SUP magazine went to Øyafestivalen where Incubate artist Altaar played. And then they went to the most infamous basement in (Black) Metal history, view the clip above.

Now somewhere along the lines of preparing for the trip to Oslo I came across and excrutiatingly specific tip in a guidebook: “Whatever you do, don’t bring up Black Metal to Norwegians.” Uh-oh. I can’t? No? Huh? Ummm ok. I guess. Fair play. They must be tired of it, and after all Norway has plenty more to offer besides that. Probably still traumatized by the church burning thing? Whatevwhatevwhatever. I pushed the whole ‘What really went down in the basement of Helvete because I’ve been dying to know since like, 1993′ query to the side of my mind. Anyway, one can imagine my delight when the houselights dimmed as the first band Altaar came onstage. Illuminated only by black candles, the space was flooded by that spine chilling echo mashup of low register groaning, which lasted throughout the set. You know, the type that sounds like a virgin is just about to be sacrificed.

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