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Issue #03

APRIL'S CRAPPIEST DEMO AWARD
It's incredible that when we decided to start a music mag as an outlet for good music in Norway, you know, applaud taste and discretion-- the wealth of shitty promos and e-mails we've had...

BLACK BREATH PHOTOS @ REVOLVER
Bad Sounds' photographer Erik Moholdt shot up Seattle's finest thrash metalist, BLACK BREATH at Revolver last Wednesday.

LTSB HELLFIRE NITE THIS FRIDAY!
Ladies and Laidbacks: Welcome to the timemachine. Friday the 13th of April is now moved to Friday the 20th of the same month. Why, you may ask. And justfully so.

Kraut-wonder Günter Schickert Reissue!
If you haven't already read Julian Cope's review of unsung hero Günter Schickert's first record Samtvogel, recorded in 1974, it's clear he was a legend in the making. Now, the long awaited and mysterious...

OSLO ROCKLORETTE I: PIA ERIKSEN
We're kicking off a random series profiling inspiring Oslo ladies who're in cool projects or opening businesses, from tattooists, DJ's, bookers, musicians, to bar connoisseurs.

L.T.S.B. Presents: Akromatisk Synergi (v
Rich StonerDoom, author of phasorgasmatorical "The Day After The Sabbath" blog, recently posted more awesome LTSB comps.

Honningbarna to the UK on Tues
We wrote an article for Clash last year praising these young Norwegian punks, after their fantastic performance at Øya last year.

INFERNO SATURDAY: Rise of the star techi
I will start my final Inferno article with a major correction. My slightly scientific grand theory of metal style was quickly blown out of the water on the final day of the festival.

Internationals at Inferno: Let's do the
Bad Sounds hooked up with Tashi and Jennifer, two Americans from NYC who came over to Norway for the sole purpose of a black metal holiday. We had a quick session to cover the...

CHURCH OF MISERY + MORE INFERNO PHOTOS
Japan's Church of Misery and Norway's 1349 were definitely early highlights of the festival. Here's more shots by Mr. Flament of Inferno's Thursday Day Two– check it.

INFERNO FRIDAY: 6 Inch Nails?
Inferno Day Three: Friday Le fashion, or the lack thereof Besides the odd, short haired freak like myself, 99% of the Inferno crowd share some essential metal traits. For those of you who have...

INFERNO THURS: Do they know it's busines
Inferno Day Two: Thursday Having missed the club day of the Inferno festival due to my real job, I was a late arrival at the circus. It had been nine years since I last...

CLUB INFERNO: EARTH
The down-tuned, bluesticular sounds of Dylan Carson returned to the Victoria Jazz Scene in Oslo last night, aided by the illustrious Adrienne Davies on drums/percussion, and two new counterparts-- cellist Lori Goldston, and Karl Blau...

THE WHAAAAAAAT ALBUM?
James McCartney (son of the twat) has dropped the proverbial bombshell by announcing that the 4 children of each Beatles member are poised to start a band, named: The Beatles - The Next Generation.

EASTER PROMISES: AN ATTEMPT TO HYPE THIS
Black metal is in the newspapers again as Easter is approaching. In the years since the Inferno Festival started, the mainstream press has warmed to the idea of the capital swarming with satanic scum...

DARKTHRONE LIVE: UNDER THE WRATH OF SARD
What they said would never happen, even more unlikely than the Eagles reforming, has happened!


