and I even went to see Immortal live. But I kind of grew out of it fast. Since then I've also seen Satyricon and they weren't really that kick-ass. And Dimmu Borgir, but they are more atmospheric anyway.

I'm more into straight-up metal, with good musicianship and songs that make sense now. I still like the occasional frantic, even extreme music. Anyway, I know there's a bunch of quality Norwegian metal out there though. A lot of the bands are also at least somewhat known in Finland. So no real excuse to not get into Norwegian metal.

Ill go with the choice of Communic! Great band!!

The mighty Immortal

Antestor
Extol
Theatre Of Tragedy (only like the first two albums though)
Leaves' Eyes (only Liv is Norwegian though so they probably don't count)
Pagan's Mind
Jorn
Enslaved
Borknagar
Arcturus
Sirenia

Pirate Love
Silver
Trashcan Darlings
Backstreet Girls
Turbonegro
Einar Stenseng

.............................

Carpathian Forest
Vreid
Darkthrone
Burzum
Aura Noir
Gorgoroth
Immortal
1349
Blood Red Throne
Dodheimsgard

Antestor
Lengsel
Extol

Blood Tsunami
Jorn
Satyricon
Pagan's Mind
Old Man's Child
Darkthrone
Immortal
Dimmu Borgir
Khold
Wig Wam

Artch
TNT
Equinox
Witchhammer
Jorn
Pagan's Mind
Wig Wam
Communic
Circus Maximus
Triosphere
Griffin
Highland Glory
Extol
Vaakevandring
Grand Lux
Blood Tsunami
Betrayer
Susperia
Illusion Suite
Stage Dolls
TinDrum
Road
Wild Willy's Gang
Carnivora
Return
Algol
Cadaver
Loader

Lari wrote:

I'm a bit surprised myself. I'd like to think it's a subconscious protest against killing whales or burning churches, but I think it's just a coincidence. And also because Norwegians bands, outside of black metal, haven't really 'made it' internationally. There aren't really any 'essential' bands I'd need to hear, unless I was into more extreme metal.
.

That is the single most ridiculous thing ever written here!!!!

Poor Willy!

kmorg wrote:

Artch
TNT
Equinox
Witchhammer
Jorn
Pagan's Mind
Wig Wam
Communic
Circus Maximus
Triosphere
Griffin
Highland Glory
Extol
Vaakevandring
Grand Lux
Blood Tsunami
Betrayer
Susperia
Illusion Suite
Stage Dolls
TinDrum
Road
Wild Willy's Gang
Carnivora
Return
Algol
Cadaver
Loader

I guess Kurt covered most, but i would also add:
SCARIOT
ARK
GUARDIANS OF TIME

TNT
Conception
Ark
Pagan's Mind
Jorn

I only like Communic, Circus Maximus and TNT out of the bands listed.